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Elevate Your Visual Studio TODOs

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I recently had an instance when making a hot fix where I left some unintended code behind. This is a constant worry of mine – trying to not forget to remove a temporary value during a quick true-up, or maybe a clearing a change only meant locally, deleting tweaks never meant to be committed. I…

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November 22, 2022

Your Own MySQLServer (From Linux VPS to Azure Deploy)

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From VPS to Deployment on Azure Last year, I posted how to include a .NET API into WordPress using a custom PHP plugin using a free MySqlServer database as a backend. It worked and works great – but admittedly, I slack on renewing my “free” credentials and the demo kept going down. This week, I…

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November 21, 2022

Seed/Migrate Enum to Table with Entity Framework

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My latest project included integrating employees into Active Directory via 3rd party API. I successfully did so, but afterward, my team requested some sort of log to monitor the integration. The activity log I created included to an ActionType int that was related to an enum. For transparency, I wanted to transfer those enums into…

Simple Signature Pad (Blazor, Canvas, JS, .NET 5)

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I had a project using a Blazor Signature package that kept throwing intermittent errors with its signature pad. It appeared to be an issue between its interaction with Javascript, but since it was encapsulated within the package, I could’t debug it. Instead of using a package, I decided to break it up by using the…

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December 23, 2021

.NET API into WordPress Front End

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It’s absolutely unholy. .NET Standard with a WordPress front end!? Yes, it’s possible. This odd concoction happened when the front-end developer hired claimed he could consume/operate his design around any language, but actually could only produce WordPress websites. My solution was to use a .NET Core API on top of our product database (MSSQL) and…

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October 22, 2020

Export to Excel from .NET Core 3.0 / .NET Standard in Minutes

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I’ve had a few post addressing this before and was so happy to finally see this issue has a quick solution that does NOT rely on Report Viewer/Report Designer (rdlc) and remains portable! It’s simple using ClosedXML:

Dev Life Tutorial

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May 20, 2020

Getting Linux Running on WSL2 (Windows)

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I haven’t touched Linux in many years and after seeing Microsoft’s Build this year, I thought it would be a fun project to get into. Some things might seem a given to those used to running Linux, but as I haven’t done this in many years, it’s always wise to document. Before You Begin You…

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January 22, 2020

FtpWebRequest: More Mainframe Adventures with DotNetCore

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Problem: Our iSeries (mainframe/as400) team has figured out a way to upgrade all our forms and can easily deposit these forms into a folder on the as400. They are looking for the fastest way to push these forms to our customers. They ask: Is there a way I can (.NET Core Dev) retrieve their PDF...

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December 5, 2019

Uploading to Azure Blob Containers: AZCopy 403 Error

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The Problem Azure Explorer is uploading too slow AZCopy copy feature will not upload. Error: “RESPONSE Status: 403 This request is not authorized to perform this operation using this permission.” Today, I was trying to upload a directory (1.3gb) of images up for blob storage for public access. Though I often use Azure Storage Explorer…