Using C# Expression Trees in the Real World
Unravel the mysteries of C# expression trees, exploring their power in Entity Framework, AutoMapper, and NHibernate. Learn creation techniques and practical applications in .NET development.
Life Beyond Distributed Transactions - An Apostate's Implementation
Implementing coordination between non-transactional resources in modern distributed systems, using Pat Helland's paper as a guide. Explores real-world examples and advanced workflows for robust, scalable enterprise coordination.
Service Workers - Transforming Your App into a Progressive Web Application
Explore how Service Workers transform web apps into Progressive Web Apps, enabling offline functionality, improved performance, and enhanced user experience across devices and platforms.
Modern Web Application Bugs
Explore modern web vulnerabilities, including XXE, deserialization attacks, template injection, SSRF, and subdomain takeover. Learn detection and prevention techniques for emerging security threats.
Cypress - Where Automated Acceptance Testing Isn’t Just for QA Anymore
Discover how Cypress revolutionizes front-end testing, enabling developers to create fast, reliable acceptance tests for browser-based applications, regardless of the framework used.
IP Fundamentals - Trust Me, I'm a Lawyer
Explore intellectual property basics for technologists, covering copyright, trademark, and patent laws. Gain insights to make informed decisions and confidently discuss IP topics with advisors and teams.
The Dark Side of Events
Explores potential pitfalls of event-driven architectures, including strong coupling, accidental complexity, and architectural issues. Provides heuristics to identify and mitigate these problems in event-driven systems.
From One Release per Quarter to 30 Times a Day
Learn techniques to transform legacy applications for frequent releases, covering DevOps concepts like feature toggles, deployment automation, and cloud technologies for improved software delivery.
CSS Grid - What is this Magic?
Discover the power of CSS Grid for creating dynamic, responsive layouts with ease. Learn how this game-changing specification simplifies front-end development and enables innovative design possibilities.
One Codebase to Rule Them All - Using React Native Everywhere
Explore how React Native enables code sharing across web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, with real-world examples of cross-platform app development.
Patterns for High-Performance C#
Explore techniques and code patterns for high-performance C#, from analysis to optimization. Learn to identify bottlenecks and apply optimization strategies used in database engine development.
SignalR - To Chat and Beyond
Explore real-time web functionality with SignalR, from basic chat applications to advanced use cases in Angular, MVC, and Blazor. Learn mechanics, protocols, and practical implementations.
The Shape of Data - Machine Learning and Topology
Explore unsupervised learning and topological data analysis to uncover hidden insights in complex datasets, with applications in health and finance using Python and R.
DevOps ICU - Improving DevOps Results by Correctly Integrating UX
Discover how integrating UX into DevOps can save money, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve software development processes while aligning with Agile methodologies.
Code Review Etiquettes 101
Learn effective code review practices to provide positive, impactful feedback. Discover techniques for structuring comments, maintaining a constructive tone, and fostering collaboration among developers.
Three Rewrites, One Startup - An Architect’s Journey
Architect's journey through three startup rewrites: scaling challenges, critical decisions, and guiding business growth while balancing multiple responsibilities.
Unity 101 for C# Developers
Learn to create 3D games and mixed reality experiences with Unity. Explore Visual Studio integration, physics, textures, explosions, and networking features for interactive 3D worlds.
What is the Point of Microsoft 3.0
Explore Microsoft's evolution, market position, and future relevance in cloud, hardware, software, and development. Insights on tech landscape and impact on developers.
Writing a Neural Net from Scratch
Learn to code a neural network for image recognition in C# from scratch, covering gradient descent, activation functions, and backpropagation without complex math or external libraries.
C# 8 and Beyond
Explore C# 8's new features and future developments, including pattern matching, nullable reference types, and async improvements. Gain insights into enhancing developer productivity and code quality.
Reactive DDD - When Concurrent Waxes Fluent
Explore Reactive software development for high-performance, scalable solutions. Learn to model business-driven systems with Domain-Driven Design, addressing distribution, concurrency, and latency challenges.