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A Smarter Search Dropdown with HTMX
In a previous post I showed you how to create a search dropdown using Alpine.js and HTMX then I showed how we could enable Cross-Site Request Forgery protection using the AntiforgeryRequestToken in...
Monday, 16 September 2024 22:30
//5 minute read
HTMX (and a little Alpine.js) for a SPA-like experience in ASP.NET Core
In this site I use HTMX extensively, this is a super easy way to make your site feel more responsive and smoother without having to write a lot of JavaScript.
NOTE: I'm not entirely happy with this...
Sunday, 15 September 2024 06:45
//8 minute read
Using Polly For Retries
Polly is a critical part of any .NET developer's toolkit. It is a library that allows you to define policies for handling exceptions and retries in your application. In this article, we will explore...
Sunday, 15 September 2024 02:20
//9 minute read
Using A Hybrid Approach To Blogging
I've blogged many times about how I use Markdown to create my blog posts; I really like this approach but it has one major drawback - it means I have to do a complete Docker build cycle to update a...
Saturday, 14 September 2024 00:30
//10 minute read
Simple 'Donut Hole' Caching with HTMX
Donut hole caching can be a useful technique where you want to cache certain elements of a page but not all. However it can be tricky to implement. In this post I will show you how to implement a...
Thursday, 12 September 2024 16:00
//4 minute read
Umami.Net and Bot Detection
So I've posted a LOT in the past on using Umami for analytics in a self-hosted environment and even published the Umami.Net Nuget pacakge. However I was having an issue where I wanted to track users...
Thursday, 12 September 2024 14:50
//8 minute read
Using Umami Data for Website Stats
One of my projects since starting this blog is an almost obsessive wish to track how many users look at my website. To do this I use Umami and have a BUNCH of posts around using and setting up Umami....
Thursday, 05 September 2024 23:45
//10 minute read
Unit Testing Umami.Net - Testing Umami Data Without Using Moq
In the previous part of this series where I tested Umami.Net tracking methods
The Problem
In the previous part I used Moq to give me a Mock<HttpMessageHandler> and return the handler used in...
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 20:30
//7 minute read
Unit Testing Umami.Net - Logging in ASP.NET Core
I'm a relative noob using Moq (yes I'm aware of the controversies) and I was trying to test a new service I'm adding to Umami.Net, UmamiData. This is a service this allows me to pull data from my...
Wednesday, 04 September 2024 13:22
//3 minute read
Stress Free Interviewing of Software Developers
One of the MANY LinkedIn aspects which bugs me is the 'how to interview developers' posts. There's a TON of them and they're in 3 camps:
The 'How would you move Mount Fuji?' approach with logic...
Tuesday, 03 September 2024 19:00
//6 minute read