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Switching Themes for Mermaid (Updated)

I use Mermaid.js to create the dope diagrams you see in a few posts. Like the one below. However something that annoyed me is that it wasn't reactive to switching themes (dark/light) and there seemed to be very poor information out there on achieving this.…

Self Hosting Seq for ASP.NET Logging

Seq is an application which lets you view and analyse logs. It's a great tool for debugging and monitoring your application. In this post I'll cover how I set up Seq to log my ASP.NET Core application. Can never have too many dashboards :) SeqDashboard Setting…

Adding Umami Tracking Client Nuget Package

Now I have the Umami client; I need to package it up and make it available as a Nuget package. This is a pretty simple process but there are a few things to be aware of. Creating the Nuget Package Versioning I decided to copy Khalid and use the excellent…

Adding Umami Tracking Client Follow Up

In an earlier post I sketched out how a Tracking Client for Umami in C# could work. Well I've finally had a chance to test it extensively and improve it's operation (yes ANOTHER IHostedService). Quirks of the Umami API The Umami Tracking API is both very…

Adding a Comment System Part 1 - Setting up the Database

One of the key aspects of a blogging site like this is a comments system. So, I decided to build one. This is the first part of a series of posts on how to build a comments system. In this post, I will be setting up the database. Setting up the Database As…