This is a work in progress site where I share my thoughts, ideas, and projects. I'm always building SOMETHING so decided too share both how I build these somethings and what I build.
Note this site is currently being developed you can see the code here. Bits will be broken or missing, but that's the fun of it. If you have any comments / suggestions / feedback please let me know on Mastodon
I'm a consulting web developer, specializing in .NET Core, remote working, full-stack (ANY JavaScript framework), cloud, search technologies, running teams, bootstrapping startups etc..etc...
I'm a former Microsoft ASP.NET Program manager & have worked for numerous fortune 500, and a multitude of startups and have been building web applications for over 30 years.
If you think I can help you with your project on a contract, full time or consultancy basis (days here and there), please get in touch.
Mermaid is a simple diagramming format that takes text-based input and generates diagrams in SVG format. It is a great tool for creating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and more. In this...
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular...
Using HTMX with ASP.NET Core is a great way to build dynamic web applications with minimal JavaScript. HTMX allows you to update parts of your page without a full page reload, making your application...
ImageSharp is a great library for working with images in .NET. It's fast, easy to use, and has a lot of features. In this post, I'll show you how to use ImageSharp with Docker to create a simple image...
Cloud free systems for startups.
First I am NOT saying that the cloud is somehow evil or unnecessary just that for many startups it can be unnecessary / expensice for
either your main or dev / test...
This is a simple example of how to use GitHub Actions to build and push a docker image to a container registry.
Prerequisites
A docker file exists for the project you want to build and push.
A GitHub...
Dev models for Web Applications
In my LONG (30 year) history of building web applications there have been many ways to build a web app.
Pure HTML 1990-> - the very first (if you ignore BBS / text...
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application's services. Then, with a single command, you...
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom designs. It is a highly customizable, low-level CSS framework that gives you all of the building blocks you need to build...
