Your application works perfectly on your laptop. Unit tests pass. Integration tests pass. You deploy to production, and suddenly everything grinds to a halt. Five hundred real users hit your homepage...
Tuesday, 02 December 2025 14:00
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13 minute read
If you've been following this blog, you might have noticed that my main blogging platform is... let's call it "enthusiastically engineered." PostgreSQL AND vector databases, semantic AND full-text...
Monday, 01 December 2025 12:00
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10 minute read
From 89 articles to 487 (including >80 totally new ones)!
Well November is almost over so I thought I'd add some highlights and information about what we've done this month.
AI & LLM Deep Dive
The...
Sunday, 30 November 2025 12:00
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7 minute read
When testing code that uses HttpClient, the traditional approach involves mocking HttpMessageHandler using frameworks like Moq. While this works, it can be verbose, ceremony-heavy, and frankly a bit...
Saturday, 29 November 2025 07:00
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5 minute read
If you've built traditional ASP.NET Core MVC applications, you know the problem: that dreaded "click flash" when users navigate between pages. Full page reloads, the browser chrome flickering, content...
Friday, 28 November 2025 12:00
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17 minute read
Playwright is Microsoft's official solution for modern browser automation, offering multi-browser support (Chrome, Firefox, Safari) with a single API, built-in trace debugging, and mobile emulation....
Thursday, 27 November 2025 14:00
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18 minute read
Modern E2E (End-To-End, using your site like users would) testing doesn't have to be painful. This comprehensive guide shows you how to use PuppeteerSharp for fast, reliable browser automation in...
Thursday, 27 November 2025 12:00
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38 minute read
Theory is one thing; production code is another. In Part 1 we covered the abstractions—now let's see how they're applied in a real codebase. This article walks through actual background services from...
Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:30
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24 minute read
Every modern web application has work that shouldn't block an HTTP request—sending emails, processing files, syncing with external services, running scheduled maintenance. ASP.NET Core provides...
Thursday, 27 November 2025 09:00
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24 minute read
Need to test a snippet of C# code without spinning up a full project? C# Script files (.csx) let you write and run C# code like a scripting language. No Program.cs, no .csproj, no build step - just...
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 20:00
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28 minute read
