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Hi, I'm Scott Galloway — I'm a consulting web / internet / systems / full-cycle, full-stack developer (it's complicated šŸ¤“) specializing in bringing 'AI' to the masses, .NET Core, full-stack development, cloud, and search technologies. Former Microsoft ASP.NET Program Manager with 30+ years building web applications for Fortune 500 companies and startups. I share my work in progress (PERSONAL!) projects and how I build them. Available for contract, full-time, or consultancy work — get in touch. Code on GitHub | Feedback on Mastodon

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Multi-Browser E2E Testing with Playwright for .NET
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

End-to-End Testing with PuppeteerSharp - A Proper Alternative to Selenium
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

Background Services in ASP.NET Core - Part 2: Practical Examples
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

Background Services in ASP.NET Core - Part 1: The Approaches
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

Using CSX Scripts for Quick C# Testing
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

Why You Didn't Find This on Google (And How I Fixed It)
I've been running this blog for a while now, writing detailed technical articles on ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework, HTMX, and all sorts of .NET goodness. Yet my search rankings were... underwhelming....

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 14:00

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10 minute read

Why Most Commercial 'AI' Projects Are Dumb
"We're building an AI-powered knowledge assistant that will revolutionise how our employees access information..." Every job advert, pitch deck, and consultancy proposal in 2024-2025 Introduction I've...

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 09:00

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29 minute read

AI-Powered Alt Text Generation with mostlylucid.llmlltText
Want to get nice, descriptive alt text for images on your sites or jsut extract text from them? mostlylucid.llmalttext uses Microsoft's Florence-2 vision language model to generate high-quality alt...

Tuesday, 25 November 2025 14:00

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12 minute read

RAG for Implementers: CPU-Friendly Semantic Search with ONNX and Qdrant
📖 Part of the RAG Series: This is Part 4a - core implementation: Part 1: RAG Origins and Fundamentals - What embeddings are, why they matter Part 2: RAG Architecture and Internals - Chunking,...

Tuesday, 25 November 2025 11:00

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23 minute read

RAG for Implementers: Semantic Search in Action
📖 Part of the RAG Series: This is Part 4b - search features and UI: Part 1: RAG Origins and Fundamentals - What embeddings are, why they matter Part 2: RAG Architecture and Internals - Chunking,...

Tuesday, 25 November 2025 09:00

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15 minute read

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