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 yet, HTMX has some elements which make this tricky HTMX and…

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 how to I use Polly to handle retries in this application.…

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 post. This was FINE while I was creating more features which I…

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 simple donut hole caching technique using HTMX. The Problem One…

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 of my RSS feed; this post goes into why and how I solved it.…

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. I also have a Nuget package which makes it possible to track…

Seq for ASP.NET Logging - Tracing with SerilogTracing

In the previous part I showed you how to set up self hosting for Seq using ASP.NET Core . Now that we have it set up it's time to use more of it's features to allow for more complete logging & tracing using our new Seq instance. Tracing Tracing is like…

Adding a Comment System Part 2 - Saving Comments

In the previous part in this series, I set up the database for the comments system. In this post, I'll cover how saving the comments are managed client side and in ASP.NET Core. Add New Comment _CommentForm.cshtml This is a Razor partial view that contains the…

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…