In the previous parts of this series we introduced the concept of full text searching and how it can be used to search for text within a database. In this part we will introduce OpenSearch, a powerful...
Saturday, 24 August 2024 03:00
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5 minute read
In our previous post here we discussed how we can use EasyNMT to translate our .md files into different languages. We also discussed how we can surface this functionality to the user by adding a...
Friday, 23 August 2024 19:52
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8 minute read
So for a while now I've used EasyNMT to translate my .md files into different languages here. I've wanted to 'surface' this so you can all have a play with it too.
See the second part of this series...
Friday, 23 August 2024 05:38
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5 minute read
This is a dumb little article because I was a bit confused about how to ensure that my IHostedService was a single instance. I thought it was a bit more complicated than it actually was. So I thought...
Thursday, 22 August 2024 16:08
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5 minute read
When adding the search box in the prior article, we left out a critical security feature: XSRF protection. This article will cover how to add XSRF protection to the search box.
What is XSRF?
XSRF...
Thursday, 22 August 2024 05:30
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2 minute read
In the last article I showed you how to set up a full text search using the built in full text search capabilities of Postgres. While I exposed a search api I didn't have a way to actually use it...
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 20:30
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5 minute read
Searching for content is a critical part of any content heavy website. It enhances discoverability and user experience. In this post I'll cover how I added full text searching for this site
Next parts...
Tuesday, 20 August 2024 12:40
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10 minute read
Now that I have this blog running using Entity Framework I can add new posts and languages easily. I just add a new markdown file to the project and check it in. The GitHub action triggers and the...
Tuesday, 20 August 2024 05:45
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3 minute read
In a previous post we added a client for fetching Umami analytics data. In this post we will add a client for sending tracking data to Umami from a C# application.
Umami is a lightweight analytics...
Sunday, 18 August 2024 20:13
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6 minute read
One thing I thought it would be fun to add is a way to look at the markdown for the articles on the site with a live rendering of the markdown. This is a simple markdown editor that uses SimpleMDE and...
Sunday, 18 August 2024 17:45
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6 minute read
See parts 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 for the previous steps.
Introduction
In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, how our services worked, and...
Sunday, 18 August 2024 01:20
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5 minute read
See parts 1 and 2 and 3 for the previous steps.
Introduction
In previous parts we covered how to set up the database, how our controllers and views are structured, and how our services worked. In this...
Saturday, 17 August 2024 20:00
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6 minute read
In any web application it's important to handle errors gracefully. This is especially true in a production environment where you want to provide a good user experience and not expose any sensitive...
Saturday, 17 August 2024 02:00
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3 minute read
You can find all the source code for the blog posts on GitHub
Parts 1 & 2 of the series on adding Entity Framework to a .NET Core project.
Part 1 can be found here.
Part 2 can be found...
Friday, 16 August 2024 18:00
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9 minute read
You can find all the source code for the blog posts on GitHub
Part 2 of the series on adding Entity Framework to a .NET Core project.
Part 1 can be found here.
Introduction
In the previous post, we...
Thursday, 15 August 2024 18:00
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4 minute read
Imtroduction
In this post, I will show you how to create a C# client for the Umami reporting API. This is a simple example that demonstrates how to authenticate with the API and retrieve data from...
Wednesday, 14 August 2024 01:27
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6 minute read
ImageSharp is a powerful image processing library that allows you to manipulate images in a variety of ways. ImageSharp.Web is an extension of ImageSharp that provides additional functionality for...
Tuesday, 13 August 2024 14:16
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3 minute read
Caching is an important technique to both improve user experience by loading content faster and to reduce the load on your server. In this article I'll show you how to use the built-in caching...
Monday, 12 August 2024 00:50
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4 minute read
Buckle in because this will be a long one!
You can see parts 2 and 3 here and here.
Introduction
While I've been happy with my file based approach to blogging, as an excercise I decided to move to...
Sunday, 11 August 2024 04:53
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6 minute read
When developing software traditionally we'd spin up a database, a message queue, a cache, and maybe a few other services. This can be a pain to manage, especially if you're working on multiple...
Friday, 09 August 2024 17:17
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3 minute read
