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.Net's new built-in Json serializer.

After using Newtonsoft.Json for years, now there's a built in replacement: System.Text.Json.

12/21/2020

Task.WaitAll vs Task.WhenAll

Task.WaitAll and Task.WhenAll are both very similar, and it can be confusing to know which to use. Here's some insight I've found.

9/11/2020

Stop using using for HttpClient....NO WAIT, USE USING

On a project for work, I setup the code for making all of our REST calls to our middle layer with HttpClients created with a using. Turns out that wasn't a good idea.

7/16/2020

Avoid "sync over async" via Task.Result or Task.Wait

When you have an async call you'd like to make within a sync-only function, it's tempting to use Task.Result or Task.Wait. However this can lead to performance issues like thread-starvation.

6/9/2020

At Home Development

Being the coding nerd I am, I seem to have plenty of personal coding projects I do at home

3/13/2020

Intro to Robot Programming with Arduino ELEGOO (C++)

Interested in robotics programming? The Arduino ELEGOO UNO R3 Project Smart Robot Car Kit V is a simple, inexpensive robot to get started with.

3/12/2020

ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection, with Unit Testing

This article assumes you're already familiar with DI, and are just interested in a quick tutorial on how to implement it in ASP.NET Core

2/20/2020

Simple HTTP query parameter encryption

Although TSL/SSL takes care of encrypting HTTP traffic, there are a few uses for encrypting query parameters. Here's a simple means.

1/10/2020

Using [CallingMemberName] for better logging & unit testing

There are times when inside of one function it's important to know the name of the calling function. Here I outline two uses: during logging an unit testing.

1/2/2020