Category: Software
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Stacks on Stacks!
I have Redis installed at home as a simple caching tool. Redis Stack adds on to Redis OSS with some new features that I am eager to start learning. But, well, I have to install it first. Charting a Course I have been using the Bitnami Redis chart to install Redis on my home K8…
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WSL for Daily Use
Much like 80’s and 90’s fashion, the command line is back!
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Don’t Mock Me!
I spent almost two hours on a unit test issue yesterday, walking away with the issue unresolved and myself frustrated. I came back to it this morning and fixed it in 2 minutes. Remember, you don’t always need a mock library to create fakes. The Task at Hand In the process of removing some obsolete…
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Using Architectural Decision Records
Decision-centric design helps bridge the gaps between architects and agile teams, allowing for consistency while supporting speed and agility.
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Streamlining my WordPress Install
My professional change served as a catalyst for some personal change. Nothing drastic, just messing with this site a little.
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One Task App to Rule them All!
New job means new systems, which prompted me to reevaluate my task tracking. State of the Union For the last, oh, decade or more, I have been using the ClearContext Outlook plugin for task management built into Outlook. And I really like it. I have become proficient with the keyboard shortcuts that let me quickly…
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Jumping in to 3D Design and Printing
As I’ve been progressing through various projects at home, I have a few 3D printing projects that I would like to tackle. With that, I needed to learn how to design models to print. This has led me down a bit of a long road, and I’m still not done…. What to use? A colleague…
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Hackintosh – Windows 11 Edition
About a year ago, I upgraded my home laptop to Windows 11. I swapped out my old system drive (which was a spinner) for a new SSD, so I had to go through the process again. I ran into a few different issues this time around that are worth putting to paper. Windows 10 Install…
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Tech Tip – Options Pattern in ASP.NET Core
I have looked this up at least twice this year. Maybe if I write about it, it will stick with me. If it doesn’t, well, at least I can look here. Options Pattern The Options pattern is a set of interfaces that allow you to read options into classes in your ASP.NET application. This allows…
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SonarCloud has become my Frank’s Red Hot…
… I put that $h!t on everything! A lot has been made in recent weeks about open source and its effects on all that we do in software. And while we all debate the ethics of Hashicorp’s decision to turn to a “more closed” licensing model and question the subsequent fork of their open source…