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How to deploy multiple ASP.Net Core Microservices from a monorepository

We've had issues coordinating across different ASP.NET microservices that lived in different repositories, so we moved them all into one big repository.

How to Dockerize an ASP.NET Core Application with Azure Pipelines

Building a docker image of an ASP.Net core application with Azure Pipelines can be surprisingly tricky - here's how you do it

The 3 technical mistakes we made while building our startup

Looking back at our failed startup Reccoon, we made a bunch of technical mistakes, that meant we weren't able to execute as succesfully as we'd like. Here are the three major ones.

We're shutting down Reccoon - here's what we learned along the way

The post-mortem of our startup Reccoon. The journey, and the mistakes we made along the way.

An In-Depth walkthrough of Djangos Default Middleware

This is a very in-depth walkthrough of what the different pieces of Djangos default MiddleWare does, and how it relates to django-rest-framework. Most of this isn’t particularly relevant to know unless you’re debugging a Middleware issue - in that case it’s invaluable information.

Optimizing Django REST Framework performance with django-auto-prefetching

Django-auto-prefetching is a library that automatically prefetches data from the database when using the django-rest-framework

Programming by voice in 2019

In this post we’ll look at what it means to program by voice in 2019 as well as what the future may bring.

Choosing between Babel and TypeScript

Projects using babel can now use TypeScript without having to include the typescript compiler. But should you? We look at the pros and cons of each.

How to Read Programming Error Messages

Much of modern development now is searching for the right things. Error messages can be tricky if you're new or working on a new stack. This is a short guide about the anatomy of an error message - what parts there are, which are important and which can be ignored.

4 Future Challenges for TypeScript

TypeScript is great, but it has issues. I outline the four challenges I think are most important to pay attention to, to ensure that TypeScript remains great.

React To Typescript Part 2: Converting React Components to TypeScript

This is the second in a series of blog post that will deal with converting an existing React codebase to Typescript. We’ll end end up with a completely typechecked codebase. This time we’ll be looking adding type annotations to simple React components.

In What Order Should I Start Adding Types?

When you add gradual types to an existing project, it can sometimes seem difficult to know where to start. Here I present how to do it bottom-up.

Converting a React Codebase to Typescript. Part 1: Getting it to compile

This is the first in a series of blog post that will deal with gradually converting an existing React codebase to Typescript and ending up with a completely typechecked codebase. This part deals with getting the first TypeScript file to compile along with the rest of the application.

State of Voice Coding 2017

We take a look at how Voice Coding looks in 2017, new advances in speech recognition engines and different systems.

Overcoming Repetitive Strain Injury(RSI): What worked and what didn't

About a year ago I started having pain in my left pinky. At the time I was a student, and had just helped start bambuu where I develop software. I figured the pain was temporary so I kept on working, thinking it’d go away by itself. This would be a very short blog post if I was right. After while it had spread to my right pinky as well.

4 Things I wish I had known before starting my first larger project

Recently we created a placemat game-controller and a game for a university project. The goal was to help users eat slower in an engaging way. These are the four things I wish I had known before starting.

Conserving willpower by deciding later

Here I present a short technique that helps making good decisions easier, e.g. buy healthy, excercise, etc.

Relative deprivation and the big picture.

I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “David and Goliath – Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants.” Gladwell writes about a phenomenon called relative deprivation – when we are deprived of something, relative to the people around us. I’m going to talk a little about this phenomenon, and how it relates to keeping the big picture of the world in mind.