Could not load file or assembly System.Web.WebPages.Deployment
I encountered this problem when moving from an old machine to a new machine. I vaguely recall having this problem once before, but it was such a long time ago I just don’t remember. However I en...
Dot net core NUnit unit test won’t start
I was hoping this problem would resolve itself, but it hasn’t so I am writing about it to document it to refer to in the future. I ran into this problem twice now and it annoys me because it sho...
Cannot ping or RDP to Windows 10 machine
Problem This is a particularly stupid gotcha. For a long time now I haven’t been able to RDP into my Windows 10 Surface Pro 4. I tried everything I could think of or look up including but not li...
Padding a string in tSQL
Gotcha There isn’t a Pad Left or Pad Right function in tSQL. Solution There is a lengthy discussion about this topic already on Stack Overflow here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16760900...
RedGate SQL Compare – Index was out of range error
Problem This was a weird one because it is clearly a bug in the software. I am running version 13.6.1.7928 Professional of RedGate SQL Compare and I kept getting this error after performing an upgrade...
Incorrect syntax was encountered while parsing :SETVAR
Gotcha When working with SQL CMD mode every now and then I will get this vague error and I can’t figure out what the problem is: A fatal scripting error occurred. Incorrect syntax was encountere...
Guide to using Git for TFS users
Introduction It’s that time again – that time where the development industry has decided for us that what we were using before isn’t good enough anymore and everyone needs to change ...
Killing Floor 2 freezes while using free look camera
Problem Here are the reproduction steps for this annoying bug: You are playing Killing Floor 2 You die during a round You are watching the other players while you are waiting for the round to end to j...