Gotcha I don’t have to implement/override Equals that often in my classes so I always have a hard time remembering some of the subtleties behind […]
Misconceptions about async Tasks
This article is about asynchronous programming in C# using Task and Task<T>. Do you really need to make your code asynchronous? The first misconception about […]
Using absolute paths with FTP
Obscure problem Ran into an annoying problem recently where an FTP account I was logging in with had a home directory of something like this: […]
Using Gmail for SMTP access
Introduction When you search for this on google you will find one hundred million results that all pretty much say exactly the same thing. The […]
LinqPad quick reference
This is a quick post for my own ignorance. On occasion I use LinqPad to make changes in a database and I find the stock […]
DotNet Core EF migration not working
Problem Here is the basic setup of this problem: You created a .Net Core application and wanted to use .Net Core EF in your application […]
Why months is a terrible measurement
Introduction There have been numerous times that I have been asked to provide a threshold or measure something in months. I always warn that this […]