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: /dir0/dir1/dir3/Home To my dismay I needed to upload files...

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 problem is none of them are from a developer’s pers...

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 LinqPad linq to sql provider to be very useful. I just happen to forget the synt...

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 for the data layer. You have already installed .Net Core EF from...

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 is a bad idea, but quickly I am over ruled because wah...