Being a software developer for many years means you have watched the tools you work with change over time. This is usually a rewarding change […]
All files immediately being ignored by git
I had a very confounding experience recently that dragged on for several days because I didn’t have the time to investigate it. I was working […]
CORS for local development
Gotcha If you just want the solution skip to the “Understanding the problem” section. A pet peeve of mine that I have definitely mentioned before […]
Yubico Authenticator 6.1.1 poor UX
Rant If you just need the answer skip to the next section. I recently had a very unpleasant experience while attending a conference. I wanted […]
Kraken and Ripple for US Residents
There hasn’t been a lot of good news lately for ripple (XRP) or crypto in general. I, like many others, jumped at the opportunity to […]
Avoid using FileZilla for work
Goodbye FileZilla I have been using FileZilla since it came out (I think?) back in 2001. It was heralded as being an excellent FTP client […]
Replacing the CyberPower EC850LCD battery
Gotcha Normally instructions are not required for replacing a UPS battery, but unfortunately there is some misinformation out on the CyberPower website that I found […]
Key value biases
I was told the other day by a Principal Engineer (PE) to change a class I wrote and I didn’t agree with his reasoning. This […]
Leaving reviews for podcasts
Obscure If you listen to podcasts you may hear your podcaster begin, end or randomly blurt out something to the effect of, “Please leave a […]
dot net core windows service hosting order of operations
Gotcha Imagine you have a dot net core application you initially created as a console application. You can easily run it as a windows service […]