Azure, .NET, #serverless; Azure Functions, Azure Data Factory; Principal Engineer, UK tech consultancy
Warwick, UK
Joined May 2010
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Lost count of the number of times we configure BaseAddress wrong for HttpClient in dotnet without a trailing forward slash. Always makes deploying to environments fun.
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How do you get a pram or child in the Cybercab? When will the boxy mini-van style mobility solutions become a reality?
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I’ve not been investigating Aspire in dotnet. But after some yaml making me want to cry over the last few days to get a hotfix out, I may change my position.
Just did Wordle in 2. On a packed train. Hope someone was watching my screen to share my delight. (It was I admit a particularly easy word!)
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Improvements to Notepad on Windows have super charged my productivity! Not GenAI! Tabs and autosave are great. I spend most Teams calls sharing a Notepad window drafting and refining ideas in text.
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When I drive a car or am a passenger, I want to experience travel, not view screens. Seen a premium SUV with almost full front dash screens across the cabin. Not my cup of tea.
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In news headlines about legal issues, I can never remember which way round “uphold” means, whether agreed or not. Wish there was a different phrase.
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Could/does Azure Data Factory has a managed Sink to Microsoft Graph connectors API ie. to batch ingest custom company data into Graph?
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Microsoft seems to be creating lots of rules engines in dotnet, with a new github.com/microsoft/OAT, previous github.com/microsoft/RulesEn… and github.com/microsoft/PSRule. Mainly for infra validation. I'd love to see a single one gain traction.
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Saw a link for v3 of the Fluent UI Blazor components. They are beautiful and seems exceedingly complete. Wish all our internal admin UI could be using something like this. fluentui-blazor.net/
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In a first for me, my stand-up update for tomorrow can truthfully be - "I fixed a CSS centering bug, then dug a grave in my back garden". RIP BoBo.
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I hope Keyed Service Support makes it into dotnet 8 (and down-level?) for Dependency Injection. Might remove the desire to add Factory patterns in code. github.com/dotnet/runtime/pu…
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Yay, approved api github.com/dotnet/runtime/is…
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Yay, trickle down into libraries github.com/npgsql/npgsql/iss…, with similar named datasource use case that could really help my current project
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Wait For Author in Azure DevOps is something I personally find easy to confuse and frustrate. Especially if you address feedback and the presser then goes AWOL. You then Wait and Wait.
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