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You have workloads in AWS. You have workloads in Azure. They need to talk to each other over private IPs, securely, over encrypted tunnels across the public internet. The solution
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In this blog, I want to show you how I built something I estimated would take me 20-60 hours of work in about half a
I’m currently a 12-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award. The Microsoft MVP award is something Microsoft grants annually to individuals in
As a software consultant, I’ve noticed a pattern play out at nearly every client over the last year. A team adopts Cursor or Claude Code
If you run workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service, you may have recently received an email from Microsoft notifying you that support for NGINX Ingress on
It seems like everyone is doing AI-assisted development these days. For a lot of people, it feels like magic: you ask for a thing, and
Building a cross-platform app usually starts with a deceptively simple goal: one team, one codebase, multiple targets. The reality is that your framework choice shapes
Microsoft has announced that starting January 2026, the C# Dev Kit and C# VS Code extension will no longer support development using the .NET 6
Big shout-out to Dave Miller, whose famous YouTube video inspired this project. He laid out some pretty good groundwork for how the evolutionary algorithms work.
Modern .NET applications increasingly need to store data that doesn’t fit neatly into relational tables, whether it’s per-tenant custom fields, evolving product attributes, or external
Does your business operate software that sees unpredictable (or even predictable) spikes in traffic? Do these spikes give you anxiety about how your technology will
For many years, the .NET ecosystem has relied on established testing frameworks such as xUnit.net, NUnit, and MSTest. These frameworks have served teams well for
Explore how C# developers can leverage both Azure AI Language and Azure OpenAI for sentiment analysis. This post compares traditional NLP services with LLM-based approaches
Wouldn’t it be nice if I could whip up a quick .NET mail merge utility that could send out a nice HTML-formatted email to all
In this guide, we’ll walk you through how to easily integrate Google Maps into your Angular 20 application using the Google Maps JavaScript API Loader.
Many organizations today are looking to integrate AI into their existing infrastructure without completely rewriting everything. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the
Asynchrony is one of the most important concepts in modern software development, widely used for everything from I/O-bound operations to keeping UIs responsive. In this
In this blog, we’ll explore how to configure a .NET REST API to authenticate requests using Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure AD). With
Before Next.js 13, Pages Router was the only solution based on traditional file-system routing and client-side navigation. Starting with Next.js 13, App Routing was implemented
We started Trailhead ten years ago with a simple promise: to make custom software project more predictable and less risky. Along the way we turned
As a QA engineer, I’ve tested countless APIs, first by hand and now often with Playwright automation. Tools come and go, but one thing that
Modern UIs often need elements that float above the rest of the page, such as modals, tooltips, popovers, or notifications. But when you try to
Every year, .NET Conf brings developers from around the world together to celebrate what’s new, what’s next, and what’s possible with .NET. This year’s event,
As AI-powered no-code tools become more capable, many companies are asking the same question: do we still need developers? The answer isn’t as simple as
Most QA processes verify what the system does. Human-centered testing verifies how it feels to use. Real users often don’t follow the expected test cases.
Microsoft officially retired Visual Studio for Mac on August 31, 2024. Now, the company recommends .NET MAUI developers use Visual Studio Code with a set
Dark mode is no longer just a trend, it is something users expect. Whether your app requires it or you want to build it in
In a previous post on a generic builder pattern in C#, I shared a simple approach for creating objects using a generic builder. That solution
APIs serve as the backbone of modern applications, but without proper security testing, they can expose vulnerabilities that hackers exploit. This article covers the essential
Blazor and MudBlazor make it easier than ever to build modern, interactive web applications entirely in C#. In this blog, I’ll teach you how to
Let’s start with a bold truth: accessibility testing is no longer optional, it is essential. Accessibility Helps Everyone Digital accessibility means making websites, mobile apps,
If you spend any time in technology circles these days, or even just scroll LinkedIn for five minutes, you might think AI has already solved
Introduction AutoMapper is a popular open source object-to-object mapping library for .NET that has been a staple in developer toolkits for years. Jimmy Bogard, its
Introduced in .NET Core 2.1, Span<T> and ReadOnlySpan<T> have become widely adopted in .NET applications, both in user code and in the BCL. But what
Once upon a time, in a land not so far from production, there lived a growing kingdom of buttons, forms, and other UI components. What
See how the Trailhead Framework combined with its new support for .NET Aspire and GitHub Copilot can make you a 10x productive developer.
Everyone seems to be chasing microservices these days—promises of independent teams, targeted scaling, and fault isolation make them sound irresistible. It’s been said you should
After decades in custom software delivery, one truth stands out: it’s shockingly easy to build the wrong thing. I’ve seen engineering masterpieces with zero users,
AI Chat for your business software shouldn’t be a plunge into the unknown. Design your AI chat faster with Trailhead today. Traditional AI chat design
Discover the key differences between Azure AI Agents and Azure OpenAI Assistants in .NET. Learn when to use each, how they compare in capabilities, and
Recently, I was reflecting on Large Language Models (LLMs) and how they contain all or much of the knowledge of the internet in a much
In the age of distributed applications, seamless communication between processes and services is critical. Enter NetMQ: a lightweight messaging library for .NET that brings the
Distributed systems are all the rage right now—and for good reason. Many organizations are successfully turning to distributed architectures like microservices to meet their modern
AI is everywhere these days, from chatbots and copilots to tools that write your code or answer your emails, but just because it saves you
In a previous blog post, I showed how you can speed up .NET APIs using Redis to cache frequently-accessed and infrequently-changing data. If you haven’t
If you’re not an expert in it, cybersecurity can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Whether you’re a developer or a QA engineer,
React Native provides great styling capabilities, but working with plain stylesheets can sometimes feel limiting. brings more flexibility and organization to your styles, making development
Overview Property-based testing (PBT) is an approach to designing tests, in which attention is shifted from checking specific inputs and expected outputs to whether the
Trailhead Technology Partners is excited to welcome Mark Adams as a new partner. With decades of leadership experience and a passion for strong client relationships,
Legacy systems are the backbone of countless organizations. Yet, as technology advances, these systems often become roadblocks, riddled with challenges like technical debt, undocumented workflows,
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a critical practice for managing cloud infrastructure efficiently. But what happens if you already have a large set of Azure
Modern web applications should not only be functional, fast, and attractive, but also accessible. Accessibility (or A11y, an acronym where “11” represents the number of
Cookies are more than just small text files delivered by your web browser—they are also the backbone of user personalization, session management, and seamless browsing
Google Maps is a powerful tool for any application that needs location-based functionality. However, integrating it into an Angular application can sometimes lead to performance
Every time I decide which ORM to use in a project, I find myself personally conflicted between Dapper and Entity Framework (EF). Both are incredibly
.NET 9 was released in November 2024 at .NET Conf. It introduces a wealth of new features and improvements that make it easier than ever
Caching plays a crucial role in performance in web applications by reducing strain on backend systems. The new HybridCache library, available in preview in .NET
It’s not an exaggeration to say that today, most of the code we ship is someone else’s code. Sonatype releases an annual State of the
To put it simply, this article focuses on reducing the clutter that Dependency Injection (DI) can bring to your code—a powerful tool for clean architecture
In this post I will describe how to deploy a .NET Web API on Azure App Services using Docker, MSSQL server instance, and a KeyVault for
Selecting the right tech stack can be a make-or-break decision for many projects. While some applications benefit from a complex stack, many others can thrive
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