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.net

Going down the rabbit hole of EF Core and converting strings to dates

23 Jan 2022 7 minute read

I am working on a greenfield project that uses EF Core 6 with AspNetCore 6 at the moment. The project involves exposing a set of legacy data through an API. ...

Converting a Visual Studio database project to use DbUp migrations

8 Jun 2020 10 minute read

Database projects in Visual Studio have been a very popular way to develop and manage the database schema and logic in the past. With more and more applicati...

Preventing fat/bloated/god controllers by following a simple endpoint pattern

21 Mar 2020 5 minute read

I’ve been working with ASP.NET/CORE MVC and WebApi for a while now and there is a problem I often run in to. It’s the case of the fat/bloated/god controller....

Integration Testing an AspNet Core API That is Protected With CSRF/XSRF Tokens

3 Feb 2020 5 minute read

I was working on writing integrations tests for an AspNet Core Web API project recently (I blogged about how to write integration tests here). The front end ...

Protecting Assets Without Using Authorization Headers (i.e. Bearer Tokens)

29 Apr 2019 6 minute read

tl;dr; If you want to access an api endpoint but don’t have a way to append the authorization info to your request, you need to create a magic url that is sh...

Setting Up AzureAD Multi-tenant Authentication With ASP NET Core And Angular

27 Apr 2019 6 minute read

Using Azure AD to implement a multi-tenant application is fairly straight forward. It requires turning on a few knobs and switches from the portal and you’re...

Requesting Additional Claims From AzureAD

14 Apr 2019 1 minute read

I am currently working on a project that uses EasyAuth to protect a web app hosted on Azure App Services. Think of it as a layer that operates above your web...

Mediator Pattern Implemented In .NET/C#

7 Jan 2019 9 minute read

The mediator pattern or the “domain whisperer” as I like to call it has been around for a long time and the main selling point of it is the reduction of coup...

What Does Durable Azure Functions Solve?

24 Apr 2018 4 minute read

Azure Functions are the way serverless compute is implemented in Azure. Amazon Web Services equivalent is called AWS Lambda. I won’t go into detail about wha...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

REST + AngularJS Basics With .Net Core WebAPI CRUD Example

23 Mar 2017 8 minute read

In this blog post I look at some basic examples of using AngularJs with Asp.Net WebApi.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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public speaking

Lessons learned from doing EdgeDevOps (GitOps) in the bush, air and underwater - API Days Australia 2022

6 Jan 2023 1 minute read

I recently spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges my team faced deploying and running them on the ...

Propagating context and tracing across your distributed process boundaries using OpenTelemetry - API Days Australia 2021

23 Jan 2022 3 minute read

I spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges I’ve faced. We are amidst the 2nd wave of cloud migratio...

The Shell Game Called Eventual Consistency - API Days Jakarta 2021

9 Mar 2021 3 minute read

A few weeks ago I spoke at API Days Jakarta about some of experiences building distributed systems. As more and more companies take their businesses to the ...

Not All “Microservices Frameworks” Are Made The Same - NDC Sydney 2020

8 Mar 2021 3 minute read

Last October I spoke at NDC Sydney about the pitfalls associated with microservices frameworks and how you can still leverage libraries and runtimes to help ...

Building Distributed Systems on the Shoulders of Giants - API Days Live, Australia 2020

11 Oct 2020 2 minute read

I recently spoke about building distributed systems at API Days Australia conference. My talk is titled Building distributed systems on the shoulders of gian...

Upcoming talk @ API Days, Melbourne 2019

7 Sep 2019 19 minute read

I’ll be speaking about some of my Microservices scars at the upcoming API Days conference to be held at Melbourne convention & exhibition centre. My talk...

Speaking @ DDD Melbourne 2019

13 Aug 2019 1 minute read

Last weekend I spoke at @DDDMelbourne and it was my first time doing so. The event attracted close to 900 people and had 5 concurrent tracks. I spoke at the ...

Speaking @LevelsConf 2018

1 Oct 2018 1 minute read

I recently got a chance to speak at Levels Conference and it was my first time speaking in front of such a large audience. There were around 400 very keen ju...

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apidays

Lessons learned from doing EdgeDevOps (GitOps) in the bush, air and underwater - API Days Australia 2022

6 Jan 2023 1 minute read

I recently spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges my team faced deploying and running them on the ...

Propagating context and tracing across your distributed process boundaries using OpenTelemetry - API Days Australia 2021

23 Jan 2022 3 minute read

I spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges I’ve faced. We are amidst the 2nd wave of cloud migratio...

The Shell Game Called Eventual Consistency - API Days Jakarta 2021

9 Mar 2021 3 minute read

A few weeks ago I spoke at API Days Jakarta about some of experiences building distributed systems. As more and more companies take their businesses to the ...

Building Distributed Systems on the Shoulders of Giants - API Days Live, Australia 2020

11 Oct 2020 2 minute read

I recently spoke about building distributed systems at API Days Australia conference. My talk is titled Building distributed systems on the shoulders of gian...

Upcoming talk @ API Days, Melbourne 2019

7 Sep 2019 19 minute read

I’ll be speaking about some of my Microservices scars at the upcoming API Days conference to be held at Melbourne convention & exhibition centre. My talk...

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microservices

Propagating context and tracing across your distributed process boundaries using OpenTelemetry - API Days Australia 2021

23 Jan 2022 3 minute read

I spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges I’ve faced. We are amidst the 2nd wave of cloud migratio...

The Shell Game Called Eventual Consistency - API Days Jakarta 2021

9 Mar 2021 3 minute read

A few weeks ago I spoke at API Days Jakarta about some of experiences building distributed systems. As more and more companies take their businesses to the ...

Not All “Microservices Frameworks” Are Made The Same - NDC Sydney 2020

8 Mar 2021 3 minute read

Last October I spoke at NDC Sydney about the pitfalls associated with microservices frameworks and how you can still leverage libraries and runtimes to help ...

Building Distributed Systems on the Shoulders of Giants - API Days Live, Australia 2020

11 Oct 2020 2 minute read

I recently spoke about building distributed systems at API Days Australia conference. My talk is titled Building distributed systems on the shoulders of gian...

Upcoming talk @ API Days, Melbourne 2019

7 Sep 2019 19 minute read

I’ll be speaking about some of my Microservices scars at the upcoming API Days conference to be held at Melbourne convention & exhibition centre. My talk...

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distributed systems

Lessons learned from doing EdgeDevOps (GitOps) in the bush, air and underwater - API Days Australia 2022

6 Jan 2023 1 minute read

I recently spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges my team faced deploying and running them on the ...

Propagating context and tracing across your distributed process boundaries using OpenTelemetry - API Days Australia 2021

23 Jan 2022 3 minute read

I spoke at API Days Australia about my experiences building distributed systems and some challenges I’ve faced. We are amidst the 2nd wave of cloud migratio...

The Shell Game Called Eventual Consistency - API Days Jakarta 2021

9 Mar 2021 3 minute read

A few weeks ago I spoke at API Days Jakarta about some of experiences building distributed systems. As more and more companies take their businesses to the ...

Not All “Microservices Frameworks” Are Made The Same - NDC Sydney 2020

8 Mar 2021 3 minute read

Last October I spoke at NDC Sydney about the pitfalls associated with microservices frameworks and how you can still leverage libraries and runtimes to help ...

Building Distributed Systems on the Shoulders of Giants - API Days Live, Australia 2020

11 Oct 2020 2 minute read

I recently spoke about building distributed systems at API Days Australia conference. My talk is titled Building distributed systems on the shoulders of gian...

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cqrs

Speaking @LevelsConf 2018

1 Oct 2018 1 minute read

I recently got a chance to speak at Levels Conference and it was my first time speaking in front of such a large audience. There were around 400 very keen ju...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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Domain Driven Design

Speaking @LevelsConf 2018

1 Oct 2018 1 minute read

I recently got a chance to speak at Levels Conference and it was my first time speaking in front of such a large audience. There were around 400 very keen ju...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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neventlite

Speaking @LevelsConf 2018

1 Oct 2018 1 minute read

I recently got a chance to speak at Levels Conference and it was my first time speaking in front of such a large audience. There were around 400 very keen ju...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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webapi

OAuth Client Credentials Flow With AzureAD

31 Dec 2018 6 minute read

Navigating through the various authentication and authorization flows in AzureAD can sometimes be confusing. The Microsoft documentation on app types is a go...

Integration Testing ASP.NET Core WebApi

30 Dec 2018 4 minute read

If you’re a decent .NET developer and lucky enough to work in a good team then most of your work would be unit testable. But there is always a case to write ...

Using Azure Functions HttpTrigger As Web API

20 Jan 2018 11 minute read

If you haven’t lived under a rock for the last 18 months you would know ‘Serverless’ is the new cool kid in town. Microsoft’s offer is called Azure Functions...

REST + AngularJS Basics With .Net Core WebAPI CRUD Example

23 Mar 2017 8 minute read

In this blog post I look at some basic examples of using AngularJs with Asp.Net WebApi.

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aspnet core

Preventing fat/bloated/god controllers by following a simple endpoint pattern

21 Mar 2020 5 minute read

I’ve been working with ASP.NET/CORE MVC and WebApi for a while now and there is a problem I often run in to. It’s the case of the fat/bloated/god controller....

Integration Testing an AspNet Core API That is Protected With CSRF/XSRF Tokens

3 Feb 2020 5 minute read

I was working on writing integrations tests for an AspNet Core Web API project recently (I blogged about how to write integration tests here). The front end ...

Protecting Assets Without Using Authorization Headers (i.e. Bearer Tokens)

29 Apr 2019 6 minute read

tl;dr; If you want to access an api endpoint but don’t have a way to append the authorization info to your request, you need to create a magic url that is sh...

Setting Up AzureAD Multi-tenant Authentication With ASP NET Core And Angular

27 Apr 2019 6 minute read

Using Azure AD to implement a multi-tenant application is fairly straight forward. It requires turning on a few knobs and switches from the portal and you’re...

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aggregates

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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bounded context

Event Sourcing Examined Part 3 Of 3

2 Aug 2017 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

Event Sourcing Examined Part 2 Of 3

31 Dec 2016 9 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern.

Event Sourcing Examined Part 1 of 3

2 Dec 2016 7 minute read

In this 3 part series we will look at what event sourcing is and why enterprise software for many established industries use this pattern. Index Part On...

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azure ad

Setting Up AzureAD Multi-tenant Authentication With ASP NET Core And Angular

27 Apr 2019 6 minute read

Using Azure AD to implement a multi-tenant application is fairly straight forward. It requires turning on a few knobs and switches from the portal and you’re...

Requesting Additional Claims From AzureAD

14 Apr 2019 1 minute read

I am currently working on a project that uses EasyAuth to protect a web app hosted on Azure App Services. Think of it as a layer that operates above your web...

OAuth Client Credentials Flow With AzureAD

31 Dec 2018 6 minute read

Navigating through the various authentication and authorization flows in AzureAD can sometimes be confusing. The Microsoft documentation on app types is a go...

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oauth

Speaking @ DDD Melbourne 2019

13 Aug 2019 1 minute read

Last weekend I spoke at @DDDMelbourne and it was my first time doing so. The event attracted close to 900 people and had 5 concurrent tracks. I spoke at the ...

Requesting Additional Claims From AzureAD

14 Apr 2019 1 minute read

I am currently working on a project that uses EasyAuth to protect a web app hosted on Azure App Services. Think of it as a layer that operates above your web...

OAuth Client Credentials Flow With AzureAD

31 Dec 2018 6 minute read

Navigating through the various authentication and authorization flows in AzureAD can sometimes be confusing. The Microsoft documentation on app types is a go...

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azure functions

What Does Durable Azure Functions Solve?

24 Apr 2018 4 minute read

Azure Functions are the way serverless compute is implemented in Azure. Amazon Web Services equivalent is called AWS Lambda. I won’t go into detail about wha...

Using Azure Functions HttpTrigger As Web API

20 Jan 2018 11 minute read

If you haven’t lived under a rock for the last 18 months you would know ‘Serverless’ is the new cool kid in town. Microsoft’s offer is called Azure Functions...

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serverless

What Does Durable Azure Functions Solve?

24 Apr 2018 4 minute read

Azure Functions are the way serverless compute is implemented in Azure. Amazon Web Services equivalent is called AWS Lambda. I won’t go into detail about wha...

Using Azure Functions HttpTrigger As Web API

20 Jan 2018 11 minute read

If you haven’t lived under a rock for the last 18 months you would know ‘Serverless’ is the new cool kid in town. Microsoft’s offer is called Azure Functions...

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asp.net core

OAuth Client Credentials Flow With AzureAD

31 Dec 2018 6 minute read

Navigating through the various authentication and authorization flows in AzureAD can sometimes be confusing. The Microsoft documentation on app types is a go...

Integration Testing ASP.NET Core WebApi

30 Dec 2018 4 minute read

If you’re a decent .NET developer and lucky enough to work in a good team then most of your work would be unit testable. But there is always a case to write ...

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testing

Integration Testing an AspNet Core API That is Protected With CSRF/XSRF Tokens

3 Feb 2020 5 minute read

I was working on writing integrations tests for an AspNet Core Web API project recently (I blogged about how to write integration tests here). The front end ...

Integration Testing ASP.NET Core WebApi

30 Dec 2018 4 minute read

If you’re a decent .NET developer and lucky enough to work in a good team then most of your work would be unit testable. But there is always a case to write ...

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openidconnect

Speaking @ DDD Melbourne 2019

13 Aug 2019 1 minute read

Last weekend I spoke at @DDDMelbourne and it was my first time doing so. The event attracted close to 900 people and had 5 concurrent tracks. I spoke at the ...

Requesting Additional Claims From AzureAD

14 Apr 2019 1 minute read

I am currently working on a project that uses EasyAuth to protect a web app hosted on Azure App Services. Think of it as a layer that operates above your web...

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security

Speaking @ DDD Melbourne 2019

13 Aug 2019 1 minute read

Last weekend I spoke at @DDDMelbourne and it was my first time doing so. The event attracted close to 900 people and had 5 concurrent tracks. I spoke at the ...

Protecting Assets Without Using Authorization Headers (i.e. Bearer Tokens)

29 Apr 2019 6 minute read

tl;dr; If you want to access an api endpoint but don’t have a way to append the authorization info to your request, you need to create a magic url that is sh...

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tokens

Integration Testing an AspNet Core API That is Protected With CSRF/XSRF Tokens

3 Feb 2020 5 minute read

I was working on writing integrations tests for an AspNet Core Web API project recently (I blogged about how to write integration tests here). The front end ...

NimbleConfig - A Simple Config Injector For .Net

2 Oct 2018 4 minute read

9 Mar 2021 7 minute read

6 Jan 2023 9 minute read

4 Jun 2023 11 minute read

4 Jun 2023 11 minute read

Most systems we build today are delivered as containers. Container registries and associated technologies are an important cog in this ecosystem. As the cont...

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