Use secrets in unit tests
Although the majority of "unit tests" should adhere to the "FIRST" characteristics and be "isolated" by mocking out their dependencies, there are occasions where it can be useful to actually connect to...
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Pass variables between steps in Azure Pipelines
I have recently been working with Azure Pipelines and found myself needing to pass a variable between "steps".In theory, this should have been simple, but unfortunately, a lot of the documentation I...
View ArticleStream videos from Azure Blob storage with ASP.NET Core
Many of the projects I work on deal with large video files stored in Azure Blob Storage. And we typically wish to view those videos in a web browser.Of course, it is possible to expose those files by...
View ArticleUsing ETags and Patching Rows in Azure Table Storage
Azure Table Storage has the advantage of being very cheap, which means it often gets used when you have quite basic storage requirements, and don't want to shell out for a SQL or Cosmos database.It...
View ArticleCleaning up dangling DNS entries for an Azure DNS Zone
Azure DNS Zones are a convenient way to manage your DNS records. You can configure up to 10,000 "record sets" which should be more than enough, although if you are in a situation where you automate the...
View ArticlePlaying MIDI through SoundFonts with NAudio and MeltySynth
This week I was in Copenhagen speaking about NAudio at the Copenhagen Developer Festival.I wanted to do a short demo to show off the capabilities of NAudio, and one thing I've always wished was...
View ArticleCreating Zip Files in Azure Blob Storage
If you'd like to create a zip file in Azure blob storage using the Azure Storage SDK you can of course just create the zip locally and then upload it, but in this post I want to show how you can create...
View ArticleWhat are we optimizing for?
Over the last few years, most December's I have attempted the amazing "Advent of Code" challenge. This daily set of puzzles is a great way to sharpen your coding skills or perhaps learn a new language....
View Article2023 in review
Happy new year everyone. It's time for (yet) another year in review post. This year in some ways has felt like a slightly less productive year than normal in terms of blogging, speaking and creating...
View ArticleSome Stream.Read Guidelines
I recently had to fix a bug due to incorrect use of Stream.Read, and it struck me that quote often I see bugs and performance issues related to poorly written code reading from streams. This is often...
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