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If you’re considering this source control tool. Stop. If you’re considering this for your development team, have mercy on them and stop. I haven’t been confused by, annoyed by, dumbfounded. read more…
The last time I did any WordPress development was over a year ago so I no longer have PHP and MySQL installed. I started marching off down my well beaten. read more…
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I just created a couple of NuGet packages for helping to consume SQLite in .NetStandard1.5 applications. Includes all the nice Async stuff you’d need as well. It’s based on the. read more…
I recently got so fed up with DropBox trouncing all over my shell icon overlays that I decided to attempt a drastic action. Remove the write access to writing to. read more…
I’ll tell you why UWP is suffering. The UWP flavour of XAML is a mere shadow of WPF and the emulator is shockingly hard to get working or working reliably. . read more…
Apple, seriously … you fucked up. Are you seriously telling your MacBook Pro & iPhone users that they’ll have to buy a dongle to connect their flagship Apple phone to. read more…
There’s really no doubt that Windows 7 updates have become a bit of a nightmare. Microsoft have been aggressively pushing Windows 10. Some of the stories that have been rolling. read more…
This is a neat trick that I use in FireFox. I like to use FireFox in full-screen mode and I use the bookmarks toolbar a lot. The trouble begins when. read more…
This is the worst thing I’ve ever read regarding an online service. Apple Music service hijacks ALL your content – even your own created works and holds you to ransom. read more…
This might at first appear like a form of scare mongering, or a thinly veiled sales pitch on my part but I can assure you it isn’t. I have too. read more…
I love ReSharper, I really do feel slightly lost when using Visual Studio and hitting Alt+Enter doesn’t offer the same code sugar rush I’ve come to expect. But I’ve gotta. read more…
The App Store has to be one of the flakiest “services” I’ve ever had the displeasure of having forced on me. App submissions seem to fail constantly, more often than. read more…
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
Sharing parameters and properties can be a bit confusing for new users of TeamCity. Lets use a simple example to illustrate how you can do this. For sake of this. read more…
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
Over the years I’ve used many source control systems. Most of them seemed pretty simple to use after a short period of time. However they all have their idiosyncrasies that. read more…
So I finally did it. When I first purchased my MacBook Pro I bought a copy of Parallels 8. What a mistake that turned out to be. Don’t get me. read more…
Password Sensibilities
I’ve lost count of the number of organisations I’ve worked for that have adhered to the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) password advice from back in 2003. I’ve. read more…
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PlasticSCM – Just Don’t
If you’re considering this source control tool. Stop. If you’re considering this for your development team, have mercy on them and stop. I haven’t been confused by, annoyed by, dumbfounded. read more…
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Docker + Windows + WordPress + MySQL + PHPMyAdmin = Nirvana
The last time I did any WordPress development was over a year ago so I no longer have PHP and MySQL installed. I started marching off down my well beaten. read more…
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The State of Login in 2017 – LastPass to the Rescue!!
I’ve been putting this off for far, far too long. I knew migrating to a password manager was going to be a long boring task and now I’ve started, I. read more…
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SQLite Extensions for .NetStandard NuGet
I just created a couple of NuGet packages for helping to consume SQLite in .NetStandard1.5 applications. Includes all the nice Async stuff you’d need as well. It’s based on the. read more…
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Oh Dear, Borked Your Registry Key Permissions?
I recently got so fed up with DropBox trouncing all over my shell icon overlays that I decided to attempt a drastic action. Remove the write access to writing to. read more…
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Windows 10 UWP – Emulator- The Revenge
I’ll tell you why UWP is suffering. The UWP flavour of XAML is a mere shadow of WPF and the emulator is shockingly hard to get working or working reliably. . read more…
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MacBook Prolapse
Apple, seriously … you fucked up. Are you seriously telling your MacBook Pro & iPhone users that they’ll have to buy a dongle to connect their flagship Apple phone to. read more…
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Windows 7 Updates Roll-up
There’s really no doubt that Windows 7 updates have become a bit of a nightmare. Microsoft have been aggressively pushing Windows 10. Some of the stories that have been rolling. read more…
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Bookmarks Toolbar in FireFox Full-Screen Mode
This is a neat trick that I use in FireFox. I like to use FireFox in full-screen mode and I use the bookmarks toolbar a lot. The trouble begins when. read more…
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Apple Music – A Disaster for Users
This is the worst thing I’ve ever read regarding an online service. Apple Music service hijacks ALL your content – even your own created works and holds you to ransom. read more…
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The Dangers of Self Build Web Site Platforms
This might at first appear like a form of scare mongering, or a thinly veiled sales pitch on my part but I can assure you it isn’t. I have too. read more…
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ReSharper 10 Speed Woes
I love ReSharper, I really do feel slightly lost when using Visual Studio and hitting Alt+Enter doesn’t offer the same code sugar rush I’ve come to expect. But I’ve gotta. read more…
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App Store App Submission – Continual Failure and Obfuscation
The App Store has to be one of the flakiest “services” I’ve ever had the displeasure of having forced on me. App submissions seem to fail constantly, more often than. read more…
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My Life With a MacBook Pro – 3 Years In
Hmm … where to start? I had to buy a MacBook, I need to write and compile apps for iPhones and iPads. I would have preferred to spend the extortionate. read more…
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TeamCity – Sharing Build Properties
Sharing parameters and properties can be a bit confusing for new users of TeamCity. Lets use a simple example to illustrate how you can do this. For sake of this. read more…
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Xamarin iOS TeamCity Build
So this turned into a complete nightmare for a while. TeamCity Mac Agent Push Installation I started by trying to get TeamCity to do a push install of a new. read more…
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Source Control – Learning Git
Over the years I’ve used many source control systems. Most of them seemed pretty simple to use after a short period of time. However they all have their idiosyncrasies that. read more…
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Bye, Bye Parallels – Hello Virtual Box
So I finally did it. When I first purchased my MacBook Pro I bought a copy of Parallels 8. What a mistake that turned out to be. Don’t get me. read more…
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