Simon Foster articles - 224 total
Getting Started with OpenTelemetry: Observability Made Easy
What is OpenTelemetry? OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework that...
What's New in .NET Aspire 9.2: Infrastructure Diagrams Made Easy
.NET Aspire 9.2 is here, bringing exciting new features to simplify infrastructure visualization....
Integrating OpenTelemetry Logs with Grafana Using Loki and Alloy
Logs are a critical part of monitoring and debugging modern applications. By integrating...
Exploring ChatGPT's Image Generation: Fun with AI
Fun with AI AI tools like ChatGPT are evolving rapidly, and their creative capabilities...
Using AI to Automate Social Media Posts with .NET
Automating repetitive tasks is one of the best ways to save time and focus on what matters most. In...
Merging Two Projects Into One Git Repository
Recently, I worked on merging two separate projects into one. Each project had its own Git...
The Pragmatic Programmer
I have been reading The Pragmatic Programmer and I have to say it is a fantastic book. It is full of...
Understanding and Handling Exceptions in .NET
While at NDC London I heard a great talk by Matt Burke about exceptions. I will share some of the...
What is new with C#
I was lucky enough to hear Mads Torgersen (The Lead Designer of the C# language) speak at NDC London...
Volunteering at NDC London
I have just come home from volunteering at NDC London. It was a great experience and I learned a...
Setting Up Grafana for Monitoring .NET Apps with Docker
Grafana is an open-source analytics and monitoring platform that allows you to query, visualize, and...
Adding Elasticsearch with .Net Aspire
A few weeks ago I talked about .Net Aspire, well lets take a look at how we can use it with...
Simplifying Dependency Management with NuGet Central Package Management
Introduction Managing dependencies in .NET projects can become complex, especially when...
Setting Up Nagios Monitoring with Docker
Introduction A long time ago in my SysAdmin days, I was a big fan of Nagios. Recently, I...
Reflecting on 2024 and Setting Goals for 2025
It is that time of year again, time to reflect on the year that has passed and look forward to the...
Automatic Pull Requests
Creating pull requests is part of the development process when working with version control systems...
Common AI and Copilot Terms
AI is everywhere at the moment, from chatbots to code completion tools like GitHub Copilot. Here are...
Top Electricity Consuming Devices in Your Home
I have been wondering what devices in my house use the most electricity. I have a smart meter which...
Getting started with .Net Aspire
What is .Net Aspire? .Net Aspire is a comprehensive set of tools, templates, and packages...
Version 9 of .Net is here
Every November it is like Christmas for .NET developers, as Microsoft releases the next version of...
Strategy Design Pattern
Understanding the Strategy Design Pattern. In the world of software development, design...
Code Club
Code Clubs are free, welcoming spaces designed to introduce young people to the exciting world of...
Scottish Summit 2024
Scottish Summit 2024 took place in Aberdeen on October 18th and 19th at the P&J Live Arena, and I...
Make API calls from Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code
It is that exciting time of year where Microsoft announce a new version of .Net (Version 8 this time)...
Become the best Actor, Astronaut or Developer you can be!
Recently I have been reading the first few chapters of Patrick Stewart’s Memoir, Making It So: A...
DDD East Midlands
On Saturday 7th October I attended DDD East Midlands. It is a community run conference for Developers...
How much does it cost?
How much does it Cost to run my side projects? This is going to be an interesting look at my...
What podcasts have I been listening to - Week 2
Another week has gone by so here is a rundown of my podcasts listenings… Hachyderm’s Kris...
What podcasts have I been listening to
I love listening to podcasts so I thought I would share what I have been listening to over the last...
2022 What Happened?
As 2022 draws to a close its time to do my annual look back at what happened. I am going to talk a...