Russ Hammett articles - 78 total
Microsoft Orleans: Grain Caches
Holy moly it’s been a while. Time for some more Orleans goodness, hopefully? Caches! ...
Microsoft Orleans - Orleans.SyncWork now a part of OrleansContrib
The package I wrote about in this post is now a part of the OrleansContrib organization! This is a...
CI/CD for .net 6, using GitHub actions
With the publishing of Orleans.SyncWork, I’ve had the opportunity to explore GitHub actions - which...
Microsoft Orleans - Long running CPU bound work
I’ve been talking about the idea of long running, CPU bound, synchronous work for a long time. Now,...
Getting Started with NDepend
One of the folks over at NDepend reached out to me to provide a license for their product; let’s do...
dotnet centralized package versioning
In a previous post I talked about using variable for keeping NuGet packages across multiple projects;...
How to build a "tamperproof cookie"
All right! It’s been a minute! Tamperproof cookies, I needed one, it’s pretty simple after thinking...
Design Patterns: Decorator
The decorator pattern is a structural design pattern that can be used to add functionality to classes...
Prettifying HealthChecks
Previously I wrote about creating Health Checks for Microsoft Orleans, but the JSON response was too...
Microsoft Orleans - Health Checks
Health Checks are a means of seeing how a system is running at the time of performing the check....
Self Notes - React Router Getting Started
My notes about trying to get started with React. I’m mostly a backend-dev. The bit of front-end dev...
Setting up mTLS and Kestrel (cont.)
In the last post we started talking about mTLS. In the post I pointed out that the client cert’s...
Setting up mTLS and Kestrel
Pretty sure everyone at this point knows what TLS is, but what about mTLS? How is it different from...
Design Patterns: Builder
The builder is a creational pattern that can be used to construct “more complex” objects, without...
How to rely on configuration during application bootstrapping?
Working with the IHostBuilder introduced to .netcore has been an overall pleasant experience… until I...
Design Patterns: Factory
The factory is a creational pattern that can be used to retrieve instances of objects, without having...
Design Patterns: Strategy
The strategy pattern is one of the first patterns I learned, and it leads into at least one other pat...
How do you prioritize learning new things?
I’ve been having problems prioritizing my (limited) free time at home. There are ...
CORS headers with dot net core 3
Setting up a blanket CORS for .net core 3 is pretty simple, figuring out how to test it took longer t...
Python Flask with Heroku and TravisCI
Attempting to get involved with a nonprofit organization MAGIC. They use a lot of Python, so here’s...
Getting started with Java
It’s been many years since I’ve done anything substantial with Java. I’d like to ...
Hexo - local configuration
Exploring how to use merged config files for setting up a “local” vs “prod” workflow in Hexo. Dave...
Hello Hexo - also new home for blog?
Greetings from Hexo and a markdown file! Lately I’ve been thinking a bit about why I’ve been...
Getting started on MongoDb with .NET Core
Getting started on MongoDb with .NET Core Photo by rawpixel on Unspl...
Microsoft Orleans — My first podcast interview!
Microsoft Orleans — My first podcast interview! I was recently inter...
Microsoft Orleans — Dashboard Update — CPU/Memory Stats
Microsoft Orleans — Dashboard Update — CPU/Memory Stats Quick update...
Docker — writing a smaller image with multi stage builds for. NET core.
Docker — writing a smaller image with multi stage builds for. NET core...
Microsoft Orleans — Observables
Microsoft Orleans — Observers Photo by Freddy Marschall on Unsplash ...
db in c#— how does I do again?
Database in c#— how does I do again? Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash ...
Microsoft Orleans — Easily switching between “development” and “production” configurations.
Microsoft Orleans — Easily switching between “development” and “produc...