Greetings, Programs
Welcome to my blog.
This website is an attempt to write ideas down so I can refer to them later. If someone else finds these ideas useful, then I am glad.
Matthew Edgar
edgamat@outlook.com
https://github.com/edgamat
Latest Posts
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Recognizing Patterns
I was called in on the weekend to diagnose an issue with an application I wrote. I was very lucky to spot something in the application logs that led to correcting the issue. Recognizing patterns is pretty important in my job.
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Exploring Test-Driven Development - Fooling Yourself
Test-Driven Development, is a fascinating topic. Robert C. Martin heralds it as a foundational discipline of software development. Others, aren’t so convinced. Even though I have written my thoughts on this topic once or twice over the years, I was inspired by Martin’s recently released “Clean Craftsmanship” to explore it further. This is the first exploration, focused on how you can fool yourself into thinking your way is better.
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Throttling Async Tasks with SemaphoreSlim
Recently we had a situation where we thought we were throttling tasks correctly. Turns out we weren’t.
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Blog Update
I’ve missed a few blog posts recently.
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DateOnly/TimeOnly Types in .NET 6
In the latest preview of .NET 6.0, two new struct types were introduced:
DateOnlyandTimeOnly. They fill a gap for use cases long asked for in .NET.