<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://edgamat.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://edgamat.com/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-06-07T09:13:35+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Span of Reference</title><subtitle>A blog about software development ideas</subtitle><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><entry><title type="html">Using a Reverse Proxy in My Homelab</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2026/03/12/homelab-reverse-proxy.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Using a Reverse Proxy in My Homelab" /><published>2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2026/03/12/homelab-reverse-proxy</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[One of the first things I set up in my Homelab is a reverse proxy.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">My Homelab Hardware</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2026/03/11/homelab-hardware.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="My Homelab Hardware" /><published>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-11T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2026/03/11/homelab-hardware</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I don’t have a lot of hardware for my homelab. I think that is a good thing.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Starting a Homelab</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2026/03/08/starting-a-homelab.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Starting a Homelab" /><published>2026-03-08T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2026/03/08/starting-a-homelab</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I started a homelab and I have fallen behind in documenting what I am doing. That ends today.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">The Books I Read in 2025</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/12/31/The-Books-I-Read-In-2025.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Books I Read in 2025" /><published>2025-12-31T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-31T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/12/31/The-Books-I-Read-In-2025</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[2025 was a good year. I got to visit my family in Canada this summer which is always such a treat. They are all doing great. My family here in North Florida are also doing great. My wife and I have been accepted by the feral cat in the barn. She still doesn’t trust us, but she is willing to allow us to feed her. In January we survived “The Blizzard of 2025” where we had 5 inches of snow for a week. Quite exciting, but we are glad it only happens once every 25 year. My work life was busier than usual this year. This greatly reduced my time for writing blog posts and reading books. But the client I work for now is great and I enjoy the work very much. Here are some of the books I read this year.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Adding Custom Traces for OpenTelemetry</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/09/29/Adding-Custom-Activities-for-Messaging.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Adding Custom Traces for OpenTelemetry" /><published>2025-09-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-09-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/09/29/Adding-Custom-Activities-for-Messaging</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I have been writing a simple messaging library layered on top of Azure Service Bus. I want to add my own custom traces that OpenTelemetry can export.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Using OpenTelemetry with Azure Service Bus</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/09/28/Using-OpenTelemetry-With-Azure-Service-Bus.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Using OpenTelemetry with Azure Service Bus" /><published>2025-09-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-09-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/09/28/Using-OpenTelemetry-With-Azure-Service-Bus</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I want to configure OpenTelemetry for Azure Service Bus. The documentation says it is built in. Let’s see how it behaves.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">A Simple Messaging Library for Azure Service Bus</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/08/31/A-Simple-Messaging-Library-With-Azure-Service-Bus.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="A Simple Messaging Library for Azure Service Bus" /><published>2025-08-31T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-08-31T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/08/31/A-Simple-Messaging-Library-With-Azure-Service-Bus</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I’ve wanted to learn more about Azure Service Bus for awhile. Let’s give it a look.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Securing Your Supply Chain - Using a Private Nuget Feed</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/08/17/Securing-Your-Supply-Chain-Private-Nuget-Feed.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Securing Your Supply Chain - Using a Private Nuget Feed" /><published>2025-08-17T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-08-17T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/08/17/Securing-Your-Supply-Chain-Private-Nuget-Feed</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[We have a private Nuget Feed for some internal packages we publish. Setting it up is easy, but is it secure?]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Securing Your Supply Chain - Vulnerable Dependencies</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/08/10/Securing-Your-Supply-Chain-Vulnerable-Dependencies.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Securing Your Supply Chain - Vulnerable Dependencies" /><published>2025-08-10T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-08-10T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/08/10/Securing-Your-Supply-Chain-Vulnerable-Dependencies</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Best Practices Framework</title><link href="https://edgamat.com/2025/06/14/Best-Practices-Framework.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Best Practices Framework" /><published>2025-06-14T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-06-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://edgamat.com/2025/06/14/Best-Practices-Framework</id><author><name>Matthew Edgar</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the biggest scam in tech that is deemed acceptable? Best practices. Let’s unpack that a bit.]]></summary></entry></feed>