Posts
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Beware the slow Linq
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Why people tell you not to run a mail server
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Out of memory with Laravel Mix/Webpack on build agent
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Why queries are slow in production
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You're doing your solar export wrong
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Exporting artifacts from Docker build
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Perfection is a Software Engineer's worst enemy
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Approaching a performance problem
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Dotnet core not binding a json request to an action's model
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NPM in Docker is a dumpster fire
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The "you're over complicating it" meme
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Nullable types slow down dotnet core
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PostgreSQL Major Cluster Upgrade - Nearly Zero Downtime
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Barman backup error
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SPAs are killing the internet
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Random dotnet core routing errors
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The difficult interviews
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The hidden cost of bureaucracy
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Don't ask your users to delete their cache
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UX is still done badly
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The terrible state of postgres load balancing
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Cloud pains
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Corporates are failing at a critical skill
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It would be nice to improve server updates
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Developers love tech more than business
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How much to pay a Developer
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I've Been Stung by apt-get purge TWICE
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What Recruiters don't understand about experience
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Maybe the bubble should burst
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kubectl apply - Error from server (Forbidden)
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Why port SQL Server to PostgreSQL?
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Why I ditched Duolingo
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Visual Studio warning triangle
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Github deploy with Jekyll
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Not another terrible shopping site
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It doesn't build on the build server
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On the joys of Kubernetes
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Understanding documentation is the real skill
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Grafana installation error
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Recruitment is number one
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How many times do we let people chase us up?
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When to optimise or not
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Writing a postfix milter in Rust
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Stop complaining about interviews
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Nuget is still really bad
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Not everyone gets fault finding
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Stop guessing about your product design
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SQL Server docs are terrible - setting up an always-on availability group
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The problem with customers
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Microk8s ingress not working
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The hidden danger of refactoring
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Better to lack a feature than have a bad one
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nginx ingress timeout annotations not working
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The ultimate network debugging guide
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Look after the small things
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It is not all about price
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Entity framework not loading data
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You are still doing site search wrong
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Defence in depth is worth it
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How to detect drained Kubernetes nodes manually
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Application Insights not logging calls to all Actions in web service
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Why noobs need baby steps
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Docker build not using the cache
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Software Engineers can't always tell attention to detail from perfectionism
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Docker login: Error response from daemon: login attempt to registry failed with status: 400 Bad Request
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Kubectl: Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority
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Could not start IIS web site
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Containerising SQL Server Databases in Devops
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.Net build works in docker but not docker-compose
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How to objectively measure developer productivity
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Fast Docker builds for dotnet core
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Design production microservices environment
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Tip of the day - learn how to enable logging on any new product
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Learning from Criminal Minds - Linux aliases
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Getting lost in the world of Devops tooling and Envoy Proxy with Docker Swarm
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System.MissingMemberException: Public member 'GetSecretAsync' on type 'KeyVaultClient' not found
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A council hit by ransomware attack AGAIN
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Remote working for Developers...or not?
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The challenge of Node docker images
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Developers are still not writing effective CVs
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Skoda stop-start not working
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Optimise Docker builds by tweaking the Dockerfile
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Docker with netfx/.net framework apps
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Please stop trying to make things "backwards compatible"
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How to deploy secrets to Kubernetes with Octopus Deploy
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Why SMTP will be with us for a long time
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Where big businesses are still terribly inefficient
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`Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY`
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Invalid interpolation format for "image" option
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If you want to know what working in a startup is like....
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Security Questionnaires are really, really, harmful
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Why Content-Security-Policy is a little bit rubbish
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Understanding SQL Server Statistics and why they are so important
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Sell something that people want
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That isn't agile
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Why Banks need to see themselves as SAAS businesses first and banks second
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Is software running before we can walk?
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Octopus Deploy with MicroK8S - You must be logged in to the server (the server has asked for the client to provide credentials)
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What makes a great developer?
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TeamCity or Jenkins for CI with .Net?
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Random CORs errors on Chrome using Cloudfront and S3
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Exam Results are not fair!
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Recruitment Advice from an amateur
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Continuous Professional Development for Developers
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Test not discovered/won't run in Visual Studio
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Azure Key Vault works on one server but not another!
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Query is fast in Sql Server Management Studio but slow in application
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Why massive legacy applictions are impossible to replace and why they are not!
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Lots of problems with Nuget and Microsoft's use of it
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The rarest skill - working smarter, not harder
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Doing your Developer interview well
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Developers: Your CVs suck!
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Dotnet Core, CORS and Localhost
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Understanding Web Performance Testing
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Thinking, Logic and Communication
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Why are people surprised that Governments cannot handle the Corona-virus?
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Posting the cross-site request forgery in JMeter for dotnet core
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Hobby vs Startup
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When agile conflicts with "while the bonnet is open"
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Why UK Developer Recruiters are still mostly sharks
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Free Remote Access using Remote Desktop over SSH
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It's not that hard making your web site scalable
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Ideas are cheap, execution is everything
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The Latest Scam: Marketing masquerading as a Corona Virus update
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How to succeed at Developer technical tests
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Writing code for testability
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Linq Select not projecting into SQL statement
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Cannot resolve scoped service 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.IHttpContextAccessor' from root provider
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The all-too-common experience of poorly run corporates
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What is missing from safety-critical software design?
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Creating a new online service isn't a 5 minute job!
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How to stop your patients dying in Two Point Hospital!
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Breaking SSL changes in Chrome 79 update AGAIN
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My two worst development assumptions
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nginx ingress when running Kubernetes off-cloud/bare-metal
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Connecting Octopus to MicroK8s
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DMARC, SPF and DKIM - ouch!
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FakeItEasy "not working" on a really easy setup
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Error or CrashLoopBackOff when deploying dotnet core container to Azure Kubernetes Service
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SQL Server Backups from Linux to Azure Blob Storage
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Dotnet core functional tests running in Docker
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The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided
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Problem when cloning Octopus Kubernetes deployment project
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Restricting by IP address on Azure Kubernetes Service
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Cannot delete persistent volumes with Kubectl
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Injecting DbContext properly with an IoC container
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Using a specific package version pushing from TeamCity to Octopus Deploy
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Building Windows Containers in Docker
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"docker build" requires exactly 1 argument
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Storing JWT signing keys in Azure Key Vault and access from .Net
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The problem with being a code-driven organisation
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what I need to know about ransomware
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Cannot consume scoped service from singleton
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Considerations when starting a web app from scratch
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Using git with putty and pageant not working!
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Enterprise vs Startup and the battle of Developer Types!
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Powershell script not running from Task Scheduler
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British Aiways massive data breach fine and why it is a hard but important lesson
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Building and Deploying Dotnet Core 2.2 to IIS with TeamCity and Octopus Deploy
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Good code should never have unexpected side-effects!
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Resharper and Visual Studio ignoring my NUnit test
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DbContext memory leak
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How to do web application passwords properly!
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What most people do wrong on their CVs
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OWIN Startup not called
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elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78
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System.MissingMethodException : Method 'blah' not found.
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Some Companies Still Failing Badly on Self Service Purchases
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How do you control versions in a DevOps environment?
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Why you might need a messaging queue and why RabbitMQ is a winner!
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Table column 3 established by element td has no cells beginning in it
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Tech Recruitment is still a massive potential market
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Unable to cast object of type 'Data' to type 'System.IConvertible' HandleBars DotNet
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Unit tests really are important, yes really!
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The CodeDom provider type could not be located
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Database projects in Visual Studio 2017 with SSDT and Devops deployments
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OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException : The HTTP request to the remote WebDriver server for URL...
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StructureMap Type from assembly does not have an implementation
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StructureMap not automatically resolving ICollection
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Creating Good Devops Channels on Team City
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Amazon Broke My Music (And how to fix it)
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Help: My Unit tests are flaky!
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A new Team City Windows Agent using Agent Push
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FakeItEasy unit test error - System.NotImplementedException : The method or operation is not implemented.
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MSB3268: The primary reference could not be resolved - Team City
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Converting .Net Web Site to Web Application
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Entity Framework Error - "no entity framework provider found for the ADO.NET provider with invariant name"
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Certbot renew fails. unauthorized Invalid response from...
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Rewriting is hard, even for small applications
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The Development Industry needs to take CPD and Seniority more seriously
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Making Cyber Security more practical for small businesses
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SEO for the new company!
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Modifying SASS options when building from NetBeans
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Using variables in Powershell in Bamboo deployment project
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Using Enterprise-signed apps on iPhone with iTunes 12.7
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Please consider your users more important than your systems!
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Success in a Startup
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The UK need to stop making excuses and start doing things properly
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The old "train vs driving" debate again!
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Whether to commit to a port to .Net core
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Is Python worth all the hype?
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Should I learn another programming language?
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Bamboo and MSDeploy not deploying dotnet core to a folder on the network!
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I'm not sure that Microsoft know what "root cause" means!
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An example where Dependency Injection makes sense!
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Azure Resource Manager Template and "Parameter name cannot be empty"
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Can I replace my mechanical relays with solid-state relays?
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CocosSharp is not winning any friends!
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Prevent hotlinking of CDN items to harvesting sites with Azure
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Another dead SSD, lost files and lost hours...
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Why is software hard?
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CryptographicException: Specified padding mode is not valid for this algorithm
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Filebeat from App Services to Logstash, Elastic and Kibana - Update
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You don't necessarily want "async all the way up"!
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Dotnet core 2.x mocking HttpContext etc.
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Using SASS in a project with Zurb Foundation
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InvalidOperationException: Cannot resolve scoped service from root provider.
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Porting .Net Framework to .Net Core is not a 5 minute job!
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DotNet Core Dependency Injection does not have named instances
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Readable useful documentation
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Method not found: 'Void Microsoft.Azure.KeyVault.KeyVaultClient..ctor(AuthenticationCallback, System.Net.Http.DelegatingHandler[])'
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Winning the chicken and egg problem with Azure Key Vault access
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.Net on Elastic Beanstalk (AWS) with VPC
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Virtual Networks on Azure? Not quite ready for the big time yet!
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Bootstrapping Yii2 Module and developing locally
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Make sure you sudo openssl dhparam!
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Why you should stop using Paypal to process payments
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Mocking SignOutAsync and SignInAsync
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Filebeat as a Webjob on App Services to send IIS logs to Logstash
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Make Yii2 ListView play nice with UI frameworks
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Tracing area "Rewrite" is not recognized
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ElasticSearch, LogStash and Kibana (ELK) on Azure App Services
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MongoDB Insert from Mongo Shell but not from C# API
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IdentityServer 3 certificate loading woes!
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NuGet package not visible in Manage NuGet Packages
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Cannot install NuGet package even though it is listed
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No, your web site being broken is not OK!
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What do we assume when we contract people to write software for us?
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How to interview for a Senior Developer
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.Net MVC Controller Action 404 only on one system!
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Address labels in PHP without special software
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JWT, JWE, JWS in .Net - Pt 3 - JWE
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JWT, JWE, JWS in .Net - Pt 2 - Validating JWS
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JWT, JWE, JWS in .Net
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SecurityTokenEncryptionFailedException: IDX10615: Encryption failed. No support for: Algorithm
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.Net Web API Validation
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Client Certificate does not appear in Windows Credential Manager
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OutOfRangeInput One of the request inputs is out of range on Azure CDN
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Build sqlproj projects with MSBuild on a Build Server
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Weird errors deploying new MVC site to IIS with Web Deploy
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New to MongoDB and starting out
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Removing google secondary email address
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Bamboo Visual Studio Build Fails - Works in Visual Studio
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Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel with authority
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Azure Traffic Manager shows degraded status for App Services https
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nginx returns 200 for image but no image!
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Azure App Services. http works but https doesn't
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WSUS client download error 0x800b0109 "Some update files aren't signed correctly"
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UnableToResolvePhysicalConnection UnableToConnect
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MSTest and Unit Tests for .Net on Bamboo - setting the path to the dll
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Getting Web Deploy working
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Automated Builds for Visual Studio Project/Solution with custom NuGet packages and Bamboo
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Azure App Services not ready for the big time yet?
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Cannot answer incoming calls on Android
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Azure App Services (Websites) - Cannot find the X.509 certificate using the following search criteria
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Encrypting/Decrypting Web.config sections with PKCS12
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.Net MVC5 - RedirectToAction not Redirecting in the browser
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Help, my servo isn't working!
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Git stops working with VSTS - Authentication failed
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Migrating Azure Cloud Services to App Services is not a 5 minute job!
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Git, maybe one day you will be my friend
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Source Control from Visual Studio is still terrible!
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Load Testing is not as easy as it sounds
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Making Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets work!
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What is it like owning a Toyota Auris Hybrid?
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Do people still not understand "safe by default"?
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Microsoft seriously need to sort out their online Identity model
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Error: Unable to Start Debugging on the Web Server
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PHP loads extension from CGI but NOT from CLI
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Convert.ToDateTime() ALSO converts the timezone!
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Calls to Azure DocumentDB hang
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IdentityServer doesn't work with OAuth2 and its probably Open ID's fault!
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Cannot add IIS App Pool identity to windows permissions
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TelemetryConfiguration with different Instrumentation Keys
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Contained users in Azure BACPAC files not working
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The depressing feeling of the software slippery slope....
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IP Addresses on Netgear FVS318N VPN Router
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To all of you who want to "fix" the EU....
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Passing the CISSP exam and how to do multiple-choice
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Windows 10 is a pain for developers
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.Net Core - Publishing from Visual Studio 2015 - It's a pain
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Windows 10 Broke my https web site
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Thanks everyone for breaking my site!
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Client Certificates and Windows 10
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There was an error attaching the debugger to the role instance
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Project could not be opened because the Microsoft Visual C# 2010 compiler could not be created. An item with the same key....
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Annoying trailing double slash (at end of URL)
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KeyVaultClientException: Operation "get" is not allowed
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Visual Studio designer files and The name does not exist in the current context
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blobExists for Azure PHP SDK 0.4.0 (API 2.2)
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Using the Azure SDK for PHP - What I learned
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What do you need to know about taking online payments?
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Do airlines not understand their customers?
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Yii2 code works locally, doesn't work in production
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I don't know why companies can't get customer feedback right
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Verified by visa - So bad, it's criminal
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Apple and the iOS data recovery saga
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"We will investigate to learn from our mistakes..."
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What we must learn from the Accident Investigation Branches
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Designing for a distributed scalable web application
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Facebook and Google (and other) OAuth2 Logins are NOT always authentication
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Client authentication broken (Azure) - cert expired
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Android "This certificate is not from a trusted authority" or "no peer certificate" errors - fine on desktop!
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Publish-AzureServiceProject - There is an error in XML document (12, 90)
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securityheaders.io, Public-Key-Pins, IIS and Azure
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Web App Security - Are you doing it wrong?
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RDP not working over VPN
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The fallacy of technology
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Holder.js doesn't work (Oh yes it does)
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Interesting Problems - Jury Service
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mod_deflate in apache is breaking caching
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Companies still get Customer Feedback sooooooo wrong
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Why Web Design is such a pig
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ServerTooBusyException on Azure
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The weird world of .Net Cookies and Forms Authentication
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Adding assets folder to Android Studio project
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Android assets not appearing in the folder
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Android app crashes with no stack trace after calling startActivityForResult or startActivity
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Firefox and XML Parsing Error: no element found
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What you really must know before you think you should make web sites for a living
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Validation of viewstate MAC failed on mobile only!
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Windows Firewall not allowing DNS queries through.
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Cyber Security. It's really hard but it's also not that hard!
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Sell like Steve Jobs
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Why can't everybody back off?
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Encryption - so necessary but so dangerous?
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Why has Google lost the plot?
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Setting up SSL is still way too painful
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SUSE Linux Enterprise - That was very painful!
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Cannot copy-and-paste into Remote Desktop login box
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The pain that is WebDeploy and error 401 when publishing
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The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel
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Cheryl's Birthday and the weaknesses of language
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Learn to Code in 30 days with.....
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If you ever use the word "best" in a computer science question, you need to go to school
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The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden
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Pay by Phone - Convenient? Not even close.
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SSL sites stop working on Apache after upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04
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Un-safe SIM cards and the alleged Gemalto hack
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Page_Load called twice and another hole in the HTML specification
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Why complexity is always the enemy of good design
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Regular Expressions, Unicode, PHP and pain
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The mysterious Chrome padlock warning symbol
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Yii 2 not translating messages
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Cheating performance on large web applications
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Yii 2 not serving css files
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Large Databases, Primary Keys, Replication and Pain
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Why do software projects overrun?
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More Scaling Considerations
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Why most of our projects are too expensive and executed poorly
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Planning the deployment for your new scalable site
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Error 403 when calling Soap web service with client certificate from PHP
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Unable to execute dex: Multiple dex files define Lorg/spongycastle/LICENSE
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Random problem with UIView rotation and transforms
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Understanding XCode, iOS, iPhone and Simulator Architectures
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Lumino City - Great Game but could use some hints!
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Why the Royal Mail depresses me
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Creating a scalable PHP web application on Azure Virtual Machines
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How to design a high performance web site
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Where Halifax have failed on their web site
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You can't use an absolute script url in a .Net script tag when runat=server
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Azure CDN and Storage Not Suitable for Production
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Some of my useful Github Projects
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Where Argos have failed on their 'new' web site
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Why shouldn't you use SELECT * FROM TABLE
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Tightening up your Azure Cloud Service SSL Settings
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Newbie Web Programmers - what you HAVE to know about security
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Deserialize object trees from json in Java
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Android SSL/TLS/HTTPS - IOException: No peer certificate
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Yii2 and the spaghetti maze of configuration files!
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Schools should work more with industry
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Forget Eclipse, it's all about Android Studio
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SHA1 or SHA-1?
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Yii 2.0 on Windows under IIS
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The Sorrows of Offline-First Mobile Apps
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Publish-AzureServiceProject - ConflictError: The specified DNS name is already taken
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Cannot deploy PHP cloud service onto Azure for Server 2012
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Building a Scalable Application in .Net on Windows Azure
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Learning from our mistakes? Not a chance!
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How governments spend ages trying to fix the wrong problem
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FileZilla - Quickconnect works but Site Manager doesn't!
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Resizing ASP.Net images with ImageResizer on the server-side
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Chrome not displaying date in html 5 "date" input
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How to spot a phishing email
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The name does not exist in the current context - Master Pages
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Do NOT use guids for secure object identifiers
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Why you should never mix HTTP and HTTPS
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Reporting Services, shared datasets and Parameters
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Setting up report designer on Windows
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SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) with wildcard SSL and Server 2008 R2
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Scale-out SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) aka Separating Databases and Web Servers
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Azure In-role cache and multiple instances
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XCode linking problems
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More Eclipse/Java and XCode/iOS woes
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Convert Virtual Box Windows Client to use virtio drivers
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Unidentified network or public network in Windows under virtio
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Crontab error - syntax error, bad username
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Netbeans project from Windows won't open on Ubuntu
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URL Encoding, Percent Encoding and what to do with spaces, %20 and +
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Calling web services asynchronously in Android
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Content Security Policy and .Net
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process launch failed: failed to get the task for process
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Elevation of privileges but not as you know it
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domain.com being added to my DNS queries from Windows 7
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Backing up Linux box to online storage for cheap!
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.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine'
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More poor design decisions by Apple/Objective-C/iOS
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Backup Amazon EC2 Linux box to S3 Storage
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iOS/Objective-C Unrecognized selector sent to instance
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Why I think Google+ is a failure
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My rant about iOS development and why it sucks.
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What Developers could learn from the Airlines
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Stray carriage return/line feed causes hotmail to mangle hyperlink
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Dynamic IP Security (dynamicIpSecurity) on Azure
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Friday Opinion: Why I don't like "learn to code" blitz courses
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How does Google Analytics work (for non-techies)?
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RESOLVED: Button postback not firing from GridView or DataGrid
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Learning about error handling the hard way!
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ApplicationPoolIdentity understood
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Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies
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Fully working Azure diagnostics example including log4net
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[bug] DiagnosticMonitorTraceListener doesn't use filter
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Beware converting BINARY to VARBINARY in SQL Server
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What's the difference between HMAC and RSA/DSA for signing messages
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SvcUtil.exe with Client Certificates
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Using symmetrical encryption in the correct way
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Developing for IE8
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The active result for the query contains no fields
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Keeping your GitHub project maintained
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RSA Public Key Encryption between .Net, PHP and Java
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Public/Private keys, OpenSSL, RSA, PEM and DER
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Why we cannot have perfect encryption and why we can't trust anybody
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What every developer should know about password hashing before writing it!
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AES Encryption/Decryption in Android using SpongyCastle
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GMail email relay from PHP in Azure worker role
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Cannot remote desktop to Azure Worker Role
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The Myth of Code Portability and "lack of vendor lock-in"
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Invalid service path! Cannot locate ServiceDefinition.csdef in current folder or parent folders
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Dropbox folder keeps appearing, can't delete it - solved
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Finally - Azure with client certificates!
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I really can't stand Java
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SSL/TLS for Developers or IT Admins
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CodeIgniter: You have specified an invalid database connection group.
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Using FastCGI instead of ModPHP
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How Startups should design solutions to scale
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Drupal Hybridauth Social Login plugin stuck in loop when logging in
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Calling .Net code from SQL Server
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Simple TraceListener example
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Network performance from Android app using the Apache Library
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There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed
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How to add a loading or waiting page to an android activity
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jQuery offset() not working properly in Internet Explorer
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Why we should all be fighting SPAM with the SPF setting
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How to animate an HTML image to make it "glow"
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Developers: Beware 401 response codes on IIS!
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SPF not working on Google - "Received-SPF: neutral" - "is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of"
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A rant about QT for the Raspberry Pi and the danger of community projects
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Do not rename Android resources in the Eclipse IDE
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How to secure your web applications
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How to style the FileUpload or make it look like you have!
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Why Microsoft (and so many others) still don't get it
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My first introduction to less.js with Bootstrap
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Why PRISM etc. makes me really nervous
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Azure Cloud Service - "The credentials that were used to connect to...could not be used"
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Password best practice and PasswordsCon13
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Publish-AzureServiceProject : The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error
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Matching encryption and decryption across PHP, Java and .Net
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error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number
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Calling SQL Server with PHP/PDO, be careful with parameter positions
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Base64.encodeToString adds newline character
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Missing POST body in Android HttpsURLConnection request
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RSA Public Key Encryption, Java to PHP
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java.io.FileNotFoundException with 4XX responses
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GMail relay stopped working on Azure Site
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The Android Activity lifecycle
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Calling WCF SOAP web services from PHP
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Setting a default value for object property in ASP.Net MVC4 Razor
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PHP Azure - HTTP Error Message: A storage account named something already exists
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Setting up linux to relay mail via gmail
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Because your install is in a directory, the sites in your WordPress network must use sub-directories.
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Creating a hardened LAMP server on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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The compute emulator had a error: Can't locate service model..
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A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Subscription'
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MacBook Pro very poor wifi reception
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Debugging SQL Server Connection Problems
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When customers spend way too much on software....
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Using hashing AND symmetric encryption
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What is wrong with our software?
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Chrome always redirecting http site to https
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Who or what is Application Pool Identity?
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Warning: Null value is eliminated by an aggregate or other SET operation.
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Backing Up SQL Azure Databases to offsite
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error .popover() is not a function
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What is faster? PHP or ASP .Net?
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Accessing Azure Role Configuration from PHP
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Encrypt web.config sections for Azure
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Checking for duplicate when creating new object from MVC
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MVC4 Decouple View Data from Database (e.g. for encryption)
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Making AES256 encryption work the same in PHP as .Net
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SHA512 hashing in PHP
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Creating a REST web service using Yii and PHP
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SQL Server Azure from Azure PHP using Yii
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Running Yii on Windows Azure for PHP
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Query Azure Configuration Setting from PHP
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Calling SQL Server from Yii on Ubuntu
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Bootstrap carousel modifications
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The pain of costing
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Working Example - Azure Diagnostics using log4net and table storage
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basicHttpsBinding could not be found
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Command line arguments not allowed during New User Setup
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Azure Platform as a Service vs Infrastructure as a Service
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Cannot find file named 'approot\bin\startup.cmd' for startup task
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The SSL settings for the service 'SslRequireCert' does not match those of the IIS 'None'
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Clearing the Postback Response in ASP.Net
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How are passwords cracked?
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How to deal with software suppliers
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Azure Deployment Fails for SSL
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Simple SSL Setup on Azure
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Provider pattern
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The provided URI scheme 'https' is invalid; expected 'http'
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Why Process is Not the Enemy of Agile
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Self-signed SSL certificates and Windows Azure
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SQL Azure CREATE USER fails with error
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Adding webHttpBinding to WCF service
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Signed Encryption
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Azure and FIPs compliance
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ESAPI .Net and FIPs compliance
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Managing Session State in Microsoft Windows Azure
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Connecting to SQL Server Web Edition from Mgt Studio via SSH Tunnel
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Bootstrap dropdownlist/combo box
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Bootstrap icon button and ASP.Net
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Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'dialog'
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Problem with eval() and minification
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Cassette Bundling and Minification
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ASP.net Application and Request Paths Explained
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FAQ - Your friend and your foe
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Why Consistency is not just for Others!
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Why API documentation is crucial
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Use generic linq extensions on non-generic collections
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Tunnelling RDP over ssh using Putty and Private Keys
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Cannot Establish Trust relationship with site....
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MySql Access from Windows
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Setting up digest authentication in Apache on Ubuntu
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Call to undefined function imagecreatefromjpeg()
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Wordpress, permissions and plugins
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Error 403 Forbidden when using SSL Url Rewrite
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Suddenly Getting a 303 error on IIS
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Applying basic sanity to security policies
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MySQL For SQL Server developers
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Why git is loved and loathed
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Adding sub-sites in IIS7
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Why most passwords policies suck
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Truecrypt, every time
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Pluralsight is good
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Why password leaks are no longer acceptable
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Why Outlook is Bad
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Blocking the Pirate Bay? Waste of Time!!!!!!!
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How to keep passwords secure
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It's all about risk
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Basic Database Security Checklist
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Conditional Roles in VSTS
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Custom Configuration Files aaaaaaahh
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Rhino difference between .Is.Anything and .Is.Typeof
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Callback arguments didn't match the method arguments
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Sometimes you can have simple, free and effective
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Cannot step into stub project with VS Debugger
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Error 1603 in wxs installer
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Invalid object name 'master.dbo.spt_values'
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Detail and Caution
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Oh Dear More Hacks
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Why Use Intrusion Detection?
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Is Security by Obscurity Bad?
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Another Project Failed?
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403 Forbidden Error
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Date Cock-ups, Leap Year Bugs and Management
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Optimisation Up Front
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IIS, host headers and the IIS screen of confusion
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Security by obscurity and permutations
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Another botched large IT project
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Better Use of Email
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Why we must write clean code
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Software Patents Mostly Make my Blood Boil
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I need a new phrase...
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A code quality test
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Understanding Mocks
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Exceptions for Exceptional Things Only!
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object does not match target type
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Windows XP Activation - evil
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The pain of Windows XP installations! MBR/GPT
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Internationalisation - ooo, err
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Find in Files - Linux Style
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Cannot cast enum from type A to type A
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Web site referencing wrong versions of DLLs
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There was an error reading from the pipe: Unrecognized error 109 (0x6d).
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Windows Installer not uninstalling files
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Execute Deployment Script In Single-User Mode
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The problem with 'global' variables
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Designing for Database Replication
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Disaster Recovery
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Finding code faults
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Time outs and Application Integrity
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Managing Quality in the Workplace
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MVC hacking for foreign keys
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Who is Responsible for Web Security?
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Holistic Approach to Security
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OO Design - do it properly
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VSTS Errors - TSD03006, TSD04111
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DRY and Coding for the Unknown
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Defence-in-depth and the Sony debacle
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Workflow, workflow, workflow
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Good Programming Practice - avoiding the if statement
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Installing Driver for EdiMax 7711ln
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Project DLL not copied into bin directory of web site
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Rhino Mocks - Get broken after running test with WCF
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CJuiAutoComplete Custom Listing Example
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Windows 7 Gripes
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metadata file xyz could not be found
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Why more memory can speed your computer up
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CJuiAutoComplete Example
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Perforce, Depots and Workspaces
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I don't like Moodle
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Developers - Make your life easier
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Pains and Permissions on Web Folders
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Hiding MVC Controller Methods
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Great Quote about Code Maintenance
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OWASP Update - ASVS
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Your approach to query optimising
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Which SQL indexes are faster?
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Making your queries faster
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Why Knowledge and Design is important for Software
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Poor passwords
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Don't just secure your apps, manage their security
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KDE4 Network Manager fails after upgrade
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Working on a live database
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Writing good software systems
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Using static in .Net
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What do you use Service Broker for?
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Service Broker Queue not calling Activation Procedure
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Cannot retrieve message from Service Broker Queue
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Why web security is simply not good enough
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Devil in the detail - customising the ASP BulletedList
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wget doesn't get all levels
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Document Generation with Word 2007 and ASP.NET - part 2
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Document Generation with Word 2007 and ASP.NET
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Embedding Excel cells into Word 2007
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When a SQL JOIN is slower than it should be
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Process is more important than Software
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The 'Beta' ASP Calendar Control
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Error 401: Unauthorised when calling web service
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How to speed up SQL queries
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Why are specs important?
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SQL Server Security - Roles, Logins, Users, Schemas and Permissions
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Ajax, javascript and postbacks
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MediaWiki and Blank Edit Tab
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Not another "security breach"
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Website images that suck!
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Unable to start debugging the web server 500.19
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Prevention vs Detection
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Why security is important on Intranet Apps
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Factory Method - Why use it? What is it for?
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Windows 7 - First Impressions
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Ajax Control Toolkit AutoCompleteExtender problems
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Text boxes and Text areas not posting back
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Event Handler not called from DropDownList
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You MUST backup Linux PCs
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CacheItemRemovedCallback not firing
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A New IDE Would be Nice
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Hacked Email Accounts, Phishing etc
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Password handling and hashing
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Creating QT Widget in 4.5
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Securing your web apps
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Good OO Practice
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Calling Web Services from Reporting Services
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Why have a software process?
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Viewstate, postbacks and pains in the neck
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Mixing Forms and Windows Authentication
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Building Test Scripts
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Structure for Reliability
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Should object A reference B or B reference A?
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HtmlTextWriter breaks lines
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Rubbish IE expression bug
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Beware the COLLATE clause
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plasma-widget-network-manager NO
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Why another security breach?
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Microsoft take heed
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Problem with Windows Path setting
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Event Handlers with Dynamic Controls
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Compiler error
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Dodgy Joins
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The Triangle Problem
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INNER JOINS, OUTER JOINS and CROSS JOINS
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SIAM Carlisle Hints
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More efficiency in forums
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Annonymous javascript function woes in IE
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What flavour of HTML should I use?
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Headers and Footers referring to report items
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Poor quality images in generated PDF
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Patch Tuesday
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Don't use exception for normal program flow!
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Email Best Practices
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Software Development Coming of Age
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Writing good logic in code
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Reporting Services, Margins, Page Layout etc
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Why Windows Vista is pointless
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The definition of the object is hidden
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Request for permission SqlClientPermission failed
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VisualTreeHelper.HitTest
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static or non-static?
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Reporting Services Data Corruption
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Copy and Paste is Not your friend!!
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Events and access in .Net
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Problems opening .net project
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Tables and Repeater Controls
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Changing Vb.net to C#.net
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The pains of SQL Server 2005!
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Simple midi interface from Linux
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Ripping in flac - the way ahead!!
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Ripping m4a in KAudioCreator
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Undefined reference, something to do with signals and moc
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Graphics don't work in real-time kernel
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Adept Package Manager shows BREAK for libasound2-dev
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Building the NVidia driver for multiple kernels
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Building Ardour2 on Kubuntu
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