recent techy blog posts

Using Azure App Services to host a holding page for a site that's not available
Azure App Service + Custom Domains = The perfect solution for a holding page
Posted 07/12/2018
Using Azure to provide a holding page for a site that's not available
Using Azure Storage in table form is a great way to start building out a holding page to cover you when your infrastructure isn't available
Posted 30/11/2018
Running an ASP.NET project yellow screens with "Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Path\To\Project\bin\roslyn\csc.exe'"
The case of the weird NuGet restore failure that wouldn't go away
Posted 26/11/2018
C# 7.1 - Async Main has been around a while now
It's a couple of clicks to update your project to C# 7.1, but that's all it takes to let you use an async Main method
Posted 25/11/2018
Using C#7 Local Functions
Local functions are a nifty addition to C# that premiered in C# 7.0
Posted 22/11/2018
Using the C#7 Tuple language feature to eliminate an anonymous type
A brief look at C# 7.0 tuples and replacing use of anonymous types with them, thanks to Eric Lippert reminding me they exist in a comment on Stackoverflow
Posted 20/11/2018
Adding a custom '.AddThisOrThat()' method to configure ASP.NET Core Identity in one
Moving ASP.NET Core Identity configuration to the library is just a matter of creating an extension method....
Posted 15/11/2018
Double translating using the AngularJS angular-translate library
Interpolating a translated string into another translated string in AngularJS using angular-translate
Posted 12/11/2018
Persuading a SQL Server UDF to throw
You can't normally THROW or RAISERROR from a UDF, but you can CAST to get around this!
Posted 05/11/2018
Calling ASP.NET Web API end-points for testing purposes with Refit in .NET Core
Using a library, in this case 'Refit', makes testing Web API methods even simpler
Posted 31/10/2018
Getting the tail of a file in PowerShell (and dropping it into a GridView)
Using PowerShell intrinsics you can grab the end of a file then display it in a built-in searchable grid
Posted 30/10/2018
When's my domain password due to change?
It can be checked quickly with the 'net user' command
Posted 29/10/2018
Using IUserValidator to provide additional user validation rules in ASP.NET Core Identity
A class that implemented IUSerValidator is a simpler way to provide validation during user creation
Posted 23/10/2018
Useful links around ASP.NET Core Identity
Some of the bits and pieces that helped me pull together my recent posts about ASP.NET Core Identity
Posted 22/10/2018
The finishing touches to hooking into ASP.NET Core Identity user creation
Finally joining the dots up and having an ASP.NET Core Identity authenticated app that only allows certain users to register
Posted 19/10/2018

recent cooking blog posts

Sausage Ragu
An attempt at re-creating a dish I had when dining with colleagues. It's a long, slow cook time but well worth it!
Posted 26/10/2018
Banana Bread
Make this a day or so before you need it, if you can, it gets stickier and tastier after baking!
Posted 29/09/2018
Ham & Cheese Toastie
It feels like a bit of a stretch to call a Ham & Cheese Toastie a recipe, but I don't care
Posted 22/09/2018
Braised greens
This recipe for greens is a nice way to lift them a bit for variety and make the meal a little bit richer
Posted 17/09/2018
Creamy Chicken
A tried and tested tasty dish that takes 30 minutes all-in, yes it's rich, but it's a bit of a treat meal!
Posted 15/09/2018
Chicken and Ham Pie
Another pie recipe, this time Chicken and Ham with some leeks snuck in for good measure
Posted 10/09/2018
Yorkshire Puddings
An essential accompaniment to the roast dinner, I think there's actually a law that says you can't have one without the other!
Posted 09/09/2018
Ham and Mozarella Panko-crumbed Kievs
The Chicken Kiev has got a bit of a bad reputation now thanks to the mass-manufactured ones made from formed chicken rather than a whole chicken breast. Once you've had a Kiev that's been made from a breast rather than processed meat, you'll probably never want to go back!
Posted 02/09/2018
Tomato, Mozarella and Basil plated salad
Another of the sides I roll out when we BBQ, a bit of variety other than a green salad makes a nice change
Posted 05/08/2018
Blueberry and Banana Mini-Muffins
Gooey, sticky and full of fruit. These mini-muffins disappear into hungry litte ones very quickly!
Posted 22/07/2018
Pork Loin steaks marinated in hoisin, ginger, garlic and chilli
It's nice to have something different on the BBQ from time to time, a marinade with sugar in it works really well with pork because the sugars in the honey help to carmelise and crisp up the fat on the BBQ
Posted 01/07/2018
Fish Pie
Fish Pie is such a comfort food, I have to confess that even in the height of summer this is something I'd contemplate eating though perhaps with a salad rather than steamed vegetables
Posted 29/06/2018
Cheese Scones
Cheese scones are a nice Sunday afternoon treat that takes very little time or effort
Posted 17/06/2018
Braised beef shin with thyme dumplings
Beef shin is a cheaper cut that needs a long and slow cook to get the most out of it, but after it's had the time, the result is well worth the wait!
Posted 06/03/2018
Beef Stroganoff
My take on beef stroganoff, made as a mushroom free dish, with Sirloin steak as a happy medium between fillet and rump
Posted 18/02/2018

Using Azure App Services to host a holding page for a site that's not available Azure App Service + Custom Domains = The perfect solution for a holding page Posted 07/12/2018

Using Azure to provide a holding page for a site that's not available Using Azure Storage in table form is a great way to start building out a holding page to cover you when your infrastructure isn't available Posted 30/11/2018

Running an ASP.NET project yellow screens with "Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Path\To\Project\bin\roslyn\csc.exe'" The case of the weird NuGet restore failure that wouldn't go away Posted 26/11/2018

C# 7.1 - Async Main has been around a while now It's a couple of clicks to update your project to C# 7.1, but that's all it takes to let you use an async Main method Posted 25/11/2018

Using C#7 Local Functions Local functions are a nifty addition to C# that premiered in C# 7.0 Posted 22/11/2018

Using the C#7 Tuple language feature to eliminate an anonymous type A brief look at C# 7.0 tuples and replacing use of anonymous types with them, thanks to Eric Lippert reminding me they exist in a comment on Stackoverflow Posted 20/11/2018

Adding a custom '.AddThisOrThat()' method to configure ASP.NET Core Identity in one Moving ASP.NET Core Identity configuration to the library is just a matter of creating an extension method.... Posted 15/11/2018

Double translating using the AngularJS angular-translate library Interpolating a translated string into another translated string in AngularJS using angular-translate Posted 12/11/2018

Persuading a SQL Server UDF to throw You can't normally THROW or RAISERROR from a UDF, but you can CAST to get around this! Posted 05/11/2018

Calling ASP.NET Web API end-points for testing purposes with Refit in .NET Core Using a library, in this case 'Refit', makes testing Web API methods even simpler Posted 31/10/2018

Getting the tail of a file in PowerShell (and dropping it into a GridView) Using PowerShell intrinsics you can grab the end of a file then display it in a built-in searchable grid Posted 30/10/2018

When's my domain password due to change? It can be checked quickly with the 'net user' command Posted 29/10/2018

Using IUserValidator to provide additional user validation rules in ASP.NET Core Identity A class that implemented IUSerValidator is a simpler way to provide validation during user creation Posted 23/10/2018

Useful links around ASP.NET Core Identity Some of the bits and pieces that helped me pull together my recent posts about ASP.NET Core Identity Posted 22/10/2018

The finishing touches to hooking into ASP.NET Core Identity user creation Finally joining the dots up and having an ASP.NET Core Identity authenticated app that only allows certain users to register Posted 19/10/2018

Sausage Ragu An attempt at re-creating a dish I had when dining with colleagues. It's a long, slow cook time but well worth it! Posted 26/10/2018

Banana Bread Make this a day or so before you need it, if you can, it gets stickier and tastier after baking! Posted 29/09/2018

Ham & Cheese Toastie It feels like a bit of a stretch to call a Ham & Cheese Toastie a recipe, but I don't care Posted 22/09/2018

Braised greens This recipe for greens is a nice way to lift them a bit for variety and make the meal a little bit richer Posted 17/09/2018

Creamy Chicken A tried and tested tasty dish that takes 30 minutes all-in, yes it's rich, but it's a bit of a treat meal! Posted 15/09/2018

Chicken and Ham Pie Another pie recipe, this time Chicken and Ham with some leeks snuck in for good measure Posted 10/09/2018

Yorkshire Puddings An essential accompaniment to the roast dinner, I think there's actually a law that says you can't have one without the other! Posted 09/09/2018

Tomato, Mozarella and Basil plated salad Another of the sides I roll out when we BBQ, a bit of variety other than a green salad makes a nice change Posted 05/08/2018

Blueberry and Banana Mini-Muffins Gooey, sticky and full of fruit. These mini-muffins disappear into hungry litte ones very quickly! Posted 22/07/2018

Pork Loin steaks marinated in hoisin, ginger, garlic and chilli It's nice to have something different on the BBQ from time to time, a marinade with sugar in it works really well with pork because the sugars in the honey help to carmelise and crisp up the fat on the BBQ Posted 01/07/2018

Fish Pie Fish Pie is such a comfort food, I have to confess that even in the height of summer this is something I'd contemplate eating though perhaps with a salad rather than steamed vegetables Posted 29/06/2018

Cheese Scones Cheese scones are a nice Sunday afternoon treat that takes very little time or effort Posted 17/06/2018

Braised beef shin with thyme dumplings Beef shin is a cheaper cut that needs a long and slow cook to get the most out of it, but after it's had the time, the result is well worth the wait! Posted 06/03/2018

Beef Stroganoff My take on beef stroganoff, made as a mushroom free dish, with Sirloin steak as a happy medium between fillet and rump Posted 18/02/2018

Using Azure App Services to host a holding page for a site that's not available
Azure App Service + Custom Domains = The perfect solution for a holding page
Posted 07/12/2018

Using Azure to provide a holding page for a site that's not available
Using Azure Storage in table form is a great way to start building out a holding page to cover you when your infrastructure isn't available
Posted 30/11/2018

Running an ASP.NET project yellow screens with "Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Path\To\Project\bin\roslyn\csc.exe'"
The case of the weird NuGet restore failure that wouldn't go away
Posted 26/11/2018

C# 7.1 - Async Main has been around a while now
It's a couple of clicks to update your project to C# 7.1, but that's all it takes to let you use an async Main method
Posted 25/11/2018

Using C#7 Local Functions
Local functions are a nifty addition to C# that premiered in C# 7.0
Posted 22/11/2018

Using the C#7 Tuple language feature to eliminate an anonymous type
A brief look at C# 7.0 tuples and replacing use of anonymous types with them, thanks to Eric Lippert reminding me they exist in a comment on Stackoverflow
Posted 20/11/2018

Adding a custom '.AddThisOrThat()' method to configure ASP.NET Core Identity in one
Moving ASP.NET Core Identity configuration to the library is just a matter of creating an extension method....
Posted 15/11/2018

Double translating using the AngularJS angular-translate library
Interpolating a translated string into another translated string in AngularJS using angular-translate
Posted 12/11/2018

Persuading a SQL Server UDF to throw
You can't normally THROW or RAISERROR from a UDF, but you can CAST to get around this!
Posted 05/11/2018

Calling ASP.NET Web API end-points for testing purposes with Refit in .NET Core
Using a library, in this case 'Refit', makes testing Web API methods even simpler
Posted 31/10/2018

Getting the tail of a file in PowerShell (and dropping it into a GridView)
Using PowerShell intrinsics you can grab the end of a file then display it in a built-in searchable grid
Posted 30/10/2018

When's my domain password due to change?
It can be checked quickly with the 'net user' command
Posted 29/10/2018

Using IUserValidator to provide additional user validation rules in ASP.NET Core Identity
A class that implemented IUSerValidator is a simpler way to provide validation during user creation
Posted 23/10/2018

Useful links around ASP.NET Core Identity
Some of the bits and pieces that helped me pull together my recent posts about ASP.NET Core Identity
Posted 22/10/2018

The finishing touches to hooking into ASP.NET Core Identity user creation
Finally joining the dots up and having an ASP.NET Core Identity authenticated app that only allows certain users to register
Posted 19/10/2018

Sausage Ragu
An attempt at re-creating a dish I had when dining with colleagues. It's a long, slow cook time but well worth it!
Posted 26/10/2018

Banana Bread
Make this a day or so before you need it, if you can, it gets stickier and tastier after baking!
Posted 29/09/2018

Ham & Cheese Toastie
It feels like a bit of a stretch to call a Ham & Cheese Toastie a recipe, but I don't care
Posted 22/09/2018

Braised greens
This recipe for greens is a nice way to lift them a bit for variety and make the meal a little bit richer
Posted 17/09/2018

Creamy Chicken
A tried and tested tasty dish that takes 30 minutes all-in, yes it's rich, but it's a bit of a treat meal!
Posted 15/09/2018

Chicken and Ham Pie
Another pie recipe, this time Chicken and Ham with some leeks snuck in for good measure
Posted 10/09/2018

Yorkshire Puddings
An essential accompaniment to the roast dinner, I think there's actually a law that says you can't have one without the other!
Posted 09/09/2018

Tomato, Mozarella and Basil plated salad
Another of the sides I roll out when we BBQ, a bit of variety other than a green salad makes a nice change
Posted 05/08/2018

Blueberry and Banana Mini-Muffins
Gooey, sticky and full of fruit. These mini-muffins disappear into hungry litte ones very quickly!
Posted 22/07/2018

Pork Loin steaks marinated in hoisin, ginger, garlic and chilli
It's nice to have something different on the BBQ from time to time, a marinade with sugar in it works really well with pork because the sugars in the honey help to carmelise and crisp up the fat on the BBQ
Posted 01/07/2018

Fish Pie
Fish Pie is such a comfort food, I have to confess that even in the height of summer this is something I'd contemplate eating though perhaps with a salad rather than steamed vegetables
Posted 29/06/2018

Cheese Scones
Cheese scones are a nice Sunday afternoon treat that takes very little time or effort
Posted 17/06/2018

Braised beef shin with thyme dumplings
Beef shin is a cheaper cut that needs a long and slow cook to get the most out of it, but after it's had the time, the result is well worth the wait!
Posted 06/03/2018

Beef Stroganoff
My take on beef stroganoff, made as a mushroom free dish, with Sirloin steak as a happy medium between fillet and rump
Posted 18/02/2018