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This series groups articles which discuss specific code or technical concepts (as opposed to the process of working, etc.) If the blog consisted of only these articles, it would be a technical blog.
Azure DevOps has two types of wikis: Code wikis (Git-backed) - which you can clone Project wikis (non-Git) - stored in Azure DevOps' internal storage The Azure DevOps UI gives you the URL to clone
Background I’m a long-time user of GitHub Copilot as a professional programmer, as my employer gave me access when we first started trialling its use in our company. I’ve used it mainly through Rider, which is the IDE I generally prefer, although I h...
I’m far from a command line wizard, but am gradually picking up more tricks and tips as time goes by. I recently found a styling bug I was confident I’d introduced in the previous few commits, but I wasn’t sure which one. In the past I’ve used git bi...
I’ve recently been given access to Claude Code at work, so I’ve been trying it out to see how I get on with it. I tend to run it from a Windows Command Prompt, and I’ve noticed that it keeps creating files named nul with 0KB size. Worse, when I try t...
I was recently setting up a project which requires the installation of a .crt file as a Trusted Root Certificate for the Current User. The standard way of doing this is to right-click the file and select “Install Certificate”. However, I have Kleopat...
Background I recently wrote an EF Core migration which included dropping an index. This index was somewhat unusual, as it didn’t follow our naming conventions and we didn’t know how it had been added. The disparity in naming suggested it may have bee...
