TIL capitalising letters with regex
Fixing a code analysis auto-fix which made acronyms less clear
Jun 3, 20262 min read
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TIL how to find latitude and longitude of a geolocation stored in SQL Server
I was recently working with an EF Core entity which contained a C# Point property representing a geolocation. This was stored in a single column in a SQL Server database. (I think this uses NetTopolog
May 7, 20262 min read1
TIL about typescript typing `as const`
I knew that typescript supports a type being a specific string, rather than the string type, so (for example) a function parameter can only receive the string “foo” and not a different string. Today I learnt that this can be done by using the as cons...
Jan 28, 20261 min read7
TIL C# property overrides are separate for getters and setters
I recently hit an interesting gotcha with some code in a C# codebase i was working with. It baffled me because I didn’t understand how this could compile. MyClass.Foo has a getter but no setter, yet an instantiated MyClass can have the Foo property s...
Jan 24, 20261 min read3
TIL the format for pasting environment variables into a Rider run configuration
Summary I was editing a run configuration in Rider and needed to add several environment variables to it. There’s a button in the dialogue to paste them in, but no guidance regarding the format of the data, and no feedback if you paste the wrong form...
Jan 14, 20262 min read7
TIL Rider can show a diff of a directory between two branches
Today I learnt that you can right–click on any project or directory within the Solution panel, and under the Git menu there is the option to Compare with Branch or Tag (or a separate option to Compare with Revision). This allows you to easily find al...
Jan 14, 20261 min read4