Technical posts across the stack — .NET, domain modeling, build pipelines, and the practices that make building software work better.
8 posts
2026
Shopify's offline access tokens now expire, and public apps must migrate by January 2027. I built a probe app to test the parts the docs don't explain so that we can have a painless transition to the new token mechanism.
Shopify's managed installation removes the OAuth dance from app installs — and with it, the callback your backend relied on to know a shop exists. Here is how installation detection and initialization actually work now, verified with a real test app.
2022
Today I am going to share a wild idea that actually worked wonders for my own software development efforts. I have been playing with writing essays for my dev work for several months now and I will argue that essays can become a valuable new tool in your toolkit and help you become a better developer as well as a sharper person
2019
Forget the visual designer of Azure DevOps, in this tutorial I show how to create builds that are driven by YAML code that sits in your repository. Versioned build configurations and the ability to make build changes right from your code editor are just a few of the benefits of code-driven builds that no one wants to miss.
Are you practicing katas? Katas are a great way to keep your software development blade sharp. If you haven't tried code katas here is your chance.
2018
Domain models sit at the heart of business software systems and yet we often build models that are weak and devoid of any real value. This has severe consequences in the long run when we ultimately pay the price. We should instead create models that have substance and an attitude.
Entity Framework Core 2.2 brings long-awaited improvements for supporting value objects. Value objects are the building blocks of a robust domain model but until now it was difficult to map them to your database using EF Core. I have prepared a sample project to illustrate how we can leverage the latest update to better support values objects.
This time I share a particular gotcha when hashing XML on Windows vs. Linux.
