Blog
2020
Getting started with Docker Compose
How to use Docker Compose with Traefik reverse proxy to manage dependencies in your projects.
2019
Why Google Wants to Break Adblock
Google plans to remove support for an API which gives extensions such as Adblock and uBlock Origin full-control over which content is loaded in your browser. Here's why it might be a good idea.
35 YouTube Channels I Love
I spend a lot of time watching YouTube, but finding good quality content can be hard. This is a list of my favourite YouTube channels which I think you should be watching too.
2017
Better task scheduling in Umbraco
ScheduledTasks are an antiquated way of handling scheduling events in .NET. Here's three better solutions you should be considering instead.
The best Umbraco packages of 2017
Discover some of the best Umbraco packages which can help you build Umbraco websites.
Determining the length in seconds of a folder of MP3 files using NodeJS
NodeJS is a great quick and easy tool which allows you to quickly hack together any script which can save you time. In this post I show how I used Node to get the length in seconds of a bunch of MP3 files in the folder.
Umbraco Review 2017. Developing Websites With Umbraco
For three years I have been using Umbraco as my Content Management System (CMS) for developing websites. This is a review of what’s good, and what could do with improvement within the Umbraco CMS.
2016
Understanding Threads and Static Classes in C#
Writing static classes can cause problems if thread safety isn"t properly considered. In a program I helped write, some surprising results occured which could have easily been avoided by ensuring my properties weren"t getting shared between threads. Read on to find out what I learned...
Potentially useful programs for the budding computerphile
There are many programs I use in day to day life to help speed up or complement my workflow. Here are a few of the nicher ones which you may not have heard of.
Making Umbraco Nodes with the Models Builder
In my latest Umbraco website built I have been getting friendly with the new Models Builder that is included by default. In this post I show how the Models Builder can be used with the Content Service to create new Umbraco nodes programmatically.
How to render MVC emails with CSHTML
Tired of using string formatting to create emails in your code? Read here to find out about how to build HTML emails using MVC, Razor and CSHTML.
Caching Umbraco web API controllers
Caching improves load time for everyone. Here I explain how easily make caching work with Web API controllers.
Installing IISNode for production
Developing Node.js applications on Windows is easy, but getting them setup for production can be a little more difficult. Read this post to discover how to set up IISNode in Windows and get a Node application running within IIS.