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Code & technical writing

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.

Articles in this series

Avoiding duplicate HTTP requests in Angular when there are multiple subscribers

Jan 13, 20223 min read

The problem I wanted my angular app to load a setting from an API, but only wanted to load it once. The setting is likely to change so infrequently...

Avoiding duplicate HTTP requests in Angular when there are multiple subscribers

Just enough regex to get going

Feb 7, 20224 min read

A beginner's guide to using regex · Regex can be pretty intimidating to learn, but I've discovered that a little knowledge can go a long way. I'm far...

Just enough regex to get going

Fixing C# reflection which was broken by upgrade to .NET 6

Feb 25, 20222 min read

Why code which had been working for years started throwing runtime exceptions after upgrading to target .NET 6 · The code that was broken by .NET 6...

Fixing C# reflection which was broken by upgrade to .NET 6

Adding a Razor view to a .NET 6 ASP.NET Core API project

Mar 2, 20221 min read

I recently needed to add a Razor view to an existing ASP.NET Core API project. This is a relatively straightforward task, and this article documents...

Adding a Razor view to a .NET 6 ASP.NET Core API project

Representing a number with no more than two decimal places

Jun 24, 20223 min read

How encapsulation makes it almost impossible to use a value that breaks a business rule · I was recently reviewing some code and saw the developer had a...

Representing a number with no more than two decimal places

Type checking unknown objects in typescript

Apr 14, 20233 min read

Explanation of Problem Imagine a reusable angular component which emits an unknown value. I recently came across this in an app which has a reusable...

Type checking unknown objects in typescript