Often a website has to process a bulk task that will take too long to run synchronously. This describes one possible architecture for an asynchronous solution using a message queue.

The <Link> component in Next.js doesn't include the ability to highlight links that point to the currently active route. Thankfully it is easy to create a component that does.

I recently rewrote my blog using Next.js. Using one of the most modern frameworks, coupled with the retrospective nature of polishing my bio has crystallised just how far web development has come since I first typed in a URL back in the early 90s.

In order to pull from a secure container registry, it is necessary to configure Kubernetes with an image pull secret.

A walkthrough on how to configure a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOCean for website hosting using LetsEncrypt certificates.

Excel handles hyperlinks in an unexpected manner which can often lead to confusion and frustration when trying to access content that requires authentication.

How to containerise the Azure Storage Emulator and how to reconfigure your .NET application to access it. This can be extremely useful when deploying a containerised application for testing and/or demonstration purposes.

While trying to migrate our database server from a dedicated server to a pair of Azure VMs, we did a lot of research about how to best configure the VMs and SQL Server.

Azure's Shared Access Signatures make it easy to give limited access to a Storage Queue to a third party without having to share your account keys.

Shortcomings with the current SQL Azure offering from Microsoft.

SQL Server has a nasty surprise in store for the unwary...

Have you got a highly utilised SQL Server database that you're backing up with the simple recovery model, and now you are wondering how to move to the full recovery model?

More than 10 years ago, we created a SaaS web application using the excitingly new technologies of C# and ASP.NET backed by the less exciting but well understood SQL Server.

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