Where is Jasper (v1)? Connecting Google Calendar, Maps, and Places APIs
Where am I? In real time: whereis.jshowers.com When I went full time digital nomad, I started using a public Google calendar to share…
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Alphabetically Sort A List With Special Characters
Recently I was tasked with sorting a list of countries, that were translated to Portuguese, in alphabetical order. Because the list contained special…
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6 Weeks in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico
I just wrapped up my busy 6-week trip to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. I worked remotely, completed my scuba dive master certification, and…
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Working Remotely From Argentina For A Month
I recently spent a month working remotely in Argentine’s capital city of Buenos Aires (BsAs). I stayed in the Palermo Soho area at…
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Flightmare to Buenos Aires By United Airlines
Key Points Landed in Ezeiza, Argentina 2.5 days after scheduled arrival time. No warnings were given to customers despite known facts of delays and…
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Creating a simple MiddlewareFilter using .NET Core 2.0 and dependency injection
A MiddlewareFilter is the perfect tool for creating conditional logic on MVC controllers or actions using .NET Core. It receives the Middleware benefits of…
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Dynamic Routing In ASP.NET Web API
What is dynamic routing? The purpose of dynamic routing is to produce pretty, intuitive URLs on your website that help improve SEO and…
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Home Automation – Turn A Power Switch On/Off At A Given Time
My boyfriend started growing some indoor plants from seed that require a specific photosynthesis schedule. He asked me to remember to turn a…
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Implement Soft Deletes With Entity Framework’s Code First Approach
In order to maintain historical accuracy, data should not be truly deleted from a database. A soft delete can be used to signify…
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Yield: Understanding how ‘Yield’ works in the .NET Framework
I first noticed the yield keyword on some shared code at work about a year ago. Befuddled, I read MSDN’s description of the…
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