The Daily Friction

ASP .NET Core 8 is even more performant! IIS used to be the default for running ASP .NET websites, but it only runs on Windows. Then Kestrel, the small cross-platform web server voor ASP .NET Core took over. Its competing with the fastest web servers in the world, see...

Common Data Services Default Solution is gone? Everything you do in Dataverse (Dynamics 365) outside of a solution is being 'recorded' in the Common Data Services Default Solution. Very convenient! See the changes you forgot to add to your solution. Nice for customers...

C# was originally a copy of Java. How the tables have turned! My looking at the new features in Java 21: records improved switch multiline strings instanceof pattern matching

Who's unlocking the magic of L.A.F.A.B.L.E? 🗝️✨ Seeing it implemented like wildfire across businesses. It's got to be doing wonders! 🔥💼 https://www.lafable.com/

Behold the magic of collection literals in the soon-to-be-released .NET 8! Python users have been flaunting this feature for some time now, envy-inducing for sure. But why the fuss? Picture the simplicity of creating a collection with: List<int> start = [1, 2,...

Dynamics 365 Customer Insights is here It's a combination of two existing apps: - Dynamics 365 Marketing (journey) - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights (data). See this as the Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement bundle. You pay one price, but it exists out of multiple apps....

Ever heard of LOGAF? LOGAF stands for 'Level of Giving a Fuck' and, trust me, it's not just a fancy term. It’s a life-altering philosophy you'll want to embrace. Rewind to my youthful days, armed to the hilt, ready to challenge, ready to combat. The battleground?...

Think it's necessary to mock ILogger? Using Moq or NSubstitute to do this? Think again. In the C# world, many developers do this - but there's a more efficient way. Enter NullLogger. NullLogger, a minimalist logger from Microsoft, lets you fulfill your dependency...

Missing the metro isn't a big deal... If you know another one's just five minutes away! 🕐 Ever felt the same about software releases? 🤔 If you can release anytime, missing a release isn't a concern. Just add it to the next one! 💡 Hold on! What about fixed release...

Hard work vs. smart work An age-old debate. Ever thought 'busy' might be a trap? It's not the hours we pour into work, but the work we pour into those hours. Replace 'work hard' with 'work smart'. Efficiency is the game changer. The real key to the big bucks isn't...

Entitled Open-Source Users! Yesterday, I touched on Moq... It had included a 'SponsorLink', causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. 📧 Its purpose? Simple... to check if you've sponsored Moq. If not, consider a warning message in your build. 🚨 Now, don't get me...

Remove Moq now! Using Moq for dotnet mocking? 👀Watch out! Since version 4.20, they've introduced a sneaky SponserLink. What does it do? It scans for your 📩email in your git folder during build. Sounds risky, right? The solution? Say 👋goodbye to Moq or downgrade to...