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I just published a new version of my open source C# Zoro library in Github and Nuget.org. Zoro is a data anonymization (also called masking ) utility. It fetches data from databases and files, anonymizes them according to the configuration provided and uses the anonymized data to create a new file or create/modify database data (using Continue reading New version of Zoro: 3.x
Remember the days when people were proclaiming that Scrum can cure cancer? Not as a joke but, like, seriously? Ah, those were the days 🤦♂️ Of course, that was all a bunch of trying to sound professional here nonsense. Yes, it helps if teams of all disciplines can organize their work efficiently. But, I m sure Continue reading Scrum story points: how a Jedi mind trick saved my sprints
So the other day I’m doing a code review in an enterprise application. The goal was to switch the data storage from SharePoint Online Lists to Azure SQL database tables. Easy, I thought. It s just a change in the Data Access Layer (DAL) . Long story short, I started reviewing the source code and wasn t amused. Continue reading C#: If your Data Access Layer leaks, you re gonna get wet (here s how…
Ο raison d etre (λόγος ύπαρξης) των καλοκαιρινών διακοπών μου είναι η ξεκούραση. Αλήθεια, δεν κάνω ποτέ τίποτα αν αντιτίθεται στην ξεκούραση και την χαλάρωση που τόσο έχω ανάγκη κάθε χρόνο πριν ορμήσω στη νέα σαιζόν. Θα μου πεις, στο κρεβάτι τη βγάζεις όλη μέρα; Δεν πας πουθενά; Όχι, όλο και κάτι κάνω και όλο και Continue reading Σημειωσεις απο τις διακοπες μου στην Τουρκια
As with the script cheat sheet, that’s not a post, at least in the classical sense 😊 Rather it’s a collection of knowledge that I will keep updating, for me to find easily. Main taxonomies of LLMs/AIs (products listed as of June 2025) Architecture Categories 1. Transformer-based: Uses attention mechanisms to process sequences in parallel. Continue reading My LLM/AI cheat sheet
The other day(*) I was at a very nice local restaurant and had a delicious Ikan Bumbu, which I understand is a dish that originates from Bali, Indonesia. Both the fish and the coconut-and-lime sauce stuck with me, I completely loved them. Obviously my cooking skills are nowhere near the level needed to make this, Continue reading Jim s fusion coconut gnocchi
Let s say you have a log file. There s some info in there, like URLs, that you need them in a list. Copy-pasting? Hell no, Powershell to the rescue! This is the easy way. And it works unless the log file is big, meaning, more than a few GB. In this case, trying to fit the Continue reading Powershell: scan a file with regex and write the output
Contract negotiations? coffee
Contrary to normal languages like C# or Java, Powershell is not a compiled language, but rather an interpreted one. This means that instead of using a compiler, the Powershell Scripting Runtime Environment reads and executes the code line-by-line during runtime. That has well known advantages -for example, you can change code on the spot- and Continue reading Stop CI/CD pipeline if a Powershell…
While Azure Devops is widely used, Microsoft s backup solutions are surprisingly thin. With people depending on it, individuals and enterprises alike, you d expect a bit more. There are various tools around, but here s my version in the form of a Powershell script. What it does is: Prerequisites are not much, but: So here s the script: Continue reading How to get a backup of your Azure Devops…