14 .NET packages I always recommend
Save time and make your applications better. Check out this list of open source .NET libraries I love to use and recommend.
Luke Lowrey
💻 Web development, code, product and leadership. CTO and co-founder at Endpoint IQ.
Latest posts
GhostSolo update (0.5.0) - February 2021
Membership updates, table of contents support and bug fixes for my Ghost theme "GhostSolo"
A complete guide to send email in .NET (2021)
Use FluentEmail to send emails in .NET. Send with Smtp, Mailgun or SendGrid and use customisable Razor or Liquid templates for your content.
GitHub Action - Build and Run .NET Tests on new pull requests
Validate your dotnet code by building and running tests on every pull request.
GitHub action to automatically add blog posts to your profile
Add blog posts to your GitHub profile automatically in 5 minutes via RSS and GitHub Actions.
Introducing GhostSolo - a free and open source Ghost Theme
GhostSolo is a free and open source Ghost theme created for solo bloggers.
The simplest CSS variable dark mode theme
Use CSS variables and simple javascript to enable dark mode and themes on your website.
Use GitHub actions to publish NuGet packages
How to automate creating and pushing nuget packages from GitHub to nuget.org and other sources.
Presentation tips for a better product demo
Software demos can be stressful and overwhelming. Use these tips to deliver a confident and professional demo.
How to prepare the perfect product demo
Improve the quality of your next product demo using this preparation checklist as a guide. No matter how well you know the software, you need a plan.
The future of FluentEmail
FluentEmail - the open source .NET Core email library I created now has over 1000 stars on GitHub! I am looking for collaborators to help me continue development.
Closing Austechjobs.com.au
I built Austechjobs.com.au to try fill a gap I saw in the Australian developer and technology recruitment market. It was a focussed, recruiter free job board which I hoped would be the go-to place for the top developer talent in Australia. Some months after launching we added
Text based stand-ups
The advantages of using text based stand-up updates in addition to (or in place of) a meeting.
Where to find developers to hire in Australia
Originally posted on the now defunct austechjobs.com.au Austechjobs has started to collect the best channels to find devs to hire in Australia. The channels listed fall into a couple of broad categories: Job boards This is the most common way hiring managers advertise developer positions. The usual suspects
Automatically remove unused css from Bootstrap or other frameworks
Remove the bloat from your CSS with PurgeCSS and Webpack.