HEIC Converter: Actor Model with Akka.net
Maximizing throughput of a batch image converter using the actor model with Akka.net
Matt Burke
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Adventures in Mastodon Self-Hosting: Migrate to docker
When I first installed mastodon on my little Digital Ocean droplet, I believed that “a docker container is just a lightweight virtual machine”. Given how small my droplet was, I didn’t think it had enough room for any kind of VM, no matter how lightweight. I’ve since learned that docker containers are not virtual machines, though thats a useful approximation when you’re just getting started with…
Multi User Collaborative Editing with ydonet
A CRDT based collaborative editing architecture for .NET
Promise.all is too much of a good thing
Promise.all can make things run faster but can also limit your scalability
Recursive Common Table Expressions with Postgres
Learning about recursive common table expressions in Postgres to solve a variety of folder and file navigation problems
How to structure a workshop for a tech conference
A successful agenda for structuring a four to eight hour workshop at a tech conference.
MassTransit Transactional Outbox Table Schemas
Database migration scripts for creating the transactional outbox tables
Solved (Sorta): My Mac Thinks its in UTC Timezone
My Macbook suddenly thought it was in UTC timezone. Here's how I fixed it.
CodeMash 2024
This year at CodeMash 2024, I delivered two talks: Building a Modern Single Page Application
Optimizing build pipelines in Azure DevOps
Some tips on how to optimize build times in Azure DevOps
Talk: You're Doing Exceptions Wrong
I'm giving a talk at codemash about using exceptions correctly
Talk: Build a Modern Single Page Application with Vue
I'm teaching a workshop at Codemash in 2024 on introductory vue.js topics
Useful Application Insights Log Analytics Kusto Queries
Some sample queries for the log analytics feature of Azure Application Insights
Using Keyed Services in .NET 8
Advice on using Keyed Services in .NET 8
Choosing a DotNet Test Framework
Some things to keep in mind when deciding what test framework to use
Why AutoFac
Why use AutoFac when Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection exists?
Tips for selling your technical vision
My company’s CEO once commented that Architect is a sales position. I think that is a wise observation and applies to most technical leadership roles. It’s not enough to have good ideas: you need to sell them. Here are some tips I’ve found that help build consensus and nudge a team in a direction I believe is best.
Using codemods to upgrade legacy code
Recently wrote a code-mod script to rewrite old legacy js files to es modules
Adventures in Mastodon Self-Hosting: Clean Media Storage with tootctl
Mastodon 4.1.0 has new flags to help minimize storage
Adventures in Mastodon Self-Hosting: Upgrade to 4.1.0rc1
Notes on upgrading mastodon 4.0.2 to 4.1.0rc1