How to publish a NuGet package with CircleCI
A guide on how to set up a CI pipeline on CircleCI to build, test, pack and publish a package on NuGet and GitHub Packages.
Practical .NET and cloud architecture
I write about ASP.NET Core, AWS, APIs, testing, infrastructure, and developer tooling, grounded in problems I encounter while building real systems.
Recent posts
Setup a Terraform backend on S3 with AWS CloudFormation and CDK
Terraform can use AWS S3 to store the state of each stack. We can use AWS CloudFormation and its CDK to setup the needed resources without giving up on IaC.
Additions to pattern matching in C# 10 and C# 11
A quick overview on the new patterns added in C# 10 and C# 11: extended property patterns, list patterns and expanded targets for the constant string pattern.
Handling events with maintainable Lambda functions
Lambda functions can be used to quickly respond to events happening in your ecosystem. Being quick isn’t an execuse to give up on best practices.
How to create maintainable Lambda functions using custom templates
Lambda functions are an incredible tool but it can be tiresome to align its programming model to that of other .NET tools. That can be fixed!
Using LocalStack with Microsoft Tye
Integrating a powerful local emulator of AWS services like LocalStack with Microsoft Tye gives .NET developers a powerful development tool that increases their local productivity.
How to use Terraform with multiple AWS profiles
When collaborating across different organizations or simply across different teams, environment configuration values can differ. This post shows how the Terraform configuration can be customized to align personal and target environments.
Testing ASP.NET Core GRPC applications with WebApplicationFactory
The WebApplicationFactory can be used to create an instance of an ASP.NET Core application hosted within the test process and execute all the tests against it. We will use it to test GRPC services.
Testing ASP.NET Core web applications with WebApplicationFactory
The WebApplicationFactory can be used to create an instance of an ASP.NET Core application hosted within the test process and execute all the tests against it.
Installing the GitHub CLI on Windows 10 ARM
Currently the GitHub CLI has no supported release for Windows ARM. This guide shows the necessary steps to build and install the GitHub CLI on a computer running Windows 10 ARM like the Surface PRO X.