HVC Trash pickup dates in Home AssistantDisplay HVC (my local waste management company) trash pickup dates in Home AssistantHome Assistant, YAMLGaming on your phoneSome good games to play on your phonegaming, mobileSelf-host FreshRSS on a Microsoft Azure Web AppA quick guide to setting up FreshRSS on Microsoft Azure using Docker Compose and an Azure Web App.Azure, RSS, FreshRSSValheim public-test serverHow to update your Valheim server on Linux to the public-test branch.Valheim, Gaming, SteamCMD, LinuxToday I learned - kubectl replaceWant to quickly edit something running on kubernetes? Here's a nice (bit reckless) way to do so.today-i-learned, kubernetes, kubectlIt all starts with smaller storiesImprove your development process by breaking down work into smaller pieces.agility, developer experience, devex, developer practicesMy first podcast appearanceI was invited to record a podcast about developer experience (in Dutch).Developer Experience, PodcastPaved road - TemplatesReduce waste and improve developer experience with application templates.devops, developer experiencePaved road - DeploymentsReduce waste and improve developer experience with pipelines-as-a-service.devops, developer experienceValheim server on LinuxA step-by-step guide to setting up a Valheim server on Linux.Gaming, Linux, SteamCMD, ValheimMicrosoft Edge Picture-in-PictureA bookmarklet that pops out video players in Microsoft Edge.Microsoft Edge, JavascriptIt's new tech!New PC hardware.Hardware, PC BuildingDotnet core 5 on a raspberry piA quickstart on how to run and use dotnet core 5 on a Raspberry Pidotnet core, raspberry, linuxThe great quarantine of 2020Global pandemic, work-from-home and washing your hands 80 times a day.quarantine, wfh, life stuffSome fun with Pico-8Spent a few hours with (again) with Pico-8 and Lua to dabble about.Pico-8, LuaSpringOne Platform 2019I was in Austin TX for the SpringOne Platform conference, here's some highlights from a .net dev's persective.pivotal, spring, conference, itqRead comics on your Kindle e-readerA quick guide on how to transfer comic books to your Amazon Kindle.comics, kindle, e-readerEnvironment variables in an Azure Web App for ContainersA little gotcha when using a .net core app in a container on Azure that needs environment variables.docker, containers, dotnet core, azure, itqLet's talk containersPlatforms, apps, containers, functions, what?!containers, apps, cloud foundry, kubernetes, itqCloud Foundry configuration with SteelToeA look at loading configuration using SteelToe and making it injectablecloud foundry, steeltoe, aspnet core, dotnetcore, itqASP.NET Core logging on Cloud FoundryUsing ILogger to write logs on Cloud Foundrycloud foundry, asp.net core, dotnet core, logging, itqSetting up an Azure Storage static websiteHow to set up hosting for your static website on Azure Storageazure, static website, itq2018A year gone by, so what's going on.recap, 2018Debloat your Sony smart TVA quick little tip to get rid of some garbage on the start screen of your TV.sony smart tv, androidPivotal Cloud Foundry Certified DeveloperAnother exam done, I am now a Pivotal certified CF developer!Pivotal, Cloud Foundry, certification, itqEasy CSS gridA barebones grid in just a few lines of CSS.css, flex, itqCloud Foundry Certified DeveloperTook the exam and now I'm Cloud Foundry certified!Cloud Foundry, certification, cfcd, itqMultiple listeners for your Service Fabric serviceEnable multiple listeners on a Service Fabric service and seperate the entrypoint of the service from the actual implementation.Azure, Service Fabric, C#, Microservices, itqAngular (5) and aspnet core (2) quickstartA get-up-and-go with the Angular CLI and dotnet core.Angular, Angular CLI, dotnet core, aspnet core, itqOpenhack Amsterdam 2017Lift-and-shift, Azure Servic Fabric, MinecraftAzure, Service Fabric, Microsoft, itqUploading files - a simple approachUpload (smallish) images (with preview) with some Javascript and HTMLHTML, Javascript, itqAn underrated feature in Mario Kart 8 DeluxeOne of the most helpful things I've seen in videogames in a long time.Gaming, NintendoA fresh startA complete refresh of the blog!BlogEnable tethering on LineageOS using ADBA little hack to enable tethering on your Android device when it's blocked by your operator.Android, LineageOSDotnet Core CLI user secretsUser secrets are what you use for settings in a dotnet core app that you don't want leaking into your repos.Dotnet Core, itqDotnet Core tooling quickstartUp and running with the new dotnet core tools.Dotnet Core, itqA game for programmersI play video games every now and then and I've recently discovered a game (that was in my Steam library for quite some time already) that gives me the same sensation as when I'm programming.Gaming, FactorioDate validation in AngularJSAnother angular post! This time we take a look at how to create a directive that ensures the user enters a valid date (and/or time).Javascript, Angular, itqSimple dialogs with AngularJS and TypeScriptWhile working an Angular (1) web app I ran into the age old problem of showing the user notifications when certain conditions are met.Javascript, Angular, HTML, CSS, itqThe dialog elementI was grinding my teeth on a z-index problem today. I found out about the dialog element and all was saved.Javascript, HTML, CSS, itqExpress route managementSetting up a webserver with Node and Express.Javascript, Node, Express, itqRabbitMQ with NodeJS on Cloud FoundryI've been having some more fun with Cloud Foundry deploying Node apps and wanted the apps to communicate in a more disconnected way.Javascript, Cloud Foundry, RabbitMQ, itqCreating a toggle switch with HTML and CSSMy current project involves an interface that is 100% touch driven (no keyboard and mouse) and I was asked to turn a regular old checkbox into a toggle switch.HTML, CSS, itqMy first ASP.NET Core app on Cloud FoundryA look at deploying a dotnet core app on Cloud Foundry.Dotnet core, Cloud Foundry, itqMultiple DbContext's with migrations on a single databaseHere is a small problem I ran into while working on my current project.C#, Entity Framework, Databases, itqAnother simple loading indicatorHere is another loading indicator for when your webpage is busy waiting for a server request to come back with an answer.HTML, CSSPOST-ing JSON to an ASP.NET Web API controllerSo you want to post some JSON to an ASP. Here's a quick primer.Javascript, jQuery, C#, ASP.NETGoing 4K with the Philips BDM4065UCDual screen setups are great for work but you can't always have two of the same size/model side by side.Hardware, Display, itqAnimations and transformsAnimations and transforms using CSS and HTML.CSS, HTML, itqApp.config xdt transformsHere is a little hack you can do to enable transformations in App.config.C#, Configuration transforms, itqCloud Foundry Summit 2015 BerlinOn the 2nd and 3rd November in 2015, the Cloud Foundry Foundation was in Berlin. I attended and here are my thoughts.Cloud Foundry, Conventions, itqRead Spotify track info using C#Spotify recently updated the desktop app again and it is once again possible to read current track info directly from it.C#, SpotifyThe new rigAfter saving up money for a while I bought myself a new desktop PC.Hardware, PCBasic string templating in C#Every solution I've worked on required some form of communication via e-mail or other form of text to the outside world, reporting, notifications or something else.C#, String templating, itqCurrentColor in CSSIf you've ever used something like LESS or SASS you know what a variable is in CSS.CSS, itqCreating release notes with Visual Studio and TFSFor that one time you need release notes but forgot to track what was changed.TFS, Release notesCSS Transitions basicsEnd-users interact with your applications via the user interface (UI for short). Here are some simple things to spice it up.CSS, Transitions, itqThe bug reportWhen you work on software, you will at some point encounter bugs.BugsFluent data accessA quick look at a different approach to data access code in C#.C#, Data accessEasy Windows Service debuggingLong running processes in a web applicatoin running on IIS is a bad idea.C#, Windows Service, Debugging, itqGenerating an RSS feed in C#A hobby project of mine needed to generate an RSS feed.C#, RSS, ASP.NET, System.ServiceModel, itqGetting started with Inversion of ControlAlright, lets dive straight into the deep end and take a look at Inversion of Control.C#, IoC, Dependency injection, itqOverwriting a function in JavascriptLet's take a look at how to replace the workings of one function with that of another.Javascript, itqSignalR dependency injectionMy go-to container for IoC at the moment is SimpleInjector because you know, simple.C#, Dependency injection, SignalR, itqThe simplest loading indicatorI had a brainwave and dove into codepen for a little bit to doodle around and when I emerged I had this simple little loading indicator.CSS, HTML, itq