DT Additions to the MS Ajax Extensions

Over the last few months I have been having a lot of fun converting my personal site (http://drusellers.com) from a pure static html site, to one that uses a back end server side language. When I first started the main … Continue reading →

As Yavor said, Azure SDK for node 0.5.4 is out with a bunch of goodies! Closing a security hole Recently a vulnerability was detected in node.exe that could theoretically allow an attacker to perform a header-spoofing attack. Version 0.6.17 contains … Continue reading →

You can read about the event here. Every so often, you get the opportunity to participate in a process that affords you the opportunity to talk to those who make policy that affects our personal and business lives. During the … Continue reading →

Recently I had the privilege to talk to my good friends Richard and Carl about the work we’re doing enabling Node.js development with Windows Azure along with our friends in the node community. It was also a great opportunity for … Continue reading →

Conference season is coming again. I am excited this year that I’ll be finally speaking at goto AND that I’ll be speaking at the first QCon NYC. The topic, well you guessed it, node.js and Windows Azure. May 21-23 First … Continue reading →

Quick PSA on using cron jobs with Google App Engine because it almost wreaked havoc for us. App Engine has a lovely feature of having different versions of your app. You can upload a new version but not make it … Continue reading →

I was at a workshop over the weekend talking about the use of Finite State Machines as coordination mechanisms for systems. These things might be called sagas, activities, workflows, process managers (my preferred term lately from PEI), orchestrations, choreographers, and … Continue reading →

Let it not be said there are no downsides to living in the Bahamas (though if you’ll permit a little boasting, a shortage of fantastic venues if you’re lucky enough to be in a band is not one of them). … Continue reading →

Some times I am such a dolt. I open a new OSS project and my first thoughts are usually “This library is ^&*$% it doesn’t do anything right.”  “RAGE! (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻”  don’t they know that, MY WAY is better! Its … Continue reading →

Recently I was doing a simple kata – the Roman Numeral kata – to practice my Ruby and RSpec skills. (The Roman Numeral kata is to build an algorithm test-first that converts a number into its Roman numeral equivalent. For … Continue reading →

Update… As a commenter astutely pointed out, we can see the generated URL in LinqPad.. Still good to know and understand how to use Fiddler – especially if you want to flip between json and xml formats!! ————————– Quick tip … Continue reading →

And it has nothing to do with technology for the most part. On balance, Apple makes some great products. But there are two things that Apple sucks at: - Customer Service (especially at an Apple Store – more on this … Continue reading →

Executive summary: Here’s how we’re implementing audit fields in AppEngine. IT’S BETTER THAN THE WAY YOU’RE DOING IT! I considered saying “I hope there’s a better way of doing it” but I believe I’ll get more responses if I frame … Continue reading →

I have been a vocal, and sometimes harsh, critic of Microsoft’s approach to Open Source Software. I call that activism, some call it whining, ranting or pisser dans la soupe. People are entitled to their opinion, and mine has been … Continue reading →

The updated code for the Web API project can be found here In the last post on Making Your ASP.NET Web API’s Secure, I received some very useful comments. Thanks to Pedro Reys for pointing out my non-use of HttpMessageHandlers. … Continue reading →

Note: Code for this example is on Google Docs. SecureWebAPI SecureWebAPITest NOTE: DO NOT USE THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE KEYS IN THIS EXAMPLE IN YOUR PRODUCTION APPLICATION!!!! BE SURE TO GENERATE YOUR OWN KEYS!! OTHERWISE, YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE SECURE AS … Continue reading →

On my build times post from “Don” And you want to run your tests _every time_ you hit ctrl+s !? Actually I have run into this viewpoint quite a bit. I see it most commonly from people who are not … Continue reading →

I got a question recently about my recent Pluralsight REST Fundamentals course. Several times throughout the course, I say something to the effect of “for more on X, check out the references section at the end of the module”. The … Continue reading →

So let’s throw out a quick idea that we have batted around a bit internally. What if Mighty Moose were to be free? What if we were only to charge you for two features inside of the software that are … Continue reading →

I did an informal survey a while ago and the results were frankly abysmal. I cannot understand how people work in such environments. I am ADD, if I have a feedback cycle more than a few seconds I have already … Continue reading →