I’ve been building software a long time. Long enough to have hand-migrated more legacy codebases than I care to count, back when “modernisation” meant a fortnight of find-and-replace, a wall of compiler errors, and a knot in your stomach every time you hit Build. So when I say the project I’m about to describe had … Read more
ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks: How to Lose a User in Three Days I love new technology. In fact, I probably adopt it earlier than I should. Over the last forty years I’ve gone from Sinclair Spectrums and Psion organisers to Azure, AI, mobile apps and SaaS platforms. If there’s a shiny new tool promising to make … Read more
A few years ago I came across a small app that promised to make writing blogs directly on the Mac easier… The idea of not having browser hell going on and the ability to jump in and out of drafts as I wanted appealed to me. Enter TypeMetal. For a while all was good in … Read more
My Friends If you like your messages short, to the point and highly worthwhile…here it is. TODAY…September 22nd begins the final 100 day countdown of the year. 265 days down and 100 to go. Let’s face it, 2020 has been a year we will remember. Make it for the right reasons. If you have some … Read more
A few months ago a friend of mine, Peter, asked me if I would try a fruity supplement for a week. Intrigued I said yes and happily took the small bottle of brown liquid from him. What transpired after that was quite extraordinary. Obviously I didn’t just take the Kyäni product for a week, but from then … Read more
In a couple of weeks, Julian M Bucknall and I will be showing how to use DevExpress XtraReports by thinking outside the box. In a live webinar, we will create a report based on some POCO collections as well as a web service. Then we will take a look at how to bind different reports to … Read more
Support My Ride to Conquer Cancer The Rio Tinto Ride to Conquer Cancer is a cycling journey throughout Queensland’s scenic countryside that I’m embarking on to fight cancer. It will be a challenge in a number of ways, but with my bike, my helmet, and your generosity, a real impact will be made! Contribute to … Read more
What’s involved in setting up ASP.NET security? well it depends who you ask and what you want to do. It is interesting to see that something so important causes many developers to stumble. How do you set up a basic registration page? how do you maintain what roles or memberships a person has? how do … Read more
It’s no secret that I think an application should be built with one set of tools, I’ve been running the 100% DX challenge for 18 months now, so imagine how excited I am about the 13.2 release of the DevExpress controls!!! There are so many new things to be delivered it’s like Christmas came early. … Read more
