There are a lot of scripts available on how to implement Application Insights on the server side. Also, for a lot of different ways to customize the logging. But I had a hard time finding how to custo
To support the use of Event Grid in our application architecture we decided to build a generic Event Grid client to send our events. This client enforces some practices like the use of base events and
When I started looking into solutions for routing events to our new microservice, it took me a while to get a clear picture of the differences between Azure Event Grid and Azure Service Bus. In this b
In 2016 I wrote how to track a specific user in Application Insights which has been very useful in tracking down production issues. Now we are starting to upgrade our project to .NET Core so I wanted
In my latest project we embraced Application Insights as our logging and tracking platform. I am impressed by its capabilities and ease of use when hosting on Azure. It already has been very useful an
For a personal project (and to work with some new technology) I build a new ASPNET Core 1.0 website using AngularJS2. To make further development easier for myself, I wanted to enable continuous deplo
For a recent project I needed to create a line chart and a bar chart. Previously I used the ASP.NET chart controls, but in the new ASP.NET Core the chart control is not available anymore, so I went lo
Handling time in .NET applications, it seems straight forward (“just use the .NET DateTime object”) and in some scenario’s it also is, but not for everything. In your local hobby project you will be f
A new blogpost! Maybe you do not remember, but you subscribed to my blog. Don’t worry, it is totally possible you do not remember, because my last post was almost 2 years ago. I was hoping to be able
Jeff Knupp wrote about “How DevOps is killing the developer“. I wanted to respond to this blog post, because you hear this view more often. But I think it stems from a misunderstanding about how DevOp
Introducing Continuous Delivery or DevOps should never be a goal in itself, only the means to reach another goal. The definition of the goal depends on the origin for the wish. This could for example
The last months I have been traveling Southeast Asia as a backpacker. During my travels I met a lot of other travelers. The conversations I have with them, tend to all start in a similar way. Where h