We’ve been using ASP.NET Core 1.0 for some time as part of a microservices architecture we’ve developed. We run the services in production as Docker containers on Amazon ECS. We recently created a new API based on ASP.NET Core 2.0 and ran into some issues with configuration. The first of the two issues we encountered […]
Author: Steve Gordon
My Microsoft MVP Journey Becoming a Visual Studio and Developer Technologies MVP
On November 1st I got a very nice surprise in my inbox from Microsoft. I was being awarded an MVP in the ‘Visual Studio and Development Technologies’ category. This is an achievement that I am extremely proud of and very excited about. It’s an honour and honestly quite daunting to join such an amazing group […]
.NET South East November 2017 Meetup With guest Michael Newton
Last night we held our November .NET South East meetup at Madgex HQ with the amazing Michael Newton speaking. Here’s a brief summary… Intro and news At 7pm I opened the evening with my introduction, including thanking our fantastic sponsors. I then went on to discuss some of the news items I had gathered. I […]
.NET South East October 2017 Meetup With guest Rabeb Othmani
Last night we held our third .NET South East meetup at Madgex HQ with special guest Rabeb Othmani. Here’s a brief summary of the evening… Preparation Planning for this meeting felt a lot easier than past events as I have built a few lists of things to do and have a bit of experience with […]
How To Not Hate Public Speaking (Part 2)
This is a continuation from part 1 of my story about my personal speaking career journey so far. I recommend you read that post first as otherwise you’ll lack some important context needed to understand the full journey. Fair warning once again: This is a long blog post. I plan to create short, more digestible […]