Time for a quick look at UTF-8 encoding and byte order marker (BOM). Lets jump right into some code. You are probably going to nail this as you most likely will be alert now, given the title and all, but would you have expected this test to pass? [Fact] public void Utf8Strings() { var initial =…
Daniel Wertheim
When implementing support for TLS1.2 and client-server certificate verification for MyNatsClient I needed a quick way to generate: CA, Server and Client certificates. I could of course script this and use OpenSSL but I found a small and simple docker image that simplified this process. Lets have a q…
Daniel Wertheim
Lately I've spent some time overhauling MyNatsClient (my open source .NET client for NATS). I've added support for TLS1.2 and fixed a few bugs but mostly been focusing on performance. And in doing so, I've managed to increase the performance with 60%. The scenario is a very simple case where I have…
Daniel Wertheim
Team building: the action or process of causing a group of people to work together effectively as a team, especially by means of activities and events designed to increase motivation and promote cooperation. - Lexico by OxfordWhat would be important to me if I became a "manager" in software developm…
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I've been wrestling a bit with using service containers in an Azure DevOps pipeline. The idea is to spin up some services (in my case three instances of NATS) that I then use to run my tests against. I failed miserably. I spent several hours trying different combinations. And finally gave up and use…
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