Coding While Sick: An Unexpected AI Experiment
Most conversations about AI coding assistants focus on productivity.Tools like GitHub Copilot …
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development
.NET Injection of a dependency list
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Using Postman Securely
Postman is a fantastic tool for developers working with APIs, but as with any tool (especially …
New Year, new habits, and new passwords?
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Visual Studio: Launch in Chrome Incognito
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Obtaining the meta data from a SQL Query
I recently had a need to find a way of obtaining just the column names returned by a SQL Server …
Do you fizz buzz, buzz fizz, or just scratch your head?
Over the years I have interviewed a lot of developer candidates and given advice to a fair few …
How I run melodiouscode.net
Partly for myself and partly for any interested readers I wanted to note down how …
Folders, Folders, always folders
Two of my employers’ largest clients are law firms, and being law firms they regularly …
Azure SQL Connector for the Azure Key Vault - Error 2058
I spent today in a session with our external SQL Advisor; we have been working on provisioning …
Why I hate Path.Combine
As most .NET developers will know there is a Path.Combine() method in System.IO which can be …
Developer Tools List 2018
Ask any developer who has worked in the industry for more than a month ‘what tools do you …
Remember to clean up your services; WCF Clients need love too
All developers cringe when they start working on another person’s code base; it is never …
Developer Professional Development
Practical SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery
15
Posts
security
New Year, new habits, and new passwords?
Cover Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash
Ring ring: Did I get hacked, or was it my password?
Thank you to Bernard Hermant for sharing the header photo used for this post on Unsplash.
Splitting trusted and untrusted networks
You have now successfully separated your potentialy dangerous IOT devices from your trusted …
Be a password ninja!
The header image for this post was supplied by @lasayehommes on unsplash.com. Thanks!
IT Support Scammers
The header image on this post was provided for free by @rawpixel via unsplash.com. I chose it …
Content Security Policies
In summary, if you run a website which presents dynamic content (be it a large corporate …
Sorry, you have been blocked
You have been prevent from accessing this site by the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. Why …
Badges and Tests
Everyone loves a badge or a sticker don’t they. There are so many websites which display …
In the beginning there was 1.1.1.1
The header image for this post was taken by Maarten van den Heuvel and provided for free on …
HTTPS is just the tip of the sword
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
Is HTTPS everything?
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
Why cookies?
I challenge you to find a website that doesn’t store some sort of cookie on your machine; …
Protect yourself online, don't wreck yourself
I have been watching a lot of the TV show Criminal Minds recently (blame my wife); in the show …
Password Management
In the years since I first sat in front of a computer the importance of a strong secure …
10
Posts
developer
Coding While Sick: An Unexpected AI Experiment
Most conversations about AI coding assistants focus on productivity.Tools like GitHub Copilot …
.NET Injection of a dependency list
Cover Photo by @ivvndiaz on Unsplash
Using Postman Securely
Postman is a fantastic tool for developers working with APIs, but as with any tool (especially …
Clean up your durable functions history
Cover Photo by The Creative Exchange on Unsplash
Visual Studio: Launch in Chrome Incognito
Thank you to Braydon Anderson for providing the image used in this post's header for free on …
Passing multiple parameters to an ICommand in WPF
The project I am currently working on is a sizable line-of-business desktop program written …
Passing Enumerables to a SQL Stored Procedure
I have been asked the question “Can you pass an enumerable to a procedure?” or …
Developer Tools List 2018
Ask any developer who has worked in the industry for more than a month ‘what tools do you …
The Google Digital Garage
Are you new to the internet (is anyone?) or are you taking the first steps on your businesses …
9
Posts
learning
Splitting trusted and untrusted networks
You have now successfully separated your potentialy dangerous IOT devices from your trusted …
Modern Browser Security Reporting
The header image for this post was provided for free on unsplash.com by James Pond. Thanks …
IT Support Scammers
The header image on this post was provided for free by @rawpixel via unsplash.com. I chose it …
Microsoft Surface Book fan noise and overheating
The header image for this post was provided for free by Hush Naidoo (@hush52) via unsplash.com. …
Write more, manage less
Cover photo via Annie Spratt on unsplash.com
Developer Professional Development
Practical SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery
Reading List
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The Google Digital Garage
Are you new to the internet (is anyone?) or are you taking the first steps on your businesses …
7
Posts
c-sharp
.NET Injection of a dependency list
Cover Photo by @ivvndiaz on Unsplash
Clean up your durable functions history
Cover Photo by The Creative Exchange on Unsplash
Passing multiple parameters to an ICommand in WPF
The project I am currently working on is a sizable line-of-business desktop program written …
Passing Enumerables to a SQL Stored Procedure
I have been asked the question “Can you pass an enumerable to a procedure?” or …
Why I hate Path.Combine
As most .NET developers will know there is a Path.Combine() method in System.IO which can be …
7
Posts
passwords
New Year, new habits, and new passwords?
Cover Photo by Dan Nelson on Unsplash
Ring ring: Did I get hacked, or was it my password?
Thank you to Bernard Hermant for sharing the header photo used for this post on Unsplash.
Be a password ninja!
The header image for this post was supplied by @lasayehommes on unsplash.com. Thanks!
Protect yourself online, don't wreck yourself
I have been watching a lot of the TV show Criminal Minds recently (blame my wife); in the show …
Force refresh Microsoft Account Password in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows you to sign-in using your Microsoft Account Password which can be great, …
Password Management
In the years since I first sat in front of a computer the importance of a strong secure …
7
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personal
Hello Monkey
More photos over on flickr.
Holding Page
The domain you have tried to access is currently held by me; this is a holding page. You have …
Comment Policy
There is a really simple comment policy here: Keep it clean, keep it friendly. You can be …
Contact
There are a number of ways that you can contact me; if you feel the need! Email You can mail me …
The Author
personal
About and Disclaimer
Melodious Code is the personal blog of a software developer from the United Kingdom (we don’t …
Are you Melodious?
Welcome to melodious code; you made it, I’m slightly surprised. Melodious Code isn’t much of a …
6
Posts
dotnet
.NET Injection of a dependency list
Cover Photo by @ivvndiaz on Unsplash
Clean up your durable functions history
Cover Photo by The Creative Exchange on Unsplash
Speeding up large WPF ComboBoxes
The WPF application I am working on at the moment contains a questionnaire definition system; …
Why I hate Path.Combine
As most .NET developers will know there is a Path.Combine() method in System.IO which can be …
5
Posts
azure
Clean up your durable functions history
Cover Photo by The Creative Exchange on Unsplash
Bloging using Jekyll, Azure Static Sites, cloudflare, and GitHub!
Thank you to my friend Tony Hillier-Swift of https://www.hillier-swift.co.uk/ for pointing out …
Serving a single page with a Cloudflare Worker
Ok, so I may have gone overboard on the dot dev domains, obviously, I purchased melodious.dev …
Azure SQL Connector for the Azure Key Vault - Error 2058
I spent today in a session with our external SQL Advisor; we have been working on provisioning …
5
Posts
cloudflare
Serving a single page with a Cloudflare Worker
Ok, so I may have gone overboard on the dot dev domains, obviously, I purchased melodious.dev …
DNS Resolution Error
::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_1000S_BOX::
Sorry, you have been blocked
You have been prevent from accessing this site by the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall. Why …
Disqus and Cloudflare
The comments section of this site uses the third party Disqus system; it looks after the …
In the beginning there was 1.1.1.1
The header image for this post was taken by Maarten van den Heuvel and provided for free on …
3
Posts
https-series
Content Security Policies
In summary, if you run a website which presents dynamic content (be it a large corporate …
HTTPS is just the tip of the sword
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
Is HTTPS everything?
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
3
Posts
microsoft
Microsoft Surface Book fan noise and overheating
The header image for this post was provided for free by Hush Naidoo (@hush52) via unsplash.com. …
Force refresh Microsoft Account Password in Windows 10
Windows 10 allows you to sign-in using your Microsoft Account Password which can be great, …
3
Posts
sql
Tracing SQL Permission Denied errors
It is an error that every developer is more than used to seeing; the application failed because …
Obtaining the meta data from a SQL Query
I recently had a need to find a way of obtaining just the column names returned by a SQL Server …
Azure SQL Connector for the Azure Key Vault - Error 2058
I spent today in a session with our external SQL Advisor; we have been working on provisioning …
3
Posts
wpf
Speeding up large WPF ComboBoxes
The WPF application I am working on at the moment contains a questionnaire definition system; …
Passing multiple parameters to an ICommand in WPF
The project I am currently working on is a sizable line-of-business desktop program written …
2
Posts
blog
Bloging using Jekyll, Azure Static Sites, cloudflare, and GitHub!
Thank you to my friend Tony Hillier-Swift of https://www.hillier-swift.co.uk/ for pointing out …
Are you Melodious?
Welcome to melodious code; you made it, I’m slightly surprised. Melodious Code isn’t much of a …
2
Posts
https
HTTPS is just the tip of the sword
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
Is HTTPS everything?
This post is part of a series on HTTPS and browser security; it is partly to spread knowledge, …
2
Posts
internet
In the beginning there was 1.1.1.1
The header image for this post was taken by Maarten van den Heuvel and provided for free on …
Why cookies?
I challenge you to find a website that doesn’t store some sort of cookie on your machine; …
2
Posts
jekyll
Bloging using Jekyll, Azure Static Sites, cloudflare, and GitHub!
Thank you to my friend Tony Hillier-Swift of https://www.hillier-swift.co.uk/ for pointing out …
2
Posts
xaml
Speeding up large WPF ComboBoxes
The WPF application I am working on at the moment contains a questionnaire definition system; …
1
Post
ai
Coding While Sick: An Unexpected AI Experiment
Most conversations about AI coding assistants focus on productivity.Tools like GitHub Copilot …
1
Post
devops
Bloging using Jekyll, Azure Static Sites, cloudflare, and GitHub!
Thank you to my friend Tony Hillier-Swift of https://www.hillier-swift.co.uk/ for pointing out …
1
Post
dns
DNS Resolution Error
::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_1000S_BOX::
1
Post
github
Bloging using Jekyll, Azure Static Sites, cloudflare, and GitHub!
Thank you to my friend Tony Hillier-Swift of https://www.hillier-swift.co.uk/ for pointing out …
1
Post
github-copilot
Coding While Sick: An Unexpected AI Experiment
Most conversations about AI coding assistants focus on productivity.Tools like GitHub Copilot …
1
Post
productivity
Coding While Sick: An Unexpected AI Experiment
Most conversations about AI coding assistants focus on productivity.Tools like GitHub Copilot …
1
Post
visual-studio
Visual Studio: Launch in Chrome Incognito
Thank you to Braydon Anderson for providing the image used in this post's header for free on …
1
Post