A no-shortcuts beginner guide to becoming a software engineer from scratch: foundations, languages, and how to build a solid start.

Fix System.Text.Json serialization issues with the Azure Cosmos DB .NET SDK v3 on .NET 8 by plugging in a custom serializer; copy-paste code included.

What happened with Moq 4.20 and SponsorLink: how developer emails were collected, the privacy concerns raised, and what .NET teams should do about it.

Deploy Azure AD B2C custom policies from Azure DevOps pipelines with token replacement, including fixes for validation issues.

Trim large D365 Finance and Operations EDMX / OData metadata files online to speed up .NET class generation and make your application lighter.

Automate database backups of a D365 Finance and Operations golden configuration or tier 1/2 cloud-hosted environment with Azure DevOps and Azure Storage.

ForAllOtherMembers was removed from AutoMapper; here is why, and how to migrate mappings that relied on it.

Authenticate to Google Cloud or Firebase from .NET without committing the service account JSON file to your repository, using environment variables.

Outline of the steps to upgrade an Azure Functions app from runtime version 3 to version 4, including backups, project changes and testing.

Step-by-step guide to securing Azure API Management by storing secrets and API keys in Azure Key Vault and referencing them from APIM named values.