Technology
Hosting a .Net API on a Raspberry Pi
Cloud hosting is simple and convenient, but over time it can also be costly. As an alternative, I decided to host a .Net API on a Raspberry Pi running Ubuntu.
Kevin Williams
A full stack software engineer since 2018, specializing in Azure and .Net.
Self Improvement
Creating a Personal Hedgehog Concept
I recently read Jim Collin's book "Good to Great" and learned about the hedgehog concept. Learn what that is, and how I created the first version of my statement.
Projects
Creating a Logo With Minimal Artistic Ability
At the beginning of 2021, I started to get into 3d modeling and printing, which lead me to open an Etsy shop. As part of that process, I created a basic logo based of off some images I had seen online.
Technology
Automatically Update Postman Variables
When building APIs, you'll often want to create and store a collection of endpoints and requests in order to test quickly and effectively. There are a number of tools to help with this, but the one I use most often is Postman.
Technology
Breaking up With Big Tech
It's hard to remember how things used to be prior to all the big tech companies. They went from making great products to stealing our information and showering us with adds, so I've started looking for alternatives.
News & Events
Site Updates
I'm excited to announce that I've recently made some changes to the site that I hope you'll enjoy. I've created some additional newsletters, re-organized the tags, and updated my navigation links
Technology
Reaching a Local API From Flutter
When doing full-stack development, most times you'll be working with a front end client and some sort of API that the client will consume. For web development, this usually isn't a problem since your API runs on one port and the client is on another - everything can still talk.
News & Events
My Final "Public" Post
By now, I think almost everyone is familiar with AI and how companies have been racing to incorporate it into just about everything. I haven't really taken a stance on it one way or another, up to this point.
Self Improvement
Building Success with the Power List
There are a lot of different methods out there for increasing your productivity and becoming successful. I've tried several of them, but the one that has helped the most is the power list.
Programming
EF Core & Cosmos DB
For most apps, I tend to use Microsoft SQL or Postgres for data storage and persistence, but occasionally it may also make sense to use a document database. I wanted to see how it was working with Cosmos DB in a .Net application.
Programming
Blazor vs Flutter - Part 4
This is the fourth article in a 10 article series: Blazor vs Flutter. This post focuses on components and pages.
Programming
Customize a Bootstrap Theme with Umbraco
Lately, I've been looking at a few different options for a CMS platform. Of the ones that I've looked at, I think Umbraco makes the most sense, considering that most of my work uses C# & .Net, it has online hosting for ~$35/month, and it's been the easiest for me to understand.