Mongo DB have written a great article on Geospatial Queries, this is a quick blog post summarizing that blog post, and how to quickly setup geo spatial queries in Mongo DB.
On April 2nd 2025, Jimmy Bogard the developer behind AutoMapper and MediatR published an article on his blog titled "AutoMapper and MediatR Going Commercial". This is a small post about what is AutoMapper and what does it do, and what are the alternatives.
How to host a web server inside a .Net application using version 9 and Kestrel Server.
This is an article about the series Adolescence on Netflix. A personal review, and a slightly logical and slapstick analysis of the mini drama that took the internet by storm. This articles offers a slightly technological view on the series as apposed to the emotional which has been explored vehemently.
An article about the different controls for MAUI mobile apps.
A brief story about OnlyMusik a platform aimed at providing access to dance music for free.
A quick blog post about AI helping me with NI validation using regular expressions
In this comprehensive guide, we'll chart a course through the most essential Blazor components and libraries.
This is my story about Ark Ascended, the first Island and Ascending.
This is an article articulating the latest updates in visual studio 17.13, the features that have been added in, and maintains a list of the latest minor releases to this version. Stay up-to date on the latest Microsoft Visual Studio updates and features.
A list of all the major movies to be released in 2025, with a small synopsis of the film title.
This is a post about Call of Duty black ops 6, A deep dive into Zombies and a list of all the maps, main easter egg quest and the side quests and rewards.
This article is about SQL Server 2022 and a list of cumulative updates.
My review of the Dell Alienware 32 4K QD-OLED Gaming Monitor AW3225QF
This article outlines the feature list for Visual Studio 2022 17.12 which was released on November 12, 2024.
iOS release notes, a brief article on Apples latest mobile operating system.
A bucket is a container for storing objects in a Simple Storage Service. Buckets are similar to file folders and are used to organize and manage data in the cloud.
Joker 2 was an highly anticipated DCU film, this is just my view on the movie.
A good idea and poor script, probably only improved by the professional acting. Cab drives have never been so boring.
On Tuesday 13th August, 2024 Microsoft released Visual Studio 2022 version 17.11. With some exciting updates to productivity and Git Co-Pilot
How I tried to create my own substack and Instagram on my own platform
An ambitious 1.3bn over promise by the conservatives has been pulled by new Labour.
The chipmaker is still vaguely profitable, but it seems its losses are weighing heavily.
An introduction to SSIS - SQL Server Integration Services.
A gritty drama, with some good effects, lacking in the sci fi genre, with some tear jearking moments. The characters are built well, but there are bonds that could be explored more. The 5 main characters are built up well, some more than others.
Using Git CoPilot for Visual Studio 2022 to create Javascript functions really quickly.
A small blog post about the latest iOS release from Apple.
This is a blog post jumping on the AI hype, an introduction to AI from my personal view.
People seem scared about the AI hype, should we be scared of our jobs?
DeepMind's AlphaStar, and META's CICERO have been caught lying, on purpose.
A short post on picking domain names, how to not overspend, and what is a vanity label versus being grandiose.
By combining brain imaging with AI-based image processing and analysis, Google have reconstructed nearly every cell and all of its connections within a small volume of human brain tissue about half the size of a grain of rice, resulting in 1.4 petabytes (1.4 million gigabytes) of data to encode.
A short post on what Bing Copilot thinks of Onlyian.com
A quick summary of the useful latest updates from Microsoft in Visual Studio 2022.
A rare politically inspired post, why July the 4th really is independence day, not for Labour but it's inhabitants.
Fallout is another Nolan epic with Westworld vibes, asyncronous story telling, and nails the core issues of the human race, a must watch for anyone, this isn't a game.
An article about Microsoft’s answer to a machine learning engine for developers.
Entity framework isn’t for everyone and this article explores to good, the bad and the ugly.
This article briefly talks about what is an API, what is JSON and the code needed to call an api in vb, c#, cb6 and javascript so you can call an api.
A blog post about software developers in Manchester.
A blog about blazor, it's uses, advantages and downfalls
.NET 8 Preview 6 continue the evolution of C# 12.