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Counting the leading zeroes in a binary number with C#
In this post I describe an algorithm to count the number of leading zeroes in a ulong, study how it works, and benchmark it against alternatives.…
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Working with System.Random and threads safely in .NET Core and .NET Framework
In this post I look at some of the ways you can misuse System.Random, comparing .NET Framework, NET Core, and .NET 6 implementations.…
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Using CancellationTokens in ASP.NET Core minimal APIs
In this post I'll show how you can use CancellationTokens in your minimal API handlers to stop execution when a user cancels a request from their browser…

Handling concurrent merges to master in multi-stage Azure DevOps pipelines
In this post I describe a problem we were seeing in our large Azure DevOps pipeline, where a merge to master would cause PR builds to break mid-run.…

Replacing Disqus with GitHub discussions using giscus
I recently replaced Disqus with giscus for comments on this blog. In this post I describe the process I took…
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Considering replacing Disqus with Giscus
In this post I'm soliciting opinions-should I pay to keep using Disqus for comments, or should I switch to an open-source alternative that uses GitHub…
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