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2. Why is string.GetHashCode() different each time I run my program in .NET Core?

   In this post I discuss string.GetHashCode(), why it's randomised, and hash-attacks. I also provide a deterministic implementation you can use when it's safe…

   December 11, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core C#
3. Secure secrets storage for ASP.NET Core with AWS Secrets Manager (Part 2)

   In this post I show how to control which secrets are loaded from AWS Secrets Manager when your ASP.NET Core app start.…

   December 06, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Security Configuration AWS
4. Secure secrets storage for ASP.NET Core with AWS Secrets Manager (Part 1)

   In this post I show how you can store your ASP.NET Core secrets securely in AWS Secrets Manager and load them at runtime into the .NET Core configuration…

   December 04, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Security Configuration AWS
5. Caching Docker layers on serverless build hosts with multi-stage builds, --target, and --cache-from

   In this post I describe how I improved the build performance of ASP.NET Core Docker containers built using AWS CodeBuild by using --target and --cache-from.…

   November 27, 2018 in ASP.NET Core Docker AWS DevOps
6. Creating singleton named options with IOptionsMonitor

   In this post I introduce the IOptionsMonitor interface, and show how you can use it in place of IOptionsSnapshot to create Singleton named options…

   November 20, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection
7. Simplifying dependency injection for IConfigureOptions with the ConfigureOptions() helper

   In this post I show how to use ConfigureOptions() to automatically register all the IConfigureOptions interfaces implemented by a type with the DI container…

   November 13, 2018 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core 2.1 Configuration Dependency Injection