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dev We get promoted to our own level of incompetence

This is true in many organisations where you are able to get promoted and work your way up the ladder.

umbraco How to create a page view hit counter in Umbraco

This post gives you a tutorial on how to create a page view hit counter in Umbraco for recording page views.

umbraco Getting Dialogue Forum package to work with Umbraco 7.4.3

This post shows you how to overcome the problems with installing the Dialogue forum package in your Umbraco site.

dev How to deal with people you can't stand, in the workplace

Let's be honest, wherever you work, there is always at least one person who you can't stand. Let's call them Bob. There are many 'Bobs' in the workplace. You need to know what to look out for and how to deal with them.

dev How to style the Google maps popup infowindow

One of my readers has asked to show them how they can style the popup infowindow on a google map. This post gives you a basic example of this. This is notoriously tricky, but I think I have simplified it for you.

dotnet How to export data to Excel as a CSV file in C#

This post shows you how you can create the functionality to export data as a CSV file to download and open in Excel.

dev The light bulb and turd cycle

In all of the places I have worked, especially the larger companies, there has been this underlying process happening. It is called the light bulb and turd cycle. I named it that myself. Here is the explanation so you know what to look out for and what stage your company or department is at.

dotnet How to set up and configure error logging in .NET with log4net

This is a simple and straight forward tutorial on how to set up and configure error logging with log4net in your .NET application.

dev The best podcasts about programming

For the last few years I have been listening to some great podcasts and I wanted to share them with you:

dev My favourite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts

I'm not one for using my mouse if I can help it. I like to use keyboard shortcuts where possible. In this post I share with you my favourite Visual Studio keyboard shortcuts.

dotnet Searching for prime numbers

Searching for prime numbers can be fun. This post shows you how I did it.

dotnet How to create a custom Slack integration using webhooks

This post gives you the code and simple instructions on how to create your own custom integration for slack, written in .NET C#