Technical Debt: een strategische aanpak voor duurzame softwareontwikkeling

In vrijwel elk softwareproject ontstaat op enig moment technical debt. Hoewel de term misschien associaties oproept met risico’s of technische achterstanden, is het in de praktijk vaak een bewuste keuze. Mits goed beheerd, vormt technical debt geen bedreiging — maar juist een hulpmiddel om snel te kunnen leveren én kwaliteit […]

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How to set timezone in a Docker Windows Container

When running Docker containers on Windows, ensuring the correct timezone is set is essential for maintaining accurate logs, timestamps, and scheduled tasks. By default, Docker Windows containers use UTC, which may lead to issues with time-sensitive applications. This guide outlines how to configure the timezone in a Docker Windows container. […]

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How to install fonts in a Docker Windows Container

In containerized Windows environments, there are scenarios where custom font installation becomes essential—particularly for applications that generate documents, perform automated UI rendering, or rely on specific branding requirements. This guide outlines a reliable approach to installing multiple fonts within a Windows-based Docker container. Use Case Installing fonts inside a Windows […]

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ClickOnce signing from Azure DevOps via Azure Key Vault

To publish a WPF application from a CI DevOps pipeline I needed a command line tool to sign ClickOnce manifests and executables. The certificate is an EV Code Signing Certificate stored in an Azure Key Vault. After some research I found tools to sign executables, but no tools to sign […]

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PostgreSQL powerful LATERAL join

PostgreSQL supports the SQL join type: LATERAL. Useful for creating advanced query’s. What is a LATERAL join? In the PostgreSQL documentation: Subqueries appearing in FROM can be preceded by the key word LATERAL. This allows them to reference columns provided by preceding FROM items. (Without LATERAL, each subquery is evaluated […]

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Cleaning Up Git Branches in Azure DevOps

Try again to delete tCleaning up Git branches is needed from time to time to keep the workspace organised. Using Azure DevOps most of the Git housekeeping tasks are automated. A typical default workflow follows these steps:– From a sprint work item, a new remote (feature/bugfix) branch is created.– Commit […]

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Disable Visual Studio 2022 IIS security attach warning

Running Visual Studio as administrator is needed to host your web project in IIS. Everytime the debugger is started the “Attach Security Warning” confirmation dialog appears. Modify the registry to disable this.  Follow these steps to modify the private registry file (privateregistry.bin): 1. Close Visual Studio 2022. Start regedit.exe and […]

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How to switch the active PostgreSQL cluster

A how to of switching the active PostgreSQL cluster version to make it bind to port 5432. Let’s define the active PostgreSQL cluster as the one that binds to port 5432 and having multiple versions running in Ubuntu. Check with pg_lscluster what is running: And what is the active PostgreSQL […]

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Azure Portal Dashboard – Monitoring in een oogopslag

In de Azure Portal is het dashboard een krachtige tool om de status van de systemen te monitoren. Het dashboard is volledig naar wens aan te passen. Voor vrijwel alle systeemonderdelen van Virtual Machine tot AppService is een widget of grafiek op het dashboard te plaatsen. Hieronder een voorbeeld van een […]

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