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Fun with Hardcoded Secrets

Fun with Hardcoded Secrets

I was doing some consulting work for a company a few years back and came across a hardcoded secret in their source code. I had a little time on my hands so I decided to see where it would lead - and it turned out that the resulting vulnerability was

Shortening Entity Framework Index and Key Names

I recently started using ASP.Net Core for the backend API of one of my clients' systems and decided to use Entity Framework for most of the more mundane SQL operations that the API needs to handle. Overall, I've been really happy with Entity Framework, but one

Asynchronously rendering PNG images from 3MF files using React, Node, and Three.js

Asynchronously rendering PNG images from 3MF files using React, Node, and Three.js

Introduction: In this post, I’m going to cover how to asynchronously generate 2d images from 3D object files using React, Node, and Three.js. This is useful in situations where you might want to be able to use 2d images to represent 3D objects that have been uploaded by

Programmatically Deploying Wordpress Sites Using Docker and Node.js

Programmatically Deploying Wordpress Sites Using Docker and Node.js

In this article I'm going to show you how to programmatically generate instances of a Wordpress site using Node.js and Docker Compose. This is useful if you'd like to automate the process of provisioning individual blogs for your end users or spinning up separate application

2023 Hitch Hotel - Review

2023 Hitch Hotel - Review

This last August we took delivery of our Hitch Hotel collapsible camping trailer. We'd been looking for a teardrop trailer that would fit in our garage, but nothing really met our requirements, so we decided to look at some alternatives that were out there and came across an

Big Bend 2021, Part 2

Big Bend 2021, Part 2

Over the next few days we did a lot of driving around and exploring the countryside. The scenery was pretty amazing but the weather was a bit hotter than we expected for this time of year and so we decided to do more exploring in the car rather than on

Big Bend - 2021, Part 1

Big Bend - 2021, Part 1

This last December we took a trip out to Big Bend State Park to spend a week camping and hiking. I’d never been there before, but a few friends told me it’s an amazing place to visit, so I was really looking forward to having the chance to

Moab 2018

Moab 2018

The down side of being involved in startup companies is that you often don’t have time to take vacation. This year, I was determined not to let that happen again, and so we packed up our gear and headed out to Moab, Utah for a for week. I’ve