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I was asked by someone to help them display the current date and time as it is in British Summer Time or Daylight Saving Time on their website using C#
dotnet How to create a vCard in .NETThis is just a quick post to give you the code needed to create a vCard in .NET
dev Regex to check if there are at least x number of digits in a phone number stringThis post gives you a regex so you can check if there are at least x numbers in a string. This is ideal for phone number fields where you don't care about the format but you do want there to be some numbers.
dev How to resolve 'Problem verifying your YouTube account'This post shows you how to solve the problem where you can't verify your YouTube account.
dev How to fix the Windows 10 bug - Right hand side or corner of screen is not clickableThis post will help you solve the Windows 10 bug where you can't click in the right hand side or corner.
dev How to solve the error assets file project.assets.json not found in Visual StudioThis post tells you how to solve the error assets file project.assets.json not found in Visual Studio
dotnet How to fix corrupt accented characters in Excel for a C# export as CSVThis post will help you fix the issue where you csv export has corrupt characters when opening it in excel.
dev Great Developers are CuriousIn this post I talk to you about being curious as a developer and why i think it is an important skill or trait in the world of dev.
dev How to get realtime notifications for website traffic using Google Analytics and JavaScriptThis post shows you how you can get notifications for your Google Analytics realtime website traffic, using Slack notifications as an example.
dotnet How to send Slack messages programmatically using C#In this post I show you how you can send Slack messages programmatically using C#
dev The 10 Commandments of ProgrammingHere are the 10 commandments of programming. Thou shalt name things properly...
dev The importance of writing a good question before you ask for help onlineThis post explains the importance of writing a good question before you ask for help online