How Building A Discord Bot Made Me A Better Developer
June 20, 2025
Some practical lessons I picked up while wrestling with WebSockets, concurrency, and Discord's Gateway API
Posts
DIY Vanity Social Links: How to Set Up Custom Subdomain Redirects on Your VPS with Nginx
May 18, 2025
Learn how to create custom subdomain redirects for your social media profiles using Nginx on your VPS. This guide will help you set up a simple yet effective solution to manage your online presence.
AI Agents: Hype vs. Reality – What Is Really Under the Hood?
April 7, 2025
AI agents are trending, but what is an AI agent? In this article, I'll talk about how there really isn't anything magical about an agent. It is much more an architecture approach to organize prompts and tools that allow supporting more complex tasks that require careful orchestration.
Event-Driven Integration: Connecting Onspring and ServiceNow for Seamless Workflows
April 4, 2025
Learn how to build an event-driven integration between Onspring and ServiceNow to streamline workflows, boost efficiency, and automate processes.
Building a Background Removal App with Machine Learning and .NET
February 14, 2025
Learn how to create a powerful background removal app using machine learning models and a .NET console application. This step-by-step guide covers everything from model integration to deployment, perfect for developers looking to enhance their skills in AI and .NET.
Why Financial Peace of Mind Matters More Than Maximum Returns
January 20, 2025
Discover why prioritizing financial security and peace of mind can be a more fulfilling path than chasing maximum returns. Learn how to build a family-focused money strategy that puts stability first in an uncertain world.
How to Authenticate with Google in a Console App
January 19, 2025
Learn how to authenticate with Google in a console application. This step-by-step guide covers setting up a project, generating credentials, and securely accessing Google APIs, making it easy to integrate your console app with Google services.
Building an App for Generative AI Evaluations
January 7, 2025
I've been working on an app that helps evaluate the performance of LLM-powered features. It's been a fun project and I wanted to share some of the thoughts I've had along the way.
How to Automate Creating Microsoft Calendar Events Using Onspring
January 4, 2025
Learn how to integrate Onspring with Microsoft Graph API to automate calendar event creation. Step-by-step guide with setup for Microsoft and Onspring and video examples included.
Making Visual Regression Testing More Manageable with Playwright
November 30, 2024
Dealing with dynamic content in visual regression testing can be tricky, but Playwright's feature set makes it so much easier. Learn how I used response interception and modification to ensure accurate screenshot comparisons and more reliable test results.
Onspring's RefToArray Formula Function Explained: The What, Why, and How
November 11, 2024
Learn how to use the RefToArray function in the Onspring formula engine to transform and aggregate data from related records. This guide breaks down how RefToArray works, offers practical use cases, and explains when to leverage it for custom data evaluation. Whether you're handling risk scores, survey responses, or task deadlines, get tips on harnessing RefToArray for data insight and control without giving yourself a headache
Leveraging Onspring's Flexibility and Extensibility: Automating Sanctions Checks
September 6, 2024
Onspring is a flexible and extensible platform that can be used to automate a variety of business processes. In this post I'll show you how I used Onspring to build a solution that automates sanctions checks against the SDN list.
Work Is Not The Thing
August 9, 2024
Work is important. It occupies a lot of our time and consumes a lot of our energy. It is easy for it to crowd out everything else. Last year, a coworker of mine passed away and it has continued to be a reminder of how important it is to keep things in perspective.
Programming and Browser Automation: A Productivity Superpower
August 7, 2024
Ever wish you could handle routine tasks without all the hassle? Using programming and browser automation, you can do just that. In this post, I'll share with you how I used these skills to automate renewing a daily subscription to the New York Times through my local library.
Providing Real-Time Feedback About Long-Running Task with SignalR
June 12, 2024
I've been developing OnxGraph to help Onspring admins visualize content relationships. To handle varying data loads without timeouts, I used SignalR for real-time updates. This post details setting up a task queue with Vue.js and ASP.NET Core to provide user feedback on long running background work.
I Am Glad I Failed That Test
May 16, 2024
It may sound crazy, but failing a test in college was one of the best things that happened to me during that time. It gave me a strategy for learning that has been invaluable to me ever since.
It Doesn't Work All the Time, But When It Does, It's Magic
May 4, 2024
I've been playing with generative AI lately, looking at how you might build features with it. But I'm kind of struggling with seeing a roadmap to getting consistent quality out of this stuff for specific use cases. At times it feels like trying to herd cats. Granted I'm a relative noob, but here are some of my initial thoughts and questions
Building a Markdown Blog with Blazor and Docker
April 18, 2024
Learn how I built a Markdown blog with Blazor and Docker. I'll cover the architecture, implementation, and deployment along with some of the interesting features and challenges I encountered.
CountIfs and SumIfs in Onspring
October 21, 2023
How to use multiple criteria to count and sum records in Onspring
