Category Archives: Tooling

Development tooling

Setup Boot Camp with hyper-V support

Posted on January 31, 2018 by

For development I’m using Windows in a Parallels VM on my MacBook Pro. To use docker on Windows I need to enable Hyper-V. Parallels has an option called “nested virtualisation” where the guest OS can do virtualisation. For this you’ll … Continue reading →

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Internet services that have a great free option

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

The internet has a lot of services. Most of them have a free or try-for-a-period option. After trying a service I decide about the paid options stay on the free tier or discard it. Below is a list of services … Continue reading →

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Services I pay for and why

Posted on January 10, 2018 by

The internet has a lot of services. Most of them have a free or try-for-a-period option. After trying a service I decide about the paid options, stay on the free tier or discard it. Below is a list of services … Continue reading →

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My 2018 developer and power user tools

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

Below a list of tools I use today. If you’re like me, you check them out and add the ones you like to your own toolbox. Image courtesy of vectorolie / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Environment Chocolatey, installation automation. I’ve written about it … Continue reading →

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Regression test with Pester

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

My current project is a scrum project. We develop new features in sprints and deliver working software every 3 weeks. To keep the pace steady we have loads of tests that run every night after a build is deployed. Until … Continue reading →

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Tweet your Strava runs with distance in Kilometers

Posted on September 18, 2017 by

These tweets show the result of fixing the Strava IFTTT service with a webhook. The hook calculates the meters to Kilometers distance. All you’ll need is an IFTTT and Azure account. TLDR Setup webhooks in IFTTT and tweet on the … Continue reading →

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TFS Build light with jQuery

Posted on September 11, 2017 by

We use TFS for our builds. These include release builds, continuous integration builds and regression test build. We want to have a simple build light to keep an eye on the status of all definitions. This is why we use … Continue reading →

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