From Crash to Resolution: A Practical Guide for Xbox & Windows Developers

If you’ve ever had an app crash at the worst possible moment, you’ll know how frustrating it can be - both for developers and players. Recently, I wrote an article for the Microsoft Developer blog that dives deep into this exact challenge: how to diagnose and resolve crashes effectively

A Modern Guide to Using OAuth 2.0 with C# and Visual Studio Code

Many years ago, I wrote an article on the basics of OAuth and while it was helpful, it is now quite outdated. A lot has changed in the past 14 years! OAuth 2.0 has become the de facto standard for securing APIs and authorizing users in modern applications. The

HTML Minifier: A 12-Year Journey Building and Maintaining an Open Source Tool

Back in 2013, I published a blog post about a simple HTML Minifier I'd built for web pages. At the time, web performance was becoming increasingly important, and I needed a straightforward way to reduce the size of HTML files in my projects. What started as a personal

Best Practices for Handheld Gaming Development

If you've ever played a game on a modern handheld device, you'll know how much fun it can be. I recently wrote an article on the Microsoft Game Dev Blog about some key recommendations to help you craft exceptional gaming experiences for handheld devices. Please head

Getting started with Azure's Hybrid and Embedded Text-to-Speech

Over the past few months, I've been experimenting with Azure's Text-to-Speech service. It is a super powerful API that enables fluid, natural-sounding text to speech that matches the tone and emotion of human voices. Whether you are building an app or a game,

Azure Function Timer Trigger not firing - NCrontab

If you've recently ventured into the world of Azure Functions, you're likely familiar with the versatility they offer when it comes to scheduling tasks. In this guide, we'll delve into using Azure Functions' Time Trigger function with Node.js and Visual Studio Code,

Using a Raspberry Pi to track the progress of your homebrew

In this article I go into detail about how I hooked up a Raspberry to continually track and monitor the progress of my beer all whilst graphing it out to another application. It gets a little geeky!

Has Service Worker usage increased on this website over the past four years?

It's been almost four years since I started collecting data on Service Worker usage and support on this website and in this article I show the details.

Leading Virtual Teams - Book Review

I’m always on the lookout to improve both myself and my team's daily work, so when I came across a book entitled Leading Virtual Teams by the Harvard Business Review, it really caught my eye.

Ghost CMS & Linux - Fixing "No Space Left on Device" Issue

I was quite surprised to found out that I was greeted with an annoying HTTP 503 error on my site over the Christmas period. After taking a closer look at the logs on Amazon, it turns out that I had actually run out of disk space on the instance.

Book Review - Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and Devops

During my morning coffee session, I came across the book - Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and Devops, and the title of the book instantly drew me in.

The People Manager: A Guide for the First Time Manager - has been published!

Behind the scenes, I have been working on a new book with my EA colleague Jo Root. I am super excited to announce that The People Manager: A Guide for the First Time Manager has been published! This is a personal project that has been a year in the making.