A DB-First Model in Code-First Clothing
A decimal surrogate key beside the natural key that does the work, scaffolded index cruft with a placeholder name, a DbSet of List of string, and lazy proxies in a projection minefield.
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Three Ways to Call a Stored Procedure
Reflection that builds EXEC statements, a table-valued function called by string interpolation, and a raw ADO.NET runner returning lists of lists - one codebase, three coexisting answers to the same question.
Resurrecting Html.Action in ASP.NET Core
MVC5 child actions were removed from ASP.NET Core, so this codebase re-implemented them - an ActionContext conjured mid-request, a MemoryStream response swap, and a .Result at the heart of 118 call sites.
Compiling Authorization Out of Debug Builds
Every controller wrapped its Authorize attribute in
Logging In with CAS When Everyone Uses OAuth
A 2004-vintage SSO protocol wired into ASP.NET Core - ticket validation, roles derived from the database at login time, and single sign-out through a WordPress front door.
An Attendance Platform in ASP.NET Core
Badge gates, WFH timers and shift allowances - the shape of a seven-project intranet attendance platform, the onion it almost is, and the roadmap for fourteen more parts.