A few days ago I saw a tweet about a new font called Hack. It’s a font that’s designed specifically for programming. No more doubts if it’s an O or a 0. Clear, enlarged punctuation for ; . ,. It’s just brilliant. In Visual Studio… Or in PowerShell…
Author: Anders Abel
Being a Dad in Sweden
I’ve not written anything here for more than a month and I’d like to make a short off-topic post to explain why. In the end of May our third kid arrived to the family. He’s a healthy little boy, but even though he’s still small, he’s wreaked havoc to my ability to plan my time.… Continue reading Being a Dad in Sweden
Secure Account Activation with ASP.NET Identity
Distribution of credentials to new users of a system is often done in an insecure way, with passwords being sent over unsecure e-mail. With ASP.NET Identity, the password recovery functionality can be used to create a secure account activation mechanism. The scenario for ASP.NET Identity, in the default MVC template is to let users self… Continue reading Secure Account Activation with ASP.NET Identity
Fixing a Pull Request from Master
So you created an awesome pull request with a couple of features, but the evil(?) maintainer (could be me) just denied it and said you shouldn’t make pull requests from master? Then you’ve come to the right place to learn what went wrong and how to fix it. Current (Incorrect) State Looking at the history… Continue reading Fixing a Pull Request from Master
On Call for Papers
It’s call for papers season and I’m preparing abstracts and sending them off hoping that I’ll be accepted with my talks. What surprises me is how huge quality difference there is between different conferences in their call for papers (CFP). It’s basically anything ranging from very detailed information to a mailto: link. I still have… Continue reading On Call for Papers