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Loading configuration in modern dotnet is easy, and incredibly automated, but loading custom files doesn't always work the way you would expect, which can lead to interesting bugs.

dotnet configuration

If you have business logic in your database (and you do), you should be testing that. We'll explore how to do that with Microsoft SQL Server in this post.

testing database

If you're using Entity Framework Core, you should be tagging your queries to help with troubleshooting both in application logs and at the Database layer. We'll explore how to do that in this post.

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Attending an in-person conference after a year and a half away was a different experience, but KCDC made it great

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I'm not speaking at PASS Summit this year, but you should consider submitting a talk

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Introducing my new blog site!

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In this post, I detail how to use Stored Procedures and Dapper to handle flexible search needs in .NET and SQL Server.

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Curious about how to log generated SQL in Entity Framework? Take a look at this post that outlines how to do just that in Entity Framework and EF Core

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Entity Framework Core offers a ton of configuration options that are not immediately visible. In this post, I explore some of the most useful.

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