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Using NuGet Pre-release versions for local development

Does your company maintain separate source code repositories for shared libraries? For instance, do you have a models library on github that builds and publishes to nuget.org? When you need to make a change to your main project, that uses these nuget packages, which in turn also requires changes to be made to the library, how can you test it …

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Visual Studio Code and Azure DevOps Artifacts

Are you using or wanting to use Visual Studio Code for work? Is your company using Azure DevOps and making use of private Artifact Feeds? If yes, you’ll need some setup in order to be able to authenticate successfully. Visual Studio 2019 has a convenient built in way of doing this, VS Code does not. If you’ve already been using …

Smart Home

In my previous post, I had mentioned that I have several Google Home Minis throughout my house. That is to say, I have a Mini in basically every room, aside from the bathrooms. It started modestly enough, with a single speaker, but then quickly became a full on Smart Home solution. I feel like most everyone must have the same …

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Google Pixel Buds

I’ve had a few pair of headphones that I’ve stuck with over the years, the over ear style headphones. I have a pair of Skullcandy that I used for general music and audio, you know, when phones still had a headphone jack. I also have a pair of wireless gaming headphones that I use for work and video calls and …