In this beginner-friendly guide, you’ll learn how to control a WS2812B (aka “NeoPixel”) LED light strip with a Raspberry Pi using .NET. We’ll enable SPI on the Pi, wire the strip correctly (including best practices like …
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If you go beyond hobby tinkering and aim for reliable, maintainable software, you need tests. Hardware projects are no exception. In fact, the closer you get to IO, timing and device state, the more you benefit from …
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In this beginner-friendly guide, you’ll learn how to control LEGO motors connected to a Raspberry Pi via the official Raspberry Pi Build HAT – using a simple, pure .NET application. We’ll use the Iot.Device.BuildHat …
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When configuring path-based triggers or excludes in Azure DevOps pipelines, the pattern you use can have a significant impact on which files or folders will trigger a build. There are subtle but important differences …
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Static site generators like Hugo do not have a built-in mechanism to automatically publish content–such as blog posts–at a specific time. If you want a post to go live at a certain hour, you need to rebuild and redeploy …
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The official Microsoft documentation on deploying Azure OpenAI models is generally helpful, but specific examples are often still missing, especially for new models such as gpt-4.1-mini and newer SKU types such as …
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Like many developers, my blogging journey started with WordPress. More than 20 years ago. It was convenient, widely supported and quick to set up. But over time, the drawbacks began to pile up: security issues, constant …
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Setting up a local Docker registry is a great way to manage and share container images in your development environment without relying on external services like Docker Hub. This guide walks you through setting up a …
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When working with asynchronous or parallel code in C#, you’ll inevitably encounter two common ways to start tasks: Task.Run and TaskFactory.StartNew. At first glance, they seem similar - but they behave differently and …
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Look, we’ve all been there. It’s 11 PM, you’ve just fixed a nasty bug and you’re about to commit with “fix stuff” or “update things”. Six months later, you’re staring at your git history wondering what the hell you were …
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