.NET / Tips & Tricks
From a Flat List to a Tree in One Line of C#
Series · Hierarchical dataA quick look at turning a flat collection with parent references into a navigable hierarchy, without writing recursion yourself.
Regira Engineering Blog
Notes on .NET, TypeScript & Vue
Patterns, gotchas and small wins from fifteen-odd years of .NET and web work — the Regira packages and modules, entity pipelines, editorial front-ends and everything between.
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.NET / Architecture
The Realm at Any Date
Series · People, organisations and alliancesAnswer who reported to whom on any past date from the data you already store, with no history tables and no migrations. One dated relationship table and a single filter do it; Westeros supplies three centuries of test data.
.NET / Tooling
Copy Files Between Disk, Network Share and Cloud
Series · File storage behind one interfaceA small tool that copies files between local disks, network shares and cloud storage, where a new copy job is a config entry, not new code. Built on one storage abstraction, so adding a backend is one small class.
.NET / Data & EF Core / Architecture
Westeros, the Iron Throne, and a Model for Complex Relationships
Series · People, organisations and alliancesOne table for every customer, supplier and employee, with roles and alliances as dated relationships instead of extra tables. Tested on Westeros, where everyone knows who betrayed whom and when.
.NET / Tips & Tricks
Test on Disk, Ship to the Cloud
Series · File storage behind one interfaceKeep file storage behind one interface and let each environment choose disk, network share or Azure in configuration. Tests run without cloud credentials, and moving your files later is a copy job, not a rewrite. Uploads are typed by the server, so none can pose as a page of your site.