Kevin Rich

Data Lake vs Data Warehouse

What's the difference anyway?

So I was recently helping a buddy of mine prepare for an interview. He hasn't had a ton of cloud experience, so I was showing him what I know. I made an offhand reference to a data lake and he asked something along the lines of, "Is that like a data warehouse?"

I got to break out my favorite analogy

A data . . .

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September 19, 2017

Configuring ASP.NET Core 2.0 Authentication

Global Authentication Filters for Projects for both OpenID Connect Users and JWT Bearer Token Daemons

Problem Statement

I'm building a ASP.NET Core 2.0 Web Application with MVC. I want the following:

  • MVC Controllers
    • Secured with Azure ActiveDirectory Authentication
    • Authentication Challenges should redirect user to the login page
  • WebApi controllers
    • Secured by JWT Bearer . . .

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August 18, 2017

.NET Console App Tools

Part 1: ManyConsole

Recently, I was working with a developer who was putting the final touches on a command-line tool. I usually opt for a good Web-App and API, but it got me thinking about a pair of tools I've used to package up Windows console applications for use. ManyConsole makes command-line parameter creation and documentation easy and Fody abstracts . . .

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June 02, 2017

Choosing Your Identity (Server)

A Willamette Valley Software Engineers Presentation

I was fortunate enough to catch a two day deep-dive of Identity Servers and .NET Core presented by Brock Allen at DEVIntersection last fall and have been playing with it here and there for the last six months. I'm finding myself becoming more and more obsessed with ensuring projects are locked down from folks at badguy.com. While there . . .

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June 01, 2017

Mediaphile

This Is a Rebellion

I'm a bit of a mediaphile and I love Star Wars. So when I realized that Fatboy Roberts (the mind behind the Geek Remixed albums) had released a mix of Star Wars music, I had to jump on board. Now I share with everyone else.

Enjoy.

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March 23, 2017

Entity Framework SQL Debugging

Using Lambdas to Log Generated SQL

Scenario

My boss is a SQL guy, a DBO by trade. Every now and again, he wan't to know what SQL my application is running against the database.

I am not a SQL guy. I've been using EntityFramework and lambdas from nearly the beginning of my .NET adventures. I can read and write SQL...

But why?

Solution

. . .

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February 10, 2017

Restricting Access to Routes without [Authorize] Filter

Locking down Swagger, Elmah, and other "magic" endpoints

Create a Delegating Handler

In this example, I want to lock down the \swagger endpoint from an ASP.NET 4.6.1 MVC web application.

 public class SwaggerAccessMessageHandler : DelegatingHandler
 {
 protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken) . . .

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December 05, 2016

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