Please stop using Any() for C# Lists and Arrays

I'm here to talk about C# performance optimization (again). And about why you should stop using the .Any() LINQ method with Lists and Arrays and embrace the old-school .Count and .Length instead. Don't want to point any fingers, but I see people do it all the time, even in (cough) Microsoft's own .NET source codes.

Clearing Nginx Proxy Cache for Wildcard URLs: A DIY Guide

Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to clear the Nginx proxy cache for a specific set of URLs, particularly those following a wildcard pattern like www.website.com/folder/*. Surprisingly, Nginx, in its standard offering, doesn't provide a straightforward way to do this. They probably want you to upgrade to Nginx Plus for such "advanced" features. But fear not! There's a DIY workaround that's both effective and satisfyingly rebellious.

The state of modern Front End

Let's talk about front-end. There'll be a lot of swearing, I'm sorry.

About once every six months another blogger bursts into HackerNews/Twitter trends, saying - hey, enough of that JavaScript bloat, let's all use modern HTML controls!

ChatGPT won't "kill Google" because Google is already dead

I have just conducted an experiment where I forced myself to use Bing's new chat-based search for almost a week, and spoiler alert: I loved it. But I'll get into that later.

I really wanted to like Tailwind CSS

TL;DR

Nobody:

Absolutely no one:

Me: Here's what I think about Tailwind CSS!

How I learned to stop worrying and wrote my own memory-cache

How to Hide Tethering from Your Mobile Operator

TLDR:

1. Use a secure VPN to prevent DPI
2. On your laptop, change packet TTL to 65 (iOS default 64 plus one).

Improving C# Performance with Span<T>

SQL is the most long lasting skill in tech

Cross-Post: Migrating a 1TB database from Win to Linux with no downtime