Category: Tools

A very cool, probably mis-understood, nugget this time around! Natively calling REST based (actually HTTP based, since you can call GraphQL too!) within Azure SQL database!   I have done something similar years ago using OLE style SQL coding, but this felt a little clunky and goodness knows what the performance issues might have been! This […]

Well can you believe I had an episode about Hasura all the way back 2+ years ago! even though it was Episode 14 😉 This is a revisit.  In my case, Hasura didn’t have full MS-SQL support back then, which is where I live mostly, but it does now! along with MongoDB, Postgres to name […]

Well, Docker isn’t new of course but it has evolved over the years.  Now we are seeing Docker WASM – Web Assembly.  But why does this matter? Take a listen! Further information here: Why Containers and WebAssembly Work Well Together – Docker

Who needs an ARMy of ARM chips? !! This episode is all about “project Volterra” or Windows Dev Kit 2023 – an ARM based hardware offering from Microsoft that packs a punch! Seems everything is going ARM based these days, so why not join in! More info here: Available today: Windows Dev Kit 2023 aka […]

For those who are older enough to remember, this could be counter for this: (84) Steve Ballmer DEVELOPERS – YouTube  and yes kids, this is how Microsoft attracted.. you guessed it, “developers” 🙂 So, as part of my attending “Microsoft Anonymous” sessions, this episode is all about LINUX, LINUX, LINUX!  well, as much as I can […]

Wow, well you wait two years for an episode and two come along! This time it is Tauri – a cross platform development stack built on Rust with an incredible small deployment footprint.  Supports HTML/CSS/JS type technologies (Angular, Vue, React and whatever too!).   Provides an installable desktop bundle for the main OS’s with lots of […]

Well, it has only taken 2 years to create a new Episode! This one is getting very rusty… SurrealDB is written in Rust but, although that is cool anyway, it is what SurrealDB has to offer.. take a listen!   Link to SurrealDB: https://www.surrealdb.com

How do you develop cross platform desktop apps? There are many ways of course however, using the Electron base (used by VS Code for example), a platform using dotnet core has been around for some time now. On this show we have a quick look at what it is and what it might be able […]

Episode 16 This time around, we have a quick look at a couple of low code development solutions. If you can’t or don’t want to code your app/mobile app from scratch, then a low code (or no code in some cases!) development environment might be for you.  Even if you are creating a proof of […]