Category Archives: Technical Journal

.net core GetHashCode inconsistant

I noticed something interesting today with .net core. The Object.GetHashCode() method is not returning consistent values.The values are only consistent for the instance of the .net core process.

Writing my own Xonix game.

A few months ago I took on a little side project to try and write my own version of a classic game from the 80’s – Xonix. I have worked on and off on it since then, more off than on and spent a total of 7 days on it. This little game has given… Read More »

Category: POC

What is Docker?

Docker is the latest technology to hit the I.T. industry but what is it? Before the realization of the cloud every software company had to develop their own method to deploy their software. This was costly to do and took up many resources and time. Docker is a standardized method to deploy software using containers.… Read More »

Read Google chrome SAML cookies.

Recently I had to investigate for a situation where a user would sign into a Google chrome account and a desktop application on the same machine had to somehow pick up the cookie and use it to communicate to web services, very similar to Cross browser \ application SSO. 

Memory leak within WCF?

Memory leak within WCF? So yesterday my team had to trace a possible memory issue within our application. We used the built in memory tools within Visual Studio and identified that the ‘leak’ was within our WCF infrastructure. What was strange was that the problem came from the System.ServiceModel.Channels.BufferManager which is native .net code… So how… Read More »