Writing

Notes from the workbench.

Things I've learned shipping software — .NET and the modern web, architecture calls, and the automation that lets a small team punch above its weight.

#Triathlon#Ironman 70.3#Endurance

My first IRONMAN 70.3: not quite the race I expected

Months of worrying about cut-offs, a cancelled swim, 33°C heat — and a finish line in Luxembourg. My first IRONMAN 70.3 wasn't the race I planned for.

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#Triathlon#Cycling#Endurance

London to Brighton: my longest bike ride yet

A couple of weeks before my first IRONMAN 70.3, I took on the London to Brighton Bike Ride — the longest ride I'd ever done. It went better than I dared hope. (I did lose four bottles.)

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#.NET#C##Architecture

Keep the endpoint boring

The best API endpoint does almost nothing. How keeping endpoints minimal — and finessing it with the Result pattern at Covertime — made every handler read the same way.

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