First Markdown Post
This is my first markdown-based blog post. I've been experimenting, with the help of Antigravity and Claude Code assistants. We've been able to convert this site from WordPress to a static, plain...
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Old Dogs, New Tricks
How is it possible that I have been fully unaware of Windows Terminal? Where has this been all my life? It is interesting that as I spend more time working with AI agents/tools that I've been...
Setting up SSL on Amazon Linux Instance under EC2
Previously, the easiest way to add an SSL certificate to an EC2 instance (and still the Amazon recommended way it appears) has been to create a certificate (free) from Amazon through the certificate manager and then adding that cert to a CloudFront or ELB instance (both of which cost money). I’ve been successful in using …
Method Chaining of Objects in C#
I’m sure that many of you c# programmers know this already but I’m posting this here more as a way to reinforce this in my own brain as I seem to forget this… When you have an object that you want to apply a number of methods to, the order of processing will always be …
Native SQL Backup And Restores on AWS RDS
Amazon recently announced the availability of native backups to and from RDS for MS SQL. This is fantastic news for those of us used to working in the SQL world. More importantly, it provides a MUCH easier way to move your SQL data into and out of your RDS instance(s). While getting things set up …
Google Apps is now G Suite
In perhaps the 3rd (or 4th name change) for Google Apps for Work, we no present G Suite! All the same great applications bundled together under a new name.