C# scripts using dotnet-script

Quick posts on writing scripts using C#

C# REPL using mono or dotnet-script

Quite often, all I want to do is check if a single line of code does what I think it does.

Creating an Azure EventGrid Webhook in ASP.NET Core

Azure EventGrid has first class support for Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Automation. However, writing your own webhook in ASP.NET Core is a piece of cake and I'm going to show you how to do it (because I just wrote one yesterday 😬). Install the EventGrid

Generating PDFs from an ASP.NET Core app using a Node library

Quick blogpost on converting HTML to PDF from an ASP.NET Core application using a Node library by Marc Bachmann called html-pdf. I've also setup a docker-based sample github repository if you just want to see the final thing. Create a new project Let's quickly create

Should your auth-service be validating tokens?

Earlier this month, I happened to be in a technical discussion with a small team wherein I was being briefed about how authorization works in their microservice-based system. Here's what a request to one of their protected resources looks like: Though I've only depicted one Protected

Getting started with Identity in ASP.NET Core

Identity is a simple auth system and a great improvement over Simple Membership. If you're new to it, this exercise should help you get started. This exercise What we'll build: A simple auth controller using identity with login/logout actions for use by an SPA. GitHub:

Biometric authentication - yea or nay?

Many systems have started to use biometric authentication: Android, iOS and the Aadhar to name a few. Here's my opinion on the same. Let's begin with the infamous argument against it. Biometric features are irrevocable Biometric data is irrevocable. Unlike passwords, you can't revoke

Authentication and Identities

Authentication is the process of identifying someone. This post attempts to shed some light on the process.

Hacking into my dlink router

My ISP has me on a DHCP network and so I don't have a fixed IP address — it keeps changing. The internet, however, occasionally stops working and I need to log into my router's admin panel and perform a DHCP release+renew to fix it. I

Auth Systems - What are they?

If you own an email address or an account on any website/app, you have interacted with an authorization system before. I'm talking about login screens like these: These login screens are so common that non-devs I work with tend to take them for granted, without understanding the