Shahood Amir
.NET Developer who specializes in maintaining legacy apps.
A JavaScript bug that isn't JavaScript
Found this in a .cshtml file a plain JS comment causing the view to gave a syntax error.
// reports.css @media print
CSC : error RZ1006: The name 'media' does not exist in the current context
𝗪𝗵𝘆: Razor scans the whole .cshtml file...
Modernizing Legacy ASP.NET? Don't Fall Into the Task.Run Trap.
When you're building new async controllers and services but your repositories are still synchronous.
Don't wrap sync calls in Task.Run!
You'll burn two thread pool threads instead of one.
1. Use Task.FromResult to...
Still spinning up local databases for portfolio projects??
Here's the dev setup nobody talks about enough:
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Here's the workflow:
✦ Create your Postgres database instantly on Supabase
✦ Connect it to Claude Code via the Supabase MCP...
Tired of wrestling with AWS or Azure just to deploy a side project? 😅
I found my sweet spot — Render.
I've been using it to deploy all my portfolio projects and honestly, it's been a game changer. No complex IAM roles, no billing surprises, no 47-step setup guides.
Just push your...
When modernizing legacy .NET apps, I often see this pattern:
“Let’s wrap the sync code in Task.Run () and await it.”
-> It looks async.
-> It compiles async.
-> But it’s fake async.
What really happens:
-> Blocking I/O is moved to the ThreadPool
-> Threads are still consumed
->...
