Update Application Settings for an Azure App Service

With our migration to VSTS I ran into an issue where I wanted to update Application Settings for an Azure App Service. At first I thought I could just modify the Variables in my Release Build Definition. Unfortunately that did not work. ☹️ Variables are geared towards transformation, be it web.config or appsettings.json. What to do?…

Debugging .NET Core API on Android Device

Hopefully this will save someone else a headache or two or three when it comes to getting a .NET Core API to play nice with an Android Emulator. Environment Setup Windows 10 Visual Studio 2017 .NET Core API is using IIS Express Swagger Installed Android Emulator/Android Device connected to computer Android Emulator Setup Each instance…

Product Owner Anti-patterns … Oh My!

I recently came across an article on Product Owner Anti-Patterns, you can find the article at https://www.knowledgehut.com/blog/agile/product-owner-anti-patterns-should-be-aware-of. Here is a partial list of the ones I found relevant: Busy or Missing Product Owner, not being part of the Development Team Expressing the backlog in technical user stories instead of focusing on business-related user stories Writing detailed…