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It is strangely difficult to find an easy way to run Apache Kafka on Windows. This post explains how to do just that.

I found it challenging to find simple steps to get Kafka running and then use it with .NET. This post explains how to do both.

It used to be easier to pass arguments to an application being debugged in VS Code, but in some one of the updates this changed. Here’s how to get it working again.

CockroachDB and Postgres let you lock a row with a select if you intend to update it, but what if the transaction gets stuck and the row remains locked? The idle_in_transaction_session_timeout setting can help with this.

I recently wanted to find the command I had run to start a Docker container, it is not as easy as it should be!

With CockroachDB and Postgres, combining the SELECT FOR UPDATE and SKIP LOCKED statements can help you handle concurrent access to the same table.

It’s not a problem to use Postgres C# and .NET. You can also use Entity Framework.

A simple example of running Postgres in Docker with a password set, and a port exposed.

This is a simple example of running a hosted service in a console application. You might want to do this if you need to run a background task in a console application.

Adding a background service to Web API is easy to do, here’s how. (Not saying you should do this!)