Introduction I spent some time over the last year helping TrashMob build their mobile app. TrashMob is an initiative designed to allow people to self-organise community cleanup events - it’s a won...

Parallax is one of those effects that is dangerously easy to overuse in your apps, but equally, when done right, can add an extra “wow!” factor that elevates an otherwise flat app to give it some d...

It’s time for #MAUIUIJuly again! Based on an idea originally started for Xamarin by Steven Thewissen, MAUI UI July is a month-long, community-driven event where anyone gets to share some of their ...

In my last post I discussed cognitive biases in decision making and introduced the concept of the platinum hammer. An extension of the well-known golden hammer, the platinum hammer is a predilectio...

Introduction to cognitive biases in decision making Most of us aim to use the right tool for the job, navigating the balance between tried and trusted methods and the allure of new solutions. This...

Recently I’ve been looking at building .NET MAUI apps that give first-class experiences on mobile, desktop, and tablets. It’s important for desktop users to feel like they’re using a desktop app, r...

While working on my upcoming hands-on .NET MAUI workshop for NDC (note - link will probably not work after the conference), I was thinking about different layouts for desktop, tablet, and mobile ap...

As I prepare for my hands-on .NET MAUI workshop for NDC in February, I found myself delving into the specifics of the .NET MAUI page and navigation lifecycle events. Particularly, I was interested ...

This post is a bit different to my usual content, and a bit longer too. For anyone just here for tech and dev stuff, please feel free to skip this one. Four and a half years ago, on 19th March 201...

I recently encountered an intriguing issue with EF Core migrations that I hadn’t seen before — suddenly getting exceptions when trying to create or apply migrations. Interestingly, the migrations w...