On Asymmetric Warfare

In 1914, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a novel that foresaw the devastating impact of submarines on the British Empire in World War I. His story, Danger!, was a warning that went unheeded by the authorities, who underestimated the threat of the German U-boats. In this blogpost, I will explore how Conan Doyle’s fictional strategy of starving Britain by cutting off its supply lines can teach us valuable lessons about asymmetric warfare and contingency planning.

Year 2 at Microsoft – the year of the consultant and individual contributor

TLDR; long rambling post based on random notes from my Year 2 at Microsoft. Feel free to entertain yourself with the photo and gifs instead. This is more of a post for myself to read in the future and either wonder at my deep insight or laugh at my foolishness/naivety. ICYMI, my previous post on… Continue reading Year 2 at Microsoft – the year of the consultant and individual contributor

Office 365 Outlook Automatic Replies – your very own vacation virtual assistant

Ever go on vacation, only to be bombarded by work emails and meeting invites? What are you supposed to do? Should you respond to these invites with either a. "no" if the meeting is during the vacation, or, b. "yes" if the meeting is after vacation This means you would have to spend precious vacation… Continue reading Office 365 Outlook Automatic Replies – your very own vacation virtual assistant

Using app secrets in #dotnetcore console applications

Secret spelled out on Scarbble board

I was writing a sample dotnetcore console application for a talk because why I felt using a sample aspnet core web app was overkill. The app was connecting to a bunch of Azure cloud and 3rd party services (think Twilio API for SMS or LaunchDarkly API for Feature Flags) and I had to deal with… Continue reading Using app secrets in #dotnetcore console applications