Why Does ODP.NET Have Async Methods If They're Not Asynchronous?

The Oracle Client (ODP.NET) that we are using to build a major web project put us in a really stupid bind last week, ultimately causing me to waste two days in search of something that wasn't really going to work in the first place. I'm on something of an

Extending RestSharp to Handle Timeouts in ASP.NET MVC

Let's modify RestSharp to handle timeouts with ASP.NET MVC and Web API!

A Stupid Bug and a Plea for Help

UPDATE (17 May 2017): We've fixed the stupid bug described in this post! Check it out [https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/solving-the-stupid-bug/]! Bug hunts can take on many forms. Some are simple cleanup jobs [https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/the-bug-is-in-your-code/], some take hours and end up being something stupid [https://www.exceptionnotfound.

How Much "Magic" Are We Comfortable With?

Our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) build system (that we recently implemented [https://www.exceptionnotfound.net/the-sublime-joy-of-continuous-integration-and-continuous-deployment/] ) is truly a joy to behold, but it's also basically magic from my perspective. Check some code in, wait a few minutes, something happens, and then BOOM it's on the dev

Modeling Battleship in C# - Playing the Game

Let's complete our implementation of Battleship as a C# program and play a few thousand games!