Kevin W. Griffin - Azure & .NET Architect

I upped my work at home game with a Shedquarters

After overhauling my personal site, I learned that I dislike the term `blog`.

New in C# 7.0 - out variables will save you some time!

How do you recursiviely delete files based off file extension in PowerShell?

Exploring how open source considerations should impact your technology stack decisions and the value of support vs. free alternatives.

Greenfield projects are typically a great deal of fun.

When mentoring new technical speakers, I like to cite what I call 'the 10% rule'.

If you run a community, add some variety to your food choices.

How do you enable logging in SignalR?

How do transports work in SignalR?

I had a horrible bank ATM experience.

Don't assume.

If you run a community, here are some things to consider when choosing a location.

I used to be REALLY addicted to email.

Always strive to add value in your interactions, whether with clients, colleagues, or potential business opportunities.

If you're running a community, pick a day and stick with it!

A developer's honest reflection on struggling with unit testing and the journey to writing better tests for real-world applications.

Who holds the leverage in a sponsor/user group relationship?

Explaining source control to non technical people.

Learn how to automatically remove MongoDB documents after a specified time period using Time To Live (TTL) indexes.

When I recommend tools, technologies, and other solutions to my clients, I want to always make sure that the suggestion I am providing is something I would do for my own business

How to specify Visual Studio versions with NPM installs

Using Unity for Dependency Injection with SignalR

Learn how to use Node.js require() to load your own modules and keep your code clean and organized.

A comprehensive .gitignore file template for modern development projects - updated for 2025.

Learn how to preload multiple audio files in Internet Explorer 9, including workarounds for IE's limitations with HTML5 audio preloading.

Why should you use SignalR for all projects?

Learn how to maintain SignalR ConnectionIds across page refreshes using cookies and custom connection ID factories.

ConnectionStringBuilder makes it fool-proof to generate connection strings.

The best motivation for public presenting is when one person comes up to you and says that your presentation was the one that pushed them forward.

Have you ever screwed up horribly?

Everything you touch in your life, leave it better than you found it.

Does the internet make us stronger, or is it making us weaker?

Ever wondered why console games make you press start before reaching the main menu?

Back in 2009, I wrote an article on building task dialogs in Windows 7

Back in 2009, I wrote an article on building applications in Windows 7!

Implementing efficient pagination in LINQ using Skip() and Take() methods to handle large record sets in database applications.

Reporting issues in software?

An example of wildcard search with LINQ

What is a computer scientist?

I gave Weight Watchers a try, and it was pretty cool!