Category Archives: Software Development

SaturdayMP Show #25: TPS Report Uploader CFT Walkthrough (Vulnerable Blazor Application)

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Chris C

Happy Holidays! In this episode I do a walkthrough of the TPS Report Uploader capture the flag (CTF) I created. The walkthrough includes how to exploit the vulnerabilities and how to fix them in this .NET 8 Blazor application. You … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show #24: Can you use Docker Compose Watch without a Dockerfile?

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Chris C

In this episode I answer a viewer’s question if you can use Docker Compose Watch without a Dockerfile. Actually, it’s more me checking if they are correct. Spoiler alert, they are correct and you can’t use Docker Compose Watch without … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show #23: Adding Basic Auth to NGINX Passenger Docker (Part 3)

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Chris C

In this stunning conclusion to the 3 part series I finally get HTTP Basic Authentication working. Including merging my changes into the main branch in GitLab and making sure it works in staging and production in Render. The video is … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show #22: Adding Basic Auth to NGINX Passenger Docker (Part 2)

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Chris C

In this episode I get the Basic Authentication NGINX configuration working using the envsubst tool to replace environment variables in the config file. Ran out of time to test the fix in actual staging. That will hopefully be done in … Continue reading →

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SaturdayMP Show #21: Adding Basic Auth to NGINX Passenger Docker (Part 1)

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Chris C

In this episode I explain and then start to add HTTP Basic Authentication to the Saturday MP website which is a Ruby on Rails application hosted on a Passenger Docker image. As usual I ran into some trouble and at … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #16: Trying out Docker Compose Watch

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Chris C

In this episode I try out the new Docker Compose Watch developer feature that synchronizes files on the host and the container. Similar to Docker Volumes. It won’t replace Docker Volumes for for me, at least not yet. Are you … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #15: PR Created for Standard Ruby Linter Bug

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Chris C

I finally create the PR for Standard Ruby Linter Bug I’ve been working on the base several videos and months. I also fix the merge conflict noticed in the previous video. Read about the bug I’m trying to fix here … Continue reading →

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XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox v3.0.1 Released (.NET 6.0+ Support)!

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Chris C

I’m happy to announce that v3.0.1 of the XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox has been released! This release updates XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox so it can be used in .NET 6.0 and higher projects (e.g. net6.0-ios12). You can find the latest release on NuGet here. You can … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #13: Merge Conflict when trying to create a PR for the Standard Ruby Linter Bug

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Chris C

I attempted to create a pull request (PR) for the Standard Ruby Linter bug I’ve fixed but ran into a merge conflict. Didn’t create the PR but did figure out the solution to the merge conflict that will be fixed … Continue reading →

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Saturday MP Show #12: Refactoring of a System Test While Fixing the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo Bug

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Chris C

Getting to the end of fixing the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo bug. In this video I refactor and remove duplicate code from a system tests that are similar. It goes well for the most part. The only hiccup is the … Continue reading →

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