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SaturdayMP Show 60: Advent of Code 2024 (Day 2)

In this episode I solve the Advent of Code 2024 Day 2 problem. I solve it using Python, a language I’m not very familiar with. I did learn that Python lists allow negative indexing, which confused me at first. Do … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 59: Customize Office Ribbon

In this episode I show how to customize Microsoft Word Ribbon (i.e. menu) without any developer tools. Inspired by a client who needed some changes to their Word Ribbon. Found this video useful? Then help others find it by liking, … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 58: Human Resource Machine (Duplicate Machine Size Challenge)

In this episode I solve the Human Resource Machine Duplicate Machine size challenge! Sorry for the spoiler, I am really excited that I solved the problem which you can hear in my voice in the video. That said, I didn’t … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 57: Something’s Rotten at the Gilded Rose: A Refactoring Tale

In this episode I tackle the famous Gilded Rose refactoring kata as practice for my upcoming Edmonton .NET User Group (EDMUG) presentation. One of the great things about the Gilded Rose kata is the different ways to “solve” it. What … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 52: Human Resource Machine (Strings)

In this video I solve a couple string problems in the Human Resource Machine game by Tomorrow Corporation. The problems are a good way to explain null terminated strings. Found this video useful? Then help others find it by liking, … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 50: Hack the Box Sherlock (Brutus)

In this episode I solve the Brutus Sherlock on Hack the Box with only minimal help from the walkthrough. Found this video useful? Then help others find it by liking, subscribing, sharing, and sponsoring. Have question you want answered in … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 49: picoCTF Gym (Trickster & Cookies)

In this episode I show how to solve the Trickster picoCTF challenge which I got stuck on in the last video. I got some help from Weekly Dev Chat participants. I also solve the Cookies challenge. Found this video useful? … Continue reading

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SaturdayMP Show 36: picoCTF Gym

In this episode I do some picoCTF exercises inspired by the picoCTF 2024 competition starting. The last problem was a Unicode byte problem that I figured out with help from GitHub Copilot. I don’t fully understand the solution so let … Continue reading

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

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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Saturday MP Show #5: Fixing the Standard (Ruby Linter) Existing ToDo List Bug

In this episode I implement a fix for the todo file generation bug in the Standard (Ruby linter) and do some manual testing. Also use ChatGPT to explain some code that GitHub Copilot generated. Read about the bug being fixed … Continue reading

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