Sean Kearney

Strangling a 20-Year-Old Monolith from the Edge

Unknown — Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I've been thinking about legacy modernization a lot lately, and I figured I would share where I've landed.

If you've ever worked on a codebase that's older than some of your coworkers, you already know the standoff. You can ship features or you can modernize. Never both. A full rewrite wants eighteen months, a VP willing to bet their job on the timeline, and a coin flip on whether it ever ships. Meanwhile the code quietly ages out of the talent pool. Try hiring someone who's excited to work on a fifteen-year-old codebase and let me know how that goes.

Devin vs Claude Code: Different Animals

Unknown — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I've now run two AI coding agents through real work on real projects, and I have thoughts. If you missed the earlier posts, I gave Devin a Vue 2 to Vue 3 migration</a> and watched it burn through ACUs while delivering a build that worked on its machine and nowhere else, then I gave it a Zola theme from scratch</a> and it came out pretty good after nine rounds of feedback. Two experiments. Two very different outcomes. And then I started using Claude Code. Worth noting: I haven't used Devin since those posts, so the product has almost certainly changed. What follows is based on my experience at the time, not where either tool stands today.
Here's the thing — comparing Devin and Claude Code as if they're competing for the same job is like comparing a contractor you hire to renovate your kitchen while you're on vacation to a contractor who works beside you all day while you hand them tools. They're not doing the same thing. They just both happen to use a hammer.
Devin runs on its own machine. You give it a task, it spins up its environment, works autonomously, and eventually reports back. You can check in on it, but the rhythm is: describe the job, walk away, come back and see what it did. That's the design. That's the pitch.
Claude Code runs in your environment. It's a conversation that happens right where your code lives. You're in the loop — not as a bystander reviewing a pull request four hours later, but as an active participant who can say "no, not like that" three seconds after it proposes something sideways. The feedback loop is immediate because the loop never closes. You're always in it.
That distinction sounds small. It isn't.
What Devin Does Better</h2>
The Zola theme experiment was the clearest win I saw from Devin, and it's a good template for understanding where it shines. The requirements were visual and containable: build a blog theme with Tailwind CSS, here are the design constraints, go. Devin could spin up a browser, render the output, and validate its own work visually — all on its own machine, where everything it needed was available. Nine rounds of feedback, but the end result was genuinely usable and faster than I would have done it manually.
That's Devin's sweet spot: UI-heavy, visually verifiable tasks with tight requirements, where cross-environment friction is low or nonexistent. Web UI work fits this well because a browser renders HTML the same way on Devin's machine as it does on yours. If you can describe what "done" looks like in visual terms, Devin can chase that target autonomously.
It's also useful for long-running autonomous work — the kind where you actually want to walk away. Generate boilerplate for 50 components. Scaffold out a project structure. Write repetitive unit tests against a spec. If the task is well-defined, repetitive, and doesn't require cross-environment verification, Devin can grind through it while you do something else. Think of it as a junior dev you can assign a ticket to, go to lunch, and come back to a PR. Sometimes the PR is great. Sometimes it's confidently wrong.
The caveat I can't skip: Devin's requirements need to be tight. I learned this the hard way. Vague requirements don't produce vague results — they produce wrong results delivered with full confidence. And you won't find out until after it's spent four hours heading in the wrong direction.
What Claude Code Does Better</h2>
The Vue.js migration was where I first understood the "works on Devin's machine" problem. Devin's build passed. My build didn't. The errors only surfaced in my environment, and Devin couldn't reproduce them, which meant it couldn't fix them. I went in circles. I gave up.
Claude Code doesn't have this problem because it is in your environment. When something breaks, it breaks right in front of both of you. When I've used Claude Code for debugging Zola config issues, editing TOML and Markdown files, working through the structure of a post like this one — it's operating on the same filesystem I'm looking at. There's no translation layer. No "it worked when I tested it."
The short feedback loop is the real win. You see what it's doing. You can redirect mid-thought. That's not nothing — that's enormous when you're working on something where the definition of "done" is still evolving. The Vue migration had a clear destination and Devin still lost its way. But a lot of real development work doesn't have a clear destination. You're exploring. You're asking "what's the cleanest way to structure this?" and expecting a conversation, not a completed pull request. Claude Code handles that mode of work well. Devin doesn't, because it wasn't built for it.
It's also better at reasoning-heavy tasks — the ones where the answer isn't "execute these steps" but "think through this with me." Architecture questions. Tradeoff discussions. Figuring out why something is structured the way it is before deciding whether to change it. These aren't tasks you'd hand to someone and say "call me when it's done." These are conversations. I should be honest here though: some of this might be model quality, not tool architecture. Claude's underlying model is significantly more capable than whatever Devin was running ten months ago. Tool comparison or model comparison — hard to fully separate the two.
The honest caveat: Claude Code is a force multiplier, not a replacement. You need to be there. If you want to go make dinner and come back to a finished feature, Claude Code is not your tool. It's interactive by nature. That's the price of the short feedback loop.
The Tasks That Broke Each One</h2>
Devin broke hardest on the Vue 3 migration. Not because the task was too complex in theory, but because the failure mode was one it structurally couldn't handle: errors it couldn't reproduce. When a build fails on your machine but not the machine doing the work, you've hit a wall. Devin's response was to keep trying variations — different approaches, different configurations — without ever getting real signal about what was wrong. It claimed success at least once when things were, in fact, not working. I don't think it was lying. I think it genuinely couldn't tell the difference because it had no way to run my build.
Claude Code can technically handle the "while I sleep" class of task — but there's a catch. To run autonomously without prompting you for permission on every file write and shell command, you have to pass --dangerously-skip-permissions</code>. That flag is not subtle. Devin, by contrast, runs in a sandbox by default. It can't accidentally delete something on your machine because it doesn't have access to your machine. Claude Code running with full permissions on your local environment is a different risk profile entirely. It also doesn't interact well with a live browser or running application outside the terminal. If your verification step is "open the app and click through it," Claude Code can't do that leg of the work.
Neither of these is a criticism so much as a description. A hammer isn't broken because it can't drive a screw.
Lessons Learned</h2> "Autonomous" and "better" aren't synonyms. Sometimes you want to be in the loop. Sometimes the loop is what keeps the work on track. </li> Devin operates like a junior dev. Capable, but needs a clear spec and produces work you still need to review. Claude Code can operate more like a senior collaborator — reasoning through tradeoffs, pushing back, asking the right questions. Whether that's the tool or the model underneath it, the experience is different. </li> Devin's cross-environment problem is a real architectural weakness for anything that runs outside a browser. If your verification requires your machine, your OS, or your local config, Devin can't verify it. That's not a bug they'll patch — it's fundamental to the design. </li> Claude Code's sweet spot: you know roughly what "done" looks like, you don't want to type it yourself, and you want to stay in the conversation. Reasoning-heavy work, exploratory work, targeted edits with immediate feedback. </li> Devin's sweet spot: well-defined tasks, UI-heavy output, no cross-environment verification required, and you actually want to walk away. Tight requirements are non-negotiable. </li> Neither tool changes the fact that requirements matter. If anything, both tools make vague requirements more expensive — not less. A confused junior dev wastes an afternoon. A confused AI agent does the same, just faster and with more confidence. </li> </ol> I'm still not ready to plant a flag on AI coding agents. The Zola theme experiment showed me genuine value. The Vue migration showed me a real failure mode that cost real time. Claude Code has quietly become part of how I actually work — not as a replacement for thinking, but as a way to move faster when I already know what I'm trying to do. The fence is still there. I just have a better map of it now. GitHub Copilot also recently added a CLI agent, and I've been putting that through its paces too. More on that soon.

Azure Blob Storage: Strategic Configurations for Cost Savings and Speed

Unknown — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

We all know the saying "storage is cheap" and by all accounts -- yes. Storing the data is quite inexepensive, and ingress data is free. However, you are charged for the operations. And that is the rub. You must be very careful trying to balance performance and cost --especially at scale-- because operations add up.
While we were building My DJ Cloud (a SaaS cloud storage offering) one of the initial, obvious concerns was simply the cost of storage. We've learned a lot over the years, and I'll share some of the findings here using some semi-real world examples below.
For the sake of this article we can assume we are uploading block blobs using the C# SDK as follows:
Stream stream = __some data__; BlobClient blobClient = blobContainerClient.GetBlobClient(blobName); BlobUploadOptions options = new BlobUploadOptions() { TransferOptions = __StorageTransferOptions__ }; _ = await blobClient.UploadAsync(stream, options); </code></pre> So what happens when you call UploadAsync(stream, option)</code>? To answer that question it helps to know a few things.What are "operations"</li> How many bytes are in the stream</li> How is StorageTransferOptions</code> configured</li> </ol> Understanding Upload Operations and the Azure Storage REST API</h2> There are three operations we will look at for standard block blob uploads. Put Blob</a></h3> Simply put -- you can upload a blob in "One-shot" meaning that the entire blob is uploaded in a single API call, Put Blob</code>. There are limitations</a> (which change every few years) and at this time you can upload up to 5,000 MiB in "one-shot." Put Block</a> and Put Block List</a></h3> If you need to upload more than 5,000 MiB, or you want to upload the blob in concurrent sub-transfers, then you need to use Put Block</code> + Put Block List</code>. In this scenario you can create and upload chunks, or blocks, of the file with n calls to Put Block</code>. When all blocks are uploaded, then you must trigger the writing of the blob with a call to Put Block List</code>. C# SDK and StorageTransferOptions</code></h2> Now that we have a basic understanding of the underlying storage apis we can focus our attention back to the C# SDK. The StorageTransferOptions</code> configuration can significantly impact both the speed and cost of the operation. Properly tuning these settings can optimize performance and reduce expenses, but it requires careful consideration and testing. MaximumConcurrency: The maximum number of subtransfers that may be used in parallel.</li> MaximumTransferSize: The maximum length of a transfer in bytes.</li> InitialTransferSize: "Defines a separate data size limitation for an initial attempt to do the entire operation at once with no subtransfers."</li> </ul> There is typically some confusion on the InitialTransferSize</code>! If the file you are trying to upload is less than this value, then the entire file will be uploaded in "one-shot." If your file exceeds this amount, your file will be broken down into chunks/blocks that are MaximumTransferSize</code> in size (and InitialTransferSize</code> is ignored entirely). [!TIP] Number of Operations = FileSize < InitialTransferSize ? 1 : (Ceiling(FileSize / MaximumTransferSize) + 1) </blockquote> Default StorageTransferOptions</code> (for Block Blobs)</h3> So if we don't provide a StorageTransferOptions</code> then how are blobs uploaded? Microsoft Docs will tell you: ... the client libraries will use defaults for each individual value, if not provided. These defaults are typically performant in a data center environment, but not likely to be suitable for home consumer environments. Poorly tuned StorageTransferOptions</code> can result in excessively long operations and even request timeouts. It's best to be proactive in testing the values in StorageTransferOptions</code>, and tuning them based on the needs of your application and environment. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-blobs-tune-upload-download#performance-tuning-with-storagetransferoptions </blockquote> Okay, what are the defaults though? That is a great question that I couldn't find in documentation. In GitHub we can see</a> that DefaultConcurrentTransfersCount=5</code>. As for the InitialTransferSize</code> and MaximumTransferSize</code> -- after my experience I've found that the default values are: DefaultConcurrentTransfersCount = 5 InitialTransferSize = 256 MiB // 262,144 KiB -or- 268,435,456 bytes MaximumTransferSize = 8 MiB // 8,192 KiB -or - 8,388,608 bytes </code></pre> Note: I have posted about KB vs KiB</a>. It is important to point out that MS code says public const int KB = 1024</code>. In my writing, I try to be explicit with KiB</code>, but for this post if you see KB</code>, trust we are talking KiB</code>. </blockquote> Tuning for Cost</h3> So now we know, by default, if we were uploading some files of various sizes, we would be looking at the following number of operations. File Size</th> Put Blob Operations</th> Put Block Operations</th> Put Block List Operations</th> Total Write Operations</th> Cost*</th></tr></thead> 0 - 255.99 MiB268,435,455 bytes</td> 1</td> 0</td> 0</td> 1</td> $0.0000065</td></tr> 256 MiB268,435,456 bytes</td> 0</td> 32</td> 1</td> 33</td> $0.0002145</td></tr> 500 MiB</td> 0</td> 63</td> 1</td> 64</td> $0.0004160</td></tr> </tbody></table> * Full pricing</a> is here, but we'll use typical Hot blob write cost of $0.065 / 10k Impact on Speed</h3> Properly tuning these values can improve the speed of data transfers. For example, increasing MaximumConcurrency</code> can allow more parallel subtransfers, potentially speeding up the upload process. However, setting these values too high can lead to resource contention and decreased performance. Unfortunately, there is no real one-size-fits-all solution here and will require testing and potentially crafting various "upload strategies" depending on the situation (file size, connection type, I/O, other environmental factors). I'll share some real-world, unscientific, numbers from my machine to Azure to give some insight into how the concurrency and blob sizes can change performance. File Size</th> Concurrency</th> Initial Transfer Size</th> Max Transfer Size</th> Milliseconds</th> Write Operations</th></tr></thead> 8 MiB</td> 10</td> 512 KiB</td> 512 KiB</td> 1,029</td> 17</td></tr> 8 MiB</td> 5</td> 256 MiB</td> 8 MiB</td> 1,144</td> 1</td></tr> 8 MiB</td> 10</td> 1 MiB</td> 1 MiB</td> 1,241</td> 9</td></tr> </tbody></table> Real World Example</h2> 400,000 8 MiB Files</h3> For this exercise, we'll assume the files are all 8 MiB each and total data is 3.052 TiB. Using our previously discovered numbers... File Size</th> Concurrency</th> Initial Transfer Size</th> Max Transfer Size</th> Write Operations</th> Estimated Transfer Time</th> Estimated Write Cost</th></tr></thead> 8 MiB</td> 10</td> 512 KiB</td> 512 KiB</td> 6,800,000</td> 114.3 hours</td> $44.20</td></tr> 8 MiB</td> 5 (default)</td> 256 MiB (default)</td> 8 MiB (default)</td> 400,000</td> 127.1 hours</td> $2.60</td></tr> 8 MiB</td> 10</td> 1 MiB</td> 1 MiB</td> 3,600,000</td> 137.9 hours</td> $23.40</td></tr> </tbody></table> The results are always very interesting. The default values aren't terrible in terms of performance or cost. Because the files are uploaded in one-shot the write operations are at the absolute minimum. However, if you want to shave 13 hours off of the runtime it will cost you $41.60. Oh -- and is it "cheap" to store 3.052 TiB (in hot tier)? $57.50/month Conclusion</h3> Changing StorageTransferOptions</code> can have a significant impact on both the speed and cost of uploading data to Azure Blob Storage. By carefully tuning these settings, you can optimize performance and reduce expenses. However, it's important to test different configurations to find the best balance for your specific use case. When is a Kilobyte not a Kilobyte? Unknown — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 This is mainly a rant on the inconsistencies I found with "Kilobyte" while building a cross-platform file backup application. We are developers, right? Historically, developers have used KB, and we trusted that it meant 1024 bytes. This assumption holds true in Microsoft codebases where you can see</a> they've defined public const int KB = 1024</code>. The same was true with the code I wrote or reviewed. However, in 1998, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) introduced binary prefixes (KiB, MiB, GiB) to create a clear distinction between decimal and binary units. This standard helped resolve the confusion between the two systems, especially as storage capacities grew larger. At some point, in the early 2000s, regular consumers began purchasing computer hardware at their local CompUSA. I remember noticing that hard drives started carrying a disclaimer like "1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes." Seagate has an excellent article on this here</a>. Marketing won, and hence the confusion ensued. </a> My frustration really cranks up at the union of code, operating systems, and cloud provider billing. To be honest, I never paid much attention to the "KiB", "MiB", "GiB" units seen in tools like Azure Storage Explorer. I incorrectly assumed "MB == MiB"—why wouldn't I, right? Windows Explorer tells me they are the same thing. But—when you start working cross-platform, pick up a Mac and see this, you get agitated: What I've learned is that Windows traditionally uses base-2 (binary) measurements for file sizes (e.g., 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes), while macOS has adopted base-10 (decimal) measurements since OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (2009), where 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes. This difference explains why the same file might show different sizes on different operating systems. This led me to the embarrassing realization that the difference between KB (Kilobyte) and KiB (Kibibyte)</a> is significant. So the same file of 2,435,949</code> bytes is seen on File Browser</th> Reported Size</th></tr></thead> Windows Explorer</td> 2.32 MB</td></tr> macOS finder</td> 2.4 MB</td></tr> Azure storage explorer</td> 2.32 MiB</td></tr> </tbody></table> Now, the fact that Windows and macOS are reporting differently is not a big deal. It certainly is not the only difference between the operating systems. But, if you are using a Microsoft Azure tool (Azure Storage Explorer) to view items (blobs) in storage and you want to figure out how much that storage will cost, you would expect a little consistency, right? Many cloud storage providers, including Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS, often use base-2 measurements (GiB) for billing and storage capacity, while some user interfaces might display sizes in base-10 (GB). It is crucial to understand the billing units to avoid surprises in costs. Let's jump to the Azure Storage Pricing</a>—oh they're billing on GB</code>. BUT WAIT—THERE'S A DISCLAIMER Azure Blob Storage usage is calculated in binary Gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB = 2^30 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as Gibibyte (GiB), defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Similarly, 1 TB is 2^40 bytes, i.e. 1,024 GBs. </blockquote> Azure are you drunk? You're telling me "[GB] is also known as Gibibyte (GiB)"? Only in marketing. Conflict Resolution in My DJ Cloud Using Timestamps Unknown — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 At My DJ Cloud, one of the earlier problems we needed to solve when building our file synchronization engine was ensuring data consistency and integrity. With multiple machines modifying the same file simultaneously, the Cloud needs to understand how to handle it. We decided to leverage a Hybrid Logical Clock (HLC) to generate our timestamps when handling conflicts and maintain the latest version of files across devices. This post will provide an introduction into how we utilize HLC for conflict resolution and how our cloud-side system determines which version should be used. Devin.ai Builds a Zola Theme Unknown — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 In the world of AI-driven development, Devin.ai showcases remarkable potential (but certainly some unremarkable results</a>) in automating various tasks. This blog post delves into my experience with Devin.ai as I attempt to create a Zola theme using Tailwind CSS and Vanilla JS. Devin.AI -- Real World with Vue.js Migration Unknown — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 I have a production Electron based app running Vue.js (v2). I want to migrate it to Vue.js v3. These sorts of chores are never fun because in reality it isn't just Vue.js that is out of date; it is many npm packages that need to be updated or swapped out. It is a never ending battle of change, break, fix, repeat. This is the sort of task that Devin.ai</a> should try to solve for us! A New Chapter for My Blog with Zola Unknown — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 This website has had quite the journey, moving through different domain names, frameworks, and applications over the years. It all started with static HTML and table-based layouts, then Community Server, Sitecore, and finally BlogEngine.net</a>, where it’s been parked for over a decade. I haven't blogged at all since moving on from Hedgehog/Sitecore, but it's high time I get back to it. Working around the missing Sitecore NuGet feed Unknown — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 This is my second post in the series around Sitecore module development</a> as well as a follow up post to Sitecore needs a NuGet feed for their assemblies</a>. Is your Sitecore module development and build process ideal? Unknown — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000 I maintain a fairly well used "Field Fallback Module</a>", which was released in June 2012. The code for this module is available on GitHub</a> and it has been setup with a very simple build process that has remain unchanged since day one. The module isn't under heavy development, but there have been a couple bugs reported lately. I took this opportunity to revisit the build and deploy process and see if we couldn't modernize it a bit. TDS Deployment Properties Report Unknown — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 In the Sitecore Slack Team</a>'s #TDS channel there was a Team Development for Sitecore feature request from Robbert Hock</a>. It was: Sitecore needs a NuGet feed for their assemblies Unknown — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000 This is a call to action for Sitecore to start hosting a NuGet feed of all common Sitecore assemblies. However, lets take a look at how the Sitecore development process has changed over the years. TDS Code Generation Output Multiple Files Unknown — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 A very common feature request we get for Team Development for Sitecore</a> at Hedgehog</a> is that people want code generation to create a file per Sitecore template in their project. Currently, when TDS code generation runs it will create a single file with all of the code inside of it. Using partial classes it enabled developers to extend the class with their needs, in a separate file, all the while keeping the code generated part in a file that can be overwritten and updated at any time by TDS. This is very much like the way Linq-to-SQL works. TDS And Duplicate Items Unknown — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 From time to time we get feature requests for Team Development for Sitecore</a> to support multiple sub-items with the same name as shown below. The Twitter Sitecore Scrum Unknown — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Dan Galvez</a> and I had come up with an idea for a, sort of, Twitter based Sitecore Scrum</a>. In essence, people would post on Twitter what they are doing today with the hashtag #SitecoreScrum</a>. Interestingly, another Sitecore developer (Mike Reynolds</a>) started this exact same thing the very next day with this tweet</a>. I've reached out to Mike and we are going to try and keep up with a daily #SitecoreScrum at 10am Eastern time. I don't know what will come of this, but it can't hurt knowing what others in our realm are doing with Sitecore. Using Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) with GitHub Unknown — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 When using Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) you may need to tell your source control system how to handle certain files. This post is mainly targeted to folks using Git as their source control system, but it could be a general guideline for people using any source control system that isn't integrated with Visual Studio. Sitecore Content as a Service Unknown — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Disclaimer: This post was in a draft state for many, many, months. It was started and subsequently turned into my Sitecore Symposium 2012 talk. Now that SitecoreSym is over I am making this post and the associated code available. Getting a special field value in Sitecore Unknown — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Did you know that you can access special properties of a Sitecore item the same way you get a typical field's value? Checking if a Sitecore field has a value Unknown — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 When trying to determine if a Sitecore field has a value there are two basic ways. Sitecore.Context.Item.Fields["fieldName"].HasValue</code> or Sitecore.Context.Item.Fields["fieldName"].Value != ""</code> Getting a Sitecore field value Unknown — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 There are many ways to get the value of a Sitecore field and each is slightly different. Field.ContainsStandardValue in Sitecore is Buggy Unknown — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 I had discovered a little bug revolving around the Sitecore.Data.Fields.Field.ContainsStandardValue</code> property in Sitecore (at least 6.4.1.101221 through current). You cannot trust the value returned by Field.ContainsStandardValue</code> if you have made any of the following calls: Sitecore - Content Fallback and the Field Fallback Module Unknown — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000 A common practice in all of my Sitecore sites is to have some sort of content fallback. What this means is that a field's value can come from somewhere other than the field itself, the source item (if it is a clone), or its standard values. Content fallback is an excellent way to increase editor productivity and reduce content redundancy! Here are the three most common scenarios I run into with every project. Team Development for Sitecore and Configuration Management Unknown — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 One of the major pain points when deploying Sitecore</a> based web sites has always been configuration management. Sitecore has thousands of lines of configuration scattered across more than a dozen files. Sitecore Descriptive Tree List Field Type Unknown — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000 Have you ever had a TreeList field in Sitecore only to see this when editing an item? Sitecore Serialization Format Unknown — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 We, at Hedgehog Development</a>, have been intimately working with Sitecore serialization since it was released with Sitecore 6.0 in 2008. Specifically our interest has been in helping developers bring their Sitecore items into Visual Studio and essentially allow you to treat your Sitecore items as code. We do this with our Team Development for Sitecore</a> product. I was having a discussion the other day and was asked to elaborate on the serialization format that Sitecore uses. I figured I would have some notes, or official documentation, on the format, but I couldn't find any! I figured this is a good a place as any to describe the serialization format that Sitecore uses. Sitecore Rules Engine and RegEx Unknown — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000 I was having some fun with the Sitecore (6.5.0.110818) rules engine over the last couple days. Specifically, I was trying to show content editor warnings as well as control icons for templates based on the name of the item. However the Item name comparison, when using a regular expression, was never evaluating to true. Sitecore Security Report and Reset Unknown — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000 I have a nice assortment of little scripts that I've written over the years to perform various tasks within Sitecore. Based on this Stack Overflow question</a> I figured I would release one. Re: Continuous Integration for Sitecore Projects Unknown — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Sitecore Virtual Users Group Unknown — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000 You might be interested to hear about a new initiative that Hedgehog Development is undertaking, the Sitecore Users' Virtual Group. This user group is dedicated to supporting the Sitecore community wherever they exist across the globe. We have some great speakers lined up for our first sessions, and we're looking forward to their deep expertise on Sitecore development. All sessions are free of charge and conducted over the web. The current schedule is at http://www.sitecoreug.org</a> Big News of 2010: Surprise, it's triplets! Unknown — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 Looking back at 2010 I can confidently say the biggest news I was hit with was that I am having triplets. A pair of identicals girls and a singleton girl to be exact. This is, of course, in addition to my two year old son</a>. I always wanted four kids so I am pretty stoked! Selling RSWarrior.com Unknown — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 In the Summer of 2002, I was 24 years old, single, had a good number of friends who rode motorcycles, and my 1989 Suzuki GSXR 750 just broke down. I purchased the Yamaha Road Star (Star Cycles) Warrior in June, which, at the time, was one of the fastest and best handling power cruisers in the market. Being that I was coming from the sport bike realm, this was the bike for me. Sitecore item and version design flaw Unknown — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000 I have a multi-lingual Sitecore (6.2) site that has been having many issues with item versions showing up in their site myseteriously. The client has over 12 languages in their site and certain items shouldn't be accessible to certain languages. Now, Sitecore says simply don't create a version of the item and it won't appear in the site for the language. Perfect? Nope. Visual Studio Projects and Sitecore Unknown — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000 This is a topic that I've been meaning to cover for some time now, but it is this post</a> by John West</a> that pushed me to do it sooner rather than later. LearnSitecore Podcast 2 - Team Development for Sitecore Unknown — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000 I spoke with Jens Mikkelsen</a> and Jimmi Lhyne Anderson</a> from LearnSitecore</a> the other week about who I am, Dreamcore and Team Development for Sitecore</a>. About Sean Kearney Unknown — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 I'm Sean Kearney, an entrepreneur, technology leader, and developer. Since 2000, I've been passionate about software development and technology, sharing some of my insights and experiences here. Since about 2017, I've been working on My DJ Cloud and Digital DJ Pool, where I'm the technical co-founder. I've been primarily focused on .NET, TypeScript, Vue.js, Electron, Azure, and other technologies in the music industry. You can find me on Twitter/X</a>, GitHub</a>, Stack Overflow</a>, and LinkedIn</a>. Professional Background</h2> Prior to my roles at My DJ Cloud and Digital DJ Pool, I served as the Director of Software Development (and other titles) at Hedgehog Development for 10 years, leading a team of nearly 100 developers and architects. While there, I worked with many well-known companies such as FedEx, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), The Kennedy Center, DOW Chemical, CamelBak, and more, helping them with their digital transformation goals. My expertise spans a diverse range of technologies, including .NET, Sitecore, Azure, TypeScript, and Vue.js, and I have a track record of creating scalable, innovative solutions. I was a Sitecore MVP from 2009-2017. I've started and sold</a> a number of other businesses, including rswarior.com and longislandboatworld.com. I've also built a number of developer tools, with the most successful being "Team Development for Sitecore</a>" and "Feydra</a>" that are in use by Sitecore developers worldwide. Random Facts</h2> I was on Romper Room and Friends</a> as a child in the 80's.</li> I've surfed since I was a kid (although I am not good) and met my wife while surfing.</li> I have four children: a son</a> born in 2008 and triplet daughters</a> born in 2011.</li> I was on George to the Rescue</a> twice: Season 2 Episode 2</a> and Season 5 Episode 7</a>.</li> I'm much taller than I look while on a Slack call.</li> </ul> Using Luke to view Lucene indexes in Sitecore 6 Unknown — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 As a Sitecore developer who is a fan of leveraging Lucene in my projects I've always been aggravated that, starting with Sitecore 6, I couldn't use Luke to view my indexes. As Jens Mikkelsen</a> points out this was due to custom compression that Sitecore uses for the Lucene index. Sitecore Media URL Unknown — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000 For one of my the latest projects the content editors were always trying to get the actual URL to a Sitecore media library item, but there is no easy way to see this in Sitecore. As developers we know it is in the form of //media/[ShortID].ashx or /</del>/media/[Path].ashx, but editors don't want to think about that. They just want it figured out and displayed in front of them. Web Forms for Marketers - Database Configuration Unknown — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 This is more of a 'note to self' type post, but I am sure some may find it helpful... My Sitecore Development Environment Unknown — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0000 This post if mainly in response to a question that was asked, and subsequent tweet</a>, during my session at Dreamcore 2010. Sitecore friendly html, css and javascript Unknown — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Disclaimer: While some of these guidelines may be applied to other Content Management Systems, or .net web forms in general, this is based on my experience with Sitecore. Sitecore's Webforms for Marketers (v2) Gotchas Unknown — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 I've recently been doing some work with the Web Forms for Marketers (2.0) module and I must say I was presently surprised! The first version of this module was a rather good first pass, but it typically came up short when we wanted to use it. Version 2 is a big step forward and we are just about to launch a site using it. While it is a great package, and I recommend everyone check it out, it does have some "gotchas." Sitecore's Webforms for Marketers (v2) Language Specific DropList Unknown — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 Sitecore's Webforms for Marketers (v2) module is pretty impressive out of the gate. There was an issue, however, with a recent project that had a few different languages. We needed a Droplist in the form that showed a list of items from Sitecore and while the module does this out of the box it has a gotcha</a> to it; it won't remove items from the drop list that do not have a version in the context language. Simple 404 with Sitecore Unknown — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 404's in Sitecore can be very simple or extremely complicated with site independent designs and functionality. While a blog post on the later would be a worthwhile blog post, this post will cover a very simple example of how to set the StatusCode of any page in your Sitecore installation. New Developer Rig Ordered and Shipped! Unknown — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 In my last post I wrote what I planned on building for my home developer rig. New Home PC / Developer Rig Unknown — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 In honor of Windows 7, and my increasing frustration with my 4 year old DELL computer, I figured I would pony up and build myself a nice developer rig. Even though it is my home computer my typical usage is work related; Visual Studio(s), SQL Server, IIS, Virtual Machines, etc... My wife's typical usage is email and web browsing. We are not gamers at all; not even solitaire! The most graphic intense application I use would be Google Earth. Harvesting data from a Coveo index Unknown — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 I've been working peripherally with Coveo</a> for the past couple years now. It hasn't been until recently that I've actually needed to start diving into the “API” to try and harvest the data. This, however, proved to be more difficult than one would expect from a Search product! Coveo with Sitecore Media Unknown — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 Out of the box, Coveo does a pretty good job of crawling your website and providing search capabilities. In this particular installation we aren't using the "Sitecore connector" we are simply letting coveo do its thing walking the site. We encountered an issue where Sitecore media library items, mainly PDF files, were not making it into the index. We figured it must be a filter of some sort blocking access to it and this proved to be the case. Sitecore FieldRenderer Control and OverrideFieldValue Unknown — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 The FieldRenderer Control (Sitecore.Web.UI.WebControls.FieldRenderer</code>) has a method called OverrideFieldValue that takes a string and is supposed to be shown instead of the real fields value, but it doesn't work. Editors, Sitecore, and SEO Unknown — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Editors (and some sysadmins) that have been around IIS web sites for a few years seem to have a little trouble grasping what Sitecore can do for them. More specifically, they have trouble grasping what it is they don't need to do anymore! Moved Domain Name Unknown — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Almost two years after I thought about phasing out my online moniker</a> I have done it. I have officially moved the carknee.com domain to seankearney.com. Redirects are in place and there shouldn't be any noticable change for the few people that read this site. The Feedburner feed is unchanged and will remain unchanged for the near future. Maybe at some point I will move to rss.seankearney.com, but not yet. Photo Management and Backup Unknown — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 This is a follow up post to "Photo Management</a>" on how I am starting to organize my digital images. After looking around at some of my options (Picasa, Adobe products, buying an iMac, …) I have decided to take the cheap way out. Here is my current workflow, which is a work in progress. Sitecore Diagrams Part 2 Unknown — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 We have been doing some pretty fun work with Sitecore</a> 6 here at Hedgehog Development</a>... I started doing some work with Sitecore Template Diagrams</a> a while back and I got to talking with some colleagues and we decided to take this to another level. While I can't get into the specifics (just yet) about the entire project I can show you the diagrams being generated! Photo Management Unknown — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 I am running into a problem. I have never been much of a picture taking kind of guy... that is, until I got a dog and a son. Now I am snapping pictures like a mad man with my Canon Xsi</a> and amassing thousands of pictures named IMG_9321.jpg. I need help!!!! It's a sad day for DMB fans Unknown — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 What sad news</a>. LeRoi Moore, The Dave Matthews Band</a> saxophonist has died. Upgraded Digital DJ Pool Unknown — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000 DigitalDJPool.com is the online equivalent of a "record pool</a>" more commonly known now as a "Digital Pool." For those who aren't aware, a record pool is a source for DJ's to get promotional music</a> from record labels for use in clubs/radio/etc... The record labels provide the music to "the pool" and the pool can then provide feedback to the label. Now that MP3's are being used more than vinyl, DigitalDJPool.com provides DJ's with promotional MP3's rather than shipping crates of records! iPhone Part Deux Unknown — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 This isn't an iPhone review blog post. There have been hundreds in the last hour since it was announced. Sitecore Template Diagrams Unknown — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000 With Sitecore</a> templates, unlike C#, you are allowed to inherit from multiple bases. This allows Sitecore developers to be extremely flexible in their implementations, but as with most applications, flexibility adds complexity. Community Server Enterprise Search Syntax Unknown — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Everyone (?) knows that Community Server uses Lucene for its Enterprise Search. The one problem I found is that I couldn't find any search syntax documentation in the CS Docs. Here is a list of all index fields that CS uses: My life will be forever different!!! Unknown — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 So, in my last post title, "My life may be forever different</a>," I shared with you that I am getting a dog. I did get the dog, and his name is Wilson</a>. Has my life been changed, absolutely. Having Wilson has been a fun experience with its doses of pain and adjustment. But, I digress, this post isn't about Wilson and how my life has changed. This post is about how my life will surely change... Sitecore REST API Service Unknown — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 If you are a Sitecore developer, go search the Sitecore Developer Network (SDN) for "REST" and tell me what you find. Nothing. Anyone who develops with Sitecore knows that documentation is lacking, but shouldn't this be something worth mentioning on your site? I digress. For god sake man... Backup Everything Unknown — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 I had a fun Friday. I woke up at my usual time (6am) and dove into my usual routine. While the wife is in the shower I jumped on the computer and my browsers default home page (www.carknee.com) wasn't coming up. humm. Checked a different site on the same server (www.rswarrior.com) and that wasn't responding. Can I ping it? Nope. dang I tried pinging a couple other servers in the facility, but they weren't responding either. Double dang. I went to work and figured a bad switch was being replaced and it would be back up when I got to the office. Sitecore Renderings when item is no longer published Unknown — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 This is more of a note to self post... I was creating a Sitecore (5.3.1) XSL rendering and I was looping over items. I noticed, however, that when one of those items is no longer published it was still looping through it! What you need to do it change your if statement from:<xsl:if test="$itm_id"> to: <xsl:if test="sc:item($itm_id,.)"> Moving On Unknown — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 It is time for me to move on from my current employer</a>. I have been with this company since 2000 (with a brief stint elsewhere) and it is really time to go. As is the case with most developers, if you don't learn new things on a daily basis your job can get pretty boring. I tried to keep myself going here since, in general, it is a great company to work for, but I know I have to go. I believe that I have reached the limit to what I can learn on my own. Gravatars for Anonymous Comments Unknown — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 With Community Server, when a registered user makes a blog comment it is very common to show their avatar next to their comment. If the person making the comment is not a registered user, then typically the "anonymous avatar" would be shown. I had gone and implemented an Identicon</a> control for anonymous comments and now I am going another step and implementing a Gravatar</a>. ExtendedAttribute Condition Control Unknown — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I was working a new control for the bundle</a> and was in need of a condition control</a> within Community Server that didn't appear to exist. What I needed was a condition control that checked against a WeblogPost's ExtendedAttributes. What I came up with was the "PostExtendedAttributeComparison." Save Author's Email for Anonymous Blog Comments Unknown — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I am working on a control for Community Server where I need to capture the email address of the person making a comment. However, I don't need to store the email address if the person is already a registered member of the site since this information is stored already. What I did was utilize the CustomAction</a> feature for the WeblogPostCommentForm and set the "AuthorEmail" extended attribute. CarKnee Bundle for Community Server 2007 Unknown — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Now that Community Server 2007 has been out for a while I figured it was time to update the bundle</a>! The Jobs have become Tasks, the Identicon control now has implicit databinding and the CSModules have some little upgrades ;p The new version is now 3.0 to keep in step with the official version of CS2007 3.0 My life may be forever different... Unknown — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Site Upgraded to CS 2007 Unknown — Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 This site was upgraded to Community Server 2007 in all of about 10 minutes! The CS team made it real easy to upgrade with the new config file overrides! Nice job. I will be upgrading and testing the bundle</a> to work with CS 2007 and publish it asap! How to publish blog posts for others in Community Server Unknown — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000 A few members, myself included, are looking for some sort of "content manager" capability with the blog system of Community Server. By "Content Manager" I am meaning that I do not want the individual people to actually make the posts. Rather, I would like to have a "manager" that will publish the post on the authors behalf. ASP.NET Confirmation Controls Unknown — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I have been (slowly) working on the Web Based FileZilla Administration</a> project. One of the issues that I could predict happening would be the creation of a user/group/setting and then the end user would leave the page without saving their changes. There are many ways to handle this type of issue, but I wanted a fairly simple implementation. Home Office's Unknown — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 OK. So I have been in my house for a few weeks now, but I still don't have my home office setup the way I need it. I really need a hand trying to find a good desk that works well as a normal desk as well as a computer desk with my 2 monitors. The only real restrictions that I have is that: There's that shortcut I lost! Unknown — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Big thanks to Jeff Atwood</a> for bringing this up! Being an ex-Internet Explorer user I have IE shortcuts etched into my brain. Unfortunately, FireFox didn't bring my favorite one with it. The functionality of the F4 key. ASP.NET Gravatar Control Unknown — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Gravatar 2.0</a> has been out for a few weeks now and I didn't see any ASP.NET implementation listed</a> on their site so I figured I would wip one up. A Simple Web Site Monitor Unknown — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 One of my web servers had been having all sorts of problems over the last few months. It turned out to be the RAID controller, but that is another post. Because of the problems we were having I wanted a simple way to get a notification of when the site we were hosting went down. I didn't want anything fancy, just a simple email when the sites stopped responding. Here is what I found... I'm In. Unknown — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000 In my last post</a> I mentioned that I am moving into my new house. I am living amongst boxes right now, but I am in. No new pics yet, but I will take some when we are settled. Right now we are getting furniture delivered and unpacking slowly. It is coming to a head now. Unknown — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 My wife and I purchased a house in mid-December. The house needed a lot more work than we originally had expected, but we are winding down and moving in this weekend! Community Server and robots.txt Unknown — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 A couple or members lately have had issues (#1</a> + #2</a>) with the way search engines have been indexing their sites. Community Server licensing is out of hand. Unknown — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Where do I start? This story has been told many times before and I don't claim to be the first to bitch about it. Server.Transfer, Modifying Form Action, and MAC Error Unknown — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I had been getting this error: Syndicated Blog Post Signatures in Community Server Unknown — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Another day, another Community Server add-on! Embed an MP3 Player in Community Server Posts Unknown — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 A member on the Community Server forums asked about embedding an MP3</a> player in his blog posts and I thought this would be a great addition to the bundle! Job Titles Come and Go Unknown — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I'll keep with a trend this morning since my last post was about job finding sites, I will just point to a good article about the Webmaster</a> job title. The blog post is a must read for anyone who has been in the web development area for the better half of a decade! Snap no more! Unknown — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Apparently I am not the only one to think that "Snap" is one of the most annoying trends</a> in the web/blog-sphere these days! When I mouse over a link I almost always am doing it to either 1) click on it or 2) see where it is pointing to in the status bar. When that window pops up it always grabs my attention and usually leads to an explicative flying out of my mouth. What on Earth? Unknown — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I was just browsing some spots on Google Maps and noticed some pretty strange looking water</a>! Identicons for Community Server Unknown — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Jeff Atwood posted up a C# implementation of Identicons</a> the other day. While I do not see them being all that useful, they are pretty neat. I whipped up a little Community Server Add-on that can display an Identicon. Blocking new users by email address in Community Server Unknown — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 A couple of members on the Community Server</a> forums wanted a way to block new members</a> based on known SPAM domains. This sounded like a great idea for a CSModule. I looked at the list of events and saw that there is an event fired off before and after a user is created! Great! The PostUserUpdate event fires off after the user has been added to the database. This seems like the perfect place to change their account status, or moderation level, based on their email address. Defrag your server Unknown — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 It seems that my fancy dancy server needs to run defrag every couple days. The site is running a well visited site (and some other not so visited sites) and is creating 300MB Log Files from IIS, as well as user uploaded files, etc... All of this is really fragmenting my nice and speedy data drive (actually, 2 drives in a RAID 1 configuration). Drivers on a Floppy? Unknown — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 A little rant here... DVR Rant Unknown — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I just want to rant a little about Cablevision's IO HD DVR</a>. The thing sucks! Sure, DVR's are great; when they work! I have been really busy every night working on the house and last night I quit early and wanted to catch up on last Thursday's episodes of "My Name is Earl</a>" and "The Office</a>". Guess what. "The Office" didn't record for some unknown reason. ARGH Looking back over my recorded list I am seeing a few programs didn't get recorded. I am annoyed. Other Community Server Add-Ons (Teaser) Unknown — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I am posting this just as a teaser, and to force myself to keep to my word... I have other CS Add-Ons that I will try to release when I get time to package them up. I wrote a few good ones about 6 months ago and have yet to release them. My favorite of the bunch is a "Site Supporter Add-On!" Top Posters Role Management Community Server Job Unknown — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 "Rocket City Web" of the Community Server forums asked</a> if it is possible to limit top posting members to a certain forum. At first, I had though the member points system would be perfect for this. However, Member Points is an add-on and not available for the "Personal Edition" of Community Server. Dave Burke mentioned that you should just add top posting users to a specific Role and grant that Role access. I thought this would be perfect for a CSJob! Windows Home Server. Is it worth it? Unknown — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I am running a Linksys NSLU2</a> with the uNSLUng</a> firmware with TwonkyVision Media Server</a> installed. Attached to my NSLU is a standard external 300GB USB drive that holds my MP3s, movies, pictures, etc... On the home theater side of the equation I have the D-Link DSM-520</a>. iPhone Unknown — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 I skimmed the Steve Jobs Keynote from Engadget</a> and I must say... that iPhone</a> does look nice! lol. FileZilla FTP Server Step 1: Create Object From XML Unknown — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 The first step in administering the users of FileZilla FTP Server with an ASP.NET front end is to get the XML Schema for the config file. Flash File (.swf) Loader Control Unknown — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 All web developers and designers should know by now that you should not use the traditional <object><embed></code>... method for placing Flash content on your site. Macromedia (Adobe) recommends</a> using javascript to load the Flash content and it works just fine. However, if you are a .NET programmer and have a lot of flash content it is fairly easy to create a Control that handles the repetitive tasks. How to handle multiple domain names for your site. Unknown — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 Keyvan Nayyeri</a> wrote up an article (and HttpModule) on how he handles removing the www from the URI when people visit his site. I wrote something similar to this a while back for a site I develop. This particular company has about 10 domain names that all point to the companies main web site. Back in 2000, before I started working for the company, the search engines had indexed all of the domain names. While this may be good I have always been worried about duplicate content</a> in Google's Index. FileZilla FTP Web Based Management: Concept Unknown — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 With (almost) all of my FTP servers now running FileZilla</a> I need a way to maintain users with an easy web based tool. To be more specific, I don't need it, but I delegate the management of FTP users to someone else who does not have remote access to the server, therefore I need it for them. Google Maps with Waypoints Unknown — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Finally! Google has finally added the feature of adding waypoints</a> into its mapping product</a>! Server Configuration: Directories Unknown — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 I have been running my own web server for a few years now and like everyone who does this I have my own ways to do things. One of the things I wanted to revisit, before setting the new machine out into the wild, was my typical directory structure. While this may seem like a trivial concept to many, things can get out of control quikly when you start throwing in many domains, sub domains, Log files, databases, etc... Server Configuration: FTP Unknown — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 In the spirit of trying to keep writing, I figured I would write about by new found love of FTP. Well that is a bit of an exaggeration, but on my previous box I used the FTP service built into IIS 5. What a nightmare! Don't get me wrong, the service worked fine and it was stable. The problem came out only when I needed to give someone else access. You need to create an account on the computer, deal with permissions, blah blah blah. I felt it was overly complicated. 1st Post Unknown — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Hello World New Server Unknown — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 In my first post, all of an hour ago, I mentioned that a new server was one of the reasons I renewed my interest in blogging. What is in a name? Unknown — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 What is in a name? Will I actually write? Unknown — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Will I actually write?

Sean Kearney

Strangling a 20-Year-Old Monolith from the Edge

Devin vs Claude Code: Different Animals

Azure Blob Storage: Strategic Configurations for Cost Savings and Speed

Understanding Upload Operations and the Azure Storage REST API</h2> There are three operations we will look at for standard block blob uploads.</p>

Put Blob</a></h3> Simply put -- you can upload a blob in "One-shot" meaning that the entire blob is uploaded in a single API call, Put Blob</code>. There are limitations</a> (which change every few years) and at this time you can upload up to 5,000 MiB in "one-shot."</p>

Real World Example</h2>

When is a Kilobyte not a Kilobyte?

Conflict Resolution in My DJ Cloud Using Timestamps

Devin.ai Builds a Zola Theme

Devin.AI -- Real World with Vue.js Migration

A New Chapter for My Blog with Zola

Working around the missing Sitecore NuGet feed

Is your Sitecore module development and build process ideal?

TDS Deployment Properties Report

Sitecore needs a NuGet feed for their assemblies

TDS Code Generation Output Multiple Files

TDS And Duplicate Items

The Twitter Sitecore Scrum

Using Team Development for Sitecore (TDS) with GitHub

Sitecore Content as a Service

Getting a special field value in Sitecore

Checking if a Sitecore field has a value

Getting a Sitecore field value

Field.ContainsStandardValue in Sitecore is Buggy

Sitecore - Content Fallback and the Field Fallback Module

Team Development for Sitecore and Configuration Management

Sitecore Descriptive Tree List Field Type

Sitecore Serialization Format

Sitecore Rules Engine and RegEx

Sitecore Security Report and Reset

Re: Continuous Integration for Sitecore Projects

Sitecore Virtual Users Group

Big News of 2010: Surprise, it's triplets!

Selling RSWarrior.com

Sitecore item and version design flaw

Visual Studio Projects and Sitecore

LearnSitecore Podcast 2 - Team Development for Sitecore

About Sean Kearney

Using Luke to view Lucene indexes in Sitecore 6

Sitecore Media URL

Web Forms for Marketers - Database Configuration

My Sitecore Development Environment

Sitecore friendly html, css and javascript

Sitecore's Webforms for Marketers (v2) Gotchas

Sitecore's Webforms for Marketers (v2) Language Specific DropList

Simple 404 with Sitecore

New Developer Rig Ordered and Shipped!

New Home PC / Developer Rig

Harvesting data from a Coveo index

Coveo with Sitecore Media

Sitecore FieldRenderer Control and OverrideFieldValue

Editors, Sitecore, and SEO

Moved Domain Name

Photo Management and Backup

Sitecore Diagrams Part 2

Photo Management

It's a sad day for DMB fans

Upgraded Digital DJ Pool

iPhone Part Deux

Sitecore Template Diagrams

Community Server Enterprise Search Syntax

My life will be forever different!!!

Sitecore REST API Service

For god sake man... Backup Everything

Sitecore Renderings when item is no longer published

Moving On

Gravatars for Anonymous Comments

ExtendedAttribute Condition Control

Save Author's Email for Anonymous Blog Comments

CarKnee Bundle for Community Server 2007

My life may be forever different...

Site Upgraded to CS 2007

How to publish blog posts for others in Community Server

ASP.NET Confirmation Controls

Home Office's

There's that shortcut I lost!

ASP.NET Gravatar Control

A Simple Web Site Monitor

I'm In.

Understanding Upload Operations and the Azure Storage REST API</h2>
There are three operations we will look at for standard block blob uploads.</p>

Put Blob</a></h3>
Simply put -- you can upload a blob in "One-shot" meaning that the entire blob is uploaded in a single API call, `Put Blob</code>. There are` `limitations</a> (which change every few years) and at this time you can upload up to 5,000 MiB in "one-shot."</p>`