// The Journal
Long-form essays on architecture, .NET, Azure, and the trade-offs that never make it into the README.
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Oct 31, 2025
The Administrator’s Cookbook: A Definitive Guide to Running Backend Services with Docker and PowerShell
I. Introduction: The Modern Developer’s Local Environment In modern software development, the phrase “it works on my machine” has become a notorious anti-pattern, signaling…
26 min
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Oct 31, 2025
The Developer’s Docker Quick Reference: Running Backend Services in PowerShell
Docker has become the standard for creating clean, isolated, and reproducible development environments. By containerizing services like databases and message brokers, you can spin…
10 min
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Mar 2, 2026
The Story of K-Nearest Neighbors: How Computers Learn from Their Neighbors
The world of computers can be very difficult to understand because there are so many big words. One big word is machine learning. Machine…
21 min
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Apr 14, 2026
A Comprehensive Architectural Analysis of MediatR + Vertical Slice CQRS in .NET 10
MediatR is not CQRS. Vertical Slice Architecture is not Clean Architecture. A comprehensive architectural analysis of how these three independent ideas combine in .NET 10 — with worked examples, pipeline behaviour patterns, and a clear take…
11 min