Developer Craft

The tools and habits that make you a better developer, whatever you build.

Series in this category

Complete courses on this topic, read in order. The standalone posts follow.

6 parts · ~38 min total · starts at Part 1

Set Up a Windows PC for .NET Development

Six hands-on parts for a Windows 11 PC used for .NET work: SDKs, runtimes and global.json, WSL, ports and the firewall, LocalDB and PostgreSQL in Docker, the Git for Windows settings that stop the warnings, and the HTTPS developer certificate. Every command was run on a real machine and every output is quoted.

All 6 parts →🧭 The next series for this PC: Docker for .NET Developers on Windows 🔧 Every setup error we have reproduced, in the Fixes category

8 parts · ~51 min total · starts at Part 1

Docker for .NET Developers on Windows

Eight hands-on parts that take a .NET developer on Windows from a fresh Docker Desktop to an app and its PostgreSQL database running from one compose file and shipped as an image: what Desktop actually runs, containers, bind mounts and volumes, ports and networking, PostgreSQL, Compose, building the image, and the daily loop. Every command was run on a Windows 11 PC and every output is real.

All 8 parts →📥 The sample API's Dockerfile, as built in Part 7 📥 The compose.yaml for the API and its PostgreSQL, from Part 6 🧭 The PC itself: Set Up a Windows PC for .NET Development 🔧 Every Docker error we have reproduced, in the Fixes category

10 parts · ~69 min total · starts at Part 1

Git & GitHub: Zero to Advanced

A ten-part, workshop-style journey from your very first commit to rebase, reflog and bisect — with the story of how Git conquered the world, and a real practice repository on GitHub. No prior version-control experience needed.

All 10 parts →📦 Practice repo for the workshop

Posts

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WSL Default Password and Root Password: There Is None, and How to Set, Reset and Change Them

There is no WSL default password, you set it at first run. Reset a forgotten sudo password from Windows with wsl -u root, set root's, change the default user. Oct 14, 2026 6 min read

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Git Basics: Commits, Branches, and Why You Need Them

Git is a time machine for your code. Learn the handful of commands you will use every day, and the mental model that makes them finally click. Jul 30, 2026 6 min read

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Docker Explained: “It Works on My Machine,” Solved

Containers package your app with everything it needs. So it runs the same everywhere. What Docker is, how it differs from a VM, and your first container. Jul 30, 2026 5 min read

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Clean Code Starts with Names

Naming is one of the two hard things in computer science. Practical rules for names that make your code read like a story. Jul 30, 2026 4 min read

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Secure Coding Basics Every Beginner Should Know

Most attacks exploit the same few mistakes. SQL injection, XSS and leaked secrets, and the habits that prevent them from day one. Jul 30, 2026 5 min read

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