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Creating a temporary file in a Mendix Java Action

Introduction Over the past few months I've had to create a number of Java Actions that had to deal with files. In most cases you can directly use the Java InputStream from the Mendix FileDocument but there are some libraries and methods that only works with a java.io.File.

Semantic/Structured logging in Mendix

Semantic or structured logging is a way to create strongly typed log messages that make logs easier to parse and analyze. In this post I explored how to implement semantic logging in Mendix.

Validating zip files in Mendix

A while ago I ran into a situation where our users were sometimes uploading zip files that were damaged. I was asked to look into a way to validate the zip file in Mendix when it is uploaded so we can provide immediate feedback to our users.

NDepend Review

I was offered a free license for NDepend in order to give it a try and write about my experience of using it. Because I enjoy writing good, high quality code I jumped at the opportunity. This review covers my first experience with NDepend as I install and test it

Setting up a single node Kubernetes Cluster

Setting up a single node Kubernetes Cluster

Note: This guide was written for Kubernetes 1.9 for Docker on Ubuntu 16.04 This guide is written by a beginner in both Linux, Docker and Kubernetes and is aimed as a guide to assist others who are interested in trying out Kubernetes without using VMs and MiniKube. This

Application Insight for C# WPF

Introduction Some years ago I wrote a post about using Application Insight in a WPF application to capture telemetry data. Today there is still no official support for WPF (or WinForms or CommandLine) in application Insights and my post remains relevant, however over time the Application Insight libraries (and my

Getting Started

Welcome to the NineTail Labs blog!

Welcome to the NineTail Labs blog! What is NineTail Labs? Well, it is my organization on GitHub and under it I distribute a number of open source libraries (via Nuget) as well as producing some closed source private project. So what is the purpose of this blog? No, it is