Clint McMahon

Transmission On The Radio Playlist Is Back

I created a script that runs every Thursday night at 11pm central time to automatically update a Spotify playlist called Transmission On The Radio. Transmission is a weekly dance party hosted by DJ Jake Rudh in Minneapolis every Wednesday.

Lessons Learned From a Weird Client Call

I had a weird client call. These are the lessons that I learned from having a client call where the person on the other end didn't want to talk about working together.

weather

The warmest winters in Minneapolis to date

It feels like its getting warmer here, so I wanted to show the actual trend to give me a definite answer. The project involved parsing through extensive weather data to track the average temperatures of seasons across years - winter in this case.

Azure B2C

Making a SaaS App

I have the idea to develop an application that allows developers and website administrators to view and edit Azure B2C custom properties and extension attributes.

Upgrading Umbraco 7 to Umbraco 13

This is my journey about updating an Umbraco 7 website to the latest version of Umbraco - which is Umbraco 13 as of today.

ChatGPT is like having an army of very confident toddlers.

ChatGPT is like having an army of very confident toddlers.

AI

When will healthcare catch up with AI

I see is people asking is when will healthcare will catch up with AI. The idea being that healthcare is lagging behind the technology advancements in AI.

OData

OData function is not returning data

This is a blog post about why a custom OData function is not returning any data despite returning a 200 code.

AI

Use AI To Visualize Organ Transplant Waitlist Size

This is a blog post to show how using AI to visualize organ transplant waitlist size by compiling data into a readable dataset and viewed in a chart

How to Create a Custom Umbraco uSkinned Component

How to create a custom uSkinned component for your Umbraco project. This guide complements the uSkinned documentation with additional steps.

Azure B2C

B2C User Admin App Updates

I'm preparing to launch the initial version of the B2C User Administration app. Here are the updates that I've been working on in order to get the app set up and ready for customers to download.

Azure B2C

Progress: Azure B2C User Management App

I'm making good progress on the Azure B2C User Management App that I'm building.

Photos

Joshua Tree Photos

A few of my favorite pictures from the few hours we spent running around in the Joshua Tree National Park.

weather

Just about the warmest winter on record (so far)

I pulled the top ten warmest December, January and February months based on the average temperature for each of the months from the ACIS tool.

Azure B2C

Creating Azure B2C User Admin App

There isn't a good way for end users who are not Azure admins to update user information without logging into the Azure portal.

life

Friday, January 12, 2024

Yesterday I went to work from a coffee shop that I've never been but meaning to visit for a while. I met the owners ten years ago selling coffee at the Linden Hills Farmer's Market. Since then they've opened multiple locations and are the

Friday, December 22 2023

I'm writing this post to kick start my blogging habit. Hopefully it sticks this time. Lately I've been writing about how to fix bugs or set up environments, but the more I read about writing the more intrigued I am to make writing in public a

C#

FizzBuzz in C#

The comments on this Hacker News post generated a bunch of opinions on the ability for developers to solve a FizzBuzz problem. Specifically in a coding interview. I’ve never actually seen what the FizzBuzz problem was, so I had to look it up. In this blog post I solve

Armchair Expert

Worlds Colliding: Dr. Becky Kennedy on Armchair Expert and Our Journey with the Armchair Media Explorer

The recent episode of the Armchair Expert featured the Dr. Becky Kennedy, a renowned psychologist specializing in parenting, resonated deeply with us. It was a thrilling worlds colliding moment – the insightful world of Armchair Expert and the transformative parenting wisdom of Dr. Becky. Armchair Expert: A Platform for Meaningful Conversations

notes

Friday, November 17 2023

Good morning. A few notes that I wanted to record for this lovely fall Friday. 1. Near record warm has passed us and we’re back to normal cold fall. Should be great for saunaing. 2. Made a fantastic oat milk cortado this morning. Using regular Oatly blend, normally I

faa

Real-time FAA Flight Data Powering the JetTip Smart Alert System

Over the past year I’ve been working with JetTip to provide their smart alert system with real-time FAA flight data. We finally launched the service into production last month so I decided to write this blog post about the real-time FAA flight data powering the JetTip smart alert system.

hosting

How to Configure Cloudflare's Load Balancer Monitoring When Health of the Pool is Critical

I recently faced an issue where my Cloudflare managed API endpoint was functioning correctly—returning a 200 OK status when I hit the endpoint manually—but Cloudflare’s Load Balancer was reporting a “Critical” health status. After a lot of trial and error with some investigation, I found that the

hosting

How To Migrate WordPress Websites to WP Engine

This blog post outlines how to migrate a WordPress website from any hosting provider to WP Engine hosting account without access to source FTP site. The post focuses around utilizing the WP Engine Migration Assistant Plugin. WP Engine offers a specialized plug in to make WordPress migrations a pretty simple

docker

Moving Docker SQL Server databases between machines

In this blog post I'll show how I migrated my SQL Server databases between machines and Docker containers.

Armchair Expert

Armchair Expert Books

Or how to get the cover for a book programmatically. In the Armchair Expert Media Explorer is a website I built to track all the book, movies, documentaries, podcasts and shows that are discussed on Armchair Expert between the hosts, Dax and Monica, and their guests.