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I make some changes in my site. The most of them is a prototype of universal content localization engine that can be applyed on web content without changes in DB or server-side code. It's a good start for Language Medium platform that is going to be easy and useful. NOTE: not all text content is localized to Russian right now - only menu, first section and few first Projects. It's becasue the engine is without BackOffice right now and all translations I'm adding  directly in DB:-) But don't worry - it will be soon B-) Also there are links to projects pages and some of them are real :-)

Sometimes you need to remove elements from one collection if they already exist in another collection. The comparison is usually based on an identifier (ID). After testing several approaches, this turned out to be the cleanest and most readable solution using LINQ: lst1.RemoveAll(itemFromLst1 => lst2.Any(itemFromLst2 => itemFromLst2.ID == itemFromLst1.ID)); What This Code Does The logic can be read as: For each item in lst1 Check if any item in lst2 has the same ID If yes — remove it from lst1 In other words, this removes all elements from lst1 whose IDs already exist in lst2 . Why This Approach Works Well Concise and expressive No manual loops required No temporary collections needed Uses built-in List<T>.RemoveAll method The method RemoveAll modifies the list in place, which is often exactly what you want in filtering scenarios. Performance Consideration This solution uses Any() inside RemoveAll() , which means it performs a nest...

Today I needed to generate a dynamic page title based on a category name. For example: My Playlists My Libraries My Categories The page receives a categoryID parameter, retrieves the corresponding category object, and then dynamically pluralizes the category name. Using PluralizationService in .NET .NET provides a built-in service for pluralization via System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices . using System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices; .... Category category = Category.GetByID(categoryID); PluralizationService ps = PluralizationService.CreateService( new System.Globalization.CultureInfo( "en-GB" )); Page.Title = $"My { ps.Pluralize( category .Name) }" ; ..... Important Note You must add a reference to System.Data.Entity.Design in your project. When to Use This This approach is useful when: Generating dynamic titles Building admin dashboards Creating REST endpoints with plural resource names Displaying catego...

Today I performed an initial test of MongoDB Atlas , the managed MongoDB Cloud Cluster that can run on different cloud providers. The full setup — from cluster creation to a working connection — took roughly one hour. For a managed distributed database platform, that timing is impressive. Environment Setup The goal was simple: Create a MongoDB Atlas cluster Configure network access Create a database user Connect from a .NET application The cluster provisioning itself was straightforward. The UI is clear, and the workflow is linear: project → cluster → security → connection. Connecting MongoDB Atlas to a .NET Application I successfully connected the cluster to a .NET application using the official MongoDB driver. This was particularly satisfying because about half a year ago, in a previous company, we failed to make it work. At the time, the issue seemed complex. Now I know the root cause. It was only an incorrect connection string. No networking issue. No fir...

A few months after a major Windows 10 update, I started getting the most annoying notification ever: The message appeared randomly. No pattern. No clear cause. Just constant irritation. The Situation My system looked like this: Disk D: is removable. C: and E: live on the same HDD. Siblings. So my logical plan was simple: shrink C:, extend E:, silence the warning. Disk Management Reality I opened Disk Management and saw this: E: did not have the same options as other partitions. No “Extend Volume…” available. The “Smart” Attempt I shrank C: by 2GB using “Shrink Volume…”. Unallocated space appeared between C: and E:. Then began the classic “dance with tambourine around the campfire”: Move partition Merge attempt Allocate space Retry Nothing worked. Third-Party Tools Trial Search results pointed to third-party partition managers. I tested multiple vendors, including Paragon Hard Disk Manager and Macrium Reflect. None of th...