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We've built a number of Elasticsearch clusters on Microsoft Azure. This blog post contains some of our top tips and gotchas.

In this post, we explore the use of SideWaffle to create a frictionless experience for developers wanting to create repeatable plugins.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. In his final post, he reflects on the past two weeks.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his reflections on his fourth day.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his reflections on the 3rd day of his second week.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his write up of the second day of his second week.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers the start of his second week.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his reflections on his first week.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his reflections on his third day.

Discover our tutorial on local NuGet package testing, filling documentation gaps with a concise, step-by-step guide.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks gaining work experience at endjin. This post covers his reflections on his second day.

Transient failures can happen at any time. There are many useful frameworks for .NET, but what about PowerShell?

You can easily notify NewRelic that a deployment has occured. In this post I demonstrate how to turn a script into a reusable TeamCity Metarunner.

Jack, 15, is spending two weeks at endjin doing work experience. In this post he describes his experience of his first day.

Throughout endjin's history we have been invited to work on a host of projects. In late 2013 we were asked if we could produce a series of graphics props for the Great British Menu 2014. In this post we talk about the research and production methods behind developing graphics for television.

Resolving Git merge conflicts in .NET projects: when conflicts happen, how to use Visual Studio and SmartGit to fix them, and tactics for noisy .csproj files.

One way to manage a button visual state in iOS is by setting a different background image for each one of the UIControlState values available...

Having described the problem space using Marble Diagrams, it's now time to create a real solution using Rx and the Observer pattern to process data from Windows Event Log.

This blog post delves into using Rx to process the messages received from Windows Event Logs, so that they can be shaped in a way that is useful to us to consume.

What is Dependency Injection? How does it help you develop software? Why should you use it? Is it a silver bullet for creating loosely coupled components?

Implement semantic logging on Windows & .NET for richer diagnostics & analysis. Learn how Reactive Extensions enable powerful scenarios in this series.

We have a culture of sharing information at endjin; here are our highlights of interesting content shared in March 2014.

Azure VMs use a self-signed SSL certificate for PowerShell Remoting, which blocks connections by default. Exporting and trusting that certificate unlocks scriptable, Remote Desktop-free server management.

Quick fix for 'remote desktop could not connect' after resizing an Azure Virtual Machine. Typically caused by a stale dynamic IP, with a one-step solution.

A Haswell i7-4770K, dual SSDs, GTX 760, water cooling, and a triple-monitor setup in a Mini-ITX case: all for under £1,600. Builds feel instant and ReSharper flies.