Dean Hume's Blog

Dean Hume's Blog

From Crash to Resolution: A Practical Guide for Xbox & Windows Developers

From Crash to Resolution: A Practical Guide for Xbox & Windows Developers

If you’ve ever had an app crash at the worst possible moment, you’ll know how frustrating it can be - both for developers and players. Recently, I wrote an article for the Microsoft Developer blog that dives deep into this exact challenge: how to diagnose and resolve crashes

A Modern Guide to Using OAuth 2.0 with C# and Visual Studio Code

Many years ago, I wrote an article on the basics of OAuth and while it was helpful, it is now quite outdated. A lot has changed in the past 14 years! OAuth 2.0 has become the de facto standard for securing APIs and authorizing users in modern applications. The

HTML Minifier: A 12-Year Journey Building and Maintaining an Open Source Tool

Web Performance

HTML Minifier: A 12-Year Journey Building and Maintaining an Open Source Tool

Back in 2013, I published a blog post about a simple HTML Minifier I'd built for web pages. At the time, web performance was becoming increasingly important, and I needed a straightforward way to reduce the size of HTML files in my projects. What started as a personal solution has