Chris's coding blog

I'm Chris Small, a software engineer working in London. This is my tech blog. Find out more about me via Github, Stackoverflow, Resume

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C# and web 'vibe coding' in 2025

Andrej Karpathy coined Vibe Coding in 2025, this is my experience of LLM-assisted coding to date.

Midjourney prompts examples

Midjourney is an AI tool for generating images. This post shows midjourney prompt examples for a coffee cup image.

Converting PFX to PEM files in .NET Core

How to convert your the PFX files you generated on Windows into PEM files, and then use these in .NET core. This includes PFX files that are password protected.

Public key crytography glossary of terms for .NET Core developers

A small glossary of terms for public key crytography including PFX, PCKS, cert and pem files.

SSL and Public private key (PEM/X509) cryptography by example in .NET Core

Examples in C# of how to load PEM,CER files in .NET Core to encrypt, decrypt, sign and verify your data