Bob Davidson.dev

Reading La Peste

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Thoughts on reading La Peste, a custom AI language study agent, and learning French.

Tabs from other devices (2025-05)

Thu, 5 May 2025 22:00:00 GMT

What I've been reading recently: May of 2025 edition.

Working in Seasons

Sun, 19 Nov 2024 22:00:00 GMT

I like to work in "seasons" as much as I can. This is what I mean by that.

Tabs from other devices (2024-06)

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:00:00 GMT

What I've been reading recently: June of 2024 edition.

SQL Profiling in Optimizely CMS 12

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:00:00 GMT

A relatively quick introduction to some simple tools to get you started in performance profiling in Optimizely CMS (or other ASP.NET applications).

Tabs from other devices (2024-05)

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:00:00 GMT

What I've been reading recently: May of 2024 edition.

Say hello to 2B2D

Sun, 19 Nov 2023 22:00:00 GMT

A quick introduction to 2B2D, my home-grown game engine, and the concepts contained there-in.

2B2D - My homegrown 2D game engine

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 22:00:00 GMT

2B2D is a very simple 2D-only game engine heavily inspired by Bevy, written in Typescript, rendered in WebGPU, with no dependencies.

Journaling as a Management Tool

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT

How I supplement my workflow with a mix of technology, process, and habit through daily journaling.

Events and Scheduled Jobs in Optimizely CMS 12

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 22:00:00 GMT

A lengthy introduction to content events and building scheduled jobs in Optimizely CMS 12.

Working with Content in Optimizely CMS

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:00:00 GMT

An introduction to working with content objects, content APIs, and avoiding some common stumbling blocks for people who are new to the CMS platform.

Rendering Content in Optimizely CMS

Sat, 23 Jul 2022 22:00:00 GMT

A brief (hour long) introduction to several basic ways to render content in Optimizely CMS 12, including rendering pages via a controller, blocks via a controller, blocks via the template coordinator, and page partials via the template coordinator.

Content Modeling in Optimizely CMS

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

A discussion about what content and content modeling actually are from a conceptual point of view, followed by a brief introduction into making content types for the CMS.

Optimizely CMS Site Project Setup

Sun, 01 May 2022 22:00:00 GMT

I revamp my old series on building Episerver (now Optimizely CMS) sites from the ground up.

Content References in XhtmlString Properties

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:00:00 GMT

XHtmlString properties are more than just HTML, they include HTML, internal links to content, embedded blocks, personalization, and more. Here I take a brief look at the internals of XhtmlString properties and the fragments that make them.

Advent of Code

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Another year, another failed attempt. Actually, I completed all of the puzzles this year, just a month and a half late. Like last year, I kept a dev diary of sorts. Unlike last year, I did all the puzzles in C#.

This Site (BobDavidson.dev)

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:00:00 GMT

If you're wondering how this site is built and deployed, wonder no more. I've published the source code on Github. There's not actually much interesting here (except maybe the Gulp file that builds everything), but perhaps someone will find something useful here.

Advent of Code 2020

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:00:00 GMT

Another year and another attempt at Advent of Code. Once again, I did not finish, though I made it slightly farther than before (day 15). And once again I tried it in Rust. You can read my development diary as I worked through the syntax and logic. I've not used systems languages much, but I've had much greater success with Rust than I have any other systems language. It's not quite ready to be a part of my day job, but I see why it has such buzz.

Playing with Godot Game Engine

Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:00:00 GMT

I started playing around a bit with Godot, following some tutorials and building a very rough, proof-of-concept side-scrolling platformer. In the Github repo, you can find all my files and read through my development diary as I tried to figure out just what the heck I was doing. Overall, though, I'm extremely impressed with how polished Godot is, and how quickly a person can get up and running.

Episode 1 | On Page Editing Meta Properties

Sun, 06 Dec 2020 22:00:00 GMT

I show one technique to make metadata and otherwise non-visible page properties more user-friendly for on-page editing in Episerver.

Episode 6 | Encoding

Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:00:00 GMT

I show one technique to make metadata and otherwise non-visible page properties more user-friendly for on-page editing in Episerver.

Episode 5 | Deconstructing Enumerators

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT

In which we answer the questions: how do `foreach` loops work? How do `yield return` statements work? We look at the C# compiler actually generates (more or less) in these cases.

Episode 4 | Homebuilt CMS Deep Dive

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT

In which we explore a home-built, makeshift content management system. Thanks to John for letting us examine and critique his code!

Episode 3 | Broken Keyboard Code Challenge

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT

In which we solve a code challenge (being intentionally naive), and then refactor the solve.

Episode 2 | Gated Content Form

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT

In which we look at a made-up gated content form controller in MVC.

Episode 1 | Comment Approval

Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:00:00 GMT

In which we look at a made-up function that adds/publishes comments to a page in a Content Management System.