Thoughts on Web Development

Learn how to integrate IndexNow in ASP.NET Core to notify Bing and other search engines about new, updated, or deleted pages instantly. This guide explains what IndexNow is, its pros and cons, and includes a full C# service example with configuration tips. Speed up page discovery and improve your website’s SEO freshness.

Learn how to dynamically update XML web.config and JSON appsettings.json values in Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines using variable substitution. This guide covers both YAML and GUI pipelines, shows how to set variables via PowerShell, and explains where to place tasks for BuildDate and DeploymentDate updates for smooth, automated config management.