Muhammad Rehan Saeed

Software Developer at Microsoft, Open Source Contributor and Blogger

Exporting Open Telemetry Data to Jaeger

How to optimally export Open Telemetry metrics, logs, and traces for .NET to Jaeger.

Posted 11 February - 3 min read

Open Telemetry for ASP.NET Core

The basics of how to configure Open Telemetry metrics, logs, and traces for ASP.NET Core and export the traces.

Posted 1 February - 3 min read

Open Telemetry .NET .NET Core ASP.NET Core Metrics Logging Tracing Distributed Tracing Span Activity

Deep Dive into Open Telemetry for .NET

How to use the Open Telemetry specification, tools and SDK's used to instrument, generate, collect, and export telemetry data (metrics, logs, and traces) using .NET and ASP.NET.

Posted 19 January - 10 min read

Open Telemetry .NET .NET Core ASP.NET Core Metrics Logging Tracing Distributed Tracing Span Activity Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Muhammad Rehan Saeed: Developer at Microsoft | Leonardo Tuna Podcast

I did a fun podcast episode with Leonardo Tuna. We talked about the difficulty of getting a job at Microsoft, some of my work there, JavaScript frontend frameworks, Vue vs React and my interesting experiences writing software for education at Bridge International Academies.

Posted 30 November 2020 - 1 min read

.NET ASP.NET Vue React Microsoft Bridge International Academies

Automating .NET Security Updates

.NET SDK updates are released every few weeks. In this post, I talk about how you can automate them.

Posted 23 September 2020 - 3 min read

.NET .NET SDK GitHub Actions Azure Pipelines AppVeyor

The Fastest NuGet Package Ever Published (Probably)

The fastest way to create a new NuGet package project and get it published with all the bells and whistles like continuous integration (CI) builds and drafted release notes.

Posted 8 July 2020 and updated 7 days ago - 6 min read

NuGet GitHub GitHub Actions .NET Boxed

The Easiest Way to Version NuGet Packages

Using MinVer is the easiest way to version your NuGet packages and DLL's using semantic versioning (SemVer).

Posted 1 July 2020 - 5 min read

.NET NuGet MinVer Semantic Versioning

Racism in Software Development & Beyond

If you're of North African, Middle Eastern or South Asian origin, you have to send up to 90% more job applications than your white counterparts in the United Kingdom. This level of discrimination has been unchanged since the 1960's.

Posted 12 June 2020 - 5 min read

Racism Black Lives Matter Curriculum Vitae (CV)