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The latest issue of my newsletter is available! It's 100% free to read before the issues are archived, so check it out! 4 Years In Big Tech After Startups #dotnet #csharp #newsletter

4 Years In Big Tech After Startups

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People seem hesitant to learn programming because of math. How much math do YOU do regularly in your coding?

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How do you handle error logging and monitoring in .NET applications? Any favorite tools or services?

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What's the best programming language and why did you pick CSharp?

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Looking for fellow #csharp developers! |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| | Let's #Connect ! | |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / —— | | |_ |_ Lets connect and grow together 💪

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Can I hit 1 bajillion followers today? Looking to #connect with folks interested in: 1. csharp 2. dotnet 3. programming 4. software engineering 5. all things software development 6. caffeine 7. cute pets

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How do you stay up-to-date with the latest .NET Core and C# features? What or who are your favorite resources?

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Software engineers - Have you lived through a successful rewrite? What did it look like?

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How do you approach performance optimization in .NET applications? Any specific tools or methodologies?

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Remote vs in-person for software development? If you've done both, what's been your experience?

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What's your approach to unit testing in .NET? Any preferred frameworks or tools?

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How do you stay up-to-date with the latest .NET Core and CSharp features? What or who are your favorite resources?

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How do you approach database migrations in .NET projects? Any tools or frameworks you prefer?

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Do you use LINQ in your CSharp projects? Any tips that beginners could benefit from? If not, why not?

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How do you secure your .NET applications? Any specific frameworks or practices you follow?

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What's your experience with Entity Framework vs Dapper? Which do you prefer for data access, and why?

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Updated @VisualStudio and I have no intellisense now. I have never felt like I am so incapable of programming in my entire life.

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How do you utilize design patterns in C#? Any particular patterns you find most beneficial?

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Hey #csharp devs, what are you working on currently? Share your repo and/or let us all know what you're building!

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Aside from your IDE, what tool helps your productivity most as a software engineer?

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People seem hesitant to learn programming because of math. How much math do YOU do regularly in your coding?

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Are you building microservices in DotNet? How do you ensure communication and integration between services?

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Can I hit 1 bajillion followers today? Looking to #connect with folks interested in: 1. csharp 2. dotnet 3. programming 4. software engineering 5. all things software development 6. caffeine 7. cute pets

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What are the most exciting upcoming features in .NET and C# that you're looking forward to?

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The only book you need as a software engineer. #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Programming

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Before LLMs: Coding: 3 hours Debugging: 1 hour ... .. . After LLMs: Coding: 3 minutes Debugging: 1 week #ProgrammingHumor #TechLaughts #TechFun

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How do you handle versioning in .NET API development? Any best practices for maintaining backward compatibility?

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What are your thoughts on Blazor for web development? How does it compare to traditional JavaScript frameworks?

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#csharp devs... We're still early? Someone get @ThePrimeagen to retweet this so we can be Tiobe pick for 2024 🥲

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What's your experience with Entity Framework vs Dapper? Which do you prefer for data access, and why?

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- Live Coding in C# - Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft

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How do you secure your .NET applications? Any specific frameworks or practices you follow?

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What's your strategy for managing dependency injection in .NET Core projects?

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What's your experience with .NET MAUI for cross-platform UI development? How does it compare to Xamarin?

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Should developers be experts in one language or decent in many?

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Hey #csharp devs, what are you working on currently? Share your repo and/or let us all know what you're building!

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Do you think TDD is overrated, or do you use it regularly in your development?

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What are your thoughts on Blazor for web development? How does it compare to traditional JavaScript frameworks?

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Programmers, do you have situations where you choose not to write tests? This is in contrast to "not being able to".

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What's been your go-to relational database? PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server... or something else?

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Think of the possibilities... What have we done? #Csharp #Dotnet #Programming

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Last year? You mean... 30 minutes ago? #ProgrammingLife #CodingLife #Memes

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I'm in this picture and I feel attacked. #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Coding

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What do you think? Should coding be a mandatory subject in schools? If so, how early?

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Extremely happy that this course has now launched! Deep Dive: C# is now available on Dometrain and is the PERFECT follow up to Getting Started: C#, also available on Dometrain. Together, they total nearly 11.5 hours of C# learning taking you from never having written a single

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How do you utilize .NET Core for cross-platform development? Any particular challenges or benefits?

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Do you think TDD is overrated, or do you use it regularly in your development?

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Software engineers, how often do you find you're using SQL vs NoSQL solutions for your systems?

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3 mistakes to avoid if you want to improve as a software engineering manager: 1) Still Coding Everything Yourself Guess what? Your responsibilities have grown. Unless your manager explicitly suggests you spend time coding (not unusual at small companies or small teams), you

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What's one piece of technology (hardware or software) that significantly improves your productivity?

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Do you find that you use reflection (explicitly) in CSharp and DotNet? Or avoid at all costs?

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This is the BIG one. The mega list. Read more in this post: #designpattern #designpatterns #programming

The Big List of Design Patterns – Everything You Need to Know

This is the big one! Check out this list of programming design patterns you can leverage in your software development! Understand each design pattern in depth!

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This was one of the coolest things for me: Huge thanks to @shanselman for making the time to sit down and chat with me. I'm going to be on vacation with my wife when I'd normally post this, so I got a head start this weekend and put it up as a premiere.

Be The Luck For Other Software Engineers - Interview With Scott...

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@Diablo I remember doing this last weekend and then "don't worry, it's fixed". And we're to believe the launch won't have the *exact* same problems. I'm baffled how one of the biggest online game makers in history has such problems.

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If you're working in tech, how do you achieve a good work life balance? What tips do you have for others?

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Why do Java developers wear glasses? ... .. . Because they can't C#. #NerdHumor #DevHumor #TechFun

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Why are Microsoft developers always stressed out? ... .. . They're constantly on Edge. #ProgrammerHumor #DeveloperJokes #GeekHumor

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When you go lookin' for trouble... #ProgrammingLife #CodingLife #DevLife

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What's your take? Should senior developers spend more time coding or coaching more junior peers?

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Less Than 30 Lines Of Code - MongoDB with Testcontainers in C# Check out my latest video: Remember to like & subscribe to the channel! #softwareengineering #softwareengineer

Less Than 30 Lines Of Code - MongoDB with Testcontainers in C#

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You've no doubt seen this keyword in CSharp code... Read more in this post: #csharp #dotnet #dotnetcore #coding

What Does yield Do In C#: A Simplified View For Beginners

What does yield do in C#? Explore the benefits of using C# yield keyword with large datasets and best practices for implementation. One more tool to leverage!

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What advice do you have for effectively onboarding new developers to your team and codebase?

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Do you know the basics of xUnit? Facts and theories! In xUnit, we can use a Fact attribute to mark a method as a test method. This allows it to be picked up by the test runner. More interesting examples to be seen beyond that when we look at how we can test Blazor components

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Looking for my software engineering people! |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| | Let's #Connect ! | |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / —— | | |_ |_ Lets connect and grow together 💪

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What's the object-oriented way to become wealthy? ... .. . Inheritance. #CodingJokes #GeekHumor #DeveloperHumor

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Such a tragic love story... #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Programming

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A SQL statement walks into a bar and sees two tables. ... .. . It approaches, and asks "may I join you?" #TechLaughts #TechFun #ProgrammerJokes

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How do you keep up with the fast-paced changes in technology and software development?

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What's your favorite latest C# or dotnet feature, and how has it impacted your development process?

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I don't keep it a secret that this is my favorite design pattern Read more in this post: #CSharp #DotNet #Coding #Programming #DesignPatterns

The Facade Design Pattern in C#: How to Simplify Complex Subsystems

Learn about the Facade design pattern in C# and how it simplifies complex subsystems. Check out these 4 code examples to see how the facade pattern in C# works!

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It sounds like it's worth checking out C# Data Structures and Algorithms by @marcinjamro ! Thanks for the recommendation, @julioc .

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I was not expecting a lot from this book. But I'm pleased I did not skip it. Here's why: 𝗖# 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝘀 by @marcinjamro is the book I wish existed when I was preparing for coding interviews. This book takes each of the key C# data

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I'm basically famous. Let me know if you want my autograph. cc: @nickchapsas @dometrain

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I'm guilty. Who else? #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Programming

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How do you decide between writing custom code or using third-party libraries?

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I'm still learning Blazor, but MAN did this cause me some grief... Read more in this post: #Blazor #ASPNETCore #DotNet #CSharp

Blazor Render Mode – How To Avoid Dependency Injection Woes

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@Diablo These posts are tone deaf. Publish stats on queue time. Publish stats on frequency of this error. Publish stats on how many folks need to force close because the game hangs. Publish stats on ratio of play to queue time. Publish stats on how many comments are about server issues.

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@dreadolph @docsmsft @shanselman It's not too late to delete this... Right?

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I am my own worst enemy. #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #ProgrammingLife

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Thank you for your unwavering support. Maybe I'll write an article on how to install an ad blocker. (FWIW - haven't run ads in months now)

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Was given this on LinkedIn... I'm not trying to start a fight here but... It's funny, right? 🙂

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I Choose THIS Over EF Core - How To Use Dapper in C# Check out my latest video: Remember to like & subscribe to the channel! #softwareengineering #softwareengineer

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Relatable? I know someone with a course on refactoring 😏 #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Programming

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99.42% of coding problems are solved while falling asleep. #ProgrammingMemes #Memes #Programming

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as Core Hosted Service - Configuration Basics! Check out my latest video: Remember to like & subscribe to the channel! #softwareengineering #softwareengineer

Quartz.NET as ASP.NET Core Hosted Service - Configuration Basics!

There's more than one way to set up Quartz.NET in your applications... and that's both good and bad!The good news: You get flexibility!The bad news: What the...

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