LINQ MindMap: .NET 10 Edition
Very small update - as the work on .NET 10 starts - or better - continues with full force, I did update the LINQ MindMap.
Context-switching is the main productivity killer for developers
I am programmer, interrupted.
.NET 9 Networking Improvements - .NET Blog
Introducing new networking features in .NET 9 including HTTP space, HttpClientFactory, security and more!
Paper Apps™
Paper Apps™ are a fun, smart alternative to screen time. Check out our solo games like DUNGEON and GOLF, as well as gamified tools like TO•DO and NUTRI•TRACK. For the full experience, we recommend grabbing a couple of Pencil Dice as well!
🤯 Hot Reload & Live Preview .NET MAUI Apps WITHOUT Debugging!!! NEW Visual Studio Feature
This new Visual Studio 2022 v17.13 features is absolutely mind blowing enabling you to completely live preview, make edits and changes, and seem updated in your app without having to debug your application at all! This is a crazy new feature that speeds up dev…
Tracking Every Change: Using SaveChanges Interception for EF Core Auditing - Chris Woody Woodruff
Ever wonder who changed what and when in your database? Or maybe you’ve had that “uh-oh” moment where data was updated, but no one knows how? Good news: EF Core has a built-in way to track changes—without modifying every query manually! SaveChanges Interceptio…
[OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt 24.10.0 - First Stable Release
The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first stable release of the OpenWrt 24.10 stable series.
The Most Underrated .NET Feature You Must Use
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C: Planning & Game Design 4 (Category Compilation) #27～#30
In Category C: Planning & Game Design, I talk about topics to consider when coming up with game ideas and mechanics. These are good things to keep in mind when thinking of new game concepts. [Index] 0:00 Opening 0:11 C-27 In-Game Cutscenes 3:11 C-28 Start wit…
the sudoku affair
In 2006, Ron Jeffries wrote a series of posts describing his attempts to build a Sudoku solver. He began by wrapping a class around a simple datatype for the...
.NET MAUI Community Standup - Let Copilot Fix Your XAML
Kunyi Li joins us to share improvements to Copilot for XAML development in .NET MAUI. Community Links: https://www.theurlist.com/maui-standup-feb2025 Featuring: David Ortinau (@davidortinau), Rachel Kang (@therachelkang), and Kunyi Li #dotnetmaui #cop…
Organization Architecture
The importance of organization design on service design and why consumer journey is the key to improve system reliability
Twenty Four Hours
The gradual normalization of Elon Musk's unprecedented power concentration reveals a dangerous erosion of democratic norms. We must confront this reality to preserve our constitutional order.
Installing a Network Rack in My House
After about a month of work I’ve finally finished installing my new network, all contained in an actual network rack. If you want to see what my network was like before this, here is the post Here is a quick before and after: (Router and modem are upstairs. I …
The Corpse Approach
All versions:
An Introduction to Virtual Consensus in Delos — Jack Vanlightly
This is the first of a number of posts looking at log replication protocols, mainly in the context of state machine replication (SMR). This first post will look at a log replication protocol design called Virtual Consensus from the paper: Virtual Consensus …
How come not everyone is an Angel Investor? - Blog - Peter Zaitsev
Personally, I love Angel Investing! Not only does it provide an opportunity for outsized returns (if you’re making good choices) but also, compared to being LP in the early-stage Venture Fund it often allows you to have a direct line to founders, which tends t…
The European Accessibility Act for websites and apps by Martijn Hols
Learn how the European Accessibility Act (EAA) impacts websites and apps, key accessibility requirements, deadlines, and tips to prepare for compliance.
DeepSeek-R1's strong zero-shot performance on agentic tasks
I ran a quick experiment investigating how DeepSeek-R1 performs on agentic tasks, despite not supporting tool use natively, and I was quite impressed by preliminary results. This experiment runs DeepSeek-R1 in a single-agent setup, where the model not only pla…
Summarizing our recommendations for software documentation
Last year, my coworker Suzanne and I got a case study accepted into an ethnography conference! She's an anthropologist by training, and I'm a software engineer. How'd we wind up there?
Understanding Reasoning LLMs
In this article, I will describe the four main approaches to building reasoning models, or how we can enhance LLMs with reasoning capabilities. I hope this p...
The inevitability of the borrow checker
When defining a type in Inko, it's allocated on the heap by default. For example (using the syntax for the upcoming 0.18.0 release):
Programming SDF Animations of Rick and Morty
An interactive guide on making animations on the GPU
Azure DevOps Classic Release Pipelines: Using Task Group Parameters to Control Task Execution
.NET, ASP.NET Core, Visual Studio, Azure, Jaliya Udagedara
Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT
This is a general audience deep dive into the Large Language Model (LLM) AI technology that powers ChatGPT and related products. It is covers the full training stack of how the models are developed, along with mental models of how to think about their "psychol…
Handling MassTransit errors with the Particular Service Platform
**🚀 Exciting Partnership Announcement: MassTransit + Particular Software!** We’re thrilled to announce our new partnership with **Particular Software** to bring top-tier **error management and production monitoring tools** to MassTransit applications! 🎉 …