7 February 2025

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On .NET Live - Build Faster, Optimize Smarter!

In a competitive landscape where user expectations are ever-increasing, successful organizations must deliver applications that are both high-performing and resilient from the start. In this week's episode, Microsoft employees Jan Kalis, Rigel Carlson, and Sal…

What are some built-in accessibility features in .NET MAUI?

#DidYouKnow that NET MAUI is built to be accessible right out of the box? That's right, from the moment you launch your .NET MAUI app, accessibility is ON! In this #OneDevQuestion, Rachel Kang shares a few tips to enhance it even further. Learn more: https://…

Back in the studio and coding with C#

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Build a SIMPLE Role-Based Auth System in .NET (from scratch)

Want to master Clean Architecture? Go here: https://bit.ly/3PupkOJ Want to unlock Modular Monoliths? Go here: https://bit.ly/3SXlzSt Get the source code here: https://www.patreon.com/milanjovanovic Learn how to implement a robust role-based authorization syst…

Asdf Has Been Re-Written in Golang

Over the last year I’ve rewritten asdf in Go. I’m excited to announce that the rewrite was released last Wednesday as asdf version 0.16. …

Stronger Than Ever: How We Turned a DDoS Attack Into a Lesson in Resilience

Operating an online service like Report URI, it comes with the territory. The ever present threat of attack is something we are fully aware of, and prepare for as best we can. Being the regular subject of attacks, mostly handled by our robust systems and autom…

A Gentle Introduction to LLMs for Platform Engineers

Things change quickly in the land of technology. AI is the “hot” thing. I feel for the platform engineers out there struggling with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio, ArgoCD, Zipkin, Backstage.io, and many many others. Those things are al…

Why Developer Relations Matters

Developer Relations is a key part of any software company's growth strategy. Let's talk about how to build a successful DevRel program.

Prompting Patterns: The Clarification Pattern

The more I use ChatGPT and develop software using LLM APIs, the more I realize that context is essential for LLMs to provide high-quality answers. When I use ChatGPT and receive unsatisfactory...

Making Reactive Datatypes in 200 lines of Nim

Sigil becomes more than a name Sigils now supports first-class reactive data types! I wish I could say it was a grueling undertaking, but it wasn’t. Thanks to the core of Sigil’s being signals and slots along with Nim’s superb meta-programming it was...

String vs &str

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Costly Moments: Where “Move Fast” Fails

The tech industry glorifies speed. Yet moving fast all the time will inevitably result in more damage than good. Some decisions, especially in tech, can be reversed easily. Others will haunt you fo…

My website has been gaslighting you

I have a confession to make. You probably sensed it, but weren’t able to articulate what was happening. Your loved ones think you’re losing your grasp on reality. For the last six months I’ve been incrementally changing the color scheme on my website every sin…

The future belongs to idea guys who can just do things

There, I said it. I seriously can't see a path forward where the majority of software engineers are doing artisanal hand-crafted commits by as soon as the end of 2026. If you are a software engineer and were considering taking a gap year/holiday this year it w…

Screening software engineers in the LLM era

The game has changed. It used to be about identifying promising candidates. Now it feels like identifying humans. Too many messages sound the same. They ...

From Microsoft to TikTok: Your Rude Questions Answered!

Dave and Glen answer the best of more than 8000 comments about the Deepseek R1 episode! Free Sample of my Book on the Spectrum: https://amzn.to/3zBinWM Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire: https://amzn.to/3WNDDkJ Watch ShopTalk Now on Dave's Attic: https://…