.NET
Task.WhenAll(taskList)will wait for each of the given tasks to complete. You need to take care about exception handling, though.Task.WaitAny(taskList)will wait for the first completed task.Task.WhenEach(taskList)returns an collection of tasks such that you can use it in a loop:await foreach (var task in Task.WhenEach(taskList). This allows you to get more information about the task including fault states.
The Craziest Feature .NET Released in YEARS
The StringComparer class supports a new option — CompareOptions.NumericOrdering — that allows you to do things like have “07” equal to “7”. Another use case is when you have string values in a collection (e.g., HashSet) that need to be treated numerically. Also, the .Order() method can use a comparer which is useful for comparing things like “Foo 9”, “Foo 10”, “Foo 11” — where “Foo 9” would appear last because ‘9’ > ‘1’.
Leadership
The 4 Types of Thinking Leaders Need to Practice—and Teach
- Expert thinking — deep knowledge in a particular field, developed through years of experience, training, and practice. Useful when you need a quick response based on well-defined rules, and when prior experience/knowledge offers a clear solution.
- Critical thinking — asking why and not accepting things at face value. Useful when experts disagree, traditional approaches don’t solve the problem, and when symptoms keep recurring.
- Strategic thinking — long-term, high-level perspective to imagine what could be. Useful when making decisions with long-term consequences, thinking about the future, and anticipating how things may change.
- Systems thinking — ability to see how different parts interact with and affect each other. Useful for understanding a complex situation, identifying patterns and relationships, and taking account emergent qualities.
Software development
Naming conventions for Git Branches — a Cheatsheet
At my last job, we used a particular convention for branch names. This article shows the more common approach seen in other repositories.
Learn JavaScript Hoisting in 5 Minutes
Functions (and var to some extent) get hoisted (moved) to the top of the file before parsing. Code is executed from top to bottom file-wise.
Technology
The AI Hoax is Destroying America with Ed Zitron
There are way too many points to give this a proper summary (or maybe LLMs could try!). This interview between Adam Conover and Ed Zitron — rather long at over 90 minutes — attempts to explain why AI has been oversold and the reasons behind that (line must go up). One takeaway is that it’s not about using technology to solve problems; it’s about using technology to make money.