.NET “Stop Using if else if else In Your Code!” | Code Cop #005 (via Nick Chapsas) “Stop Using Structured Logging in .NET!” | Code Cop #006 (via Nick Chapsas) Communication A simple way to inspire your team (via TED)…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 42
.NET The Fastest Way to Run Your Tests in .NET (via Nick Chapsas) “Remove Braces From Your Code Now!” | Code Cop #004 (via Nick Chapsas) Braces, although technically not required, visually define a scope. This can happen in single-line…
Deep Rock Galactic Spitball Infectors
A friend of mine has the Deep Rock Galactic board game that comes with multiple figures that can be painted. Here’s a gallery with ~71 pictures. This project took me 9 hours to complete. Things I learned:
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 41
.NET “Don’t Use Fields in C#! Use Properties Instead” | Code Cop #003 (via Nick Chapsas) Nick takes the list of reasons someone prefers private properties instead of fields to explain how those benefits are either incorrect. He goes over…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 40
.NET Why Do Older .NET Developers Hate Modern .NET? (via Nick Chapsas) Mostly misconceptions, and some branding missteps by Microsoft (e.g., .NET Framework vs. .NET Core — it still has “.NET” in the title). The Common Entity Framework Mistake You…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 39
.NET The Best Feature That Is Not Coming to .NET Anymore (via Nick Chapsas) “One Line of Code Means Clean Code!” (via Nick Chapsas) How C# 12 Changes Your .NET Classes Forever (via Nick Chapsas) Hiring How to Evaluate a…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 38
.NET “Stop Using Automapper in .NET!” – LAPD (via Nick Chapsas) The New Way of Calling Your Code in .NET 8 Is INSANE (via Nick Chapsas) AI Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn (via LinkedIn Learning) This…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 37
.NET The “Terrible” Keyword You Didn’t Know C# Had (via Nick Chapsas) Productivity 5 Ways to Actually Move Forward on That Task You’ve Been Avoiding (via HBR)
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 36
.NET Reviewing Bad LinkedIn C# Advice (via Nick Chapsas) The Weirdest Bug Your C# Code Has Right Now (via Nick Chapsas) Comparing arrays involves references by default. You can use IStructuralEquatable and EqualityComparer<object>.Default to compare contents. In the C# code…
Professional Development – 2023 – Week 35
.NET The Secret HttpClient Feature You Need To Use in .NET (via Nick Chapsas) The Smart Way of Using the Decorator Pattern in C# (via Nick Chapsas) Burnout Why We Glorify Overwork and Refuse to Rest (via HBR) This article…