.NET The Massive Testing Update of .NET 10 You can expose a .NET API to the network to help with UI tests. Apparently there was some issue with getting Playwright to interact with things (he went over this quickly with…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 18
.NET Null is Changing AGAIN in C# and it’s Awesome! The null conditional operator (?.) now works with assignment (e.g., customer?.Age = newAge only makes the assignment if customer is not null. AI AWS re:Invent 2024 – How Principal Financial…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 17
Software engineering LLMs Reduce Development Friction. Is That a Good Thing? The author has solid points about several second order effects of not having an easy-button. Sometimes the reason something is challenging is because a conversation needs to be had…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 16
Career Want to Use AI as a Career Coach? Use These Prompts. This post provides example prompts for the following: career clarity & direction, resume & LinkedIn optimization, job search strategy, interview preparation & salary negotiation, leadership & career growth,…
TMNT Manhole
A friend of mine recently got a 3d printer and wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles item to go on a memorabilia shelf. This took me about 2-3 hours to plan and execute. Here’s a gallery with 25 pictures. Things…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 15
AI Quotation about Discipline from Dr. Malcolm in Jurassic Park I frequently think about this line — the post shows the movie script and original book versions. It feels like we’re so busy trying to use AI for everything —…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 14
Development / Testing Testing In React Tutorial – Jest and React Testing Library (video) An overview of how to render components and interact with them to verify state and behavior. Jest Testing: A Helpful, Introductory Tutorial A separate tutorial that…
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 13
Career How to Build Career Resilience in Uncertain Times
Deep Rock Galactic Mactera Spawn
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 22 pictures. Things I tried / learned:
Professional Development – 2025 – Week 12
.NET You NEED to Update Your Tests in .NET xUnit v3 is available, and it’s listed as a separate package (not just an upgrade) called xunit.v3.