Writing Efficiently
Writing efficiently lets you get more done in less time. Write with the audience and your intended effect in mind, and adjust your length and style to the medium you're using.
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Improving Method and Function Clarity
When you look at a method or function, it should have a name that describes what it does. Naming things is hard but important, and probably the most important thing you can do when you design a method or function is give …
Prioritizing and Microservices
A common requirement for back end systems is to be able to prioritize requests. With a small number of moving pieces, a simple prioritization system works fine. But things grow more complicated when a full microservices …
C# Generics Best Practices
C# Generics have been around since 2005, but a few new features have been added over the years, along with a bunch of built-in classes that leverage the feature. This article provides an overview of my latest Pluralsight …
What If Product Owners Reported to Dev Teams?
In most organizations, if there's a Product Owner, the dev team is generally subservient to it and charged with building whatever the Product Owner comes up with. That's not to say they aren't often " on the same team", …
VS Code Disable Logging Loading Symbols
When you run a VS Code dotnet app by default it will add a bunch of noise to the console about loading symbols. I got tired of searching for how to disable this over and over again so here's a quick tip on this article.
Use AutoHotKey to Paste Text as Typing
Sometimes, especially when recording but also occasionally to get around website password-paste-protections, it's helpful to paste from your clipboard and have the text appear with a delay between each character as if it …
GitHub Fetch Upstream Branch
A key feature of GitHub is the ability to work repositories in order to contribute back to them. Until recently, there was no built-in way to keep a fork up to date with its upstream source repository. Now, there's …
Simple Systems and Gall's Law
When it's time to build that big new system to replace the aging old one, consider Gall's Law and the benefit of frequent feedback and evolutionary development.
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