Blog Posts

A quick recap of my October speaking tour that spanned continents and five different developer conferences.

Using the latest .NET tools, you can easily run simple console applications anywhere dotnet is installed! To demonstrate, I created an ardalis CLI that you can run by just running dnx ardalis in your terminal.

Learn why using int for timeouts and delays causes bugs, and discover two simple patterns to make your code more explicit and maintainable.

Join Steve Smith (Ardalis) at 5 major developer conferences in October 2025 across 3 countries. Sessions on Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, microservices, and modular monoliths. Includes JetBrains.NET Days, …

Learn how to merge multiple MP4 video files into one seamless file on Windows using FFmpeg with lossless quality.

Want those slick terminal icons and glyphs you keep seeing in screenshots? Here's the definitive guide to getting Nerd Fonts and terminal icons working with PowerShell 7 and Windows Terminal on Windows 11.

In the early 2000s, US companies jumped on the offshoring bandwagon as a panacea for increasing dev and IT costs. Many came to regret this decision. GenAI tools are in a similar position to rapidly produce software at …

Developers and teams can use investment-inspired thinking to manage the risks and rewards of GenAI and vibe coding tools.

A new major version of the Ardalis Specification library has been released.

A (late) review of 2024 and all the things I did and learned.