TGIF, software engineers! 🚀 What’s on your weekend agenda: hacking on a side project, leveling up your skills, or unplugging and having some fun? Code, chill, or both? #RockYourCode

Why are most #Microsoft teams still not on Bluesky? Meanwhile, X keeps sinking deeper into the digital sewer. Come on, Microsoft… read the room and get with the program.

Hey Microsoft #Azure, you’re making it nearly impossible to find out why my account is about to be deleted when I still have Azure credits from the Microsoft MVP program. This shouldn’t be this hard. Please help!

To whoever bought one of my books this week, thank you so much! 🙏 You just helped me get a little closer to upgrading to a new #Surface laptop. Your support truly means the world! #MVPBuzz #RockYourCode

Living near San Diego's stunning beaches has gifted me with incredible moments captured on camera! Check out these breathtaking photos from California, Mauritius, Mexico, and more. #BeachLife #Photography #TravelAdventures #SanDiego #Ocean #beaches davidmccarter.wordpress.com/2023/07/19/p...

“Whoever owns the most data will rule the world.” That was my tech prediction decades ago. Today, it’s reality. Here’s what that means for all of us—and how to fight back. #dotNetDave #GeekStory dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/t...

The software community didn’t die—it drifted. But we can bring it back. It's time to stop coding in isolation and rebuild the human side of tech. Connection, mentorship, craftsmanship—it all still matters. Let’s make it matter again. 💻❤️ #DevCommunity dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t...

📢 Calling all developers! 🚀 Don't miss this eye-opening article on the fundamental importance of code quality in software projects. Learn from real-life experiences and discover valuable resources to level up your coding skills. #CodeQuality #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/c...

🚀 Want to speed up counting items in `IEnumerable<T>`? Benchmarking shows `Count()` is the clear winner—69x faster than `Span<T>.Length`! 🔥 Read more on optimizing .NET performance! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/o... #Coding #Performance #MVPBuzz

No, but once I was presented with a complex, broken app and fixed it. I was offered the job but declined as the salary was not enough.

Have you ever taken a coding test for a job where you had to build a solution from scratch under tight time limits? 👉Did you finish it all? 👉How did it go? 👉Did you land the job? Your feedback will help shape an article I’m writing. Let’s connect and share stories!

If I earned a dollar every time I built a project in Visual Studio, I'd be a millionaire! www.zazzle.com/ctrl_shift_b... #dotnet #VisualStudio #programmer #programming

Boost your .NET apps with the power of Spargine's App class! 🚀 Access optimized methods for app info, environment settings, performance tuning, & more. Check out the GitHub repo and NuGet packages to start enhancing your projects today! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/b... #dotNET #MVPBuzz

🚀 Is the term "full-stack developer" still relevant in today's diverse tech landscape? 🤔 I share my insights and alternative perspectives in this article. Check it out! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/t... #Tech #Development #FullStack #RockYourCareer

🚀 Copilot Visual Studio! From slash commands to auto-generated unit tests, see how Copilot is transforming coding workflows. Dive into the details here: dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/06/30/u... #VisualStudio #Copilot #CodeQuality

🚀 Is the term "full-stack developer" still relevant in today's diverse tech landscape? 🤔 I share my insights and alternative perspectives in this article. Check it out! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2020/12/02/t... #Tech #Development #FullStack #RockYourCareer

Well ChatGPT can't even write PowerShell scripts that work! Frustrating!

If Trump gets his way and takes over Greenland is he going to change the name to Goldland? 🤪

💡 Did you know I’ve been breaking down hundreds of Microsoft .NET Code Analysis settings with real-world, in-depth explanations? Before heading to Microsoft Learn, check out my articles — they might save you time (and confusion). Always open to feedback! 👇 bit.ly/DotNetTipsCo... #dotNet #MVPBuzz

🚨 UX Chronicles: The Office That Time Forgot 🚨 Microsoft Office still rules—but the UX is stuck in 2003. Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive… all showing signs of serious neglect. Here’s why it’s time for a rethink! @microsoftofficial #UXChronicles dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/u...

🚀 Simplify file operations in .NET with Spargine’s FileProcessor! Easily copy, and delete files & folders while tracking progress. Boost your productivity today! 💻🔥 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/03/30/b... #dotNET #CSharp #CodingTips #MVPBuzz #Spargine

Microsoft developers! 🚀 Want to iterate over collections efficiently and boost performance? This page is packed with insights to help you write faster code, delight users, and even cut cloud costs. Don't miss out—bookmark it now! 🔥👇 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/c... #MVPBuzz #dotnet

Building Organized and Maintainable Code with Classes Change: Classes are the backbone of .NET applications, enabling developers to create organized, modular, and maintainable code that adheres to OOP principles. #dotnet #MVPBuzz #RockYourCode

🚀 Simplify .NET Benchmarking & Testing with Spargine! Learn how my open-source assembly streamlines real-world data generation. Get details & boost your .NET 8 projects! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/10/06/h... #dotNET #benchmarking #CodeQuality #MVPBuzz #unittesting

Type checking in .NET: What’s best—`GetType()`, `is`, `as`, or `IsAssignableFrom()`? Each has trade-offs in readability and performance. Choose wisely! 🧐 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/c... #dotNET #CodingTips #dotNetTips #MVPBuzz #CodePerformance

Dear Visual Studio, when you are testing features such as exporting Code Metrics to Excel, can you please test on the AWS SDK? It fails every time in VS 2022! www.nuget.org/packages/AWS... #AWS @visualstudio.com

Unzipping a file in Windows that is 284MB (AWS SDK) is nearly impossible! #Windows @microsoft.com

Visual Studio just posted updates to all versions! Guess how many of the issues I reported in this article were fixed? If you guessed ZERO, you are correct! 😕 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/v...

Software engineers, ready to land your dream job? 🚀 The technical interview is your moment to shine, and Rock Your Career: Surviving the Technical Interview is here to help you crush it. Packed with practical advice and proven strategies! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2023/07/10/n...

Building strong foundations in software development requires more than just code. Discover the vital role of data teams in delivering feature-rich, reliable software. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/07/07/b... #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineer

Building strong foundations in software development requires more than just code. Discover the vital role of data teams in delivering feature-rich, reliable software. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/07/07/b... #Tech #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareEngineer

Boost .NET performance by reusing constant arrays! Avoid redundant allocations by storing them as `static readonly` fields instead of passing them as method arguments. Learn how this simple change improved execution speed by 1.34x. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/m... #dotNET #MVPBuzz #CA1861

Oh great, another "AI" recruiter bot trying to call or email me. Just a heads-up: I’m a software engineer—I build the worms that eat bots like yours for breakfast. Proceed at your own risk. #AIBot #JobHunting #Recruiters

Yeah, you never heard back because I don't respond to spam messages. Leave me alone! 🤪 #LinkedIn

New article: File I/O Performance ⚡️🎸 File reads/writes are everywhere—logs, configs, exports—and the wrong .NET API can slow your whole app down. I benchmarked the top sync/async options and shared what to use when. #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/f...

🚀 Boost Your .NET Projects! Managing Windows services & processes doesn’t have to be painful. The Services helper in Spargine makes it simple to list, start, stop, & monitor services. Save time & code smarter! #dotnet #RockYourCode #Spargine dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/10/12/b...

🚀 Tired of HashSet<T> falling apart in multi-threaded .NET code? Boost Your .NET Projects with ConcurrentHashSet<T> from Spargine—thread-safe, familiar API, and built for performance. Details + NuGet here! #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #Spargine dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/b...

🚀 .NET string comparison performance matters! Benchmarking shows `Equals(str, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)` is fastest—`Compare()` is 2,406x slower! Optimize your code & enforce CA1862. 📈🔍 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/m... #dotnet #csharp #performance #MVPBuzz

Do you regularly clean temp & cached files from your computer? If not, the dotNetTips Spargine Dev Tool can help! 🚀 It quickly removes junk files—I've cleared 177+ TB on my dev machine! 💾💨 Get it FREE here: bit.ly/SpargineDevT... #MVPBuzz #VisualStudio #dotnet

Boycott Twitter. Right now. Stop hiding behind the excuse "That's where my customers/followers are". Tell them you're leaving Twitter. Tell them why. And if they won't follow you, you don't need them. Stand up for something.

.NET multi-threading and parallelization are really, really hard. Even when you thought you understood it, you apparently didn't understand it.

Where can I cancel my two weeks free trial of 2026 before the deadline?

I really wish that @visualstudio.com #Copilot could write xml documentation that isn't malformed! I've used different models. Why is this so hard? 😕

#Copilot is amazing… at confidently generating code that’s wrong or doesn’t even compile about 50% of the time. 🤘 Congrats, you’re now supervising an AI like it’s a brand-new grad on day one. Eyes open, folks. 😲 #VisualStudio

Listen up, coders… You wanna make your code scream instead of whimper? Crank it to 11, break the rules that deserve breaking, and head straight to dotNetTips.com. Write it loud. Write it fast. Write it mad. No suits. No nonsense. Just pure rock ’n’ roll code. 🤘 #RockYourCode #Spargine

Exceptions aren’t just errors—they’re communication. 🎤 In this article, I break down ExceptionThrower in Spargine and show how to throw the right exception, every time. Clean code. Strong intent. #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #Spargine dotnettips.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/s...

Geek Humor: Why did the programmer switch from using #Linux to a different operating system? Because navigating Linux was like trying to solve a maze blindfolded – every time they found a path, it led straight to another dead end! #humor #geekhumor #SoftwareDeveloper

Boost your .NET projects with retry logic made easy! Learn how Spargine's ExecutionHelper helps handle transient failures with ProgressiveRetry() & automatic error logging. 💪 Read more! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/b... #dotnet #Spargine #opensource #MVPBuzz

Just updated my aritcle on how I benchmark .NET code. I hope you will check it out. #Spargine #dotnet10 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2022/11/28/b...

🚀 It’s here: Rock Your Code (20th Anniversary, 9th ed.)—my definitive .NET 10 coding standards. Cleaner, faster, more maintainable C# for teams that ship. Get it on Amazon! #dotnet #CSharp #RockYourCode #MVPBuzz #dotnet #dotnet10 bit.ly/CodingStanda...