The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Reminder that Kyle Rittenhouse showed up to a protest like this and Republicans called him a hero

this may not be much, but if anyone needs a website or help updating one for their immigration-related group or cause, especially if you’re in the Midwest, please let me know. I do this for a living. DMs are open

Trump and Stephen Miller are looking for any excuse to use the insurrection act, declare martial law, and crown Trump the puppet king. Peaceful protest enrages them, and they will only get more reckless and bloodier as their power starts to wane. We must continue to stand together. We WILL win

Some awful things happening today, and a lot of video showing what really happened. But a lot of videos that were there an hour or two ago are now gone. If you want to make sure evidence isn't erased, be aware tools like this exist. www.bskydownloader.com

Minnesota, you are making the midwest proud. Being there for your neighbors is an ingrained culture in the northern flyover states. It just what we do. Always. Sometimes that’s showing up with a casserole. Sometimes it’s standing up to a fascist occupying force. Midwest Nice. But Not for ICE.

if people no longer read the code, API is no longer targeting humans, is there still a need for "good API design"? is it still worth the effort to figure out what would be the best for users, instead of the best of ai to understand/use? I don't know.

If you like using 'cd -' in your shell to return to previous directory but are bummed that it is broken in #PowerShell 7 I have a solution for you. But really it's for future me, mostly. Also talks about oh-my-posh and custom $PROMPT stuff. Enjoy. Share. Etc. ardalis.com/use-cd---in-...

Early title screen for Fossil Rush 🦴⛏️ A multiplayer push-your-luck web game in the spirit of Incan Gold. Still super WIP! #gamedev #indiedev #webgamedev

Just learned a bunch about MCP servers and how to use them locally both for dev tasks and internal company functionality on today's devBetter.com coaching call. There's some cool stuff in the Docker MCP toolkit and it's pretty easy to spin up your own MCP server with the #dotnet new templates.

Did you notice that the "What's new in F# 10" page is longer than the "What's new in C# 14" page? #justTrolling #dotnet #fsharp #csharp learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet... learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet...

Here we go! #dotnet

Got zombies 🧟 and ghosts 👻 as your messaging monsters? 😱 Kyle posts on how to fight them using the Outbox pattern as well as #NServiceBus! 📨 Vanquish these monsters TODAY! 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/messaging-monsters-zombies-ghosts-outbox/

It may seem impossible to have hope in these turbulent days But America has been through much worse, and recovered-every time The Civil War The Great Depression World Wars I and II The Civil Rights era So don’t give up Stay engaged Support one another We will get through this And we will win

Excited to give Composer a try. Cursor 2.0 is out now cursor.com/blog/2-0

If you're wanting more NServiceBus content, we have plenty to offer in our series. Check it out here: https://blog.nimblepros.com/series/nservicebus/

Working with #NServiceBus and need to deal with cross-cutting concerns? 🤔 A behavior lets you inspect, enrich, validate, measure, or enforce policies without touching every handler. 💡 Learn more: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/messaging-middleware-nservicebus-behaviors/

Celebrating the fifth anniversary of installing solar panels on our church. We produce as much power as is used in 5 homes each year, save money, and provide clean power at a discount to a non-profit partner through community solar. So much winning!

righteous gemstones was a documentary

Have you ever been playing a game and realized that the skills you use in gaming may also apply to your work? 🤔 Sadukie blogs about some thoughts on leadership skills learned while playing games. 🎲🎮 Check it out here: blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/level-... #gaming #SoftwareDevelopment #leadership

😵 There are a lot of different tools out there to allow you to manage complicated applications and the infrastructure that you need to develop them. 💡 Barret shares thoughts on why you should consider .NET Aspire for this: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/net-aspire-why-we-should-consider-it/

Good morning with good news: CA's solar & wind generated more than 50% of CA's electricity for 3 consecutive months! CA is world's 4th largest economy. 2025: April (51.8%), May (52.4%) & June (51.2%) 2015: April (21.2%), May (23.2%) & June (19.5%) S&W 3X in GWh from June 2015-June 2025 #energysky

📦 Announcing NuSeal A library to protect your NuGet packages with custom licensing! NuSeal provides the infrastructure for creating and validating licenses. It validates the licenses during build time. #dotnet #csharp github.com/fiseni/NuSeal

Missed our .NET Aspire webinar yesterday? We've got you covered! All of our past webinars are available on our YouTube channel in the Webinars playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9aiMUEQ7sc95nU_KsTK4wh1gmJhlk35q #TechTraining

ArgumentOutOfRangeException? A more descriptive exception could be DepositAmountMustBePositiveException. 💰 Learn how to do this in C# in this post from Scott: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/the-value-of-custom-exceptions/ #dotnet #exceptions

This was a fun topic to write about because the evolution of the sample through murky "plumbing code" to a concise semantically meaningful messaging handler is something I've experienced in real world projects. I'm happy to share that 🪄magic 🪄 with others as I explore the Unit of Work pattern.

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This was a fun topic to write about because the evolution of the sample through murky "plumbing code" to a concise semantically meaningful messaging handler is something I've experienced in real world projects. I'm happy to share that 🪄magic 🪄 with others as I explore the Unit of Work pattern.

Networks hiccup, databases time out, and that AI agent you’ve been using seems to hallucinate more each day 🤖. Kyle write about how you can use NServiceBus' features to recover from messaging failures. ⬇️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/recoverability-with-nservicebus/ #NServiceBus

In a distributed system, ensuring that messages are delivered reliably and consistently can be challenging. 😩 With system failures, messages can be lost or not processed correctly. 💥 Learn how the Outbox pattern can help: https://deviq.com/design-patterns/outbox-pattern #DevIQ #DesignPatterns

The Outbox design pattern is a messaging pattern that can be used to ensure data consistency and reliability in distributed systems. 👀 Learn more about how you can work with this using C#: https://deviq.com/design-patterns/outbox-pattern #OutboxPattern #DesignPatterns #DevIQ

GPT-5 is now available in VS Code 🚀 github.blog/changelog/20...

Need an example of how to work with NServiceBus? We have our eShopOnNServiceBus for that! In this blog post, Sadukie explains the different resources we have configured in our .NET Aspire setup for this repo! Learn more: https://bit.ly/3UPNxRb #dotnetAspire #NServiceBus

Have you heard of .NET Aspire but aren't sure how it'll help you? It makes it easy to containerize apps and their dependencies! Be sure to check out Barret Blake's .NET Aspire talk at #CincyDeliver! https://www.cincydeliver.org/Sessions/Details/5530#CincyDeliver #dotnet #DistributedApps

i helped Sarah update some Aspire things yesterday in prep for her NService Bus webinar today - it's open to the public! in like 45 min! www.youtube.com/live/YWHY09R...

▶️ LIVE NOW - Sadukie is presenting our webinar on "A Lap Around NServiceBus" on our YouTube channel! Check it out here: https://youtube.com/live/YWHY09R46m4 #SoftwareArchitecture #NServiceBus

Great topic! Check out this post for considerations you should be aware of when designing distributed systems

Working with Ardalis.Result and want to convert the result to a different type? In this blog post, @KyleMcMaster.com covers the Map method in Ardalis.Results: https://bit.ly/4d07jkK #SoftwareDevelopment

Explore allocation-free alternatives to LINQ's GroupBy in #dotnet 👇 fiseni.com/posts/alloca...

Importantly, two things in life are now free: 1. A DeepSeek model you can run on your machine 2. Michael Bay's Pain and Gain youtu.be/-SPReZarVsM

Confused by AuthN vs AuthZ? Not even sure what these abbreviations are? Not sure where OAuth fits in all of this? Sadukie recaps our "Auth Talk" webinar in this post: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/all-things-auth/ #AuthN #AuthZ #OAuth

⌚Timeouts can be used to trigger a message to be sent to the saga after a specified period of time. Kyle McMaster talks about saga timeouts in this blog post: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/supercharged-sagas-timeout-tips/ #NServiceBus #SoftwareDevelopment

🚀 OAuth 2.1 is coming! What's changing? ✅ PKCE is now required for all clients ✅ Implicit Flow is deprecated ✅ Enhanced security for mobile apps Learn more in this month's webinar: https://mailchi.mp/nimblepros/auth-talk-webinar #OAuth #security

Beyond excited to learn some new things and connect with others in the community tomorrow at #StirTrek! ⚡️

Some recent baking experiences led Sadukie to blog about #UX lessons seen in the kitchen. From moist content to visual consistencies to how surface level fixes can't fix fundamental flaws, these are some of the points she makes. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3GzmWnK

In this article, Kyle McMaster introduces us to sagas, or long-running processes that maintain state, and the workflow that NServiceBus uses for them. https://bit.ly/3X0fbf1 #NServiceBus #Sagas #DesignPatterns #SoftwareDevelopment

If you build #dotnet apps and like saving money, you should check this out. *Limited time only. Limit one per customer. Not available in all states. Some side effects may occur. Talk to your doctor before starting a new training routine.

We're running a Spring Sale on our courses and bundles on NimblePros Academy! Between now and May 5, get 30% off individual courses and 20% off bundles using the promo code SPRING30 at checkout. Get your courses today at https://academy.nimblepros.com #TechTraining

Want to run GitHub Pages locally but don't want to install Ruby on your machine? Sadukie has you covered in this blog post and video! https://bit.ly/3EBV8ym #GitHubPages #devContainers

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.