This feels like the right time to nudge people towards Skool if you feel the same as Kelsey articulates here. I run a couple of communities over there, am a member of many more, and can honestly say I've formed more new friendships in 5 months on Skool than I ever did spending time on social media.

Blazor Server Reconnection Gets an Upgrade in .NET 10 by @jonhilton.net jonhilton.net/blazor-serve... #aspnetcore #blazor

Testing using GitHub's Spec Kit to create a spec for a small project I'm working on. As part of this it created some test content (basically markdown files with text and optional video links). Interesting choice of test video there Claude...

Discover a key update in #dotnet 10 that improves local development! 🔥 In this blog post, we explain how a new TLS certificate and unique local domains can solve cookie conflicts and better mimic production environments. duende.link/arbgu89 #aspnetcore #security

Well thanks a lot Storage Sense…

Set out to do a super quick proof of concept using .NET Aspire this morning. 3 hours later I'm nearly ready to give it a go! Where did the 3 hours go? Faffing about trying to get logged in to the correct MS accounts and directories in VS and Azure so I can deploy the damn thing… 😩

I started building web apps when I was 16, in my bedroom. The first site I ever built was, objectively terrible (works with Netscape Navigator!) But I learned so much. The fundamentals of HTML, how to write copy, marketing (sharing the site with others, in forums etc.)

.NET 10 Preview Release 6 Tackles #Blazor Server’s Lost State Problem www.telerik.com/blogs/net-10... by @jonhilton.net

I credit these two with many of the successes I've enjoyed in the last 9 or so years… @alexhillman.com and @amy.stackingthebricks.com Tomorrow, Dev Builders community members get to ask them anything about building and marketing their 'thing', and I can't wait!

Very excited to be hosting Alex Hillman and Amy Hoy for a live QnA in Dev Builders later this week… Excited/nervous!😅

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If you're integrating AI into your web applications it can be a pain to write all the code to switch between different LLMs and models. So far I'm finding Microsoft's AI Extensions provide a useful level of abstraction to minimise that problem. jonhilton.net/ai/

Is it now possible to automate testing your web app with a single prompt? Playwright MCP opens up some interesting possibilities for having AI figure out how to test your app. But the real value comes when you turn that into a repeatable spec... youtu.be/n6F4ZsIth9c

I ran a quick experiment to see how GitHub Copilot (agent mode) handled creating the UI for a new feature in a Blazor app… jonhilton.net/humans-vs-ai/

Good code is good code. Whether you write it, or your LLM does… Separation of concerns, high cohesion, low coupling, all matter just as much today as they ever did.

OK who's using AI for building apps primarily built on an MS stack? Thinking Blazor, C# etc. Conventional wisdom is that it's much more useful for JS (and especially React etc.) What's your experience?

Something I think we're going to lean into, more and more, in this new era of AI… Human connection. I'm just back from meeting, in Germany, 17 people, who I didn't know a month ago. All met on Skool… An incredible, humbling couple of days that AI can't beat...

Notable Blazor Improvements in the Early .NET 10 Previews by @jonhilton.net‬ www.telerik.com/blogs/notabl... #aspnetcore #blazor

Not sure when to refactor your component down into smaller components? Check the number of parameters (Blazor) or props (React, Svelte etc.) How many are there, are they all relating to the same thing? Lots of tangentially related props - Your component may be doing too much.

You know that page in your app? The one that's grown pretty big, has lots of conditional logic and fields. That you find yourself spending a lot of time working in. It probably needs breaking down into smaller components. jonhilton.net/refactor-to...

DevScribe just went live in the Kit App Store. If you're sending emails and want to include code snippets, DevScribe will make sure they look great in your reader's inbox. Markdown > Email Friendly HTML (and now integrated right into Kit's email editor) devscribe.email

I thought I was quite a patient person. Then I had kids…

Forget Test Driven Development. I practice Worry Driven Development. It's where you feel that gnawing sense of dread, and mania, as you spend hours trying to make your code work. All the time doubting your right to call yourself a developer. Try it! You'll never look back.

Once, when working as IT technician for my local college, I broke the entire college's Internet, attempting an ISDN router firmware upgrade. It took 2 days for the replacement to arrive. What sticks in your mind as an "oh crap" moment, where it dawned on you what you'd done?!

Some time back I heard someone offer this advice about delivering technical talks. It really helps to move between broader context, code, diagrams… in your talk, to help people process what you're sharing. The same goes for writing in my experience…

Side-by-side releases are so much better than they used to be, and yet I still feel a pang of fear when I decide to give .NET Preview releases 'a go' on my main dev machine 🤦 #blazor #risktaker #lifeontheedge

How to Capture User Input Using #Blazor Forms telerik.com/blogs/how-ca... by @jonhilton.net

Running a SaaS? How do people discover your product? 🔍 Social media, paid ads, articles… What's working for you? #saas #indiehackers #marketing

If you're building a SaaS/App there are two questions you really need to have an answer for. What problem are you solving? Who for? The problem is the reason someone will buy your thing. The who gives you the language to use, and where to find your customers.

Stuck trying to figure out what to write in your blog posts/social posts/newsletters? Look for problems. Problems you've run into. Problems your colleagues have experienced. Problems you see people talking about online. Help people with their challenges.

Writing for developers? Here's a blueprint ☑️ Start with a problem ☑️ Outline the broader context (why it matters, where it fits) ☑️ Explore solution (code, reframing, mindset shift) ☑️ Cover problems they'll run into ☑️ Tie it back to the context ☑️ End with summary/next steps

Woop, DevScribe has been approved for the Kit App Store. Now to come up with a date to go live.

Auth, bloody auth… Spent most of the weekend ripping out auth for devscribe.email and integrating with Clerk. What are you using for auth, how have you found it to work with, would you recommend it? #softwaredevelopment #coding #developers

A trap I've noticed a lot of my developer friends falling into is starting to build a SaaS/App/Thing as the first step in starting a new venture. But the landing page is where the real work happens. Because to create that you have to know who you're serving, and what problem you solve. Right?

OK developers, who's currently building (or has built) a SaaS or similar? Would love to know what you're building, what challenges you've run into along the way etc. #dev #devlife #coding

OK developers, who's currently building (or has built) a SaaS or similar? Would love to know what you're building, what challenges you've run into along the way etc. #dev #devlife #coding

Is there merit in using AI as a kind of 'black box' to add new capabilities to your Blazor web app? Steve Sanderson discussed going "beyond chat" in a recent @dotnetrocks.bsky.social episode. But how do you actually make calls to an LLM from Blazor? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEq9... #blazor

Add friction if you want to do something less. Reduce or remove friction if you want to do something more. jonhilton.net/friction/

Add friction if you want to do something less. Reduce or remove friction if you want to do something more. jonhilton.net/friction/

'Fantastic servant' Wheeler leaves Wycombe - www.bbc.com/sport/footba... 👀 #salop

I'm not doomscrolling, you are...

A superpower for programmers... Learning to sit comfortably with uncertainty, when the path is unclear and you don't have all the answers. Gather evidence, assess the situation, iterate. Sooner or later the next step becomes clear.

The Call for Speakers for reconnectconference.co.uk is open. Come and spend July 4th on the South Coast of UK, and perhaps stay the weekend on the beach afterwards. @chrissainty.com @jonhilton.net @danclarke.com @rendle.dev @carlcod.es @petecodes.co.uk @jonskeet.uk docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Launched the new version of my blog this week. Spent ages updating some older posts to have proper syntax highlighting etc. But hey, if someone stumbles upon my blog while tracking down a very specific issue with a framework that was abandoned in 2010, I can sleep easy knowing they'll be helped!

Strong Monday morning vibes this Tuesday morning. Kids back at school, time to try and remember what it is I do for a living...

My wish for the new year, for all of us. A little more “we’re in this together” Turning the dial away from self focus, and more towards helping and caring for others.

Well that was, something... Found an old VHS video from my primary school days of my classmates and I prancing about in period costume. Overwhelming nostalgia seeing my 9 year old self. 1991 seems a very long time ago all of a sudden…

.NET 9 improves #JavaScript module importing for #Blazor jonhilton.net/import-js-mo... by @jonhilton.net

Finally! Improved #Blazor Server reconnection UX jonhilton.net/blazor-serve... by @jonhilton.net

Something I've been thinking about quite a bit recently... feedback loops and their impact on software development. It feels like shorter feedback loops are a key differentiator of successful projects. Conversely, long feedback loops are kryptonite, and to be avoided at all costs.