Coworker reminded me of this fantastic 25-year-old article from Joel Spolsky. Article as poignant today as it was then. Just maybe not the bit about floppy disks :). www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/t...

📢 Speakers & sessions for NOVA Code Camp 2025 are now live! Hoping you can join us Oct 18 in Reston, VA for a full day of learning, networking, and coding energy. Check out all the awesome speakers and sessions and grab your spot now. Attendance is free, but spots are limited: novacodecamp.org

I've started concluding all initial agent mode queries with "Any questions before you begin?". It's been a game changer for quality output. Claude Sonnet 4 in particular asks some *really* good clarifying questions that it would otherwise just guess at.

Mermaid chart rendering! Nicely done `Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 September Update`

If you aren't so familiar with Agent Mode, MCP's, or Copilot Coding Agent, you should come to my talk tonight at Hot Topics, will be fun: www.meetup.com/hot-topics-d...

📢 Call for Speakers is NOW OPEN! Northern Virginia Code Camp is happing Oct 18, 2025, and is looking for local developer led technical sessions. Whether you're a first‑time speaker or a seasoned pro, we’d love your contributions! Submit your topic today: novacodecamp.org

📢 I'm so excited to announce the Fall 2025 Northern Virginia Code Camp is happening! Please save the date: Oct 18, 2025. Call for speakers opens this Friday, Aug 1. Please help share the great news. novacodecamp.org

I think I'm finally getting the hang of using CoPilot Agent Mode to do real-world non-prototype coding. Specificity is critical. Now though I'm now struggling with how much detail is too much and whether hand-coding would be less effort. Any opinions?

I am honored to have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the 5th year. It's a privilege to be a part of such a vibrant and passionate community. Thank you to everyone who makes this journey so meaningful.

Finally getting around to trying Cursor, but I can't create an account, keep getting this error. Anyone else experienced this issue or have a workaround?

I'm so excited that @consultwithgriff.com is driving up from Virginia Beach to present to the CapArea User Group tonight. If you're in the Northern VA / DC area you should absolutely swing by and say hi: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

In case you missed @thesoftwarementor.com 's awesome presentation at CapArea.NET on Type Driven Design a couple of weeks ago it is now live and you should totally check it out: youtu.be/JIf-jVYPZCQ

Looking forward to speaking at Hampton Roads .NET Users Group with @consultwithgriff.com tomorrow night. If you're in the Virginia Beach area come on by! www.meetup.com/hampton-road...

Oh dude, this is awesome! Implemented numeric sorting on current project less thoroughly and less efficiently. C# 10 may not be ready, but wish I'd known about github.com/tompazourek/... sooner.

This is one of the best talks, I've watched it 3-4 times and always get something new. tldr "if it's hard to test it's probably a design issue", but check it out, Michael Feathers is awesome vimeo.com/15007792

youtube.com/watch?v=ZTPr... Fascinating! Number of surprises there for me including Pascal’s early popularity, Java’s precipitous recent decline and C#’s consistency over time.

Started generating e-mails to difficult family members using ChatGPT like "Craft something in the spirit of Dale Carnegie's Win Friends and Influence People". omg, it works beautifully. Also, canvas is awesome.

ICYMI just published @jasonbock.net 's Modern C# CapArea.NET presentation. So many great tips and tricks, even for seasoned C# pro's, highly recommend: youtu.be/_vo_MVcba7g

Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts on May 19th in Seattle by Tom Warren. https://www.theverge.com/news/606387/microsoft-build-conference-may-19th-seattle #devconference #msbuild #build2025 #microsoft #ai #dotnet #visualstudio #techevents

Gonna be 🔥, hope to see you tonight!

Peer reviewed, quality focused work is as important in PR’s as it is in journalism, that’s why I’m a proud Washington Post subscriber.

Great read. An awesome framework for any big go/no-go decision. Article gifted: wapo.st/40FrRKf

❤️ Traces in the Aspire Dashboard ❤️ The more I use this feature the more I wonder how I ever lived without this level of observability. e.g. Watching durations of SQL calls and external web service calls allows you to focus perf attention on what's really important.

Pattern Matching, Async Streams, Records, & more: join CapArea.NET and @jasonbock.net on Feb 5 and learn to code C# like it's 2025. If you're in the DC Area, def come out to our fancy new location in One Loudoun. RSVP: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

If you're in the DC area tonight, hope to see you at CapArea.NET where I'm presenting on #Aspire: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

Just finished Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Heavy, but incredibly insightful. Many parallels with Drive by Daniel Pink, another must read. I can see why it is one of the top 10 most influential books (or was in 1991). Highly recommended: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s...

First time at CodeMash but definitely not my last, had so much fun! Big thanks to organizers, sponsors, and attendees.

Going to CodeMash? Check out my session on 1/16 at 2:15 PM "Chaos Monkeys, Open Telemetry, and .NET Aspire: Taming Complexity in Modern Apps". Or if you're in the DC Area I'm doing an encore presentation for CapArea.NET at their new location in One Loudoun, RSVP: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

After nearly a year I finally completed this desk for my daughter, it’s red oak, has no metal, all classic joinery, and virtually no right angles #woodworking

Fascinating talk on Open Telemetry from Martin Thwaites, so much great content: youtu.be/WzZI_IT6gYo...

Replaced a dotnet tool install in .readme with this "executable documentation". New dev's joining this project: you're welcome. #dotnet #aspire

I didn't realize that we made required parameters work with JSON deserialization 😍 #dotnet

Added custom domain name, was @lprichar, am now @leerichardson.com

Did you know Temporal Tables allow viewing data at a specific point in time? RSVP and attend this online event with MVP Sam Nasr and CapArea .NET this coming Tuesday to learn more: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

OMG deck.blue!!! I've missed TweetDeck *so* much. I refused to pay bc Elon, didn't want a blue check mark, but this, this makes me so happy!

Does anyone else experience this? When .NET 9 hot reload works, it works instantly, and it fills me with joy. But I still frequently see fails and then won't work again without a restart. Or is everyone but me on Rider?

Since upgrading to .NET 9 hot reload is nearly instantaneous for me!! (happy happy happy, per Rocky, Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir, I'm reading it, again)

CapArea event tonight! Come join us: www.meetup.com/caparea-net/...

Fascinating, that story didn’t turn out how I thought it would

One immediate unexpected benefit of running .Net Aspire has been converting Smtp4Dev to an App Host launched Docker container and knowing how much simpler that will be for new folks compared to the global tools approach we had been taking

Posted a quick blog post on a random fight I had with Docker Desktop for Windows along with various networking issues: www.leerichardson.com/2024/11/my-b...

Just upgraded to .NET 9 and gotta say the new "Rejoining the server..." dialog in Blazor Server in .NET 9 is absolutely delightful