Our 2026 sessions and speakers are announced and tickets are now on sale at beercitycode.com.

It was a great week at Microsoft seeing and shaping where things are going next. I learned a lot and got to connect with a lot of friends, new and old. #mvpbuzz #microsoft #software

The next #UnhandledException podcast episode has dropped! @danclarke.com was joined by @irina.codes and @jtowermi.bsky.social to chat about the .NET Foundation and their recent experience being elected onto the board! hubs.li/Q04565N70 #dotnet

Our call for speakers closes this weekend, March 1, 2026 at 11:59PM ET. Don't miss it! Apply now at cfp.beercitycode.com

A massive thanks to @irina.codes and @jtowermi.bsky.social for joining me on the podcast just now! Really enjoyed geeking out about the @dotnetfoundation.org and their recent experience joining the Foundation's board! #dotnet #UnhandledException

Good news, everyone. Our call for speakers for 2026 is now open! cfp.beercitycode.com

Since recording this with @maddymontaquila.net, .NET Aspire has been renamed to Aspire. This change reflects its versatility, as it works seamlessly with the language and platform of your choice, not just .NET. Full interview: trailheadtechnology.com/podcast/s03e... #aspire #SoftwareDevelopment

I'm excited to see @ndcconferences.com launch a new North American event with NDC Toronto! You're going to want to come see the champagne of software conferences: ndctoronto.com/tickets

Ten years! I can't believe it. 💙 I gave up my Podcast host seat so I could be interview alongside my fellow Trailhead founders. In the interview, we recount the lessons learned during 10 years of building a software consulting company. Check it out 👇 trailheadtechnology.com/podcast/s03e...

How do we bring existing .NET APIs into the era of AI and agents without a rewrite? At #dotNETConf 2025 I joined the Microsoft team on stage to show how to wrap ASP.NET Core APIs with MCP so AI agents can call them. 🎥 youtu.be/K-ntHsFriuI?... #dotnet #MCP #AI

Early start this morning on my way to speak about API security and AI semantic search at @techbash.bsky.social.

.NET foundation member friends - Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. I’d be grateful for your support!

#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 873: @jtowermi.bsky.social on Over-engineering Software Projects youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog

Monday on #TechnologyAndFriends: @jtowermi.bsky.social on Over engineering Software Projects

🎓 My newest Dometrain course just dropped! "Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs → ASP.NET Core" It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core. 🔗 dometrain.com/course/migra... #dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp #webapi

Members of @dotnetfoundation.org, today is the day. Check your inbox and please consider voting for me for .NET Foundation board member.

💻 Ready to modernize your legacy .NET apps? In my Dometrain course, Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC to ASP.NET Core, I walk you through upgrading your MVC and Web Forms apps to ASP.NET Core gradually over time. 🔗 Check it out: dometrain.com/course/migra... #DotNet #ASPNETCore #LegacyMigration

Candidate Spotlights #1 & #2 🌟 Meet the first two candidates for the 2025–2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors! 👤 Peter Smulovics – linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter 👤 Jonathan “J.” Tower – linkedin.com/in/jtower More spotlights coming soon! #dotnetfoundation #opensource #dotnet #BoardElections

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I’m running for the @dotnetfoundation.org board! I would be honored to have your support, and if you're comfortable, a share of this post and recommendation to others in the .NET community. dotnetfoundation.org/board-electi... #DotNet #DotNetFoundation #Community

🖥️ Microsoft Open Sources BASIC! 🖥️ The original 6502 BASIC interpreter, developed by Bill Gates & Ric Weiland in 1976, was used in early computers like the Commodore PET & 64, and is now open-source! 🔗 Learn More: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09... #Microsoft #BASIC #RetroComputing

🎟️ FEW TICKETS LEFT! I'll be a panelist for "Can AI Do This?" at Tech Week GR next week, where my fellow panelists and I will be ready to put your time-consuming, repetitive tasks to the test and explore whether AI can help you reclaim time. RSVP: tinyurl.com/4c2rbfrt #TechWeekGR #TechWeek #AI

I’ll be speaking at the “Can AI Do This? Business Strategy panel" at TechWeek Grand Rapids on Wed, Sept 17, 2025 (4-6 PM) at 151 Fountain St NE. Bring your messy workflow problems and the panel will help you figure out what AI can realistically solve. www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-...

It was an honor to present again at @kcdc.bsky.social today. This year I spoke about how teams can capture architectural decisions and how to speed up APIs with caching.

I'm happy to announce that I've published my first course on Dometrain, "Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core". In it, I teach you how to migrate ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core successfully. Use the link below get at a 30% discount: dometrain.com/course/migra...

Thanks for talking with me for the podcast @maddymontaquila.net. I really enjoyed it!

Thanks for inviting me to speak about over-engineering in software, @nebraskacode.bsky.social!

It’s an honor to be speaking about the important work of migrating legacy software at @ndcconferences.com Melbourne today!

I recently joined my long-time friend @jtowermi.bsky.social on the Blue Blazes podcast to talk all things @redis.io—how it works, why it's awesome, and how devs can speed up their apps with it. J. loves Redis and, frankly, I think he just wanted to pick my brain. 🧠

#UCK25 | Are your .NET Web APIs crawling at a snail’s pace? 🐌 Is your database groaning under the load of too many requests? It might be time to turbocharge your APIs with a caching layer to transform your application’s performance 💨 @jtowermi.bsky.social ➡️🔗 krakow.updateconference.net #Update

Are LLMs just a way of compressing the internet, like a JPEG of ZIP file? I explore the idea in my latest blog post. Check it out: trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-int...