J. Tower
@jtowermi.bsky.social
π€ 153
π₯ 383
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.NET Foundation Board Member-Elect | Microsoft MVP | Founder @ Trailhead | Available for Consulting
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
about 15 hours ago
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Ten years! I can't believe it. π 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 π
trailheadtechnology.com/podcast/s03e...
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S03E10: Trailhead at 10 - featuring Trailhead Founders - Trailhead Technology Partners
Jonathan βJ.β Tower, John Waters, and Josh Eastburn are the founding partners of Trailhead Technology Partners, a global software consultancy specializing in .NET and modern cloud solutions. Together,...
https://trailheadtechnology.com/podcast/s03e10-trailhead-at-10-featuring-trailhead-founders/
21 days ago
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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. π₯
youtu.be/K-ntHsFriuI?...
#dotnet
#MCP
#AI
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Old API, New Tricks: Add MCP to Existing .NET REST Endpoints
YouTube video by dotnet
https://youtu.be/K-ntHsFriuI?si=rkNcDpsa-TsGTwGG
24 days ago
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Early start this morning on my way to speak about API security and AI semantic search at
@techbash.bsky.social
.
about 1 month ago
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.NET foundation member friends - Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. Iβd be grateful for your support!
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
J. Tower
David Giard
about 2 months ago
#TechnologyAndFriends
, Episode 873:
@jtowermi.bsky.social
on Over-engineering Software Projects
youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
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J Tower on Over engineering Software Projects [EPISODE 873]
YouTube video by Technology and Friends
https://youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
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reposted by
J. Tower
David Giard
about 2 months ago
Monday on
#TechnologyAndFriends
:
@jtowermi.bsky.social
on Over engineering Software Projects
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π My newest Dometrain course just dropped! "Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs β ASP.NET Core" It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core. π
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#dotnet
#aspnetcore
#csharp
#webapi
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Migrating: ASP.NET Web APIs to ASP.NET Core
A step-by-step process to migrate ASP.NET Web APIs from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core.
https://dometrain.com/course/migrating-asp-net-web-apis-to-asp-net-core/?ref=jonathan-tower
2 months ago
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Members of
@dotnetfoundation.org
, today is the day. Check your inbox and please consider voting for me for .NET Foundation board member.
2 months ago
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π» 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. π Check it out:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#DotNet
#ASPNETCore
#LegacyMigration
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Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core
Migrating web apps from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core has been painful, until now.
https://dometrain.com/course/migrating-aspnet-web-forms-mvc-to-aspnet-core/
2 months ago
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J. Tower
.NET Foundation
3 months ago
Candidate Spotlights #1 & #2 π Meet the first two candidates for the 2025β2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors! π€ Peter Smulovics β
linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter
π€ Jonathan βJ.β Tower β
linkedin.com/in/jtower
More spotlights coming soon!
#dotnetfoundation
#opensource
#dotnet
#BoardElections
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π Exciting News! π Iβm 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
3 months ago
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π₯οΈ Microsoft Open Sources BASIC! π₯οΈ 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! π Learn More:
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
#Microsoft
#BASIC
#RetroComputing
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Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC - Microsoft Open Source Blog
Explore the original 6502 BASICβnow open source! Dive into retro code, history, and emulators. Fork it, run it, and relive computing's roots.
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/
3 months ago
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ποΈ 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
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Can AI Do This?: Business Strategy Panel | A Tech Week GR Event
Got a task in your business that feels repetitive, manual, or just plain broken? Letβs fix it with AI.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-this-business-strategy-panel-a-tech-week-gr-event-tickets-1559360211369
3 months ago
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Iβll be speaking at the βCan 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-...
4 months ago
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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.
4 months ago
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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...
4 months ago
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Thanks for talking with me for the podcast
@maddymontaquila.net
. I really enjoyed it!
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Thanks for inviting me to speak about over-engineering in software,
@nebraskacode.bsky.social
!
5 months ago
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Itβs an honor to be speaking about the important work of migrating legacy software at
@ndcconferences.com
Melbourne today!
7 months ago
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reposted by
J. Tower
Guy Royse
9 months ago
I recently joined my long-time friend
@jtowermi.bsky.social
on the Blue Blazes podcast to talk all things
@redis.io
βhow 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. π§
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J. Tower
Update Conference
8 months ago
#UCK25
| Are your .NET Web APIs crawling at a snailβs pace? π 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 applicationβs performance π¨
@jtowermi.bsky.social
β‘οΈπ
krakow.updateconference.net
#Update
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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...
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LLMs: The Internet, But Make It a JPEG - Trailhead Technology Partners
Discover how LLMs function as lossy compression algorithms, distilling the internet into a compact, knowledge-rich form.
https://trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-internet-but-make-it-jpeg/
8 months ago
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