With more and more open source projects switching to some sort of commercial licensing model with discounts for small business and community projects, the question keeps coming up: is a 100% discount the same as "free"? So I made a video about it. What do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpI8...

🎉 Please join us in congratulating Irina Dominte (Scurtu) @irina.codes on being elected to the .NET Foundation Board of Directors! We look forward to your leadership and impact in the .NET community. 💫 #dotnetfoundation

The .NET Foundation election results are in! Congrats to @irina.codes and @jtower.bsky.social - I look forward to serving with you both!

Having an #API ready for production should mean more than just deploying functionality. Don't miss @irina.codes hands-on #workshop "APIs in Practice : the road to production-ready" at #NDCLondon. #Earlybird offer ends today, Friday, October 3rd! ndclondon.com/workshops/ap...

Join @irina.codes "Messaging Patterns for Modern Software Solutions" at # NDCOslo, where she will dive into practical use cases and demonstrate how patterns can be leveraged to tackle some challenges in modern #software #architecture! ndcoslo.com/agenda/messa...

Not all rate limiting strategies work the same way! Whether you're preventing DDoS attacks, ensuring fair usage, or controlling expensive operations, choosing the right algorithm is key. Each method has strengths and trade-offs—so how do you decide? 🤔 #dotnet

🚀 Just blogged: Competing Consumers Pattern – The Underrated Key to Handling More Load Struggling with scaling background jobs or message queues? This async pattern might be the missing piece in your architecture. 🔗 Read the full post: irina.codes/competing-co... #AsyncMessaging #dotnet

Logging - it’s about clear, actionable logs that make troubleshooting, debugging, and monitoring easier. By using structured logging, proper log levels, and central log config, you create efficient, searchable logs that improve tracing & correlation across microservices. #dotnet #logging

Claude 3.7 Now Available in GitHub Copilot for Visual Studio. https://buff.ly/43bnXM1 #ai #visualstudio #githubcopilot #claudeai #anthropic #aiassistant

Circuit Breaker Pattern 🔧 When services fail, resilient architecture ensures your system doesn’t collapse. It helps prevent repeated failures, improves system stability. #SoftwareArchitecture #CircuitBreaker #Resilience #Microservices #DevOps #dotnet

🚀 Retry vs. Hedging⚡ When handling failures in distributed systems, two key strategies stand out: Retry and Hedging. But which one is right for your application? 🤔 Let’s discuss! ⬇️ #dotnet #resilience #retry #hedging

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Just [Blogged] irina.codes/masstransit-... #masstransit #azureservicebus #errormanagement #dotnet

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I love how easy it is to have a custom domain handle Now I'm 👇 bsky.app/profile/irin... And I think it is awesome!

I created a “Women in Tech” Starter Pack! Highly recommend to follow these incredibly talented women. 💖✨ go.bsky.app/PNKtkEe (Feel free to suggest edits, of course!)