🌟 "Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Learn about simplicity and complexity in #SoftwareDevelopment #LeanProgramming #DevIQ https://bit.ly/3Mw12kT

By leveraging the built-in transaction management capabilities of #NServiceBus, we were able to create cleaner and more maintainable code. 🎉 See how Kyle did this: 👀↙️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/unit-of-work-made-easy-with-nservicebus/#NServiceBus #DesignPatterns

The CodeMash 2026 Session Schedule is LIVE! Find the full schedule here: zurl.co/lPbT1 Not yet bought a ticket? 👉 zurl.co/dlx7m

Need to test your web application and not sure where to start? Consider using Playwright! Learn more about how to work with Playwright in this webinar from our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ZZXNPboS0v8 #testing #FrontEndTesting #PlaywrightDev #Playwright

#CSAdvent post 2 for December 4, 2025! "Single File Test Suites in Dotnet Csharp" by @ardalis.com ardalis.com/single-file-... #dotnet #csharp

Need to work with #Blazor and ensure your modern web app works well in multiple browsers? Join our mailing list to get access to our on-demand webinar on #Playwright for #dotnet today! https://mailchi.mp/nimblepros/playwright-recording

Unlock the power of the REPR design pattern in your software architecture! Learn how the Request, EndPoint, and Response model can streamline communication and improve your system’s efficiency. 🌟 https://deviq.com/design-patterns/repr-design-pattern/ #DevIQ #SoftwareDevelopment #DesignPatterns

When #NServiceBus processes a message, it automatically creates a transaction scope that includes the database operations performed within the handler. 📨 In this post, Kyle mentions how this works: ↙️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/unit-of-work-made-easy-with-nservicebus/#NServiceBus #DesignPatterns

We hear it often - "Everything is a trade-off." But what does this mean in #SoftwareArchitecture? Sadukie talks about many of the considerations we have as architects and the trade-offs involved! Check it out: https://youtu.be/gECOcO8nmmk#SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment #TechTraining

If you like using 'cd -' in your shell to return to previous directory but are bummed that it is broken in #PowerShell 7 I have a solution for you. But really it's for future me, mostly. Also talks about oh-my-posh and custom $PROMPT stuff. Enjoy. Share. Etc. ardalis.com/use-cd---in-...

Learn the dark arts of refactoring to banish antipatterns from your code! With practical techniques and expert guidance, you'll transform your code from a haunted mess into a clean, efficient masterpiece. https://mailchi.mp/nimblepros/common-antipatterns-recording

R-E-S-P-E-C-T - Find out what it means for us in #SoftwareDevelopment: https://bit.ly/4cSmLyq#SoftwareDevelopment: #DevIQ

Weekend project: Deploy your Aspire app to any Linux server with Docker using SSH + Docker Compose, with HTTPS! → builds → pushes images to ghcr → SSHes into your box → runs docker compose up Perfect for small teams and VPS deployments. #aspire @aspire.dev

⚒️ In the .NET ecosystem, many ORMs already implement the UoW pattern, like Entity Framework Core’s DbContext. This is a pattern we also see with transactional messaging in #NServiceBus. Read more: 👀↙️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/unit-of-work-made-easy-with-nservicebus/#NServiceBus #DesignPatterns

✍🏻 Storytelling helps us understand the business domain. Whether it's a drawing on the back of a napkin or a formal graphic, draw the visualization! Learn more in our on-demand Domain Storytelling webinar: https://mailchi.mp/nimblepros/domain-storytelling #DDDesign #UbiquitousLanguage

Boost your app's speed with the Cache Proxy Pattern! Learn how in our on-demand webinar. Learn more about this proxy pattern and more proxies: https://youtu.be/KyDhZkKMzew #DesignPatterns #SoftwareDevelopment

In XP's Simple Design, the first rule is: Passes all tests. Code for functionality and reliability. No unnecessary fluff, just what’s needed to get that green light! Read more on Simple Design's rules: https://bit.ly/4g3SKhN #DevIQ #SimpleDesign #XP

The Unit of Work pattern coordinates multiple operations so they either all succeed or none do. 🧠 Learn how easy it is to use this pattern with #NServiceBus: ⬇️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/unit-of-work-made-easy-with-nservicebus/#NServiceBus: #DesignPatterns

Want to get started with Clean Architecture but don't know where to start? Sadukie has created a course that gets into the "how"s and "why"s, as well as many code-alongs and discussions. Learn more: https://youtu.be/YCxKmFU__Ww #SoftwareArchitecture #CleanArchitecture #TechLearning

We run public webinars every month on a variety of topics! Learn about upcoming topics here: https://nimblepros.com/events-1 These events are FREE and supporting links are available to those on our mailing list! Learn about #OAuth, #DDDesign, #NServiceBus, #EventStorming, #dotnet, and more!

Test Driven Development, or TDD, also known as Test Driven Design, is a process for writing code using tests to define and then confirm the software's behavior. Read more about TDD here: https://deviq.com/practices/test-driven-development #TDD #DevIQ #SoftwareDevelopment

Unit of Work is a pattern that helps manage changes to data across multiple operations, ensuring that all changes are committed or rolled back as a single unit. Learn how you can do this with #NServiceBus: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/unit-of-work-made-easy-with-nservicebus/#NServiceBus: #DesignPatterns

Wondering how to add some order to your unit tests, integration tests, functional tests, or front-end tests? Check out this webinar on Design Patterns for Testing - where we look at Factory, Object Mother, Builder, and Page Object patterns! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB1bb7q7f0A #testing

When trying to come up with a solution for a problem, the answer may be to have conversations and not get into coding. Learn how EventStorming can help with that. Check out our on-demand webinar here: https://mailchi.mp/nimblepros/eventstorming-recording #EventStorming #DDDesign

Visual Studio is going evergreen: - Feature updates every month, not every quarter. - A new annual version each year, released in November alongside the .NET release. devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

🍰 Vertical Slices aren't just for cakes. 👩🏻‍💻 Check out how you can take a vertical slices approach to software development here: https://deviq.com/practices/vertical-slices/ #DevIQ #ProgrammingPractices

Networks hiccup, databases time out, and that AI agent you’ve been using seems to hallucinate more each day 🤖. Kyle write about how you can use NServiceBus' features to recover from messaging failures. ⬇️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/recoverability-with-nservicebus/ #NServiceBus

Do you have to work with #authentication #authorization in #dotnet? We can guide you through implementing the Individual Accounts auth setup in ASP.NET! Learn more about this offering from NimblePros Academy: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/announcing-implementing-individual-accounts-course/

Struggling to align your team on complex system designs? Our on-demand EventStorming webinar will show you how to visualize events and processes for clearer communication and better outcomes. 💡 https://youtu.be/iF_znCiF7KM #DDDesign #EventStorming

Courage underlies several XP and Agile practices, and several practices are designed to increase how courageous the team can be. ✨ Learn more about courage in #SoftwareDevelopment #Agile: https://bit.ly/3Xm6MEc#SoftwareDevelopment#Agile:#DevIQ

Gathering benchmarks for your .NET app and aren't sure if you're comparing the right things? In this post and video, Phil will talk you through validating your benchmarks in .NET: https://bit.ly/3Yyg80F #dotnet #benchmarking

❓ Have you worked with .NET Aspire? At .NET Conf 2025, they announced that it is now just Aspire! 💻 In this post, Barret shows how you can work with their command-line interface (CLI) to do so many things! Check it out: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/aspire-cli/ #dotnet #Aspire

Having trouble getting your organization on the same page about understanding a situation? #DomainStorytelling can help you capture those stories and ensure you're on the same page. Learn more from this webinar on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/cWHpoIYMhQQ#DomainStorytelling #DDDesign

Nice! #dotnet #chsarp

Need to scale Redis beyond a single instance in using Redis Cluster? How does Redis Cluster compare to ScaleOut StateServer? Ardalis answers these questions in this video: https://youtu.be/f8iLRAD6Yr8 #caching #Redis

Amdahl's Law serves as a reality check for those looking to improve system performance through parallelization. Read on: https://bit.ly/3AwSibw #DevIQ #SoftwareDevelopment

When working in a DDD project, you need to think of the domain first, not the database. In this post, Phil explains how SQL is screwing up your DDD: https://bit.ly/3YaV6Vv #DomainDrivenDevelopment #DDD #SoftwareDevelopment #DDDesign

Unlocking Code Coverage: The Ultimate Guide for .NET Developers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_a2GmBeOz4 #dotnet #CodeCoverage

Wondering how to add some order to your unit tests, integration tests, functional tests, or front-end tests? Check out this webinar on Design Patterns for Testing - where we look at Factory, Object Mother, Builder, and Page Object patterns! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB1bb7q7f0A #testing

Trying to understand what's in Ardalis' #CleanArchitecture template for .NET? 🧐 Sadukie will be sharing the foundations of Clean Architecture and how they are applied in this template on Nov 18 at 1:00pm US Eastern Time (-05:00). ▶️ Tune in here: https://youtube.com/live/7CPv331XDZc#CleanArchitecture #dotnet

Any time one programmer calls another over to have a look at something they're working on, they're practicing pair programming. 👨🏻‍💻👩🏻‍💻 🔎 Learn more: https://bit.ly/46XyV7G #DevIQ #Agile #SoftwareDevelopment

What is asynchronous messaging? In this post, Kyle McMaster explains the concepts within asynchronous messaging and mentions some of the frameworks including RabbitMQ, NServiceBus, and MassTransit. Check out this post here: https://bit.ly/4bTRfAS #SoftwareDevelopment #async

Designed for architects, developers, and decision-makers alike, this on-demand webinar on our YouTube channel provides invaluable insights into documenting your architecture-related decisions. Check it out: https://youtu.be/HAMK5_vdJlA #SoftwareArchitecture #documentation

Using dotnet format and file scoped namespaces in C# 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UO6tvMWuW8 #dotnet #CSharp #SoftwareDevelopment

🤔 When it comes to conflicts in version control, how do version control systems handle it? 💡Learn more about locking and merging here: https://bit.ly/4dydrkc #SoftwareDevelopment #DevIQ

NServiceBus provides a high-level API for working with messaging patterns such as publish/subscribe, request/response, and message routing. Learn more: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/what-is-nservicebus/ #dotnet #SoftwareDevelopment #messaging #DistributedApps

Just learned a bunch about MCP servers and how to use them locally both for dev tasks and internal company functionality on today's devBetter.com coaching call. There's some cool stuff in the Docker MCP toolkit and it's pretty easy to spin up your own MCP server with the #dotnet new templates.

For those of you who tuned into #dotnetconf over the past few days, was there something from the sessions that made you go explore the new and improved features in .NET 10, C# 14, and Visual Studio 2026? If so, what was it?

We like how he covered the history of the architectures and then showed how to work with it. Such a short session filled with all sorts of knowledge and tips & tricks! Thanks @sinclairinat0r.com for taking these notes!

Want to show your code coverage in PRs? Did you know that you can see your code coverage results with other Visual Studio SKUs besides Enterprise? Coverlet and others can help with that! Learn more in this on-demand webinar: https://youtu.be/o5HnKd5DHZo #CICD #CodeCoverage