A Programmer with Microsoft tools

  • VaRe&DaIn–part 001 of n – start idea

    I wanted a proof-of-concept app that is truly database-independent: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or just a local SQLite file. Partly for fun, partly for the engineering challenge, and mostly because real enterprise installs rarely have the same infrastructure. That is the **DaIn (Database Independence)** goal behind this project. That idea became **Vacation Relay (VaRe)**: when…

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    locutusjs/locutus: Bringing stdlibs of other programming languages to TypeScript for fun shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice: practice made claude perfect Friction Focused Management – by Petros Bountis The Complicators, The Drama Aggregators, and The Avoiders – Rands in Repose Source Generation vs Reflection in Needlr: Choosing the Right Approach Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity – Terrible Software googleworkspace/cli: Google…

  • RSCG – serde

    name serde nuget https://www.nuget.org/packages/serde/ link https://github.com/serdedotnet/serde author Andy Gocke Serializing in SERDE format   This is how you can use serde . The code that you start with is The code that you will use is   The code that is generated is Code and pdf at https://ignatandrei.github.io/RSCG_Examples/v2/docs/serde

  • RSCG – ReflectionIT.DisposeGenerator

        name ReflectionIT.DisposeGenerator nuget https://www.nuget.org/packages/ReflectionIT.DisposeGenerator/ link https://github.com/sonnemaf/ReflectionIT.DisposeGenerator author Fons Sonnemans Automatically implements the IDisposable pattern for classes that contain disposable fields.   This is how you can use ReflectionIT.DisposeGenerator . The code that you start with is The code that you will use is   The code that is generated is Code and pdf…

  • RSCG – Atulin.AutoDbSet

    name Atulin.AutoDbSet nuget https://www.nuget.org/packages/Atulin.AutoDbSet/ link https://github.com/Atulin/AutoDbSet author Angius Atulin Generating DbSet properties for Entity Framework Core DbContext classes   This is how you can use Atulin.AutoDbSet . The code that you start with is The code that you will use is   The code that is generated is Code and pdf at https://ignatandrei.github.io/RSCG_Examples/v2/docs/Atulin.AutoDbSet

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    Writing code is cheap now – Agentic Engineering Patterns – Simon Willison’s Weblog AI’s Productivity Boom Is Real. The Prosperity Part Isn’t. Dictionary Compression is finally here, and it’s ridiculously good Windows 3.11 Emulator – retro computer with dial-up internet by Pieter™ The engineeringification of everything – by Ian Vanagas Your Copilot CLI on Your…

  • AspireFileDisplayExtension–part 3–how to use

    Now how to use the nuget https://www.nuget.org/packages/AspireFileDisplayExtension/ You will reference the nuget and wrote this kind of code into AppHost.cs And then start the ASPIRE project and browse to http://127.0.0.1:36308/files/AppHost.cs and http://127.0.0.1:36308/files/test.spec.ts Or you can see the video Your browser does not support the video tag

  • AspireFileDisplayExtension–part 2–implementation

    Building AspireFileDisplayExtension required solving three distinct challenges. Let me walk you through how I tackled each one, and show you the actual code that makes it work. Challenge 1: Adding a URL Endpoint to an Aspire Resource How do I attach a web server to an Aspire resource? The solution is surprisingly elegant: create a…

  • AspireFileDisplayExtension – part 1–idea

    When I develop Aspire extensions, I frequently want to demonstrate how they’re used in practice. Playwright is fantastic for capturing application URLs and showing them in action—but it only reveals URLs, not the actual code behind them. The real challenge? I don’t just want to show all the code. I want to highlight the relevant…

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    Sandwich Bill of Materials | Andrew Nesbitt The secret to getting promoted | Bjorg The Unreachable Engineering Managers – by Anton Zaides You’re interviewing Backwards – Marc Randolph’s Substack AddyOsmani.com – Bias Toward Action Engineering Maturity is all you need – nilenso blog ADR in One Picture – Architecture Decision Record Visual Guide | Kamil…

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