The Importance Of Branding Projects

The Importance Of Branding Projects

As .NET developers, we’ve lost sight of the forest and mainly focused on the trees. Our community has an infatuation with API design, object allocations, patterns, and theoretical ideas of purity—frankly, it is dull as hell. I’m not saying these...

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My Favorite JetBrains Rider Themes

My Favorite JetBrains Rider Themes

Integrated development environments (IDEs) are constant, logical, and efficient executors of our technological whims. They do what we tell them when we tell them (most of the time). That’s great because, as developers working within an ecosystem, we can rely...

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Secrets of a .NET Professional

Secrets of a .NET Professional

Working as a .NET Professional is a tumultuous rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and crushing lows. It’s likely the same for other communities, with different flavors of success and failures. I have over a decade of .NET development work, and...

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Starting A Blog - Tips and Guide

Starting A Blog - Tips and Guide

On May 13, I’ll be giving a talk about Starting A Blog at JetBrains’ .NET Days Online. This post is a companion to the presentation but should serve as an excellent general-use guide for anyone starting their blogging adventure. Starting...

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Turning Off macOS Universal Shortcuts

Turning Off macOS Universal Shortcuts

As developers, we have many power-user like applications installed on our machines. Each application is fighting for our love, attention, and shortcut supremacy. Sometimes it doesn’t matter what shortcuts the apps want to register, because most operating systems register universal...

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JetBrains Rider Command Line Tricks

JetBrains Rider Command Line Tricks

Many developer’s workflows consist of jumping from terminal to IDE. From the command line, we can execute git commands, Jekyll builds, and npm installs. Some of us find the command line to be a more natural preference, while others prefer...

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