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Entitled Open-Source Users! Yesterday, I touched on Moq... It had included a 'SponsorLink', causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. π§ Its purpose? Simple... to check if you've sponsored Moq. If not, consider a warning message in your build. π¨ Now, don't get me...
Remove Moq now! Using Moq for dotnet mocking? πWatch out! Since version 4.20, they've introduced a sneaky SponserLink. What does it do? It scans for your π©email in your git folder during build. Sounds risky, right? The solution? Say πgoodbye to Moq or downgrade to...
Software development - a love that consumes you β€οΈ Steals your hours β°, your camaraderie π€, even your romance π Despite your best intentions to balance it, the scales βοΈ tip towards it. The real twist? You sort of enjoy this imbalance π . After all, it's your passion...
Developers are masochists π They enjoy the thrill of the challenge... π’ Where the compiler turns them down 99% of the time π«, yet they persist to make it work. πͺ Just a thought...π§
Make HTML More Powerful! πͺ Four issues with HTML: 1. Why should only 'a' and 'form' element π€ be able to make HTTP requests? 2. Why should only click & submit events π trigger them? 3. Why should only GET & POST methods π₯ be available? 4. Why should you only...
In my journey, I've wrestled with Angular, tangoed with Vue and flirted with React. But here's the catch: π¬ You've got to fully commit and cross your fingers that your prized framework doesn't succumb to the allure of the next shiny tech star. Enter, Svelte π An...
Politics in your company grinding your progress? π² Political games - they're a reality inside companies π’. It doesn't seem fair, but the question is, do you stand against it π or learn the rules and play π€? "Every unsuccessful person I know believes the game is rigged...
Scrum sabotaging dev productivity? I am spotting a pattern lately. Developers doing less and lessπ―. Why? Estimates are getting increasingly bloated π. What's inflating these estimates? It's down to estimate meetings. Some people find tasks difficult; others don't dare...
Integration testing β it's not a choice, it's a no-brainer! Seems like these days I'm all about integration testing. ππ Yeah, unit tests? They're alright but, man, do they fall apart when something changes. Brittle like a stale cookie! They got their use though,...
No more Dynamics 365 Marketing. It merges with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights to become a single AI solution. The fusion results in two apps within this offering: 1οΈβ£ Customer Insights β Data => now known as Dynamics 365 Customer Insights. 2οΈβ£ Customer Insights β...
Dive into Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Wave 2 '23 plans - it's all about Copilot! Get the details: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/bdm/2023/07/18/2023-release-wave-2-plans-for-microsoft-dynamics-365-and-power-platform-now-available/ Dynamics 365...
Scrum has become a cult, even a religion πβοΈπ. If I dare hint that Scrum might be causing a bit of unproductivity, I'm smacked with "you're not doing it right" π ββοΈ. Apparently, I'm not strict enough in adhering to the rules or have somehow misinterpreted them π§....
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