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ASP .NET Core 8 is even more performant! IIS used to be the default for running ASP .NET websites, but it only runs on Windows. Then Kestrel, the...

Common Data Services Default Solution is gone? Everything you do in Dataverse (Dynamics 365) outside of a solution is being 'recorded' in the Common...

C# was originally a copy of Java. How the tables have turned! My looking at the new features in Java 21: records improved switch multiline strings...

Who's unlocking the magic of L.A.F.A.B.L.E? 🗝️✨ Seeing it implemented like wildfire across businesses. It's got to be doing wonders! 🔥💼...

Behold the magic of collection literals in the soon-to-be-released .NET 8! Python users have been flaunting this feature for some time now,...

Dynamics 365 Customer Insights is here It's a combination of two existing apps: - Dynamics 365 Marketing (journey) - Dynamics 365 Customer Insights...

Ever heard of LOGAF? LOGAF stands for 'Level of Giving a Fuck' and, trust me, it's not just a fancy term. It’s a life-altering philosophy you'll...

Think it's necessary to mock ILogger? Using Moq or NSubstitute to do this? Think again. In the C# world, many developers do this - but there's a...

Missing the metro isn't a big deal... If you know another one's just five minutes away! 🕐 Ever felt the same about software releases? 🤔 If you can...

Hard work vs. smart work An age-old debate. Ever thought 'busy' might be a trap? It's not the hours we pour into work, but the work we pour into...

Entitled Open-Source Users! Yesterday, I touched on Moq... It had included a 'SponsorLink', causing a bit of a stir with email fiddling. 📧 Its...

Remove Moq now! Using Moq for dotnet mocking? 👀Watch out! Since version 4.20, they've introduced a sneaky SponserLink. What does it do? It scans for...

Software development - a love that consumes you ❤️ Steals your hours ⏰, your camaraderie 🤝, even your romance 💑 Despite your best intentions to...

Developers are masochists 😈 They enjoy the thrill of the challenge... 🎢 Where the compiler turns them down 99% of the time 🚫, yet they persist to...

Make HTML More Powerful! 💪 Four issues with HTML: 1. Why should only 'a' and 'form' element 🔤 be able to make HTTP requests? 2. Why should only...

Politics in your company grinding your progress? 🎲 Political games - they're a reality inside companies 🏢. It doesn't seem fair, but the question...

Scrum sabotaging dev productivity? I am spotting a pattern lately. Developers doing less and less😯. Why? Estimates are getting increasingly bloated...

Integration testing – it's not a choice, it's a no-brainer! Seems like these days I'm all about integration testing. 📝🔍 Yeah, unit tests? They're...

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...