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VS Code is NOT an IDE.

VS Code is NOT an IDE. And I like it that way. I use VS Code as a fast text editor. Just a couple of bare-bone plugins. No bloat. No unnecessa...

1 day ago

“Can you do tomorrow at 3pm?” 😩

“Can you do tomorrow at 3pm?” 😩 No. No I cannot. But you can check my calendar and book yourself. 😎 I use Calendly. Link in my email footer....

4 days ago

Unplugging is scary… until you realize no one died. 😅

Unplugging is scary… until you realize no one died. 😅 Spent a week offline for Hari Raya, deep in the kampung jungle. No laptop. No Teams. Ju...

5 days ago

C# devs are having a meltdown… over Go?

C# devs are having a meltdown… over Go? The TypeScript team is rewriting the compiler… in Go. C# devs expected C#, but Microsoft said nope. No...

27 days ago

AI isn’t asking questions. It’s just making assumptions.

AI isn’t asking questions. It’s just making assumptions. In consulting or sales, you learn fast: What customers want isn’t always what solves ...

2 months ago

Cancel Culture in IT: How Codes of Conduct Became Weapons

Cancel Culture in IT: How Codes of Conduct Became Weapons Cancel Culture is happening in major communities to developers and contributors, lik...

2 months ago

FluentAssertions v8 is now paid software

FluentAssertions v8 is now paid software Free: Assert.True(result); $130 per developer: result.Should().BeTrue(); 😱 dotnet

3 months ago

Progressive Enhancement for JS is overrated.

Progressive Enhancement for JS is overrated. In today’s web, HTML + CSS + JS is a package deal. Almost every browser supports the trio, and le...

3 months ago

Alpine.js just clicked. 🎯

Alpine.js just clicked. 🎯 Its declarative syntax—attributes on HTML tags—is perfect for simple UI logic. Most of the time, I don’t even need ...

3 months ago

HTMX + ASPNET Core Razor = magic. ✨

HTMX + ASPNET Core Razor = magic. ✨ But HyperScript? Not so much. 😅 As a developer, I gave HyperScript a try for client-side interactions. I ...

4 months ago