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I'm noticing something unsettling in how I'm working, and I keep hearing the same contradiction from other developers: "I've never had this much fun coding—and I've never been more exhausted." The "satisfaction cycle" has collapsed.
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LinkedIn / Feb 17, 2026
Your agent picks the wrong skill. You debug for 30 minutes.
LinkedIn / Jul 25, 2025
The Problem We've All Faced Picture this: You're debugging an issue in production, your container is running, and you need to inspect what's actually inside it. You fire up your terminal and start typing: Sound familiar? You're not alone.
LinkedIn / Jun 27, 2025
Ever get that late-night ping from a colleague with "hey I did this thing, what do you think..
LinkedIn / Apr 11, 2025
In today’s world of AI copilots, VS Code themes that change with your mood, and endless debates about tabs vs. spaces (it's tabs, don’t @ me), coding is as much about vibe as it is about syntax.
TattooCoder / Nov 5, 2020
It's seems not too long ago I was laying down the words for "So Many Ways to Learn .NET in 2020", but of course it was March yesterday too. This list is still very valid; 101 videos (youtube | channel9), Microsoft docs, the various shows now available on the new https:
TattooCoder / Feb 21, 2020
Did you know that every month, the docs team at Microsoft has a post for what's new in the .NET documentation? For each month there are new articles, updates to existing docs, and kudos for the community contributors. It's super easy to get involved in contributing to the docs for
TattooCoder / Jan 17, 2020
I have been running the well known ghost blogging platform on Azure AppService since ghost was version 0.10, about 8 years. In fact, it was before Azure had resource groups. This means that it's Node on Windows Servers and I'm doing a bit of maintenance for upgrading the version
TattooCoder / Jan 8, 2020
It's a new year and sure to be on your list, as well as mine, is learning. Here is a quick list of some .NET learning resources for you to check off that resolution for 2020. .NET 101 Videos - dot.net/videosIn September of 2019, many members if the