ardalis (Steve Smith)
@ardalis.com
Software Architect and Force Multiplier of dev teams. Husband. Dad to 4 kids: 3 ADHD sons, 2 twins, 1 daughter.
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Pluralsight | Dometrain author
Microsoft Dev MVP
💥Combat Engineer veteran
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Pluralsight | Dometrain author
Microsoft Dev MVP
💥Combat Engineer veteran
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ardalis (Steve Smith)
@ardalis.com
· Nov 11
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do
- 🍔 🍟Burger King cook
- ⌨️ 🖥️ Data entry temp
- 📦 🚛 Loaded trucks
- 🇺🇸💥🫡 Combat Engineer Officer
- 🍔 🍟Burger King cook
- ⌨️ 🖥️ Data entry temp
- 📦 🚛 Loaded trucks
- 🇺🇸💥🫡 Combat Engineer Officer
@github.com is struggling today... must be a super bowl hangover...
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
@github.com is struggling today... must be a super bowl hangover...
Great breakdown of the Bad Bunny Halftime Show 👇
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Great breakdown of the Bad Bunny Halftime Show 👇
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If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If there’s one thing we don’t tolerate in America it’s Spanish words. To do that in San Francisco California…well it makes me angry, and I’ll say that all the way from Los Angeles to Bonita Springs Florida
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
Well done Seattle!
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Well done Seattle!
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They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
February 6, 2026 at 1:56 AM
They say “But you LIKED this art when you didn’t know it was AI!” like it’s some kind of gotcha.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
We liked the original artist upon whose stolen work the machine was trained. Kindly point us in their direction.
A lot of things are changing rapidly, even in just the last 2-3 months. This video provides a good explainer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxy...
#AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxy...
#AI
OpenAI Is Slowing Hiring. Anthropic's Engineers Stopped Writing Code. Here's Why You Should Care.
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:21 PM
A lot of things are changing rapidly, even in just the last 2-3 months. This video provides a good explainer:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxy...
#AI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZxy...
#AI
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This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
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💢 Your ability to respond quickly to prod fires greatly depends on debugging what went wrong.
💡 Effective observability provides you with the logging, details, and insights that will guide your efforts from failure to recovery.
Learn more about OTel: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/otel/
💡 Effective observability provides you with the logging, details, and insights that will guide your efforts from failure to recovery.
Learn more about OTel: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/otel/
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
💢 Your ability to respond quickly to prod fires greatly depends on debugging what went wrong.
💡 Effective observability provides you with the logging, details, and insights that will guide your efforts from failure to recovery.
Learn more about OTel: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/otel/
💡 Effective observability provides you with the logging, details, and insights that will guide your efforts from failure to recovery.
Learn more about OTel: https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/otel/
Method name:
validateAndStore()
Actual implementation:
// TODO: validate lol
Store()
Don’t make method names that are lies.
#security
validateAndStore()
Actual implementation:
// TODO: validate lol
Store()
Don’t make method names that are lies.
#security
Why was this code ever shipped?!
This is from the second vuln, where keys' signatures aren't checked before they're stored in the trusted key store.
Why would you ever ship a "TODO, actually validate signatures lol" in your secure messenger?!
This is from the second vuln, where keys' signatures aren't checked before they're stored in the trusted key store.
Why would you ever ship a "TODO, actually validate signatures lol" in your secure messenger?!
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Method name:
validateAndStore()
Actual implementation:
// TODO: validate lol
Store()
Don’t make method names that are lies.
#security
validateAndStore()
Actual implementation:
// TODO: validate lol
Store()
Don’t make method names that are lies.
#security
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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So this happened…
Remember: They’re not conscious!
Had a great time on CBS today talking about AI agents, how they operate, and more! Special appearance by Reachy
www.cbsnews.com/video/tech-e...
Remember: They’re not conscious!
Had a great time on CBS today talking about AI agents, how they operate, and more! Special appearance by Reachy
www.cbsnews.com/video/tech-e...
Tech executive warns of AI agents becoming dangerous if users give too much access
Scott Hanselman, vice president of developer community at Microsoft, joins CBS News to explain the difference between an LLM like ChatGPT and an AI agent. He also explains how AI agents could become a...
www.cbsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:35 AM
So this happened…
Remember: They’re not conscious!
Had a great time on CBS today talking about AI agents, how they operate, and more! Special appearance by Reachy
www.cbsnews.com/video/tech-e...
Remember: They’re not conscious!
Had a great time on CBS today talking about AI agents, how they operate, and more! Special appearance by Reachy
www.cbsnews.com/video/tech-e...
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According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 — mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
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🔍 Adding telemetry to your resilience pipeline with Polly gives you insight into how your application behaves and interacts with the external services you consume.
In this blog post, Jeff Z. walks through telemetry with Polly: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/adding-observability-to-polly/
In this blog post, Jeff Z. walks through telemetry with Polly: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/adding-observability-to-polly/
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🔍 Adding telemetry to your resilience pipeline with Polly gives you insight into how your application behaves and interacts with the external services you consume.
In this blog post, Jeff Z. walks through telemetry with Polly: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/adding-observability-to-polly/
In this blog post, Jeff Z. walks through telemetry with Polly: 👇🏻 https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/adding-observability-to-polly/
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Great news, NServiceBus version 10 has been released! Check out the announcement for details and a link to the upgrade guide.
NServiceBus 10.0.0 – Major release available
Hi everyone, We’ve just released NServiceBus 10.0.0. To see what has changed and for guidance on how to migrate, take a look at the NServiceBus version 9 to 10 upgrade guide . Regular support for NServiceBus 9 expires on January 29th, 2028 and extended support expires on January 29th, 2030. See our support policy for more information. Critical support is provided on a best effort basis for unsupported versions. Please read our release policy for more details. If you need assistance to migra...
discuss.particular.net
February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Great news, NServiceBus version 10 has been released! Check out the announcement for details and a link to the upgrade guide.
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Groundhog Day Meaning
https://xkcd.com/3202/
Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3202
https://xkcd.com/3202/
Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3202
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Groundhog Day Meaning
https://xkcd.com/3202/
Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3202
https://xkcd.com/3202/
Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3202
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My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
Rep. Morrison details her oversight of the federal Whipple building
YouTube video by Rep. Kelly Morrison
youtu.be
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis.
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
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DOJ has broken the social contract under which they deserved a degree of deference.
Serve the public and enforce the law, then courts, lawyers, and the people grant the presumption DOJ is trying to do that.
The Trump DOJ, in words and actions, rejects that in favor of lies and aiding lawbreaking.
Serve the public and enforce the law, then courts, lawyers, and the people grant the presumption DOJ is trying to do that.
The Trump DOJ, in words and actions, rejects that in favor of lies and aiding lawbreaking.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The indictments of Comey and James came after Trump explicitly said they're 'guilty as hell.'
BLANCHE: If you're a DOJ prosecutor, you're expected to effectuate this administration's priorities. You're reading a small part of a Truth.
BLANCHE: If you're a DOJ prosecutor, you're expected to effectuate this administration's priorities. You're reading a small part of a Truth.
February 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
DOJ has broken the social contract under which they deserved a degree of deference.
Serve the public and enforce the law, then courts, lawyers, and the people grant the presumption DOJ is trying to do that.
The Trump DOJ, in words and actions, rejects that in favor of lies and aiding lawbreaking.
Serve the public and enforce the law, then courts, lawyers, and the people grant the presumption DOJ is trying to do that.
The Trump DOJ, in words and actions, rejects that in favor of lies and aiding lawbreaking.
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This newsletter was Excellent 👍🏽I keep up to date with things, but, there were still about 5 things that I just learned from your newsletter.
February 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This newsletter was Excellent 👍🏽I keep up to date with things, but, there were still about 5 things that I just learned from your newsletter.
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I've just sent out January’s newsletter. Dev news from the past month; a dev pick; a dev comic pick; podcast updates; and more! Subscribe to get this in your inbox at the end of each month. Shares are greatly appreciated. #dotnet #ai #programming danclarke.beehiiv.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I've just sent out January’s newsletter. Dev news from the past month; a dev pick; a dev comic pick; podcast updates; and more! Subscribe to get this in your inbox at the end of each month. Shares are greatly appreciated. #dotnet #ai #programming danclarke.beehiiv.com
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Barred Owl 🪶 visited us this morning 🤓
February 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Barred Owl 🪶 visited us this morning 🤓
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xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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Subject: E-STOP: Message to Impacted Users
Title: Xbox LIVE - E-STOP: Message to Impacted Users
Xbox LIVE
E-STOP: Message to Impacted Users
Dear Xbox LIVE member,
This message is to notify you that Xbox LIVE has permanently suspended the Xbox LIVE
account associated with this email address. This action is based on the New York Attorney
GeneralAs partnership with Microsoft and other online gaming companies to remove New York
registered sex offenders from online gaming services to minimize the risk to others, particularly
children. As a result, any Xbox LIVE account associated with this email address will not be able
to connect to Xbox LIVE.
If you have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription, or any unused Microsoft points, we are refunding
the remaining value of those to you within 30 days.
If you do not receive a refund within 30 days, or if you feel that you have been banned
incorrectly, please send Microsoft a notice using the process at www.xbox.com/notice.
Sincerely,
Xbox LIVE
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January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
xbox live took stronger action against jeffrey epstein than the entire us government
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Apparently it's back now.
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Apparently it's back now.