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Hazel Bohon
@oldbooksmell.bsky.social
mom, software engineer, amateur mushroom forager, swamp witch
Join me at the Twin Cities .NET User Group on November 6th to learn about getting started with .NET Aspire.

www.meetup.com/tcdnug/event...
.NET Aspire: (Mostly) Pain Free Cloud Native Apps, Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Whether you are constructing a new cloud native app from scratch or migrating an existing application to the cloud, the task can be daunting. Orchestration, observability,
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November 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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September 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My first attempt at warning a damaged garment. It’s bit totally invisible, but I’m pleased with the outcome.
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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We interrupt your doom scrolling to bring you this beautiful rose. It smells amazing too.
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Are you ready for Hacktoberfest? We at the .NET Foundation are! Join us this October, contribute to open source, and earn a digital .NET Foundation certificate. For more information and the full rules, visit our website! dotnetfoundation.org/community/ha...
September 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I’m fortunate enough to be able to have a hanging orchid in my shower, and after 8 months it’s finally getting ready to bloom and I am so excited 🤩🌱
September 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Started my pumpkins late but this one is showing promise. I hope it beats the first frost.
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Embracing the unknown, and jumping into the fire is often the best (sometimes the only) way to move forward. hazel.codes/posts/2025/0...
The Hare Runs into the Fire
hazel.codes
September 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“I think the most shocking price tags I saw in this book were related to the price of childcare.”

When I had all my kids in daycare, it was the single highest cost in my life. My mortgage was a distant second.
🗣️ IT'S A FORBES FRIDAY!!!!!! Catch me in FORBES today talking about #TheDoubleTax with Janice Gassman Asare, how Black women are America's Canary in The Coalmine, and why we cannot afford to ignore how Black women lead and live our lives!

FOUR MORE DAYS!!! Preorder: annagifty.com #blacksky #econsky
America’s Canary In The Coal Mine: Black Women And The Double Tax
As The Double Tax reveals, Black women bear compounded costs. Their burden is more than personal—it’s a warning for the future of America’s economy.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Farewell, #VSLive 💜To the amazing organizers and everyone who stopped by to chat, share, and connect—thank you for making it unforgettable. Wishing you safe travels and smooth landings. Until next time ✈️ https://vslive.com/events/san-diego-2025/home.aspx
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September 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Debugging just got easier! 🛠️ Discover how to streamline your web app debugging process using Playwright, MCP, and GitHub Copi#MCP#GitHub#Copilotilot

https://isaacl.dev
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September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@vslive.bsky.social has been amazing! I’ve gotten to meet so many interesting folks. The talks have been insightful and informative. And of course, the weather in San Diego has been incredible.

#VSLive
September 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Want to give an #NServiceBus demo/presentation and show off the Platform tools as well? We have a portable version of the Platform that interacts with a Visual Studio solution using the Learning Transport just for that purpose! Here's how: https://docs.particular.net/platform/platform-sample-package
Platform Sample installation • Platform Sample
Installation instructions for using the platform sample for demo purposes.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
So excited to giving my talk Boiling the Frog: Migrating to a Modern Message Based System Without Anyone Noticing @vslive.bsky.social in San Diego this week. If you’re at the conference be sure to check it out!

#vslive
September 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Modernizing legacy systems doesn’t always require a full-scale rewrite. In her talk, Hazel, Bohon explores how message-based architecture can enable modular evolution—quietly and effectively. W06 on Wed, Sept 10 at 9:30AM at #VSLive https://vslive.com/events/san-diego-2025/home.aspx
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September 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Got new #CoderClaws
September 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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ICYMI - Meet Poornima: Microsoft .NET MVP & tech community leader! Communities shaped her career & personal growth, fueled by lifelong learning & growth mindset. She uplifts the ecosystem via #OSS code/docs, articles, events, & speaking.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Does it ever bother anyone else I'm seemingly the only person with the correct mix of opinions – which I have because they're correct? Why don't other people just have correct opinions? It seems pretty improbable I'd be the only one with all the correct ones. Guess I lucked out.
August 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Hazel Bohon is boiling the frog! 🐸 Okay, she's talking about messaging architecture + software modernization ✉️ 💻 with 'Boiling The Frog: Implementing a Modern Message Based Architecture Without Anyone Noticing' at #KCDC2025
August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Someone knocked on my door and now my cat is on guard to protect me 🐈
August 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#kcdc2025 has been an amazing conference. I’m feeling so honored to have gotten the chance to be here for it
August 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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coming up on 1000 streams of the album TODAY lol WHAT on top of a 5.5 hour #aspirifridays this has been a PERFECT end to the week 😍 THANK YOU EVERYONE!! bigrav.band 🥰
big rav
making music in boston, ma
bigrav.band
August 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Stop trusting fancy autocomplete for factual information.
Once again: LLMs are word-association algorithms. They are incapable of grokking that the words they parse correspond to actual objects & phenomena outside of their own algorithms. To an LLM, its statements depend not on facts but on how often words occur together in the material the're trained on.
Grok spread dangerous misinformation during the tsunami last night.

It confidently and persistently argued that there were no tsunami warnings in effect for various areas when such warnings were in effect.

Many were using Grok for updates since the ability to locate reliable data on X is degraded.
July 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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we’ve all worked on this codebase
July 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM