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.
💡NimblePros.com
🔥devBetter.com
🎥YouTube.com/ardalis
Pluralsight | Dometrain author
Microsoft Dev MVP
💥Combat Engineer veteran
💡NimblePros.com
🔥devBetter.com
🎥YouTube.com/ardalis
Pluralsight | Dometrain author
Microsoft Dev MVP
💥Combat Engineer veteran
Pinned
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
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
July 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“the kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” JB Pritzker is a mensch.
The fact that this is a factual sentence is mind boggling.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The fact that this is a factual sentence is mind boggling.
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I love this lede from NYT's Victor Mather on the death of the penny
Just discovered my version of `dotnet-outdated` didn't support slnx files. I needed to update it to 4.8. Here's the command if you should need to do the same:
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-outdated-tool
or if you haven't installed it:
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated-tool
#dotnet
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-outdated-tool
or if you haven't installed it:
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated-tool
#dotnet
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just discovered my version of `dotnet-outdated` didn't support slnx files. I needed to update it to 4.8. Here's the command if you should need to do the same:
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-outdated-tool
or if you haven't installed it:
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated-tool
#dotnet
dotnet tool update --global dotnet-outdated-tool
or if you haven't installed it:
dotnet tool install -g dotnet-outdated-tool
#dotnet
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
President Obama surprises Korean and Vietnam War veterans on Veterans Day!
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Former President Barack Obama surprises Korean and Vietnam War veterans on an Honor Flight, who are later greeted by a crowd of people in Washington, D.C., on...
Posted by Jesus-H-Chrystler - 42,610 votes and 1,032 comments
www.reddit.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
President Obama surprises Korean and Vietnam War veterans on Veterans Day!
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
With .NET 10 you can now easily distribute your own CLI tools and run them without installing using `dnx`. I built my own simple ardalis CLI tool as a demonstration of what you can do.
ardalis.com/the-ardalis-...
#dotnet
ardalis.com/the-ardalis-...
#dotnet
The Ardalis Cli
Using the latest .NET tools, you can easily run simple console applications anywhere dotnet is installed! To demonstrate, I created an ardalis CLI that you can run by just running dnx ardalis in your ...
ardalis.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
With .NET 10 you can now easily distribute your own CLI tools and run them without installing using `dnx`. I built my own simple ardalis CLI tool as a demonstration of what you can do.
ardalis.com/the-ardalis-...
#dotnet
ardalis.com/the-ardalis-...
#dotnet
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
What's new in C# 14!
Dustin holding it down \o/.
Null conditional assignments,
Inferred type in lambda expressions,
Field Access in auto properties!
Extension Blocks 🥹🥹 !
#dotNETConf
Dustin holding it down \o/.
Null conditional assignments,
Inferred type in lambda expressions,
Field Access in auto properties!
Extension Blocks 🥹🥹 !
#dotNETConf
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What's new in C# 14!
Dustin holding it down \o/.
Null conditional assignments,
Inferred type in lambda expressions,
Field Access in auto properties!
Extension Blocks 🥹🥹 !
#dotNETConf
Dustin holding it down \o/.
Null conditional assignments,
Inferred type in lambda expressions,
Field Access in auto properties!
Extension Blocks 🥹🥹 !
#dotNETConf
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
How to Keep Up with C#
https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new
Language Feature Status
https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/main/docs/Language%20Feature%20Status.md
C# Language Design
https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang
##dotNETConf
https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new
Language Feature Status
https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/main/docs/Language%20Feature%20Status.md
C# Language Design
https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang
##dotNETConf
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
How to Keep Up with C#
https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new
Language Feature Status
https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/main/docs/Language%20Feature%20Status.md
C# Language Design
https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang
##dotNETConf
https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/whats-new
Language Feature Status
https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/blob/main/docs/Language%20Feature%20Status.md
C# Language Design
https://github.com/dotnet/csharplang
##dotNETConf
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
From all of us here, thank you to every veteran who has served our country. Because of your sacrifices, we’re free to enjoy peaceful trails, open spaces, and the beauty of the places we love most. 🇺🇸💙
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
From all of us here, thank you to every veteran who has served our country. Because of your sacrifices, we’re free to enjoy peaceful trails, open spaces, and the beauty of the places we love most. 🇺🇸💙
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
Hey, friends! We know .NET 10 dropped today.
But we also know not everyone is jumping into it yet.
If you run dotnet commands in your CI/CD pipelines, make sure to use the --version flag and lock into your desired version.
#dotnet #pipelines
But we also know not everyone is jumping into it yet.
If you run dotnet commands in your CI/CD pipelines, make sure to use the --version flag and lock into your desired version.
#dotnet #pipelines
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hey, friends! We know .NET 10 dropped today.
But we also know not everyone is jumping into it yet.
If you run dotnet commands in your CI/CD pipelines, make sure to use the --version flag and lock into your desired version.
#dotnet #pipelines
But we also know not everyone is jumping into it yet.
If you run dotnet commands in your CI/CD pipelines, make sure to use the --version flag and lock into your desired version.
#dotnet #pipelines
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
It's time for Stephen Toub to give us the the Performance Improvements with .NET 10 session!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-10?wt.mc_id=WDIT-MVP-5004931
##dotNETConf
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-10?wt.mc_id=WDIT-MVP-5004931
##dotNETConf
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's time for Stephen Toub to give us the the Performance Improvements with .NET 10 session!
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-10?wt.mc_id=WDIT-MVP-5004931
##dotNETConf
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-10?wt.mc_id=WDIT-MVP-5004931
##dotNETConf
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
Aspire 13 is here - it's such a big deal that we had to skip a few versions 😉
Read the blog - devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
Or, dive deep into the What's New - aspire.dev/whats-new/as...
Happy Aspirifying!!
Read the blog - devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
Or, dive deep into the What's New - aspire.dev/whats-new/as...
Happy Aspirifying!!
Aspire 13 - Aspireify anything
Aspire 13 is here with revamped JS and Python experiences, new AI-focused grations, and a new iteration of deployment tooling.
devblogs.microsoft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Aspire 13 is here - it's such a big deal that we had to skip a few versions 😉
Read the blog - devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
Or, dive deep into the What's New - aspire.dev/whats-new/as...
Happy Aspirifying!!
Read the blog - devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
Or, dive deep into the What's New - aspire.dev/whats-new/as...
Happy Aspirifying!!
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
.NET 10 is here!
The latest release brings performance boosts, cloud-native enhancements, and AI integration to supercharge your development experience. 👉 Dive into what’s new and start exploring today: msft.it/63325tMo79
#dotNET
The latest release brings performance boosts, cloud-native enhancements, and AI integration to supercharge your development experience. 👉 Dive into what’s new and start exploring today: msft.it/63325tMo79
#dotNET
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
.NET 10 is here!
The latest release brings performance boosts, cloud-native enhancements, and AI integration to supercharge your development experience. 👉 Dive into what’s new and start exploring today: msft.it/63325tMo79
#dotNET
The latest release brings performance boosts, cloud-native enhancements, and AI integration to supercharge your development experience. 👉 Dive into what’s new and start exploring today: msft.it/63325tMo79
#dotNET
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
This was something I immediately noticed. @visualstudio.com 2026 and @vscode.dev now have similar load times!
@ardalis.com with the perfect quote that mirrors my experience. Opening over 100 projects and it's just THERE. DONE.
#dotNETConf
@ardalis.com with the perfect quote that mirrors my experience. Opening over 100 projects and it's just THERE. DONE.
#dotNETConf
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This was something I immediately noticed. @visualstudio.com 2026 and @vscode.dev now have similar load times!
@ardalis.com with the perfect quote that mirrors my experience. Opening over 100 projects and it's just THERE. DONE.
#dotNETConf
@ardalis.com with the perfect quote that mirrors my experience. Opening over 100 projects and it's just THERE. DONE.
#dotNETConf
Working in a simple static Hugo site in a GitHub repository. Asked copilot to add a simple feature that would update one file in the template.
It decides to bring in Hugo’s Apache license, change which version of Hugo I’m running (downgrading it), break how slugs are generated, …
It decides to bring in Hugo’s Apache license, change which version of Hugo I’m running (downgrading it), break how slugs are generated, …
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Working in a simple static Hugo site in a GitHub repository. Asked copilot to add a simple feature that would update one file in the template.
It decides to bring in Hugo’s Apache license, change which version of Hugo I’m running (downgrading it), break how slugs are generated, …
It decides to bring in Hugo’s Apache license, change which version of Hugo I’m running (downgrading it), break how slugs are generated, …
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans. 🫡
If you want/need some free/reduced cost things this year, you may find this helpful:
usveteransmagazine.com/usvm/veteran...
#veterans #veteransday
If you want/need some free/reduced cost things this year, you may find this helpful:
usveteransmagazine.com/usvm/veteran...
#veterans #veteransday
Veterans Day Discounts & Freebies 2025 | U.S. Veterans Magazine
To honor our nation’s veterans, numerous companies are offering discounted or free products, meals, services and events.
usveteransmagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Happy Veterans Day to my fellow veterans. 🫡
If you want/need some free/reduced cost things this year, you may find this helpful:
usveteransmagazine.com/usvm/veteran...
#veterans #veteransday
If you want/need some free/reduced cost things this year, you may find this helpful:
usveteransmagazine.com/usvm/veteran...
#veterans #veteransday
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
Reposted by ardalis (Steve Smith)
Big and Little Spoons
https://xkcd.com/3166/
Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3166
https://xkcd.com/3166/
Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3166
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Big and Little Spoons
https://xkcd.com/3166/
Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3166
https://xkcd.com/3166/
Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3166