Benjamin Day
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Benjamin Day
@benday.bsky.social
Jazz musician turned software consultant. Rental CTO who can still write code. Therapist for teams. #Azure, #DevOps, #AzureDevOps, #Scrum. MSFT MVP, @Scrumdotorg trainer, speaker, @Pluralsight author.
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Just started my new video series on YouTube on implementing Scrum with GitHub Projects. Give it a watch and lemme know what you think. #github #githubprojects #scrum youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Scrum with GitHub Projects - YouTube
Want to learn how to use GitHub Projects to manage your software development delivery? Want to figure out how to implement and support your team's Scrum proc...
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If you’re building forms in ASP. NET Core, don’t sleep on System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.

@benday.bsky.social‬'s post is all about validation and how easy it is to implement the basics and beyond. Check it out! vslive.com/blogs/news-a...
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Benjamin Day
If you’re building forms in ASP. NET Core, don’t sleep on System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.

@benday.bsky.social‬'s post is all about validation and how easy it is to implement the basics and beyond. Check it out! vslive.com/blogs/news-a...
May 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Benjamin Day
Clean up your ASP #dotNET Core MVC views with Editor and Display Templates.

@benday.bsky.social walks through using @ Html.EditorFor to handle nested models like Address, organize shared #templates and keep your #Razor code maintainable.

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Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers
News, tips and more for .NET developers from Visual Studio Live! conference speakers and other industry experts.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New Video! Streamlining & supporting the Daily Scrum using GitHub Projects. youtu.be/5uZ0FdNsdUQ #github #scrum
Scrum with GitHub Projects: The Daily Scrum (Demo)
YouTube video by Benjamin Day
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April 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My column for @vslive.bsky.social just went live and it's one of my favorite things I've written in a while. It's a nerdy deep-dive into how C# top-level statements work. I even get into the weeds of looking at the .NET IL impl of "hello, world". Give it a read! #csharp vslive.com/Blogs/News-a...
Under the Hood: How Do C# Top-Level Statements Actually Work? -- Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers
Benjamin Day is inspired by a student's question.
vslive.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Join Microsoft MVP and certified Scrum trainer @benday.bsky.social at Visual Studio Live! Las Vegas this March 10-14, where he'll bring his wealth of expertise to this premier developer conference.
February 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just started my new video series on YouTube on implementing Scrum with GitHub Projects. Give it a watch and lemme know what you think. #github #githubprojects #scrum youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Scrum with GitHub Projects - YouTube
Want to learn how to use GitHub Projects to manage your software development delivery? Want to figure out how to implement and support your team's Scrum proc...
youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
DevExpress released an ARM64 version of CodeRush!!! YES! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DevExpress.CodeRushforARM
August 5, 2023 at 8:13 PM
I just published a new course! Ever get the feeling that your estimates are always wrong? Is your team struggling to figure out when features will done and delivered? You should try flow metrics. #flowmetrics #throughput #cycletime #scrum #agile
https://courses.benday.com/c/flow-metrics-2023
Predicting the Future, Estimating, and Running Your Projects with Flow Metrics - Benjamin Day
courses.benday.com
July 18, 2023 at 11:13 PM
Just pushed a new version of Azure DevOps Utils. This update has more flow metric features: view aging work, get suggested service level expectation (SLE), and cycle time/delivery confidence ranges.
https://github.com/benday-inc/azdoutil #scrum #flowmetrics
GitHub - benday-inc/azdoutil: A collection of useful Azure DevOps utilities.
A collection of useful Azure DevOps utilities. Contribute to benday-inc/azdoutil development by creating an account on GitHub.
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June 27, 2023 at 5:55 PM
I'm a little slow to notice this but there's a new C# extension for VSCode! VSCode now knows what to do with .sln files?!?!? Yes, please. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/announcing-csharp-dev-kit-for-visual-studio-code/
Announcing C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio Blog
Announcing a new extension for C# developers and Visual Studio code - the C# Dev Kit. Providing added reliability and productivity features for those working in Visual Studio Code.
devblogs.microsoft.com
June 14, 2023 at 11:15 AM
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New Video Alert! Do you know all the “stuff” that makes up your code? Learn how to generate a software bill of materials (SBOM) using the GitHub dependency graph. https://youtu.be/fuwHL22Wa98
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June 6, 2023 at 10:54 AM
I did a webinar yesterday for Scrum.org -- "How to Fix a Failing Project". The recording is posted to YouTube. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/prqdhA9uhkA #scrum #projectmanagement
How to Fix a Failing Project
We’ve all been there – you’re on a project and it just isn’t going well. The customers are unhappy. The stakeholders are unhappy. Management is unhappy. And ...
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June 7, 2023 at 1:36 PM