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Damian Hickey
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Architect | SOD/EDA | DDD | SaaS | Chief Architect & Engineering Director @DuendeSoftware | Recovering OSS contributor. Mostly. NET and dable in other ecosystems. Rugby.

Is F# still a thing?
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
Claims and scopes describe user information in OpenID Connect.

Let's see how Duende IdentityServer handles consent, different client types, required vs. optional scopes, and what happens when a client doesn't get everything it asked for.

duende.link/97aeqlj 👀

#dotnet #aspnetcore
Duende Software - Identity and Access Management for .NET
We help companies using .NET to build identity and access control solutions for modern applications.
duende.link
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Completed Halo CE split screen with daughter last week. Guess we'll be doing it again. :)
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
We're happy to start sponsoring the Spectre.Console project!

It is a #dotnet library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications by giving you access to standard components you may find in a CLI experience.

Go check it out! duende.link/sp3ctr3
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
Been fun digging into Passkeys lately. Starting a 4-post series... #dotnet #aspnetcore #identity

duende.link/p455k3y
Duende Software - Identity and Access Management for .NET
We help companies using .NET to build identity and access control solutions for modern applications.
duende.link
September 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
I'm hiring! Looking for an #aspnetcore dev, ideally with identity/oidc experience. Role is support, tech presales, advisory, docs, ...

East coast US ideally for timezone overlap in the team

Small team and company, big ambition. Reach out if you're interested! duendesoftware.com/careers/cust...
Customer Success Engineer
Duende software looking to fill Customer Success Engineer position
duendesoftware.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
SQL Server on arm64 is a bit of a hot mess for devs eh.
September 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If there are only 12 months between STS and LTS what's the point? This means we'll be producing packages supporting four SDKs 8, 9, 10 for a period leading into 11. A brief period yes, but still.
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
How is nancyfx.org website still running lol
Nancy - Lightweight Web Framework for .net
nancyfx.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Are AI agents beholden to RTO policies?
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
We're hiring! At @duendesoftware.com, we're looking for someone to join our Customer Success team. It's a 100% remote position but we are looking for someone based in the US East Coast region for time zone reasons.

If you're interested, visit duendesoftware.com/careers/cust... for details! #hiring
Customer Success Engineer
Duende software looking to fill Customer Success Engineer position
duendesoftware.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our docs website went down with TLS certificate errors for no discernable reason. Deleting and recreating the custom domain in azure static websites fixed it.

Thanks Azure.
August 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Microsoft’s CoreAI team is a new engineering group led by former Meta executive Jay Parikh"

Fucking Meta lol.

GitHub enshitifcation starts now.
August 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The enshitification of GitHub begins.
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
Know someone who would benefit from attending my OAuth 2.0 and OIDC training for free?

Nominate them!

Do you want the free seat yourself? Ask someone to nominate you!
August 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Just ruined the start of my vacation ffs.
Per Eurocontrol technical issues have closed the London CTA, affecting flights across the southern UK. Flights holding outside the CTA, diversions and delays are expected to mount. Greatest impact will be to Heathrow. www.flightradar24.com/multiview/3b...
July 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No s-pen support galaxy fold 7. 😤 Been a user of since the first Note. 13 years of upgrades since. Deal breaker. No buy.
July 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
It’s probably not a very popular opinion but teamwork requires a disproportionate amount of effort compared to solo work. Communication overhead, differences of opinions, alignment, etc. suck so much energy out of the individual experience. It’s rare to read up on any of that.
June 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
How I got involved in the Backend for Frontend (BFF) spec? @philippederyck.bsky.social built a demo to show how insecure single-page applications can be!

Full interview: youtu.be/urS9wstmN2U
More on Backend for Frontend: duende.link/bff

#dotnet #security #bff #oauth2
June 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Interesting time to have the entirety of NATO leadership in town.
June 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
May 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
This week's .NET Rocks! features Erwin van der Valk talking about the Backend for Frontend (BFF) pattern and how it can be used to secure browser-based applications.

Tune in at duende.link/1950dnr 🎧 #dotnet #bff #security #aspnetcore
.NET Rocks!
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.
duende.link
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Damian Hickey
In recent weeks, some of our customers reported performance degradations. You won't believe what happened next 😱

Clickbait aside, #efcore, SqlClient, and transient retries don't always go well together. More on our blog!

duende.link/1khti3w #dotnet #identityserver #azure
Microsoft Azure SQL and Entity Framework Core Performance Issues and Solution
Many IdentityServer users are upgrading their deployments to the latest version of .NET and Duende IdentityServer. Most upgrades are uneventful and fair, with many users pleasantly surprised by a…
duende.link
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient is such a tire fire of a package lol
May 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM