Dave Paquette
@davepaquette.com
.NET / Web Developer
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft (Azure DevOps) and ASP.NET Monster https://youtube.com/Aspnetmonsters
Blog: https://www.davepaquette.com
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft (Azure DevOps) and ASP.NET Monster https://youtube.com/Aspnetmonsters
Blog: https://www.davepaquette.com
I'm vibe coding today... and by vibe coding I mean listening to The Tragically Hip and writing some code. (Yeah, I'm using a little AI too)
September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm vibe coding today... and by vibe coding I mean listening to The Tragically Hip and writing some code. (Yeah, I'm using a little AI too)
It's wild that after all these years, jQuery is still #1
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's wild that after all these years, jQuery is still #1
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Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
June 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024
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I stand with Ukraine and the truth that Russia is an invader.
February 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I stand with Ukraine and the truth that Russia is an invader.
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I stand with Ukraine and the truth that Russia is an invader.
I stand with Ukraine and the truth that Russia is an invader.
February 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I stand with Ukraine and the truth that Russia is an invader.
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Remember that “move fast and break things” is the motto of a sector of businesses with a 90% failure rate. The US Government cannot afford a 90% failure rate.
February 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remember that “move fast and break things” is the motto of a sector of businesses with a 90% failure rate. The US Government cannot afford a 90% failure rate.
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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Stating the obvious, but every person of color I’ve worked with in tech has been extremely good at their jobs— remarkably skilled and also very patient. Because they HAVE to be. Nothing about diversity initiatives ever changed that.
January 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Stating the obvious, but every person of color I’ve worked with in tech has been extremely good at their jobs— remarkably skilled and also very patient. Because they HAVE to be. Nothing about diversity initiatives ever changed that.
💯 I couldn't agree more
It's absolutely good business. Rounding out our engineering teams' backgrounds, experiences, and talents makes us each a better advocate for our customers. It improves the quality of the product. It improves the customer experience. And mutual respect with customers strengthens the feedback loop.
Costco, Microsoft, Apple and Pinterest are doubling down on DEI. Because diversity, equity and inclusion are good for business. #DEI
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/b...
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
💯 I couldn't agree more
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Openings for Compiler and Runtime:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Debugging:
jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
Standard/Core Libraries:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Debugging:
jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
Standard/Core Libraries:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Swift Windows Engineer - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Swift Windows Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
jobs.apple.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Openings for Compiler and Runtime:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Debugging:
jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
Standard/Core Libraries:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
Debugging:
jobs.apple.com/en-gb/detail...
Standard/Core Libraries:
jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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Announcing ConsoleApplicationBuilder, DI in console applications, simply: bit.ly/4hmR4A2 #dotnet
Peter Ritchie's Blog - Announcing ConsoleApplicationBuilder, DI in console applications, simply
Peter Ritchie
bit.ly
January 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Announcing ConsoleApplicationBuilder, DI in console applications, simply: bit.ly/4hmR4A2 #dotnet
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So you can have an employee who only exists digitally but work from home is somehow not possible?
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs anonymously, known as AI agents, could transform business output
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So you can have an employee who only exists digitally but work from home is somehow not possible?
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A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.
✅ 2,000 code completions per month
💬 50 chat messages per month
💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
♥️ More fun for you
Check it out today!
Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...
✅ 2,000 code completions per month
💬 50 chat messages per month
💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
♥️ More fun for you
Check it out today!
Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...
Announcing 150M developers and a new free tier for GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Come and join 150M developers on GitHub that can now code with Copilot for free in VS Code.
github.blog
December 18, 2024 at 6:19 PM
A new free tier of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.
✅ 2,000 code completions per month
💬 50 chat messages per month
💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
♥️ More fun for you
Check it out today!
Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...
✅ 2,000 code completions per month
💬 50 chat messages per month
💫 Models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet or GPT-4o
♥️ More fun for you
Check it out today!
Oh yeah, and we passed 150M developers on GitHub 💅 github.blog/news-insight...
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Planning to spend the next couple weeks improving test reliability and generally making it easier for our team to write front end tests. Working on both unit testing and E2E testing. What are the cool kids using these days for testing React components?
November 23, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Planning to spend the next couple weeks improving test reliability and generally making it easier for our team to write front end tests. Working on both unit testing and E2E testing. What are the cool kids using these days for testing React components?
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I'm excited to announce the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund. Aimed at enhancing the security of open source, backed with +$1.25MM in funding from partners, dedicated training and more. github.blog/news-insight...
Announcing GitHub Secure Open Source Fund: Help secure the open source ecosystem for everyone
Applications for the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund are now open! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until they close on January 7 at 11:59 pm PT. Programming and funding will begin ...
github.blog
November 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I'm excited to announce the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund. Aimed at enhancing the security of open source, backed with +$1.25MM in funding from partners, dedicated training and more. github.blog/news-insight...
It has arrived! It is definitely a nice looking device. Copilot button for immediate productivity boost 🤓
November 21, 2024 at 6:29 PM
It has arrived! It is definitely a nice looking device. Copilot button for immediate productivity boost 🤓
New work laptop is being delivered today. Hoping this new one has better thermal management than my old Surface Book 3. The CPU on that thing was always being throttled due to heat which made it pretty useless as a developer laptop.
November 21, 2024 at 3:57 PM
New work laptop is being delivered today. Hoping this new one has better thermal management than my old Surface Book 3. The CPU on that thing was always being throttled due to heat which made it pretty useless as a developer laptop.
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Visual Studio 2022's splash screen shows up approx. 100ms later than Visual Studio 2013 manually testing it.
This was confusing to me after I traced it, as relative to their main method entry point, they both take about the same amount of time to render and show the window.
What was going on?
This was confusing to me after I traced it, as relative to their main method entry point, they both take about the same amount of time to render and show the window.
What was going on?
November 18, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Visual Studio 2022's splash screen shows up approx. 100ms later than Visual Studio 2013 manually testing it.
This was confusing to me after I traced it, as relative to their main method entry point, they both take about the same amount of time to render and show the window.
What was going on?
This was confusing to me after I traced it, as relative to their main method entry point, they both take about the same amount of time to render and show the window.
What was going on?