J. Tower
@jtowermi.bsky.social
.NET Foundation Board Member-Elect | Microsoft MVP | Founder @ Trailhead | Available for Consulting
Early start this morning on my way to speak about API security and AI semantic search at @techbash.bsky.social.
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Early start this morning on my way to speak about API security and AI semantic search at @techbash.bsky.social.
.NET foundation member friends -
Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. I’d be grateful for your support!
Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. I’d be grateful for your support!
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
.NET foundation member friends -
Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. I’d be grateful for your support!
Last chance to vote for .NET Foundation board members. Voting ends October 25. I’d be grateful for your support!
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#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 873:
@jtowermi.bsky.social on Over-engineering Software Projects
youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
@jtowermi.bsky.social on Over-engineering Software Projects
youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
J Tower on Over engineering Software Projects [EPISODE 873]
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October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 873:
@jtowermi.bsky.social on Over-engineering Software Projects
youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
@jtowermi.bsky.social on Over-engineering Software Projects
youtu.be/OWrSF5EXcog
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October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎓 My newest Dometrain course just dropped!
"Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs → ASP.NET Core"
It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core.
🔗 dometrain.com/course/migra...
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp #webapi
"Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs → ASP.NET Core"
It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core.
🔗 dometrain.com/course/migra...
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp #webapi
Migrating: ASP.NET Web APIs to ASP.NET Core
A step-by-step process to migrate ASP.NET Web APIs from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core.
dometrain.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🎓 My newest Dometrain course just dropped!
"Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs → ASP.NET Core"
It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core.
🔗 dometrain.com/course/migra...
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp #webapi
"Migrating ASP.NET Web APIs → ASP.NET Core"
It includes strategies, practical advice, and real demos of updating your Web API solutions to ASP.NET Core.
🔗 dometrain.com/course/migra...
#dotnet #aspnetcore #csharp #webapi
Members of @dotnetfoundation.org, today is the day. Check your inbox and please consider voting for me for .NET Foundation board member.
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Members of @dotnetfoundation.org, today is the day. Check your inbox and please consider voting for me for .NET Foundation board member.
💻 Ready to modernize your legacy .NET apps?
In my Dometrain course, Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC to ASP.NET Core, I walk you through upgrading your MVC and Web Forms apps to ASP.NET Core gradually over time.
🔗 Check it out:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#DotNet #ASPNETCore #LegacyMigration
In my Dometrain course, Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC to ASP.NET Core, I walk you through upgrading your MVC and Web Forms apps to ASP.NET Core gradually over time.
🔗 Check it out:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#DotNet #ASPNETCore #LegacyMigration
Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core
Migrating web apps from .NET Framework to ASP.NET Core has been painful, until now.
dometrain.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💻 Ready to modernize your legacy .NET apps?
In my Dometrain course, Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC to ASP.NET Core, I walk you through upgrading your MVC and Web Forms apps to ASP.NET Core gradually over time.
🔗 Check it out:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#DotNet #ASPNETCore #LegacyMigration
In my Dometrain course, Migrating ASP.NET Web Forms & MVC to ASP.NET Core, I walk you through upgrading your MVC and Web Forms apps to ASP.NET Core gradually over time.
🔗 Check it out:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
#DotNet #ASPNETCore #LegacyMigration
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Candidate Spotlights #1 & #2 🌟
Meet the first two candidates for the 2025–2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors!
👤 Peter Smulovics – linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter
👤 Jonathan “J.” Tower – linkedin.com/in/jtower
More spotlights coming soon!
#dotnetfoundation #opensource #dotnet #BoardElections
Meet the first two candidates for the 2025–2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors!
👤 Peter Smulovics – linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter
👤 Jonathan “J.” Tower – linkedin.com/in/jtower
More spotlights coming soon!
#dotnetfoundation #opensource #dotnet #BoardElections
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Candidate Spotlights #1 & #2 🌟
Meet the first two candidates for the 2025–2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors!
👤 Peter Smulovics – linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter
👤 Jonathan “J.” Tower – linkedin.com/in/jtower
More spotlights coming soon!
#dotnetfoundation #opensource #dotnet #BoardElections
Meet the first two candidates for the 2025–2026 .NET Foundation Board of Directors!
👤 Peter Smulovics – linkedin.com/in/smulovicspeter
👤 Jonathan “J.” Tower – linkedin.com/in/jtower
More spotlights coming soon!
#dotnetfoundation #opensource #dotnet #BoardElections
🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I’m running for the @dotnetfoundation.org board!
I would be honored to have your support, and if you're comfortable, a share of this post and recommendation to others in the .NET community.
dotnetfoundation.org/board-electi...
#DotNet #DotNetFoundation #Community
I would be honored to have your support, and if you're comfortable, a share of this post and recommendation to others in the .NET community.
dotnetfoundation.org/board-electi...
#DotNet #DotNetFoundation #Community
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 I’m running for the @dotnetfoundation.org board!
I would be honored to have your support, and if you're comfortable, a share of this post and recommendation to others in the .NET community.
dotnetfoundation.org/board-electi...
#DotNet #DotNetFoundation #Community
I would be honored to have your support, and if you're comfortable, a share of this post and recommendation to others in the .NET community.
dotnetfoundation.org/board-electi...
#DotNet #DotNetFoundation #Community
🖥️ Microsoft Open Sources BASIC! 🖥️
The original 6502 BASIC interpreter, developed by Bill Gates & Ric Weiland in 1976, was used in early computers like the Commodore PET & 64, and is now open-source!
🔗 Learn More: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
#Microsoft #BASIC #RetroComputing
The original 6502 BASIC interpreter, developed by Bill Gates & Ric Weiland in 1976, was used in early computers like the Commodore PET & 64, and is now open-source!
🔗 Learn More: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
#Microsoft #BASIC #RetroComputing
Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC - Microsoft Open Source Blog
Explore the original 6502 BASIC—now open source! Dive into retro code, history, and emulators. Fork it, run it, and relive computing's roots.
opensource.microsoft.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🖥️ Microsoft Open Sources BASIC! 🖥️
The original 6502 BASIC interpreter, developed by Bill Gates & Ric Weiland in 1976, was used in early computers like the Commodore PET & 64, and is now open-source!
🔗 Learn More: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
#Microsoft #BASIC #RetroComputing
The original 6502 BASIC interpreter, developed by Bill Gates & Ric Weiland in 1976, was used in early computers like the Commodore PET & 64, and is now open-source!
🔗 Learn More: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
#Microsoft #BASIC #RetroComputing
🎟️ FEW TICKETS LEFT!
I'll be a panelist for "Can AI Do This?" at Tech Week GR next week, where my fellow panelists and I will be ready to put your time-consuming, repetitive tasks to the test and explore whether AI can help you reclaim time.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4c2rbfrt
#TechWeekGR #TechWeek #AI
I'll be a panelist for "Can AI Do This?" at Tech Week GR next week, where my fellow panelists and I will be ready to put your time-consuming, repetitive tasks to the test and explore whether AI can help you reclaim time.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4c2rbfrt
#TechWeekGR #TechWeek #AI
Can AI Do This?: Business Strategy Panel | A Tech Week GR Event
Got a task in your business that feels repetitive, manual, or just plain broken? Let’s fix it with AI.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🎟️ FEW TICKETS LEFT!
I'll be a panelist for "Can AI Do This?" at Tech Week GR next week, where my fellow panelists and I will be ready to put your time-consuming, repetitive tasks to the test and explore whether AI can help you reclaim time.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4c2rbfrt
#TechWeekGR #TechWeek #AI
I'll be a panelist for "Can AI Do This?" at Tech Week GR next week, where my fellow panelists and I will be ready to put your time-consuming, repetitive tasks to the test and explore whether AI can help you reclaim time.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/4c2rbfrt
#TechWeekGR #TechWeek #AI
I’ll be speaking at the “Can AI Do This? Business Strategy panel" at TechWeek Grand Rapids on Wed, Sept 17, 2025 (4-6 PM) at 151 Fountain St NE. Bring your messy workflow problems and the panel will help you figure out what AI can realistically solve.
www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-...
August 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I’ll be speaking at the “Can AI Do This? Business Strategy panel" at TechWeek Grand Rapids on Wed, Sept 17, 2025 (4-6 PM) at 151 Fountain St NE. Bring your messy workflow problems and the panel will help you figure out what AI can realistically solve.
www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/can-ai-do-...
It was an honor to present again at @kcdc.bsky.social today. This year I spoke about how teams can capture architectural decisions and how to speed up APIs with caching.
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It was an honor to present again at @kcdc.bsky.social today. This year I spoke about how teams can capture architectural decisions and how to speed up APIs with caching.
I'm happy to announce that I've published my first course on Dometrain, "Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core". In it, I teach you how to migrate ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core successfully.
Use the link below get at a 30% discount:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
Use the link below get at a 30% discount:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm happy to announce that I've published my first course on Dometrain, "Migrating: ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core". In it, I teach you how to migrate ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC to ASP.NET Core successfully.
Use the link below get at a 30% discount:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
Use the link below get at a 30% discount:
dometrain.com/course/migra...
Thanks for talking with me for the podcast @maddymontaquila.net. I really enjoyed it!
I got to talk to J from @trailheadtech.bsky.social a couple months ago about Aspire and the episode came out and I totally missed it - so HERE YA GO! enjoy! hubs.ly/Q03x4s6f0
S03E07: .NET Aspire - featuring Maddy Montaquila - Trailhead Technology Partners
Maddy Montaquila is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft on the .NET team. Maddy has been shaping the .NET developer experience since 2018, with work spanning Xamarin, .NET MAUI, and now .NET Aspire....
hubs.ly
July 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thanks for talking with me for the podcast @maddymontaquila.net. I really enjoyed it!
Thanks for inviting me to speak about over-engineering in software, @nebraskacode.bsky.social!
July 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks for inviting me to speak about over-engineering in software, @nebraskacode.bsky.social!
It’s an honor to be speaking about the important work of migrating legacy software at @ndcconferences.com Melbourne today!
April 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It’s an honor to be speaking about the important work of migrating legacy software at @ndcconferences.com Melbourne today!
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I recently joined my long-time friend @jtowermi.bsky.social on the Blue Blazes podcast to talk all things @redis.io—how it works, why it's awesome, and how devs can speed up their apps with it.
J. loves Redis and, frankly, I think he just wanted to pick my brain. 🧠
J. loves Redis and, frankly, I think he just wanted to pick my brain. 🧠
March 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I recently joined my long-time friend @jtowermi.bsky.social on the Blue Blazes podcast to talk all things @redis.io—how it works, why it's awesome, and how devs can speed up their apps with it.
J. loves Redis and, frankly, I think he just wanted to pick my brain. 🧠
J. loves Redis and, frankly, I think he just wanted to pick my brain. 🧠
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#UCK25 | Are your .NET Web APIs crawling at a snail’s pace? 🐌 Is your database groaning under the load of too many requests? It might be time to turbocharge your APIs with a caching layer to transform your application’s performance 💨
@jtowermi.bsky.social ➡️🔗 krakow.updateconference.net
#Update
@jtowermi.bsky.social ➡️🔗 krakow.updateconference.net
#Update
April 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#UCK25 | Are your .NET Web APIs crawling at a snail’s pace? 🐌 Is your database groaning under the load of too many requests? It might be time to turbocharge your APIs with a caching layer to transform your application’s performance 💨
@jtowermi.bsky.social ➡️🔗 krakow.updateconference.net
#Update
@jtowermi.bsky.social ➡️🔗 krakow.updateconference.net
#Update
Are LLMs just a way of compressing the internet, like a JPEG of ZIP file? I explore the idea in my latest blog post.
Check it out:
trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-int...
Check it out:
trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-int...
LLMs: The Internet, But Make It a JPEG - Trailhead Technology Partners
Discover how LLMs function as lossy compression algorithms, distilling the internet into a compact, knowledge-rich form.
trailheadtechnology.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Are LLMs just a way of compressing the internet, like a JPEG of ZIP file? I explore the idea in my latest blog post.
Check it out:
trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-int...
Check it out:
trailheadtechnology.com/llms-the-int...