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🚀 It’s here: Rock Your Code (20th Anniversary, 9th ed.)—my definitive .NET 10 coding standards. Cleaner, faster, more maintainable C# for teams that ship. Get it on Amazon! #dotnet #CSharp #RockYourCode #MVPBuzz #dotnet #dotnet10 bit.ly/CodingStandard…


Discover NumericExtensions in #Spargine! Simplify numeric handling with methods like `Average()`, `FormatSize()`, `IsInRange()`, and more. Perfect for devs seeking efficient solutions. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/boo… #DotNet #MVPBuzz #OSS

realDotNetDave's tweet image. Discover NumericExtensions in #Spargine! Simplify numeric handling with methods like `Average()`, `FormatSize()`, `IsInRange()`, and more. Perfect for devs seeking efficient solutions.
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Did you know that the majority of tech conference speakers aren't compensated? Additionally, in the United States, conferences don't cover speaker travel expenses. Learn more here. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/new… #SPM #TechConferences #SpeakerCompensation


🚨 Defensive Programming Rule #4: Safe & Efficient Type Casting 🚨 Stop throwing InvalidCastException in production! Learn how to: ✔ Safely check type compatibility with is ✔ Avoid redundant casts that slow your code #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/def…


🚀 Enhance your C# coding skills! Learn efficient ways to retrieve nullable values from reference types using examples in this article. 💻✨ Benchmark results reveal a 1.12x performance boost with the null coalesce approach. Check it out! #dotnet #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/gen…


Behold the sacred rule of software engineering! 🚀 'THOU SHALT NOT WRITE CODE UNTIL PROPERLY ARCHITECTED.' 🖥️✨ A reminder for every developer to build with structure before diving into code. #SoftwareEngineering #dotnet #BestPractices #CodeWisdom #MVPBuzz

realDotNetDave's tweet image. Behold the sacred rule of software engineering! 🚀 'THOU SHALT NOT WRITE CODE UNTIL PROPERLY ARCHITECTED.' 🖥️✨ A reminder for every developer to build with structure before diving into code. #SoftwareEngineering #dotnet #BestPractices #CodeWisdom #MVPBuzz

Do you have a question about software engineering or boosting your career? 🚀 dotNetDave is here to help! Submit your question using the link below, and it might be featured in an article or video on dotNetTips.com! 💡🎥 bit.ly/AskDotNetDave #SoftwareEngineering

realDotNetDave's tweet image. Do you have a question about software engineering or boosting your career? 🚀 dotNetDave is here to help! Submit your question using the link below, and it might be featured in an article or video on dotNetTips.com! 💡🎥 
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I swear, using #Copilot in Visual Studio 2026 is getting worse the more I use it. Fixing MSTest changes shouldn’t be a nightmare! Isn’t this thing supposed to improve? Instead of saving time, it’s wasting a ton of mine! @VisualStudio


🚨 Attention .NET Teams! 🚨 Want a veteran engineer who’s been rocking .NET since day one to review your codebase? I’ve written the books on clean, high-performance .NET code—and I know how to spot trouble fast. Let’s talk. I can help. 📩 Contact me with your needs! #MVPBuzz

realDotNetDave's tweet image. 🚨 Attention .NET Teams! 🚨
Want a veteran engineer who’s been rocking .NET since day one to review your codebase? I’ve written the books on clean, high-performance .NET code—and I know how to spot trouble fast.
Let’s talk. I can help.
📩 Contact me with your needs!
#MVPBuzz

UX Chronicles: Why Streaming Apps Still Suck Netflix, Prime Video, and others are failing where it matters most—user experience. Glitches, bad recs, paywalls, endless ads... and execs clearly aren’t using their own products. #UserExperience dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/ux-…


🔍 Just like a thorough home inspection is essential for a safe home, rigorous independent QA is crucial for software integrity. Don't let your code go untested—ensure reliability and security with dedicated QA. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/08/18/the… #QualityAssurance #SoftwareEngineering


Great software isn’t built by just writing code—it’s built by thinking, planning, mentoring, and collaborating. If you want to be a real engineer, code less and think more. #dotnet #MVPBuzz #Planning #SoftwareEngineer dotnettips.wordpress.com/2020/02/21/dot…


📚 Discover the impact of XML documentation in .NET projects! Learn how to generate comprehensive code documentation effortlessly. Check out the article. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/roc… #CodeDocumentation #DotNet #MVPBuzz #SubMain


Code quality isn’t an afterthought—it’s a fundamental feature! 🚀 Neglecting it leads to tech debt, endless bugs & rewrites. Prioritize maintainability from the start. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/cod… #CodeQuality #CleanCode #DevLife #MVPBuzz #dotnet


Simplify file I/O in your .NET projects! 🚀 Explore Spargine's DirectoryHelper for faster, error-free directory operations. Supports Windows & macOS. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/boo… #dotnet #csharp #MVPBuzz #RockYourCode


🚀 New article in the "dotNetDave’s Faster or Not!" series! Discover a faster method to decode Base64 strings in .NET. Benchmark results show a 1.45x speed boost! Perfect for performance-critical apps! Read more: dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/dot… #dotNet #MVPBuzz

realDotNetDave's tweet image. 🚀 New article in the "dotNetDave’s Faster or Not!" series! Discover a faster method to decode Base64 strings in .NET. Benchmark results show a 1.45x speed boost! Perfect for performance-critical apps! Read more: dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/dot…
#dotNet #MVPBuzz

Attention developers: Exercise caution when utilizing static fields in your code. This insightful article dives into the reasons why. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/sta… #dotnet #MVPBuzz #SoftwareEngineering


Enhance .NET logging with LoggingHelper in Spargine! 🛠️ Capture system & app details, log exceptions, and boost reliability. Check out the full article here. dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/boo… #dotNET #Logging #Spargine #MVPBuzz


dotNetDave Says… Take care of technical debt before it takes down your team! One dev shouldn’t be stuck cleaning up a decade of chaos. Fix it early or pay for it later. #MVPBuzz #dotnet #DotNetDave dotnettips.wordpress.com/2022/01/25/dot…


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