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ardalis (Steve Smith)

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Software Architect and Force Multiplier of dev teams. Husband. Dad to 4 kids: 3 ADHD sons, 2 twins, 1 daughter. 💡NimblePros.com 🔥devBetter.com 🎥YouTube.com/ardalis Pluralsight | Dometrain author Microsoft Dev MVP 💥Combat Engineer veteran

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · Nov 11

Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do

- 🍔 🍟Burger King cook

- ⌨️ 🖥️ Data entry temp

- 📦 🚛 Loaded trucks

- 🇺🇸💥🫡 Combat Engineer Officer

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 2h

Did factory robots?

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sarahquaint @sarahquaint.bsky.social · 18h

While providing tech support for my FIL:

FIL: What's that screen?

ME: The terminal. You should never use it.

FIL: Never?

ME: So you know how I'm allowed to watch you open the electrical panel and swap out breakers, but I'm not allowed to ever open up it myself?

FIL: Ah! I understand, thank you.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 3h

Prices are artificially low and subsidized in the current investor-fueled landscape. Choice is high and costs low for consumers. But that will all change when the investors start demanding profits and ROI. And we’ll see then where costs land and how demand for AI responds. #AI

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

“YOU hit HER.”

CHICAGO - Trump’s ICE goons ram into a passing car after snatching someone, then brutally drag the female driver of the car they hit out of her car with guns drawn and arrest her too. (Her brother says she’s a citizen)

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 1d

a man with a beard is smiling while talking to another man with the words " did you really though " below him

Alt: a man with a beard (Thor) is smiling while talking to another man with the words " did you really though " below him

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 1d

The No Kings rally is now a “hate America rally” because America is famously and historically all about kings… 🙄

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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NimblePros @nimblepros.com · 2d

Our comprehensive Clean Architecture course is structured to cover its guiding principles and practical applications. 🎓 Enroll today! https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/announcing-the-nimblepros-clean-architecture-course/

#CleanArchitecture #dotnet #SoftwareArchitecture #SoftwareDevelopment

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James Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 2d

Excited to announce my new course on Dometrain - Solution Architecture Deep Dive.

The #1 feedback I got on the first course was the depth. Don't worry, this ones goes deeper. Deeper into what it actually means to be an architect in 2025.

#dotnet

dometrain.com/course/deep-...

Deep Dive: Solution Architecture

Master solution architecture and turn business needs into scalable, maintainable systems

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Peter Ritchie @peterritchie.com · 2d

I recently had a chat with Jeffery Palermo on the Azure DevOps Podcast about .NET Foundation, software development, and (of course) DevOps) azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/peter-ritchi... #dotnet

Azure & DevOps Podcast: Peter Ritchie: .NET Foundation - Episode 370

Peter Ritchie is a veteran software architect and consultant with over 35 years of experience in the tech industry. Peter is renowned for his deep expertise in .NET development, distributed systems, a...

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Arda Cetinkaya @ardacetinkaya.dev · 1d

Looking forward for Azure Dev Summit, Lisbon next week...It will be great opportunity to hear latest news. See you there fellows 🧑‍💻👋 #dotnet #vs2026 #AzureDevSummit @azuredevsummit

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Azure Dev Summit | Lisbon 13 - 16 Oct 2025

Azure Dev Summit is a 4-Day Event for Software Developers, 13-16 Oct in Lisbon, Portugal.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 2d

AI better be topping (or close) the updated OWASP Top 10 lists…

thehackernews.com/2025/10/new-...

#ai #security #infosec

New Research: AI Is Already the #1 Data Exfiltration Channel in the Enterprise

LayerX finds AI tools now drive most enterprise data leaks, with 77% of sensitive data pasted via personal accounts.

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 2d

s/make/fake

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Annie Sexton @anniesexton.com · 2d

just one more bug, I swear

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NimblePros @nimblepros.com · 3d

If you missed @ardalis.com presentation on Clean Architecture for the JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025, you can find his presentation starting at this point in the stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srsn...

#CleanArchitecture #dotnet

.NET Days Online 2025, Day 1: Aspire, Clean Architecture, C# Nullability, Messaging, Uno, Blazor TDD

YouTube video by JetBrains

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 3d

My speaking tour kicks off this morning with #jetbrains #dotnet Days Online in about 90 minutes. I’ll be doing a quick 45-minute talk on Clean Architecture. Other talks happening now!

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JetBrains .NET Days Online 2025

Join us on October 8-9, 2025 for a free virtual event bringing together the most influential people in the .NET space to talk about topics they’re passionate about, including .NET Aspire, Blazor, and ...

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 3d

Literally practiced this all through 4 years of high school German class. 😀

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 3d

You’re doing undercover wrong.

ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 4d

I got here via NYC instead of Detroit because the first flight out of Cleveland was grounded because the pilot’s oxygen mask clip was broken. And apparently it was going to be at least 90 minutes to get a replacement.

ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 4d

After some minor flight drama I have arrived at @devintersection.bsky.social !

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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 4d

Yeah it’s a huge issue for consultants and contractors because generally ADEntra accounts work fine inside the walled garden of a given company but the fact that they don’t associate my MY Microsoft Account that identifies ME and instead every one makes their own duplicate account… nightmare.

ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 4d

Biased…

ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 4d

It’s such a cluster that Ms accounts alone are reason enough for me to generally avoid and recommend against sites and tools that use them like Teams and Azure Devops.

Ask me how many times GitHub has asked me if it’s my work or school account?

Or Discord?

Oh and remember me never does. *sigh*