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David Gardiner

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Senior Developer for SixPivot, Organiser for Adelaide .NET User Group and DDD Adelaide conference, Microsoft MVP. Opinions are my own. Blogging at https://david.gardiner.net.au Also at https://mastodon.online/@DavidRGardiner

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 5h

Well this is weird. I went to the hardware store today to get a few things including some extra 90mm PVC storm water elbows.

But now I'm home I can't find them anywhere! I'm sure I put them in the car from the shopping trolley, as I actually returned the trolley back inside the store.

A mystery!

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 1d

Both recruiting and interviewing is hard for everyone involved 💼 David Sheffield joins us at hashtag#DDDAdelaide 2025 to demystify the hiring process from both sides 🤝 offering practical advice for everyone to achieve the goal they want 🎯✨

Speaker Dave Sheffield at DDD Adelaide - Talking about how to Find the Best Engineer Recruits - and how to be one

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Mattias Karlsson @devlead.se · 2d

🍰 I will be bringing Cake to @oredev.org 2025! 🛸

Join me in Room Horizon on Thu 3:50 pm to see how you can build GitHub Actions pipelines #csharp using the @cakebuild.net SDK and .NET 10.

Skip YAML pain, embrace code lifecycle happiness. 🚀

oredev.org/program/94bb...

#dotnet #devops #oredev2025

Øredev Developer Conference 5-7 Nov 2025, Malmö, Sweden. Øredev is the Premier developer's conference in Europe, focused on the whole software development process.

oredev.org

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Jeffrey Woolsey @wsvguy.bsky.social · 2d

Folks,

The Windows Server Storage team is looking for you input about the ReFS filesystem. We would greatly appreciated if you respond to the survey below. Thanks!

forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon...

Microsoft Forms

forms.microsoft.com

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 2d

Have you ever thought about having unit tests for your unit tests? 🤔 If so, decent chance your testing isn't catching the bugs you need and is just slowing you down ⏱️ @Ashley Mannix at #DDDAdelaide 2025 shows how to test complex software, challenging what a test is 🧪

At DDD Adelaide 2025 Ashley Mannix will be presenting Industrial Strength Testing for Complex Software

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 3d

Going to fire up notgartner.com again? 😀

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 3d

@jamesbannan.aus.social.ap.brid.gy explores at #DDDAdelaide 2025 the art of hiding messages in plain sight. Steganography is a cat-and-mouse game 🐱🐭 for the well trained eye that's followed us through the ages, from cryptic tattoos 🖋️ to the digital era 💻

At DDD Adelaide 2025 James Bannan will be presenting From Head Tattoos to Malware: A History of Steganography

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 4d

I knew I'd probably need to update the code for my #dotnetConf talk, but wasn't counting on needing to update the talk title too!

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 4d

Estimating how long it will take to do a task is hard work ⏱️ The worst part is that it never seems to be right anyway 😅 @tomridge.bsky.social gives you the tools at #DDDAdelaide 2025 to stop predicting and start being predictable instead 🔮🎯

At DDD Adelaide 2025 Tom Ridge will be presenting Wrong by Design: How We Ditched Estimates and Shipped 10x Faster

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 5d

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 8d

@realmarkvideon.bsky.social at #DDDAdelaide 2025 offers a better framework for technologists to understand their own work and future as tech rapidly evolves. A clearer way to think about what we do and explain it to anyone. Enter the digital factory 🏭✨

At DDD Adelaide 2025 Mark Videon will be presenting The Digital Factory - Anyone Can Understand Software Development

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 5d

See the full agenda and buy your ticket before we sell out at dddadelaide.com

#dddadelaide #adelaide #softwaredevelopment

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Mitch Denny @mitchdenny.dev · 5d

Some pretty amazing improvements coming in the next release of #aspire. And it's not all just about .NET, just deployed a Python-based app with a React frontend.

Total time time from `aspire new` to deployed in the cloud? About 10 mins including all the apps dependencies.

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 6d

I think you might be inspiring me to look at doing the same thing. Not enjoying the icky ads that they inject, and that messes up the otherwise tidy and accessible HTML.

David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 7d

Came out ok

David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 7d

Whoops! Put ingredients in the bread machine earlier this morning to make some dough for bread rolls.

Bread machine finished and discovered a small ball of dough rather than a large one.

Realised I forgot to add the yeast!

Adding it now but going to be interesting to see the results.

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VHS Revue @vhsrevue.bsky.social · 8d

In Ep 35 we’re looking at my 2002 recording of the early Brendan Fraser film ‘School Ties’ #vhsrevue

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Rob Farley @robfarley.com · 10d

Watching @david.gardiner.net.au watch @greglow.bsky.social speak about new features in T-SQL at @adaug.bsky.social…

David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 10d

Watching @greglow.bsky.social speak about new features in T-SQL at @adaug.bsky.social

#MvpBuzz #sqlpass @robfarley.com

Greg presenting, with Rob Farley in the background using a laptop

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 10d

Watching @greglow.bsky.social speak about new features in T-SQL at @adaug.bsky.social

#MvpBuzz #sqlpass @robfarley.com

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 10d

Video game designer Dom Parker will be at #DDDAdelaide 2025 sharing evidence based insights on how to craft inclusive video games that accommodate to those who've lived with mental health conditions, creating better experiences for all ✨

At DDD Adelaide 2025 Dom Parker will be presenting When Games Go Deep: Accessible Game Design around Mental Health and Trauma

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 11d

🌈 We’re excited to welcome Intopia as a Major Prize Sponsor for #DDDAdelaide 2025! Their commitment to accessibility + inclusion is perfectly aligned with our values. Thank you for helping us make tech more inclusive! 🙌

Thank you Intopia for being DDD Adelaide 2025 prize sponsor

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DDD Brisbane @dddbrisbane.bsky.social · 11d

Voting for DDD Brisbane is now open!

This is your chance to help shape the agenda for this year’s conference. Check out the submissions and vote for the talks you’d most like to see on 6th December.

Your votes decide the line-up!

www.dddbrisbane.com/vote

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DDD Adelaide @dddadelaide.bsky.social · 12d

We all know tech debt 💸, and Ryan Craig will be showing us at #DDDAdelaide 2025 how to make tough calls on when to deliberately add it, or accept it (And not just pretend you didn't see it), and just as importantly, how to execute repayment plans so it does not haunt you forever 👻🛠️

At DDD Adelaide 2025 Ryan Craig will be presenting The Subtle Art of Intentional Technical Debt

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VHS Revue @vhsrevue.bsky.social · 13d

A brief history of Adelaide discount retailer Cunningham's Warehouse, AKA Cunno's #vhsrevue

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David Gardiner @david.gardiner.net.au · 13d

Working hard 😀
#Adelaide #SouthAustralia

A koala slumped asleep in the fork of a gum tree. Blue sky in the background.