Patrik Svensson
@patriksvensson.se
Father. Husband. Programmer. Microsoft MVP. GitHub Star alumni. Likes OSS, compilers, programming. Cake, Spectre.Console. Ally ✊🏾🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♀️(He/Him) @[email protected]
Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
Stockholm archipelago, Sweden
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Anyone feeling like doing some beta testing? 😅
I've been preparing a workshop around the topics of systems resiliency and chaos engineering. It would be great if someone is feeling like taking it for a spin, and provide feedback.
#DotNet #CSharp #ChaosEngineering
github.com/joaofbantune...
I've been preparing a workshop around the topics of systems resiliency and chaos engineering. It would be great if someone is feeling like taking it for a spin, and provide feedback.
#DotNet #CSharp #ChaosEngineering
github.com/joaofbantune...
GitHub - joaofbantunes/chaos-workshop-wip: Work in progress version of the chaos workshop
Work in progress version of the chaos workshop. Contribute to joaofbantunes/chaos-workshop-wip development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Anyone feeling like doing some beta testing? 😅
I've been preparing a workshop around the topics of systems resiliency and chaos engineering. It would be great if someone is feeling like taking it for a spin, and provide feedback.
#DotNet #CSharp #ChaosEngineering
github.com/joaofbantune...
I've been preparing a workshop around the topics of systems resiliency and chaos engineering. It would be great if someone is feeling like taking it for a spin, and provide feedback.
#DotNet #CSharp #ChaosEngineering
github.com/joaofbantune...
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
Spent the afternoon adding half-block support to the Spectre.Console canvas widget (if the terminal supports Unicode, that is).
This will reduce the space required for images rendered to the console.
This will reduce the space required for images rendered to the console.
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Spent the afternoon adding half-block support to the Spectre.Console canvas widget (if the terminal supports Unicode, that is).
This will reduce the space required for images rendered to the console.
This will reduce the space required for images rendered to the console.
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
I have a blog post in my mind explaining why I think most OSS people who complain about sustainability does OSS wrong, and why they will never make their OSS projects sustainable.
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I have a blog post in my mind explaining why I think most OSS people who complain about sustainability does OSS wrong, and why they will never make their OSS projects sustainable.
People who are extensive LLM users and proponents. Do you *know* that LLMs are inherently unethical and unsustainable to use, or do you know and don't care because you think the benefits outweigh the ethical concerns? If you know, what do you tell yourself to feel better about it?
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
People who are extensive LLM users and proponents. Do you *know* that LLMs are inherently unethical and unsustainable to use, or do you know and don't care because you think the benefits outweigh the ethical concerns? If you know, what do you tell yourself to feel better about it?
Turns out extension members aren't usable unless you're on C# 14. 😔
I wish there were some kind of warning when you target net8.0/net9.0 in a library that contains extension members...
I wish there were some kind of warning when you target net8.0/net9.0 in a library that contains extension members...
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Turns out extension members aren't usable unless you're on C# 14. 😔
I wish there were some kind of warning when you target net8.0/net9.0 in a library that contains extension members...
I wish there were some kind of warning when you target net8.0/net9.0 in a library that contains extension members...
It turns out that extension members (extension everything) are not usable if you're a library author. That's a shame.
@patriksvensson.se has been modernizing Spectre.Console, part of which is refactoring to use extension members. All was going fine until I tried to use it from a net8 app. The consumer app won't even compile unless I'm using the .net 9 SDK and even then I need to bump my language version up to 14.
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
It turns out that extension members (extension everything) are not usable if you're a library author. That's a shame.
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
@patriksvensson.se has been modernizing Spectre.Console, part of which is refactoring to use extension members. All was going fine until I tried to use it from a net8 app. The consumer app won't even compile unless I'm using the .net 9 SDK and even then I need to bump my language version up to 14.
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
@patriksvensson.se has been modernizing Spectre.Console, part of which is refactoring to use extension members. All was going fine until I tried to use it from a net8 app. The consumer app won't even compile unless I'm using the .net 9 SDK and even then I need to bump my language version up to 14.
The new site that @philco.bsky.social has been working on is a work of art.
It's lightweight, fast, and beautiful. Also, did I mention that there's no JavaScript?
Check out MyLittleContentEngine if you need something similar for your open source .NET project.
It's lightweight, fast, and beautiful. Also, did I mention that there's no JavaScript?
Check out MyLittleContentEngine if you need something similar for your open source .NET project.
Posted a blog post about redoing the Spectre.Console docs in my content engine - thirty25.blog/blog/2026/01...
Rebuilding Spectre.Console Documentation with .NET-Only Tools
How I rebuilt Spectre.Console's docs using MyLittleContentEngine, MonorailCSS, and VCR# - ditching Node.js for pure .NET
thirty25.blog
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
The new site that @philco.bsky.social has been working on is a work of art.
It's lightweight, fast, and beautiful. Also, did I mention that there's no JavaScript?
Check out MyLittleContentEngine if you need something similar for your open source .NET project.
It's lightweight, fast, and beautiful. Also, did I mention that there's no JavaScript?
Check out MyLittleContentEngine if you need something similar for your open source .NET project.
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
Posted a blog post about redoing the Spectre.Console docs in my content engine - thirty25.blog/blog/2026/01...
Rebuilding Spectre.Console Documentation with .NET-Only Tools
How I rebuilt Spectre.Console's docs using MyLittleContentEngine, MonorailCSS, and VCR# - ditching Node.js for pure .NET
thirty25.blog
January 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Posted a blog post about redoing the Spectre.Console docs in my content engine - thirty25.blog/blog/2026/01...
Nirva-nah
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
January 7, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Nirva-nah
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
Much has been written about potential safety benefits of AVs. Given the lack of AV data transparency, I cannot speak to whether, or to what degree, AVs are safer than an average human driver. What I can say:
This is the wrong question.
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is the wrong question.
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
And even if self-driving technology proves to be less dangerous, there are many better ways to improve traffic safety and prevent fatal crashes.
www.bloomberg.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Much has been written about potential safety benefits of AVs. Given the lack of AV data transparency, I cannot speak to whether, or to what degree, AVs are safer than an average human driver. What I can say:
This is the wrong question.
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is the wrong question.
🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
So happy that we (Sweden) joined NATO right now. I was a big proponent of it happening, so this is a very precious moment for me. /s
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
So happy that we (Sweden) joined NATO right now. I was a big proponent of it happening, so this is a very precious moment for me. /s
Do yourself a favor and don't use Zed.
The license term agreements are predatory. I encourage you to read them before clicking "Accept".
The license term agreements are predatory. I encourage you to read them before clicking "Accept".
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Do yourself a favor and don't use Zed.
The license term agreements are predatory. I encourage you to read them before clicking "Accept".
The license term agreements are predatory. I encourage you to read them before clicking "Accept".
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
🍰 We’ve updated the Cake docs and added more Cake SDK content on cakebuild.net.
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Cake - Home
cakebuild.net
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
🍰 We’ve updated the Cake docs and added more Cake SDK content on cakebuild.net.
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
Whether you’re just getting started or refining your builds, the latest guides help you set up projects, run builds, and write build logic with the SDK.
👉 #CakeBuild #dotnet #DevOps #csharp
I expect my Office 365 bill to increase soon due to "AI".
This is so stupid. Even my grandfather knew what Office was, but no one will remember copilot in a couple of years. Did they fire all their good marketing people?
This is so stupid. Even my grandfather knew what Office was, but no one will remember copilot in a couple of years. Did they fire all their good marketing people?
Microsoft is so fucking stupid.
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
Microsoft renamed Microsoft Office to Microsoft 365 Copilot App
I'm not joking
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I expect my Office 365 bill to increase soon due to "AI".
This is so stupid. Even my grandfather knew what Office was, but no one will remember copilot in a couple of years. Did they fire all their good marketing people?
This is so stupid. Even my grandfather knew what Office was, but no one will remember copilot in a couple of years. Did they fire all their good marketing people?
This is the only machine that we anthropomorphize in this family!
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
This is the only machine that we anthropomorphize in this family!
Not sure about you, but I'm starting to lose faith in the FIFA peace prize...
January 5, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Not sure about you, but I'm starting to lose faith in the FIFA peace prize...
I’ve recently started the habit of watching programming streams while coding myself, instead of listening to music.
Tonight’s programming friend is @freya.bsky.social, who’s working on her Silksong replay mod.
Any suggestions for other streamers I should check out?
Tonight’s programming friend is @freya.bsky.social, who’s working on her Silksong replay mod.
Any suggestions for other streamers I should check out?
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I’ve recently started the habit of watching programming streams while coding myself, instead of listening to music.
Tonight’s programming friend is @freya.bsky.social, who’s working on her Silksong replay mod.
Any suggestions for other streamers I should check out?
Tonight’s programming friend is @freya.bsky.social, who’s working on her Silksong replay mod.
Any suggestions for other streamers I should check out?
@simoncropp.bsky.social Sorry for nerd sniping, but do you have, by any chance, an idea why "ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull" polyfill would not light up in a netstandard2.0 project? I'm using version 9.6.0, and what I can see, there is an extension member for this in Polyfill.
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
@simoncropp.bsky.social Sorry for nerd sniping, but do you have, by any chance, an idea why "ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull" polyfill would not light up in a netstandard2.0 project? I'm using version 9.6.0, and what I can see, there is an extension member for this in Polyfill.
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This is a powerful speech.
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This is a powerful speech.
Reposted by Patrik Svensson
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.