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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.

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And here's mine. I think it's a bit weird these aren't a January thing but hey blame Spotify I guess...
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My initial joy is shattered by the pop-up that shows up and says it won’t work, contact Microsoft support.

(note I’m leaving out a whole side quest in which I sign in using GitHub)
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Then it wants to verify me with the Authenticator app for MFA. No worries. It gives a 2-digit number. The Auth app pings me that an Auth request is pending. Brilliant, this might just work, I think. I switch apps, enter digits, look at camera which Face
Ids me (twice). I switch back.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Seems Atlassian is having trouble this morning (despite status page being all green):

#atlassian #jira #trello
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
C'mon c'mon c'mon @github.com we're rooting for ya!

www.githubstatus.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Clean Architecture on one slide:
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is interesting. A token-friendly format for passing data to #ai models.

github.com/toon-format/...
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And look what just arrived from #dotnetconf !

Thanks! 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Same vibe:
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Teams keeps using my microphone as my speaker whenever I restart it (usually after a reboot). I asked Google why it doesn't use the defaults:

#msteams #teams
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You might want to upgrade to #dotnet 10 if you're still on an earlier version...
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It’s almost holiday baking season, as the song I just heard reminded me:

“Pizzelles… But Who’s Buying?”
🎶🎵🤘
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AI is so smart.

Did you know that you can use your phone's camera to open a QR code someone embeds in an email that you've opened on your phone?

Here's how (per Google AI):
- Open your camera app
- Point your phone camera at your phone's screen
- Click the link that appears...

🤔🤔🤔

#AI #Google
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Unironically calling your company “Big Brother” in London… apparently some folks never read the book 1984.
#orwell
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This giant spider at KEW London was pretty cool.
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Good tip 👇
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
More great stuff from @dylanbeatt.ie tonight at @ndcconferences.com Porto
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ready for day 3 of @ndcconferences.com Porto!
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Yes the tunnels were great!
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Indeed. Probably time to switch to a real photo here. When first I moved from other sites. Wanted to keep this avatar so folks know me by it but I’ve been slowly switch over to this one:
October 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Some nice views in Cintra yesterday.
October 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The OP goes on to note:
October 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM