Martin Costello 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🪿
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Software Developer. Nerd. Cynic. Has lovely, soft, floppy ears. Nerdy on main, 24/7. Rainbow person. I help .NET o11y 🔭 at 📈ana. He/him/his. HONK 🏳️🌈🇪🇺💻
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On holiday during a Cloudflare outage? Great timing.
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On holiday during a Cloudflare outage? Great timing.
Me after a few drinks:
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Me after a few drinks:
Found my holiday home:
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Found my holiday home:
The hotel restaurant carpet looks like a confused video game character 😵💫😵💫😵💫
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The hotel restaurant carpet looks like a confused video game character 😵💫😵💫😵💫
List 3 things you think you're known for and your followers will tell you if you're right or wrong
1. Geese
2. .NET
3. Dad jokes
1. Geese
2. .NET
3. Dad jokes
List 3 things you think you're known for and your followers will tell you if you're right or wrong
1. Baking
2. A singular wit
3. A bad back
1. Baking
2. A singular wit
3. A bad back
List 3 things you think you're known for and your followers will tell you if you're right or wrong
1. Mugs
2. Valet's mug and music choices
3. Lucille Bluth gifs
What a sad little life.
1. Mugs
2. Valet's mug and music choices
3. Lucille Bluth gifs
What a sad little life.
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
List 3 things you think you're known for and your followers will tell you if you're right or wrong
1. Geese
2. .NET
3. Dad jokes
1. Geese
2. .NET
3. Dad jokes
Can Disney not live-action-remake something for even 5 minutes?
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Can Disney not live-action-remake something for even 5 minutes?
Why did going in search of the hotel ice machine feel so spoopy?
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Why did going in search of the hotel ice machine feel so spoopy?
Not saying I’m a nerd, but saw a building from the plane and thought "that looks like a data centre. I wonder if it’s eu-west-1?"
Checked. It was. 🤓
Checked. It was. 🤓
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Not saying I’m a nerd, but saw a building from the plane and thought "that looks like a data centre. I wonder if it’s eu-west-1?"
Checked. It was. 🤓
Checked. It was. 🤓
Since the iOS 26.1 update the time isn’t centred anymore and it’s bugging me
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Since the iOS 26.1 update the time isn’t centred anymore and it’s bugging me
Watched Fantastic Four: First Steps last night. It was so underwhelmingly beige.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Watched Fantastic Four: First Steps last night. It was so underwhelmingly beige.
We keep finding mosquitoes on our bedroom, but we have no idea how they’re getting in 😤
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We keep finding mosquitoes on our bedroom, but we have no idea how they’re getting in 😤
Glad to hear Al👁️en Earth has been renewed for a second season
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Glad to hear Al👁️en Earth has been renewed for a second season
Another year of playing Where's Wally with the #dotnet contributors image devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou...
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Another year of playing Where's Wally with the #dotnet contributors image devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou...
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First: I am really proud of this blog post title. It’s for the girlies (IYKYK).
Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.
Third: go read it!
#dotnet #aspnetcore
📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.
Third: go read it!
#dotnet #aspnetcore
📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
And just like that .NET 10 ships tomorrow
A look at key ASP.NET Core features shipping in .NET 10, including: model validation for Minimal APIs, OpenAPI 3.1 support with unified JSON Schema, improved integration testing with top-level…
blog.safia.rocks
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
First: I am really proud of this blog post title. It’s for the girlies (IYKYK).
Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.
Third: go read it!
#dotnet #aspnetcore
📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.
Third: go read it!
#dotnet #aspnetcore
📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
Someone at St Pancras was convinced I was an undercover police officer. I didn’t realise I exuded such dom energy.
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Someone at St Pancras was convinced I was an undercover police officer. I didn’t realise I exuded such dom energy.
Fun when someone opens a PR they obviously got an AI to write for them, and then another AI reviews it and points out all the mistakes in it… 🙄
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Fun when someone opens a PR they obviously got an AI to write for them, and then another AI reviews it and points out all the mistakes in it… 🙄
It’s November, why TF is there a mozzie in the bedroom as I’m trying to sleep 😡
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It’s November, why TF is there a mozzie in the bedroom as I’m trying to sleep 😡
Random thing we were just chatting around. When was the last time you had someone come asking for "a penny for the Guy"? I can’t recall having had someone knock for this since I lived with my parents.
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Random thing we were just chatting around. When was the last time you had someone come asking for "a penny for the Guy"? I can’t recall having had someone knock for this since I lived with my parents.
Do you always think of Al Gore when you hear Celebration by Kool & the Gang or are you normal?
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Do you always think of Al Gore when you hear Celebration by Kool & the Gang or are you normal?
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So yeah, uh, if anyone wants to hire a scientist next year, hit me up. My specialties include Raman spectroscopy, FTIR, astrobiology, plastic pollution, environmental degradation, meteorites, and Mars
November 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So yeah, uh, if anyone wants to hire a scientist next year, hit me up. My specialties include Raman spectroscopy, FTIR, astrobiology, plastic pollution, environmental degradation, meteorites, and Mars
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#AdventOfCode 2025 sponsorship is now open! If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please have them email sponsorship at [the Advent of Code domain name]. adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
#AdventOfCode 2025 sponsorship is now open! If your organization might be interested in sponsoring, please have them email sponsorship at [the Advent of Code domain name]. adventofcode.com/2025/sponsors
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canvasser: so, are you voting for zohran?
voter: after what he did to san francisco? he tried to trigger the san andreas fault! and besides, how can i vote for him? i thought he fell off that zeppelin.
voter: after what he did to san francisco? he tried to trigger the san andreas fault! and besides, how can i vote for him? i thought he fell off that zeppelin.
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
canvasser: so, are you voting for zohran?
voter: after what he did to san francisco? he tried to trigger the san andreas fault! and besides, how can i vote for him? i thought he fell off that zeppelin.
voter: after what he did to san francisco? he tried to trigger the san andreas fault! and besides, how can i vote for him? i thought he fell off that zeppelin.
Got two Silksong endings today, but also the platforming section near the start of Act 3 is bullshit.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Got two Silksong endings today, but also the platforming section near the start of Act 3 is bullshit.