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Pragmatic Architecture in .NET Core Workshop

September 16, 2024

I will be holding a one-day virtual course on August 26, 2024 teaching how to architect .NET Core Applications!

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Tailwind CSS: A Different Approach to Styling Websites

July 27, 2022

NDNDC London 2022C

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My Talk That Conference 2024

July 31, 2024

Wisconsin in July? Yeah, it's hot. But inside the conference hall is nice and cool...in more than one way.

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Aspiring to Connect: Using Aspire to Orchestrate Connected Applications

September 25, 2024

When I heard about Aspire, it took me a while to really get my head around what the .NET team is trying to do. While there have been existing ways to deploy complex connected applications (e.g. microservices, serverless, hybrid, and modular monoliths) like Kubernetes, Docker Compose and Podman. These are all great to use, but are not that friendly to .NET developers. This is where Aspire attempts better enable you to make cloud native applications in a more comfortable environment. In this talk, I'll add aspire to an existing application that uses a mix of .NET and non-.NET components to see how it works!

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My Story

I've been in the software engineering field since 1985. From my first job through to today, I've been passionate about solving the hard problems in software development. My approach is clearly pragmatic and practical. I've worked at companies from small start-ups to large corporations in a variety of vertical markets.

I've spent many years with one leg in user interface design, and the other leg in back-end development. These days that means I spend most of my time digging into web development with a variety of tools from ASP.NET Core and Node.js, to JavaScript, TypeScript, and SPA frameworks like Angular and Vue.