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Weekly Recap
How I Vibe Coded My Blazor Website With ChatGPT in 1 Hour!
Vibe coding has been all the rage, so why not try my hand at vibe coding an entire Blazor website for my vlog YouTube channel? Get ready for the first entry in this video series where ChatGPT and other AI tools will guide me through building and deploying my website to GitHub pages!
Looking Back on 20+ Years of Programming - Engineering Manager AMA
Like all things in life, what we value and focus on will shift over time. Software engineering is no different! The more experiences we have and knowledge we gain, the more we grow.
With my 100th newsletter issue, I thought it would be a good opportunity to reflect on 20+ years of programming and 15+ years in the industry.
As with all livestreams, I'm looking forward to answering YOUR questions! So join me live and ask in the chat, or you can comment now and I can try to get it answered while I stream.
Is Your Job Making You Lazy?
From a topic posted on ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor asked if others are also at a point where they're content in their career -- they don't need more money or that next title.
Does that make them lazy? Is their career going to flop? Is AI going to get them?
Why You’re Not Progressing As A Senior Engineer!
A viewer wrote in to ask about moving from senior engineer to principal level -- not for the title, but for the responsibility, scope of work, and set of complex challenges that come along with it.
Let's break it down and see what we can come up with!
Can Copilot REALLY Build My Blazor Website for Me?
The Code Commute website was deployed with the help of ChatGPT, but can I vibe code my way out of the sample Blazor project into a website that looks semi-respectable?
Let's see if GitHub Copilot can save the day as we continue to vibe code!
Why Junior Developers Don't Ask Questions (and what you can do about it)
From ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wanted to understand better why junior developers aren't asking questions despite all of their efforts to make a safe place for them. This is something I've been working at for years now, and I'd like to share my thoughts.
Product or Technology? Where Should You Focus Your Attention?
From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wanted to know if they were crazy for focusing more of their time and energy on the product side of things. If most of their colleagues are always looking at code and tech from a strategy perspective, are they doing it wrong?
Data Replication Ain't Easy: Interview With Josh Hicks of Jumpmind
Josh Hicks of Jumpmind knows a thing or two about just how complicated data replication can get.
On the surface, it's a simple problem. Data in one spot needs to get to another spot. Add a new location in? No problem.
... But it gets complicated FAST, and that's a problem they solve at Jumpmind.
Big thanks to Josh for sharing his career journey, featuring AWESOME networking opportunities that really demonstrate just how important it is to keep up those relationships.
Steal My AI Workflow For Writing Code (or refine your own process)
What's this? Another AI video?!
Yes. And here's how my AI workflows are evolving for my own software development processes in the middle of 2025.
Using The FASTEST Cache For Your ASP NET Core Application
We all know Redis... But did you know about the caching tech by Microsoft that's EVEN FASTER?
... AND it has lower latency?! ANNND it's written in C#? Yeah. That's what I figured.
Check out this video for how you can get your ASP NET Core applications running with Garnet and FusionCache as a hybrid cache solution!
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