I’m Nick Cosentino, the creator of Dev Leader. I’m a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft by day and a software engineering content creator by night! My journey in software engineering and leadership has been fueled by a passion for continuous improvement and a drive to empower teams with trust, transparency, and candor.

Here at Dev Leader, I share insights and experiences from my diverse background, spanning startups, small businesses, and big tech. I’ve been writing code for 20+ years and professionally creating software for 15 years now. I’d love to share my experiences with you!

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05/14/2024
5 minute read

How To Use IServiceCollection in Console Applications - What You Need To Know

How can you use an IServiceCollection in console applications to get dependency injection? Is this a viable option if you don't want to use Autofac?

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05/11/2024
9 minute read

Imposter Syndrome and YOU - Dev Leader Weekly 43

Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss imposter syndrome and how it affects you as a software engineer.

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05/04/2024
12 minute read

The Best Software Engineers Are Replaceable - Dev Leader Weekly 42

Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss the idea of the best software engineers being replaceable but indispensable.

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05/03/2024
14 minute read

Autofac ComponentRegistryBuilder in ASP.NET Core - How To Register Dependencies (Part 3)

Learn how to use Autofac ComponentRegistryBuilder in ASP.NET Core! We'll see how we can move closer to getting the C# plugin architecture support we want!

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05/02/2024
14 minute read

Autofac ContainerBuilder in ASP.NET Core - What You Need To Know (Part 2)

Learn how to use Autofac ContainerBuilder in ASP.NET Core to wire up dependency injection. I'll explore what we can and cannot do with this approach!

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04/30/2024
13 minute read

AutofacServiceProviderFactory in ASP.NET Core - Problems With Dependency Injection (Part 1)

Learn how to use AutofacServiceProviderFactory in ASP.NET Core for dependency injection! This article explains how to set it up along with the pros and cons.

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04/29/2024
8 minute read

Break into Big Tech - My Journey from Startup to Microsoft

This article is a high-level view of my career journey going from startups to Big Tech -- landing a principal software engineering manager role at Microsoft.

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04/27/2024
12 minute read

How Much Math Do You Need To Program? - Dev Leader Weekly 41

Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I answer the question of how much math do you need to program -- with help from Twitter.

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04/24/2024
8 minute read

MudBlazor with Blazor Interactive SSR - What You Need To Know

Learn how to use MudBlazor with Blazor interactive SSR! Blazor's Server Side Rendering can be used alongside MudBlazor for building your next Blazor app!

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04/23/2024
13 minute read

Try Catch in C#: The Basics You Need to Know

Learn how exception handling works in C# with the basics of try catch. This article is perfect for junior software engineers aiming to understand dotnet and C#.

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Level Up Your Software Engineering

How To Use IServiceCollection in Console Applications - What You Need To Know

Imposter Syndrome and YOU - Dev Leader Weekly 43

The Best Software Engineers Are Replaceable - Dev Leader Weekly 42

Autofac ComponentRegistryBuilder in ASP.NET Core - How To Register Dependencies (Part 3)

Autofac ContainerBuilder in ASP.NET Core - What You Need To Know (Part 2)

AutofacServiceProviderFactory in ASP.NET Core - Problems With Dependency Injection (Part 1)

Break into Big Tech - My Journey from Startup to Microsoft

How Much Math Do You Need To Program? - Dev Leader Weekly 41

MudBlazor with Blazor Interactive SSR - What You Need To Know

Try Catch in C#: The Basics You Need to Know