Too Hot to Handle? Testing NuGet's New Package Cooldown
I tested NuGet publication cooldowns in .NET 11 RC2 to see when they delay package updates, when restore bypasses them, and what developers should know.
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Software engineering, architecture & lessons learned the hard way.
A long-running record of code, systems, architecture, operational scars, and the ideas that survived contact with production.
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Moving On After 28 Years at Concord
After 28 years at Concord, I’m closing an important chapter of my career and reflecting on the people, technology, lessons, and experiences that shaped it.
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Managing .NET SDKs: Installation Was Just the Beginning
How Isolated .NET SDK evolved from a simple installer wrapper into a tool for managing, verifying, and auditing SDK installations.
Artificial Intelligence, Super Intelligence, and What We Actually Mean
Trump's proposed Super Intelligence label is a useful reason to revisit what AI, AGI, and superintelligence actually mean and where those definitio...
How to Test a New .NET SDK Without Installing It System-Wide
Install a newer .NET SDK in isolation so you can use newer development tooling to evaluate an existing application before changing the SDK installa...
Can You Build Your .NET Application on a Clean Machine?
A clean-machine test can expose the tools, package sources, services, configuration, and developer knowledge your .NET repository depends on but do...