Barret Blake

Power Automate Tip of the Day Do not store secrets in plain text variables. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/flows-designer

From the Visual Studio blog... Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-october-update-compare-commits-to-your-code-resolve-conflicts-in-bulk-keep-coding/ #VisualStudio #Git

No, American broadcasters are controlled by billionaires, not governments. Billionaires never admit they were wrong.

From the .NET blog... Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/blazor-welcomes-infragistics/ #dotnet #ASPNETCore #Blazor #NET11 #Blazoranalyzers #IgniteUI #Infragistics #opensource

C# Dev Tip of the Day Use Dictionary<TKey,TValue> for lookups instead of repeated list scans. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/collections/

I've gotten a massive number of emails the last week or so with people offering to help me patch my PHP apps. It's not a problem for me. I don't use PHP. No sane person does. But since roughly 70% of all websites use PHP, it's clear most of the world is insane.

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

Noctilucent Clouds over Sweden https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/apod/apod/2026/october/NocClouds_Hofer_6048.jpg?w=6048&h=4030&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint Credit: V. Höfer, D. Večerník & B. Večerníková

Huge headlines around the world. In major US corporate media, complete silence. Something fishy here.

Don’t let Republicans stop you from voting : columbusunderground.com/local-groups...

From the Visual Studio blog... In case you missed it earlier... Keep your investigation between sessions https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/keep-your-investigation-between-sessions/ #VisualStudio

By the end of the year, Satya will be running Microsoft by himself with only Copilot to do everything for him.

No, not Chekov.... variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Satellite view of Ohio — 2026-10-25 Imagery: MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-84.82,38.4,-80.52,42.32&l=MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&t=2026-10-25 Imagery: NASA GIBS #satellite #NASA #EarthObservation

Power Automate Tip of the Day Do not depend on visual layout alone. Names must carry meaning. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/flows-designer

From the archives... AI Still Has A Major Problem With Race and Gender https://barretblake.dev/posts/development/2023/ai-still-has-a-major-problem-with-race-and-gender/ #ai #equality #racism #sexism

C# Dev Tip of the Day Prefer await using for async disposable resources. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/garbage-collection/implementing-dispose

M42: The Great Nebula in Orion https://assets.science.nasa.gov/dynamicimage/assets/science/cds/apod/apod/2026/october/OrionSword_Palaia_2000.jpg?w=2000&h=2090&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint Credit: Roberto Palaia

From the Visual Studio blog... Keep your investigation between sessions https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/keep-your-investigation-between-sessions/ #VisualStudio

From the .NET blog... In case you missed it earlier... .NET October 2026 Out-of-Band Security Updates https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-october-2026-oob-security-updates/ #dotnet #MaintenanceUpdates #Security #NET10 #NET11 #NET8 #NET9 #CVE2026111497 #CVE2026114148 #OOB

I think one of the best aspects of this story is just how *average* the cop is. This is pretty much what most cops are like. They believe they are doing a good job.

Power Automate Tip of the Day Check connector-specific errors before rewriting flow logic. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/error-reference

From the .NET blog... .NET October 2026 Out-of-Band Security Updates https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-october-2026-oob-security-updates/ #dotnet #MaintenanceUpdates #Security #NET10 #NET11 #NET8 #NET9 #CVE2026111497 #CVE2026114148 #OOB

C# Dev Tip of the Day Use middleware for cross-cutting concerns like logging, auth, and error handling. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/middleware/

Hahahahahahahahahahaaa.... Not one person I know would consider The Cheesecake Factory to be "high class dining".

After church today, Cheesecake Factories are gonna get swarmed by hordes of the worst-tipping customers ever assembled

My first 5 (or so) TTRPGs, in the order I played them: (I'm old, so my memory might be off) 1. Basic D&D 2. Advanced D&D, 1e 3. Star Frontiers 4. James Bond 007 5. Robotech 6. Star Trek: TRPG 7. Advanced D&D, 2e

The trending list mentions "Clocks go back an hour" and for a moment I was wondering if I missed Daylight Savings Time. But no, for the US, that's next weekend. Because we can't do anything like the rest of the world does it, for those that do it.