Daniel Ward - daninacan

.NET meetup exactly one week from today! Jeff Shafferman will show how to structure MAUI projects for scale and testability! #dotnet 🧑Jeff Shafferman 🎤 MAUI: Architecture and Best Practices ⌚ Oct 29 @ Noon CST 🌐 Remote (Zoom) Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Thank you to everyone who came out to the .NET User Group meetup last week! We met in-person at Geekdom as part of San Antonio Startup + Tech Week and it was a great turnout. Jon Roberts gave a great presentation and we did a giveaway of one of our Packt books!

Check out the SA .NET User Group at SA Startup + Tech Week on Sept 29! Sign up below or just show up! Jon Roberts will present with some F# goodies on "Herding Clankers into the Pit of Success." We'll also be doing a free Packt .NET book raffle! Signup w/ info: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Arturo Nereu will present at the next .NET meeutp on creating his own game engine from an AI angle! #dotnet #gamedev 🎙️ What: Generate the code once, so nobody has to write it again 🧑Who: Arturo Nereu 🕛 When: Sep 24 @ Noon CST 🌐 Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Next .NET meetup in 1 week! I'll talk about using analyzers & architecture tests to enforce code quality! 🎤What: Don't Make Me Repeat Myself: Analyzers & More For Quality By Default 👨‍🏫Who: Daniel Ward ⌚When: August 27 @ Noon CDT 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Blogged: How to use Azure models in GitHub Copilot CLI and VS Code I've been successfully playing around with using Azure Foundry models with @github.com Copilot BYOK mode lately (including a CLI status line script showing Azure spend), so thought I'd share! daninacan.com/how-to-use-a...

I'll be giving a 30-45-minute presentation this Wednesday on how I use GitHub Copilot after coaching teams on it for a little over a year. It'll be both some specific technical features and general patterns of how I like to use it. Come check it out! leantechniques.com/events/githu...

I'm both happy and thankful to go another year as a Microsoft MVP! I love being in .NET land, anyway, so contributing to the program with blog posts, talks, and local events is something I enjoy doing and plan to keep doing! #mvpbuzz

Next San Antonio/Austin DNUG is in 10 days! Learn to build your infrastructure in C# with Pulumi! #dotnet #azure 🎤What: Serverless Dad Jokes: What If Everything Was Just C#? 👨‍🏫Who: Adam Gordon Bell ⌚When: July 30 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Thank you Packt for sending the San Antonio/Austin .NET UG some complimentary books for us to giveaway! We also received some discount codes. These kinds of things seem small, but they really do help out local groups, so I really appreciate getting sponsorships like this.

Want AI without paying per token? Alec Harrison covers AI Foundry Local at the DNUG this Thursday! #dotnet 🎤What: AI on Your Machine: .NET, AI Foundry Local, and Zero Cloud Guilt 👨‍🏫Who: Alec Harrison ⌚When: June 25 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

I'm off to Denmark to speak at NDC Copenhagen about how and why to use the @github.com Copilot SDK! As a bonus, you'll also get some snazzy C# demos thrown in. #dotnet I'm excited to see another new place and grateful for the opportunity!

Blogged: 10 cool things you can do with GitHub Copilot CLI Been using the @github.com Copilot CLI more lately and enjoying it quite a bit. I even included the brand spankin new /chronicle cost-tips and /rubber-duck commands just because I like yall that much daninacan.com/10-cool-thin...

In-person meetup for the Austin .NET User Group with Jeffrey Palermo this Thursday! Free food and drinks! #dotnet

🍕🍺 In-person Austin DNUG meetup this month! Drinks and food will be provided! 🎤What: Implementing an AI Software Factory on Top of Your DevOps Environment 👨‍🏫Who: Jeffrey Palermo ⌚When: May 21 @ 5:30 CST 📍Where: Calavista (address on Meetup) Signup: www.meetup.com/austin-net-u...

I'm happy to start another year as a @pulumi.com Puluminary! I always love and appreciate the swag! Also, bonus points for having some of the coolest shipping boxes I've seen.

I'll be speaking at @devopsdaysaustin.bsky.social again this year! This is actually one of my favorite conferences, and I highly recommend going if you can! My talk will be How to Get Started With Automated Testing In the Age of AI. Signup: devopsdays.org/events/2026-...

Thank you to everyone who attended my @github.com Copilot workshop last weekend! I enjoyed giving it and meeting everyone there. Also huge thank you to @zelifcam.bsky.social, Geeks&Drinks, and Alamo Tech Collective for hosting! Slides, repo: daninacan.com/geeks-and-dr...

C# devs can do Agentic AI, too! At the next SADNUG meetup, @garoyeri.bsky.social demos @aspire.dev + @ollamabot.bsky.social! #dotnet 🎤What: C# Developers can have fun with Agentic AI too! 👨‍🏫Who: Garabed Yeriazarian ⌚When: April 30 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Tomorrow's the day! I'll be giving a free 3-hour long workshop on effective @github.com Copilot usage tomorrow from 10AM-1PM at @zelifcam.bsky.social. We'll use both Copilot in the CLI and VS Code. Event + signup here: geeksanddrinks.tech/ai-april

I joined the AI DevOps podcast for an episode! azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/daniel-ward-... Jeffrey Palermo and I talked about the current AI landscape, avoiding skill atrophy with AI, and the ways I'm doing enterprise AI coaching for teams to get value out of AI without breaking stuff.

Blogged: How to use the GitHub Copilot SDK in C# I've been using the @github.com Copilot SDK for the past month or two on a side project and been having a blast with it, so figured it was worth its own post! #dotnet daninacan.com/how-to-use-t...

I'll be giving a free 3-hour workshop on effective GitHub Copilot usage on April 18! Signup: geeksanddrinks.tech/ai-april After a year of enterprise AI coaching on @github.com Copilot, I'll share what does and doesn't work when supporting real products with it at the enterprise level.

I learned this year at #MVPSummit that there's 39 Daniels that are MVPs! #mvpbuzz In my opinion, that is far too many. I propose we narrow this number down classic gladiator combat style and let the strongest survive

Finally made it to #MVPSummit and even got a little something to represent the San Antonio .NET User Group back home! #mvpbuzz #sadnugs

Moving right into another cross-platform talk this month! Tony Champion covers UNO Platform at next week's .NET@Noon! #dotnet 🎤What: Getting Started with Cross-Platform Development Using UNO 👨‍🏫Who: Tony Champion ⌚When: March 26 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Blogged: Using ReSharper in Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro, Antigravity, & More The fact that ReSharper is on Open VSX was a pleasant surprise to learn about! Plus, it was a nice change of pace from the AI content lately. @jetbrains.com @resharper.jetbrains.com #dotnet daninacan.com/using-reshar...

Reminder that I'll be live in a few 4 hours at 2 PM Central! I'll be speaking about how to use the @github.com Copilot SDK for Memphis AgentCamp. Come check it out! #dotnet Signup: www.meetup.com/memphis-tech...

Want to build cross-platform apps with one codebase? Next week's .NET@Noon will go over .NET MAUI! #dotnet 🎤What: MAUI: The Tropical Paradise of Multi-Platform Development 👨‍🏫Who: Jeff Shafferman ⌚When: February 26 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup here: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

First .NET@Noon of the year is next week! Dustin Thostenson will cover how to handle tech debt, both technically and politically. #dotnet 🎤What: Techniques to Tackle Tech-debt Today 👨‍🏫Who: Dustin Thostenson ⌚When: January 29 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Blogged: How to use Agent Skills in GitHub Copilot Very happy to see that skills for GitHub Copilot are in the stable version of @vscode.dev! I think it's a topic that takes a moment to grasp, and unit testing is a perfect example for showcasing them. #dotnet daninacan.com/how-to-use-a...

Thank you to everyone who came out for the San Antonio #dotNETConf! It was the first event of the year for the SA .NET User Group and the turnout + whole event was great! Also big thanks to Lean Techniques for sponsoring, Geekdom for hosting, and DevSA for collab!

This Saturday will be San Antonio's local .NET Conf! We'll go over the highlights of all the new .NET 10 updates condensed into an hour. #dotNETConf 📍In-person at Geekdom, Jan 10 @ 1 PM 🌮Food/drinks provided 🎉Come learn with your fellow devs! Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Blogged: How to use Pulumi with C# - Stack References The final post in the C# #pulumi series! Turns out having a kid takes a lot of your time... Anyway, this one covers passing data between stacks with stack outputs and StackReferences! #dotnet #azure daninacan.com/how-to-use-p...

I'll be giving a .NET 10 recap tomorrow, along with a couple other presenters. Come check it out if you missed .NET Conf and want a summary! #dotnet Signup: leantechniques.com/events/whats...

The next San Antonio DNUG is this Thursday, with @chadgreen.bsky.social covering good practices for building APIs in Azure! #dotnet #azure 🎤What: Building Resilient and Scalable APIs in Azure 👨‍🏫Who: Chad Green ⌚When: December 11 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

I'll be a giving a short 16-minute presentation on @github.com Copilot Tips & Tricks tomorrow right before lunch. Check it out if you're interesting in how to use AI effectively! Signup: leantechniques.com/events/githu...

Great presentation from @dotnetdave.bsky.social for the Austin DNUG on disposable types! I learned a lot! #RockYourCode

🗣️In-person Austin DNUG meetup this Thursday! Come learn about disposable types with @dotnetdave.bsky.social! 🎤What: What Every .NET Developer Needs to Know About Disposable Types 👨‍🏫Who: David McCarter ⌚When: Nov 20 @ 5:30 PM CST 🌐Where: Casa Chapala Signup: www.meetup.com/austin-net-u...

Learn how to practice reactive UI programming in .NET using @ReactiveXUI next Thursday with Andy Lech! 🎤What: Build More Responsive and Maintainable Mobile Apps with ReactiveUI 👨‍🏫Who: @andylech.bsky.social ⌚When: October 30 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Blogged: How to Use Pulumi with C# - Projects, Stacks, Config New C# Pulumi post is up! Finally covers multiple stacks, as well as creating explicit Providers to deploy to multiple subscriptions from a single stack.#dotnet #azure #pulumi daninacan.com/how-to-use-p...

Learn about AI + how to make your own AI agents in C# with Semantic Kernel this Thursday with... Me! #dotnet #ai 🎤What: Getting Started With AI For .NET Devs With Semantic Kernel 👨‍🏫Who: Daniel Ward ⌚When: September 25 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here, and I interviewed @madskristensen.net, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft, about what's new, what it means for developers, and how decisions for VS are made. #dotnet #VisualStudio2026 Read the full interview here: daninacan.com/an-interview...

Blogged: How to use Pulumi with C# – Component Resources #dotnet #pulumi Been too long since I've made a post, partially due to IRL things, but also because this post took a good amount of research to make sure everything I put in here was accurate! daninacan.com/how-to-use-p...

Are you using health checks in .NET? Come learn how at the next SA .NET meetup next Thursday! #dotnet 🎤What: Health Checks: The .NET Feature You’re Probably Not Using 👨‍🏫Who: Matthew Thomas ⌚When: August 28 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Signup: www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

I'll be giving a talk on general AI knowledge and using Semantic Kernel this Thursday. It's essentially the talk I was looking for when trying to learn all the AI jargon and landscape, plus a bit of creating AI agents with SK in C#. Come check it out if that interests you! Signup: t.co/O7R43qW64M

Master GitHub Copilot this Thursday at our next DNUG (spoiler: expect Burke Holland’s beast mode)! 👨‍💼Who: Patrick Robinson 🎤What: Prompting for Impact in .NET: Using Copilot to Think, Not Just Code ⌚When: July 31 @ Noon CST 🌐Where: Zoom Sign up here! www.meetup.com/sadnug/event...

The eagle has landed #mvpbuzz

I'll be speaking at @nebraskacode.bsky.social on Friday about contract testing using Pact! The demo will be in C# (with some Typescript), but it's pretty much all language-agnostic content. #dotnet #testing Come check it out if that sounds cool to you! whova.com/web/DH7YrgaY...

Happy for first MVP renewal! Hopefully many more to come! Also looking forward to getting a lonely disc for the MVP stand. #mvpbuzz