Simon Foster

.NET 10 is here! Discover amazing new features now! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/blazor-and-dotnet10/ #Blazor #.NET10 #WebAssembly #Wasm #HttpClient #breakingchange #DotNet #VisualStudio #release #streamingresponse #C-Sharp

Star Trek, The Voyage Home RIP Walter Koenig

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Excited to join the Festive Tech Calendar! Join me for festive AI fun! 🎄 https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/festive-naughty-or-nice-checker/ #.NET #SemanticKernel #AI #Christmas #festive #naughtyornice #C-Sharp #machinelearning #tutorial

Call for papers is ending 1st November so get your talk submissions in #DUNC27

Volunteering at NDC London 2026: Building skills, community, and confidence! 🚀 https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/ndc-london-2026/ #NDCLondon #Conference #DotNet #AI #Accessibility #WCAG #Playwright #Testing #Azure #OpenTelemetry #UX #Volunteering #2026

Watch Next is a private queue of episodes you plan to watch later — separate from your captain's log. Sign in to start one on Episode Atlas. https://www.episodeatlas.com/watch-next?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scheduled

Exploring the differences between Azure Container Registry and AWS Elastic Container Registry in my latest blog post! Thoughts? 🌐 https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/acr-vs-ecr/ #Azure #AWS #Docker #Containers #DevOps #ACR #ECR #Cloud

Navigating the shifting sands of AI in software development. Adapt, learn, and thrive in this new era. https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/ai-wont-replace-developers/ #ai #software-development #career #engineering #productivity

Choosing the right AI tool is key! Here's my go-to list for coding. https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/how-i-use-ai-on-side-projects/ #AI #ChatGPT #Cursor #GitHubCopilot #SideProjects #DeveloperWorkflow #Blazor #Hugo #Productivity

🚀 Excited to share 3 of my live Azure projects: Episode Atlas for TV tracking, AI-powered Semantic Search, and a Blog Platform with seamless deploys. Dive in and explore! 🌐 https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/projects/

Episode Atlas now has it's own blue sky account, do give it a follow if you like tracking your #StarTrek episodes, ranking episodes or seeing what other @episodeatlas.com fans are watching

It’s Both What You Say and the Way You Say It #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Build Documentation In, Don’t Bolt It On #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Don't Think Outside the Box - Find the Box #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Remember the Big Picture #ThePragmaticProgrammer

See what Episode Atlas fans are rewatching this week — community trending, not a mystery algorithm. https://www.episodeatlas.com/trending/7?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=scheduled

Be a Catalyst for Change #ThePragmaticProgrammer

Networking and learning open doors. Embrace events and projects to grow! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2026/stay-visible-as-a-developer-when-you-are-made-redundant/ #Career #Redundancy #Networking #Blogging #SideProjects #Conferences #Developer

Prototype to Learn

RIP

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Use Tracer Bullets to Find the Target

With so many different #StarTrek series now how would you categorize them? This is what I thought of live action and animated, Berman era and Kurtzman era. Any others?

Forgo Following Fads

www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star... Yesterday's Enterprise continues to be the most watched episode on Episode Atlas with 16 times it has been watched so far

There Are No Final Decisions

We're on Bluesky. Episode Atlas is for fans who want to browse every Star Trek episode, log what they've watched, and pick up where they left off — no sign-in required to explore. www.episodeatlas.com

Eliminate Effects Between Unrelated Things

Make It Easy to Reuse

DRY - Don’t Repeat Yourself

Good Design Is Easier to Change Than Bad Design

English is Just Another Programming Language

www.episodeatlas.com/profile/funk... Almost at the end of September, and Star Treks birthday has given me a lovely spread of different shows that I have watched

Can more #StarTrek fans be like this guy?

Critically Analyze What You Read and Hear

www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star... The most watched episodes of season 4 of Strange New Worlds so far on Episode Atlas are Valles Marineris, Human Best Friend, and Level-Five Transporter Accident. Which episodes have you been watching?

Invest Regularly in Your Knowledge Portfolio

Make Quality a Requirements Issue

www.episodeatlas.com/episode/star... The Defector is an excellent hour of #StarTrek #RIPJamesSloyan

Don’t Live with Broken Windows

If you know me you know I love a good tech conference. Well I am part of the organisational team behind Developers Up North 2027 #DUNC27 I would love to hear your talk and see you at the event in July. Please head on over to www.developersupnorth.co.uk/submit-talk and submit a session

Provide Options, Don’t Make Lame Excuses

www.developersupnorth.co.uk I love developer conferences and after enjoying this years Developers Up North Conference so much I have joined the organizing team for #DUNC27 It is going to be bigger and better, so watch out for more details

You Have Agency

Think! About Your Work

Care About Your Craft