Ken Dale

ICYMI: Strategies for communicating API retirement to users, including web messaging, API response updates, and implementation concerns. kendaleiv.com/communicatin...

New blog post! Strategies for communicating API retirement to users, including web messaging, API response updates, and implementation concerns. kendaleiv.com/communicatin...

Directory-Build.props: Share Settings Across .NET Projects | by Khalid Abuhakmeh buff.ly/QeXVmz3 #dotnet #softwaredev #csharp #msbuild

From last week

Cosmos DB’s _ts value is useful, but not especially readable. Multiply it by 1000 and use TIMESTAMPTODATETIME to inspect the document’s last-modified time directly in a SQL query. kendaleiv.com/creating-a-u...

Pour over coffee at 200°F seems way better than boiling -- unless I'm imagining the difference it's pretty substantial.

🎤 Thinking about giving your first tech talk? Here are tips for the aspiring or first-time technical speaker. kendaleiv.com/tips-for-the...

✅ 100% code coverage doesn't mean your code works. Here's why. kendaleiv.com/100-percent-...

Home internet down? You can still operate your Wi-Fi robot vacuum/mop using a smartphone hotspot. kendaleiv.com/operating-a-...

🚀 Prompt to Benchmark: C# benchmarking via GitHub Agent running .NET in the cloud. From idea to performance data, fast. kendaleiv.com/prompt-to-be...

Anyone else feel like coffee might be better in a mug? Am I just lacking patience for a thermos and drinking it too hot or is it somehow actually better?

I created a GitHub Copilot skill that reports the actual (post-discount) cost of Azure resources. Useful for determining where to focus cost savings and what was saved. github.com/kendaleiv/Ac...

Your background loop probably doesn't need Task.Delay. For periodic async work, PeriodicTimer makes the intent much clearer: wait for the next tick, do the work, repeat. One consumer at a time, dispose it, pass the token. https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.threading.periodictimer

Mermaid diagrams are now built directly into VS Code. 🎉 No extra extension required. 🙌

Bike ride pulling kid behind, get back to the van to be done and and then air rushes out the tire. Nice that we were finished. 🙂

✅ 100% code coverage doesn't mean your code works. Here's why. kendaleiv.com/100-percent-...

Peas&Carrots: why URL encoding your query string parameters matters (and what can go wrong if you don't). kendaleiv.com/peas-and-car...

New blog post! Creating A User Readable Timestamp From Cosmos DB _ts Using SQL Query kendaleiv.com/creating-a-u...

🎤 Thinking about giving your first tech talk? Here are tips for the aspiring or first-time technical speaker. kendaleiv.com/tips-for-the...

Prompt To Benchmark: C# Benchmarking Via GitHub Agent Running .NET In The Cloud From idea to performance data, fast. kendaleiv.com/prompt-to-be...

New blog post! Prompt To Benchmark: C# Benchmarking Via GitHub Agent Running .NET In The Cloud kendaleiv.com/prompt-to-be...

This is a GREAT event that I enjoy traveling to and helping with annually. If you're in the Philly, NJ, or NYC region its a great opportunity to get a LOT of face-time with some of the best speakers in the industry and grow your career.

New blog post! Making Friends with Reviews: Providing Great Feedback kendaleiv.com/making-frien...

AT TIME ZONE in T-SQL is great for bucketing counts (like daily) while respecting historical offset changes like daylight saving. Small gotcha: You'll need to map from IANA to Windows Time Zone IDs for Azure SQL if sending IANA time zone via a browser. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-... #sql

Anyone else getting lots of emails recently to Activate account?

Thanks to @scott.hanselman.com for showing me Handy (handy.computer) — a free, open-source speech-to-text tool that runs locally on your machine. Push-to-talk, privacy-focused, and just works. Check it out!

Thanks @scott.hanselman.com for pointing folks to handy.computer via a Microsoft internal talk, much appreciated!

We completed Mario Party 7 Solo Cruise today. The Bowser level isn't trivial but we prevailed!

Happy New Year! Have a prosperous, healthy, loved, and fun year -- and may we all know Jesus more.

Merry Christmas everyone! Luke 2:10 TPT [10] But the angel reassured them, saying, “Don’t be afraid, for I have come to bring you good news, the most joyous news the world has ever heard! And it is for everyone everywhere! bible.com/bible/1849/l...

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Thankful for God, family, and career.

Picture from Sunday.

And one from Saturday:

Took these earlier.

#ASPNETCore updates in .NET 10 Release Candidate 1 | by Dan Roth buff.ly/nH0ru4S #dotnet #dotnet10 #aspnetcore #blazor #identity #webdev

Happy Monday, have a great week!

Would be nice if social screenshots included links -- DevTools screenshots could be easy to fabricate.

Good use case for AI: Merge conflict resolution -- if it happens automatically with ability to review that would be neat.

Pixel 6 to Pixel 10 is a big improvement with the fingerprint sensor. Works consistently and quickly!

A Beginner's Guide to Studying the Bible: Tips, Tricks, and Suggestions rodtrent.substack.co... #DivineDesign #Jobs #Industry #GodsWay #Career

Drove up to a nice view today.

Link correction: Now we have an official Microsoft NuGet account on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/nuget.org Follow to stay up to date with everything related to .NET packaging! #dotnet #visualstudio #vscode

Happy Easter! He is risen! ☀️

Return 408 Request Timeout For a Regex Timeout Using ASP .NET Core Middleware by @kendaleiv.com kendaleiv.com/return-408-r... #aspnetcore

Standups, retrospectives, etc. can provide significant benefits, provide no value, or even contribute to net negative. It's not the named events themselves, it's what happens during them.

New blog post! Return 408 Request Timeout For a Regex Timeout Using ASP.NET Core Middleware kendaleiv.com/return-408-r...

The Microsoft .Build.Sql project SDK is now generally available - build and deploy your SQL Database with confidence techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

📢 #AzureCosmosDB Conf 2025 is coming! 📅 April 15 | ⏰ 9 AM PT | 🎥 Live on YouTube 🚀 Expert sessions, real-world use cases & exclusive on-demand content! 💡 Don’t miss out—register now for free! 🔗 aka.ms/AzureCosmosD...