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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 28/07/2026
Key thing to realize about being the new person is that sometimes people will teach you things because you need to learn, and sometimes they'll teach you things (you already know) because they're learning how to teach, and that's fine
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Iowa .NET User Group @iadnug.org · 05/07/2026
On Thursday July 9 at Noon over Zoom we have @mitchelsellers.bsky.social speaking about "Advanced EF Core: High-Performance Data Access and Temporal Table Strategies" Sign up 👇👇 www.meetup.com/iadnug/event...
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.NET@Noon - Virtual - Advanced EF Core, Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 12:00 PM | Meetup
**Agenda** This will be a Zoom meeting at Noon 11:50am-12:00pm - Pre-Session Waiting Room 12:00pm-1:00pm - Presentation, JetBrains giveaway # Advanced EF Core: High-Perfo
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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
[being murdered in the kitchen] are you serious i just frickin mopped
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 14/06/2026
Having issues with Codex saying “You’ve reached your codex usage limits for code reviews” wrongly and this is exactly the problem with AI support - I went through the chat box once, got a human finally who said I had to go back through the chat box. Then the chat box closes itself as duplicate.
OpenAI support telling me via email to open another ticketAuto closing the second chat
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 12/06/2026
it was always my dream to be born with a chronic condition so that I could simp for big pharma
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
ok water calm down
A diagram of two hydrogen and one oxygen molecule that looks like a but in revealing black bottoms
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Reddit is undefeated. 😂
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 21/05/2026
if it’s undercooked, he’d fuck it
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 12/05/2026
Is anyone using Claude/Codex in chrome? If so, what’re you using it for?
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 06/05/2026
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It Is Still My Code, Even When AI Writes It | Ben Sampica
How AI has shifted my development work toward planning, standards, review, and maintaining the mental model of the software I am still responsible for.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 24/04/2026
Are the app stores still anti-web view? For example if I want to have a MAUI app using a WebView pointed at my web application but with limited functionality.
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Barret Blake @barretblake.dev · 15/04/2026
From the .NET blog... In case you missed it earlier... .NET 11 Preview 3 is now available! devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne… #dotnet #NETMAUI #ASPNETCore #csharp #EntityFramework #NET11 #Featured
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 04/04/2026
EverQuest is still rocking it 🤣
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WSDOT @wsdot.wa.gov · 03/04/2026
Just another beautiful day of being a public servant. Let’s check the DMs — oh.
A screenshot of a direct message that reads: “am I allowed to eat the public roads? They are public and asphalt in concrete taste pretty good.”
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Jorkin B Peanitson @bonerman-inc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
wonderful news everyone i have enabled dlss 5 on 'shower with your dad simulator 2015'
left image: pixelated image of a man in a shower from 'shower with your dad simulator 2015'
right image: isiah mustafa from 'old spice' tv commercials on the beach under a shower wearing a towel
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 15/03/2026
Could you elaborate on how you see this reinvention?
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 14/03/2026
Insurance companies sending out “your year in review” brochures is some dystopian shit
A brochure detailing my health coverage for the year.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 08/03/2026
The peril of xhigh
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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
"Gartner predicts that by next year, half of the companies that fired workers for AI are going to hire them back. Also, 9 months ago, Microsoft…proclaimed that 30% of their code was written by AI, and since then, we've seen some of the worst software issues at the company in its history." 1/2
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 05/03/2026
I’ve got a feeling a lot of the latter half of 2020’s and early 2030’s is going to be AI cleanup, whether by AI-assisted tools or human intervention. It’ll be the Great Unsloppening.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 28/02/2026
Sorry we’re ABC too :(
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 28/02/2026
If anyone needs cookies my Girl Scout is selling. They deliver! Hit me up 😁
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 28/02/2026
I’m reminded of this movie when his wife calls.
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arnold schwarzenegger is talking on a cell phone and says `` you 're my number one customer . ''
Alt: arnold schwarzenegger is talking on a cell phone and says `` you 're my number one customer . ''
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“1 family. 2 news networks. And a president who treats mergers like loyalty tests with no regard for the public.”
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Marco Bortolin @mbortolin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Aspire Conf - March 23, 2026 aspire.dev/aspireconf/ #aspire #dotnet
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Aspire—Your Stack, Streamlined
Aspire streamlines your development workflow with code-first control, modularity, and observability for distributed applications.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 14/02/2026
What package manager do you use for NuGet when using VSCode? I’m too used to VS/Rider
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 09/02/2026
software orchestration
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 03/02/2026
I want my AI to be able to scrub my toilet, do my laundry, and take out my trash. Chores that are required but are a waste of our ability to express, to co-mingle, to grow.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 03/02/2026
If we're pointing fingers at "who should be replaced" look at AI usage patterns, most non-VIP positions find AI tools to be mediocre at best. Who is using AI the most? The top brass. Maybe, perhaps, its those jobs that could be outsourced to AI.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 03/02/2026
One senior dev + AI replacing 3 junior engineers might look great on a graph (as dubious as the claim even us) and seems to be the focus of many a middle manager these days. I think it shows how uninspired, bought, and borrowed their ideas are already to believe AI can replace people.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 03/02/2026
Talking about whether AI can replace software developers is the same as talking about whether AI can replace artists, salesmen, or otherwise. There is no replacement for human expression. There is no replacement for human connection.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 30/01/2026
Going to be a little sad seeing her in my yearly rewatches of Home Alone.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 10/01/2026
Volunteering at Pinewood Derby for my Girl Scout troop + service unit in Ankeny today - and of course I’m still on the computer 😛. It’s incredible what a few volunteers and some elbow grease can pull off. Thanks to everyone who showed up early, hauled tracks, and made it a great day for the kids. 🙌
A computer with pinewood derby times, a pinewood derby car, and a derby racetrack in the background.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 08/01/2026
This is the guy that thinks he’s the aryan race.
Stephen Miller looking dopey
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 07/01/2026
Halfway through the three point turn to drive away? “Running away from the law” they’d cry.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 03/01/2026
Now the AI slop is disrupting retail gaming - or really anyone who needs a computer. www.eurogamer.net/amd-and-nvid...
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AMD and Nvidia will reportedly raise GPU prices "significantly" in 2026
AMD and Nvidia will reportedly raise GPU prices "significantly" in 2026, according to a report by Newsis.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 17/12/2025
A while ago, I wrote about how to automatically deploy a passwordless Azure SQL database server using Bicep, EF Core migrations, and Azure Pipelines. Hot off the press, here’s a similar post for Postgres - using Bicep, EF Core migrations, and GitHub Actions! www.bensampica.com/post/postgre...
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How to automatically deploy a passwordless Azure PostgreSql Server | Ben Sampica
How to create an Azure PostgreSql Server automatically that uses Microsoft Entra authentication, migrates the database using Entity Framework Core, and deploys out the infrastructure automatically wit...
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 16/12/2025
Azure AI Foundry is a hot mess.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 11/12/2025
It's rare that I get to reflect back on my entire tech career and my philosophy towards work and life, but this interview captures it perfectly. One of the few recordings of myself I've watched end to end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUb...
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AI, DevOps, and Kubernetes: Kelsey Hightower on What’s Next
YouTube video by JetBrains
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 30/11/2025
Fixing build Fix Fix Fix Omg why PLEASE ok got it
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Adam Chalmers @adamchalmers.com · 14/06/2025
on type safety
Frog and Toad illustration edited to say: Frog put the value in an option. "There", he said, "now we will not deref any more null pointers". "But we can unwrap the option," said Toad. "That is true", said Frog.
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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"
A stylized orange and black image of Sisyphus, rolling a rock on a mountain. The rock has a fake Half-Life 3 logo painted over it.
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 21/11/2025
Me irl
Me looking longingly at the last piece of cold torn up cheese pizza
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 19/11/2025
Everyone reading can relate to you 😂.
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Ozen the Un-Defeated of the east @unmovablesov.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Also. github.com/Raphire/Win1...
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GitHub - Raphire/Win11Debloat: A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve you...
A simple, lightweight PowerShell script to remove pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, as well as perform various other changes to customize, declutter and improve your Windows experience. Win11D...
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 11/11/2025
There’s been some great improvements on Minimal APIs support for binding complex objects with FromForm. Any planned support for binding arrays like int[] to respect initialization defaults like an empty array instead. #dotnetconf
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 11/11/2025
I love Aspire but #dotnetconf why did aspire jump from 9.x to 13.x?
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Ben Sampica @bensampica.com · 11/11/2025
Odd to see #dotnet Aspire jump from 9.5.2 to 13.0.0… what’s up with that?
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Laurent Kempé 🚀 @laurentkempe.com · 11/11/2025
.NET 10 is available 🎉 This is a Long Term Support version packed again with quite some good features and performance improvements, congrats to the team! Download it now from dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/downlo...
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Download .NET 10.0 (Linux, macOS, and Windows) | .NET
.NET 10.0 downloads for Linux, macOS, and Windows. .NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform for building many different types of applications.
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