My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Identify with the customer problem

June 19, 2023
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I have been reflecting on my time at Microsoft and specifically what I consider my biggest mistakes, after some careful ...

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Kubernetes mutating admission webhook for dotnet-monitor?

June 16, 2023
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A couple of teams I am currently worked with on dotnet-monitor integration have expressed that there is a non-zero ...

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Building the Arm64 Visual Studio experience

May 19, 2023
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When the native version of Arm64 Visual Studio was released we knew that bringing along all the components and ...

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Public Art Museums

May 04, 2023
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I thoroughly enjoy museums, more specifically Art museums and I was taking inventory of some of the world class ...

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The return of WinDbg

April 15, 2023
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We finally have a new version of WinDbg that is available outside of the Microsoft Store, and as an added bonus that ...

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Debugging threads with the Parallel Stacks window

March 31, 2023
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For those of you who use the Parallel Stacks window I am really happy to share there are some really important ...

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BRT for Columbus

March 27, 2023
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Going to be honest when I linked to the aspirational Columbus Fantasy Map, I was hoping for light rail in some distant ...

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Columbus Fantasy Transit Map

March 04, 2023
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My hometown of Columbus, Ohio is the largest city in the US without any public rail based transit. However, new ...

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Overly confident AI

February 16, 2023
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I have been experimenting with ChatGPT and, like many of you, I am super critical of the way it sounds overly confident ...

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