@BenCodeGeek

Open source ⁞ Azure ⁞ cloud native ⁞ DevOps ⁞ K8s Other geek/tech stuff. Principal engineering manager @Microsoft. Opinions are my own 🐱🍺🎲🏃‍♂️👨‍💻🎹🎶🎮

 London, England
mastodonapp.uk/@benc
Joined September 2016
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My ARM template visualizer / viewer extension for VS Code is now up on the marketplace. I've done lots of work getting the user experience right. If you do anything with ARM please try it out! marketplace.visualstudio.com… #azure #vscode
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I've waited SIX YEARS for GitHub to fix their workflow_dispatch API github.blog/changelog/2026-0… Which means I can finally add some much requested features to my GitHub Action github.com/benc-uk/workflow-…

Workflow dispatch API now returns run IDs - GitHub Changelog

When you trigger a workflow using the GitHub Actions workflow dispatch API endpoint, you’ll now have the option to receive metadata in the response that helps you map your request…

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I thought I'd give old C# and .NET a spin for some side project idea. Compiling a simple C# hello-world app to WASM takes 82 seconds! When I use Go with the same build target/env the, time is ~2 sec. Sigh I think I'll stick with Go
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Microsoft nerds, help settle a little argument. What shorthand for Azure DevOps do you use?
67%ADO (Ay Dee Oh)
33%AzDO (Azz Doh)
9 votes • Final results
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Dumb Kubernetes naming decisions #274 - kube-proxy is not actually a proxy, no traffic or data flows through it
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The next gen of devs are going to be ok
𝔻𝕦𝕩 𝔹𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕣𝕦𝕞
@Face_Almighty4416 Aug 2025
On the one hand, lmao. On the gripping hand…also lmao.
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Help me A/B test something. Which view and layout do you prefer?
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Designers of CSS: "We're going to allow developers total freedom to style anything on the page" Designers of the HTML color picker: "We're about to ruin your day"
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Attila
@attilablenesi9 Jun 2025
Beautiful new chapter for Apple Design
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the new iOS switch is the most cursed UI element I’ve ever seen in my life
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Honestly kudos to Apple for keeping their DEI promises well into 2025 and employing a 100% blind design team
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"How can I use 'dotnet run app.cs' with Clean Architecture and CQRS" bro this community is too far gone
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@toddmotto29 May 2025
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People lamenting the dead of Stack Overflow... It was shit. A toxic hellscape of elitism, gatekeeping and outdated information. blog.pragmaticengineer.com/s…

Stack overflow is almost dead

Today, Stack overflow has almost as few questions asked per month, as when it launched back in 2009. A recap of its slow, then rapid, downfall.

blog.pragmaticengineer.com
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Python is extremely unconcerned
David Fowler
@davidfowl22 May 2025
We’re about to take C# to the next level. Look out Python 👀 #dotnet #csharp
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theverge.com/news/671864/bri…

Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government

Eno is a longtime supporter of pro-Palestine activism.

theverge.com
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Horrible these people are victims of some really, really poor product direction decisions by Microsoft
Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉
@migueldeicaza13 May 2025
Microsoft laid off the senior engineers of .NET on Android and key figures of Maui. This might just be the US wave, so perhaps the whole thing is doomed.
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This book destroyed a generation of programmers. I was one of them. Took a very long time to unlearn this crap.
Lac Tran An
@LacTranAn6 May 2025
I used to think Design Patterns weren't worth learning. Personally, I've seen people use a complicated design pattern to solve a simple problem. But Uncle Bob says Design Patterns is a masterpiece. I'm a simple person, so I'll give it a read. Are you with me?
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"Making a retro style game must be easy, everything looks so basic" So here's my basic code to draw a single sprite in my current game
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I love how Lua's answer to everything is a table. Want an object? That's a table. An array? that's also table. You want maps, classes, modules? Yep all tables
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Wait until this guy hears about helicopters
kira 👾
@kirawontmiss5 Apr 2025
iShowSpeed drove a “flying car” on livestream😭
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