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Liam Westley

@westleyl

Head of Engineering, .NET dev, former C# MVP. Previously at Huddle. Presents at user groups and conferences. Lives in New Forest. Food, music and cycling over at @westleyjam.bsky.social

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.NET Rocks! .NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.

Your first app interface should be a CLI!

Kathleen Dollard talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1992 about the power of the .NET CLI and its growing importance for AI technologies - and making your application easier to use!

05.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Crowdstrike incident caused servers to bluescreen and had an impact of operations all over the world - even if you didn't use the product!

@westleyl.bsky.social talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/1... about his company's response - and how they got even better at responding!

10.12.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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We are super excited about NDC Manchester next week!
Enjoy 4 days of cutting-edge AI and Security content from international experts. See the full agenda and secure your tickets at ndcmanchester.com
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25.11.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oo, a @kevlin.bsky.social in a jukebox exhibit at the Railway Museum in Utrecht

30.10.2025 10:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just how many everyday items need to be cloud connected?
Examples from home IoT should already have warned everyone about this.

24.10.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm afraid this is a complete UX fail for me for the new look @metoffice.gov.uk web site design, especially on a mobile screen. Not as clear, you have to scroll to see the temperatures and hourly detail. Understand 'now' details which being useful to some. But I have a window to see outside...

24.10.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My mistake to update the native Clock app in Android. It has been hit with the ugly stick very hard. I used to code software for clocks on broadcast TV (GMTV, Sky News). This auto sizing that moves the items below it is shocking. I threw out kerning and adjusted for every number, aren't that many.

28.08.2025 08:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A #kevlinhenney on BBC South Today weather bulletin last night, did feel for the poor weather presenter waiting for the 'hourglass' to go away. @kevlin.bsky.social

29.07.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In October I will be speaking at Techorama, in Utrecht, about the real world example of using an incident plan to mitigate against the effects of the worldwide IT outage created by an update to CrowdStrike.

Even my local railway station was affected.

Get more info here - techorama.nl

28.07.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jason βœ¨πŸ‘ΎSaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

20.07.2025 15:01 πŸ‘ 4163 πŸ” 1221 πŸ’¬ 312 πŸ“Œ 621
Fake website servic welcome page. text reads:

"Your favorite tool is now ruined by AI"
"you might not like it but shareholders love it"

Fake website servic welcome page. text reads: "Your favorite tool is now ruined by AI" "you might not like it but shareholders love it"

when you open a service you've been using for a decade only to find it out it caught the virus

05.07.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 15515 πŸ” 5986 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 85
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So how are you doing it?

27.06.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Had an ex-boss ask about one of my NDC talks and his question was, what are the takeaways?
Hadn't even thought that was relevant.
Note the use of the term ex-boss.

19.05.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Like looking at a painting and asking for a little plaque next to it to tell you what your key takeways should be.

19.05.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I Would Love to Work With You Like so many, I was laid off from Microsoft on May 13, 2025. Never good news, but life moves on and I'm still fired up to do fun things with the right group of people.

Hey you! Yes you! I'm a huge fan and would love to work with you!

robconery.com/life/i-would...

16.05.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Adapting to Adversity – How Chaos Creates Resilience | NDC Oslo 2025 Emotional resilience is the key to navigating life’s inevitable chaos. Learn how uncertainty, chaos, and disruption can be transformed into opportunities for personal growth and fortitude.

Emotional resilience is the key to navigating life’s inevitable chaos. Don't miss Christina Aldan's "Adapting to Adversity – How Chaos Creates Resilience" at #NDCOslo!

ndcoslo.com/agenda/adapt...

06.05.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So what we really need is a DSL to help with expressive yet precise language? 🀣

25.03.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Was indeed my thought. Why would you not remove and cut it up...

25.03.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Result!

25.03.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also applies if you took part in a quiz show on public broadcasters.

16.03.2025 20:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would anyone have believed otherwise?

Same goes for Github.

If you yell something in public make sure you are OK with everyone hearing it.

Important to remember that when one is slightly squiffy.

16.03.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Taken around 9pm five years ago on cycle home after three of us 'tidied up the office' as we would be working from home for a bit. We had no idea what was coming.

16.03.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It isn't a thread. Not in teams.

26.02.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is not who moved my cheese?, this is who vomited on my screen?

10.02.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I know @transportforlondon.bsky.social have UX designers so why did they ignore them on accessibility between clean Oyster app start screen and the horror that is the TFL Go app. The start screen is messy as hell and ignores my previous view and shunts that button off the screen?

10.02.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully see you at the party and I can chat about working with grids with graphic designers on Sky News - automating weather, sport and election results. I learnt quite a bit about fonts, and not abusing them.
I will be wearing a suit (this will make much more sense later)

30.01.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely felt the right length to me. I didn't get the sense that you were padding at all.

30.01.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the .NET Team at NDC London 2025 - .NET Blog Meet the .NET team at NDC London 2025 to explore the latest in .NET 9, Azure, and AI-powered development through keynotes, sessions, and 1:1 meetups.

Meet the .NET Team at @ndcconferences.com London 2025 (and me too!)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/meet-the-dotnet-team-at-ndc-london-2025/?hide_banner=true
#developers #devconference #ndc #ndclondon #dotnet #devcommunity #microsoft

17.01.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the .NET Team at NDC London 2025 Meet the .NET team at NDC London 2025 to explore the latest in .NET 9, Azure, and AI-powered development through keynotes, sessions, and 1:1 meetups. The post Meet the .NET Team at NDC London 2025 appeared first on .NET Blog.

Meet the .NET Team at NDC London 2025

Meet the .NET team at NDC London 2025 to explore the latest in .NET 9, Azure, and AI-powered development through keynotes, sessions, and 1:1 meetups. The post Meet the .NET Team at NDC London 2025 appeared first on .NET Blog.

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NDC London special with Mads Torgersen, Tue, Jan 28, 2025, 5:00 PM | Meetup Happy New Year, everybody! We're kicking off 2025 with something special: Mads Torgersen, lead designer on the C# language team at Microsoft, is in town for NDC London, and

We're kicking off 2025 with something special: Mads Torgersen is here for NDC London, and he's joining us on Tuesday 28th January at 17:00 to talk about what's happening with the C# language in 2025 and beyond.

Huge thanks to @ndcconferences.com for hosting us!

www.meetup.com/london-net-u...

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