Happy Friday the 13th.

Today is the day the software gremlins
turn clean architecture
into spaghetti code.

Senior engineers know the solution:

Close the laptop. Walk away.

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dotNetDave Says… Clear Naming Standards Create Clearer Code and Clearer Code Leads to Better Software Clear naming standards in software development significantly enhance code readability, maintainability, and overall quality. Consistent naming reduces cognitive load, facilitates collaboration, and…

If your code needs a walkthrough every time someone opens a file… naming is the problem.
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Boost Your .NET Projects: Efficient Byte Array Conversions When working with byte arrays in performance-critical applications, every nanosecond and allocation counts. Fortunately, in .NET, there is a class that provides several high-performance methods tha…

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Our app doesn't have bugs.

It has "Environment-Specific" feature experiences! 🤣
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"Clear Names Create Clearer Code—And Clearer Code Leads to Better Software."
Great teams know this: the way you name things directly shapes how easy code is to understand, share, and evolve.
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Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET (20th Anniversary Edition) The 20th Anniversary Edition of Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET, authored by David McCarter, is now available on Amazon. This comprehensive guide offers updated standards for .N…

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Boost Your .NET Projects: Find the Fastest Way to Get an Item’s Index in Arrays This article examines the performance of three index-finding methods in .NET arrays: Array.BinarySearch (O(log n)), Array.FindIndex (O(n)), and Array.IndexOf (O(n)).

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Coding Faster with dotNetTips.com Spargine 10: January 2026 Release Spargine 10 (v2026.10.1.5) launches on January 5th, 2026, featuring enhancements for .NET 10, including new types, methods, benchmarks, and significant performance upgrades. There are breaking chan…

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About David McCarter is a highly experienced software engineer, author, and speaker who has been in the industry for over 28 years. He is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), C# Corner MVP, solu…

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We added tracing, logging, and dashboards everywhere.

Now when production goes down, we don’t fix it faster—

we just watch it fail in 4K.
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I asked an AI to refactor my code.

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Unfortunately, it refactored the requirements too.
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We broke the monolith into microservices to improve reliability.

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The Adventures of Inspector Cody: The Week from Hell and the Tale of Project Management Gone Wrong Join Inspector Cody on a journey through the chaotic world of software development as he navigates the pitfalls of dysfunctional companies, misguided project management, and the importance of colla…

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Our sprint goal was “ship value.”

So we renamed the bugs to “value” and closed 73 tickets.

Product says we’re finally aligned.
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Rock Your Code (and Your Ego): The David McCarter Roast Solo David McCarter is a multifaceted talent, excelling in coding, guitar playing, and photography. Known for his impressive open-source library, Spargine, he combines technical prowess with musical ski…

🔥 New roast just dropped: I refactor bad code and eardrums. 🤘 From .NET to full-stack face-melter — I’m the only dev who deploys and stage dives.
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David McCarter's Speaker Profile David McCarter is an exceptionally seasoned software engineer, a celebrated author, and a captivating speaker with a remarkable track record spanning ...

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Last night marked the first break in 9 months for my dev machine from running benchmarks for my .NET performance book and Spargine.

Silence was… uncomfortable. 🤪

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Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET (20th Anniversary Edition) The 20th Anniversary Edition of Rock Your Code: Coding Standards for Microsoft .NET, authored by David McCarter, is now available on Amazon. This comprehensive guide offers updated standards for .N…

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