Fun discovery (took me *ages* to isolate):. Watch out for the RTSpecialName flag on emitted methods; ilverify/ilspy don't complain, and in netfx: ignored when N/A, but on .NET current: runtime can throw TypeLoadException.

Been trying to ship a long-wanted protobuf-net feature (surrogates+inheritance) - very nearly there, but combined with my switch to arch: needing to learn new tools (peverify->ilverify, etc). But hey, at least .NET 9 can emit DLLs again now!.

What do you want to know?.

New job, who dis?. First day for me at Redis, feels good.

And. one nvidia-inst later: I no longer have video output, even in fallback boot. So: that went well. .

Eesh. Laptop worked great, but desktop *really* isn't happy, have tried all the major distros, same outcome - unusable CPU-locked system. I suspect it hates my GPU (3070Ti), but: still digging.

. probably just use Ubuntu for simplicity. Arch is appealing but much less friendly for transitioning. Devenv -> Rider has been perfect, great job @jetbrains. Steam (and associated efforts) have solved a wide range of the older pain points. So far: no regrets.

Aggressively making the Linux switch for my home (and work) computers. Partly because Windows keeps annoying me (ads, privacy, trying to force me to use Edge etc every update). Partly because Linux is more relevant for Redis work. Still playing with distro choices, but will. .

It is mildly ironic that I'll probably contribute more to MSFT's bottom line by leaving them, but: there it is!.

Personal / professional life update:. I'm one of the lucky thousands to be made redundant from MSFT last month (due to UK redundancy laws, I'm actually still there for now). Next up: I'm joining the good folks at Redis, as part of the client library team. So: fun times ahead!.

RT @DevLeaderCa: Fusion Cache couldn't be easier to setup in our ASP NET applications!. A single line of dependency injection? Sign me up!….

Lots of people opining on reasons; I'm very intentionally not offering thoughts there, simply talking raw data and sighing a nostalgic sigh.

StackOverflow questions over time, source SEDE; sadface, lunch has been eaten

Vibe, damn you autocorrect.

I was remarking just yesterday how there's not much difference between Vive coding and Stack Sort (xkcd 1285, alt text).

Doing final prep before a show (am dram / community theatre, I'm the audio geek), about to leave for venue, and the Surface Pro I use as FOH control is installing 24H2. Thanks Windows!.

Ironically, even when I know and communicate the impact that even small improvements to latency, throughout and stability would have on COGS, etc. it feels like "do you know what's better value than us giving you that time? we don't do that, and you do it on the weekend". Oh well.

Genuine thing: if I could get a livable income (doesn't even need to match current), I would absolutely be up for focusing on libs/tools full time - I know there's lots more I could do, and I know the benefits. But I've failed to "sell" that vs my time, even within MSFT.

OSS announcement:. Dapper, protobuf-net and SE.Redis to remain free! (but tips and sponsorships are very welcome). I wish this didn't feel like an unusual statement/position. I also totally understand the dilemma. There are exceptions, but overall: the OSS funding model fails.

Random shout: does anyone in my dev circle dabble (or deep-dive) on audio stream programming? I have a geeky idea for something interesting (think OSS including devices). I can try to dig, but someone who already knows might be able to unblock me or steer me. RT for reach!.

RT @jodydonetti: Microsoft + OSS 💪.Kudos to Microsoft for highlighting FusionCache in the official HybridCache docs, related to 3rd party i….