After thousands of traditionally published pages, I'm trying something new: a self-published book for kids & beginners learning to code. Meet "𝗔 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁", released today in a free PDF (Details in thread).

How not to handle #null. Like all good bugs, this site only does this every once in a while

Of course *you* know that a #ChatGPT response is a pattern of heuristically likely words that often contains factual mistakes. But do you know how deep the rabbit hole goes?

RT @shroffpub: Indian Reprint of JavaScript Cookbook, 3Ed by @adamdscott @prosetech & shelley powers.@JavaScript @T….

Talking about the gradual decline of #WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), the outsourcing controversy, and the strange fact that #WinForms is still here after two decades. #dotnet.

If one of your technology resolutions includes #mastodon that's probably a good resolution.

RT @ryanqnorth: The value of social networks, as @doctorow says, is people you like are here. If they leave, you're going to leave too - so….

And if you don't remember why you were following, here's a quick recap. I chat about the .NET stack, web dev, future tech, and--occasionally--weird creative things like my coding-with-ninjas book for kids.

Elon & Marjorie Taylor Greene are just friends of convenience. If you figure out whether it's worse to be an immoral opportunist or an insane true believer, let me know. 3/3.

This has 1% to do with politics and 99% to do with a cynical troll who just believes capturing "conservative energy" will boost his platform, compensate for lost ad revenue, and eventually make him money. 2/3.

Before anyone debates me about the "free speech absolutist" running this platform into the ground, let me state my full opinion for the record. 1/3.

Well, I'm out! The Fauci conspiracy theories, ex-Twitter-employee abuse, and dishonest moderation policy made me reconsider my time in the bird circus. I'd love to meet all you fine folks again over at Mastodon!. I'm @prosetech@hachyderm.io.

RT @shanselman: This season of black mirror is not as good as the first.

The #midjourney prompt everyone wants to write: /imagine x,y,z but please put the right number of fingers on each hand.

Spectacular. Deeply frustrating. Here's my deep dive on the aggressive AI-art creator #Midjourney. #MachineLearning.

Now that C# 11 is out, it's time for my yearly writeup on what language features made the cut and which ones fell short. Enjoy--I did! #dotnet7 #csharp #dotnet.

RT @UnoPlatform: Help define our 2023 roadmap - the BIG ROCKS!. It only takes 5 min to complete! RT for reach please. 🙏. .

Ever wanted to run C# in the browser without #Blazor? The door is opening in #dotNET7

Happens often: I see a tweet in my timeline, scroll through the person's stuff trying to figure out why I'm following them, and then realize I'm not. Still I don't turn on the "mute tweets you don't follow" setting because I want to see if this algorithm can get better.

I've read way too many "#csharp is dying" hot takes. Let's take a serious look at the future of one of the world's most successful languages.