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Full Stack Engineers Don’t Exist!

There’s a problem with those thousands of jobs available for Full Stack Engineers or Developers on LinkedIn, like a unicorn, that person…

5 min readNov 6, 2023

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Make Software Engineering Interviews More Creative

This is a useful technique to keep interviews creative and interesting for all involved and some bonus tips for good measure.

6 min readJun 15, 2022

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Make Software Engineering Interviews More Creative

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A Cleaner Startup for .NET 6’s Minimal Approach

A cleaner approach to application startup and configuration in .NET 6 after Microsoft both killed and kept the old startup file.

2 min readJun 29, 2022

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ChatGPT and Google Bard Debate Gun Control

Is it possible for AI to create a civil discourse? Given their training material, would this vary from civil to vitriolic? Let’s find out!

8 min readDec 8, 2023

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Bending DateTime in .NET 8 to Test Your Code Better

An update on Mocking DateTime in .NET. Microsoft has finally made an official way to make it hurt less.

4 min readNov 22, 2023

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Growing a Mo for Movember

Have you ever wondered why you see people around your city growing dirty moustaches in November?

3 min readNov 19, 2023

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Growing a Mo for Movember

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Best Tags for Technology on Medium in 2023

What technology tags have the most followers and the most chance of being found and followed on Medium?

4 min readNov 9, 2023

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Best Tags for Technology on Medium in 2023

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Make Microsoft Run Benchmark Tests for You

Benchmarking is important! Problem is running those tests can make your machine unusable. Let’s make Microsoft and GitHub feel that pain…

7 min readJul 27, 2022

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Benchmarking to the Bottom — Iterating Arrays in .NET

Finding the fastest way to iterate arrays while accessing their value in .NET using BenchmarkDotNet validate performance at scale.

5 min readJun 21, 2022

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Benchmarking to the Bottom — Iterating Arrays in .NET

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Benchmarking Your Way to the Bottom — Iterating Lists

What’s the fastest way to iterate Lists in C#? Using Benchmark.Net to test list iteration in .NET to find the most performant List…

5 min readMar 21, 2022

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Stephen Walsh

Stephen Walsh

Hello! I’m a Husband, Father, Software Engineer, Learner & Leader. I live in Wisconsin, and spend my days trying to balance all of the above.

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