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OpenTelemetry Metrics .NET: Counters, Histograms, and IMeterFactory A practical guide to OpenTelemetry metrics .NET -- covering Meter, Counter, Histogram, ObservableGauge, IMeterFactory, and exporting to Prometheus or OTLP. Read the article here: bgh.st/7nbh72

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Building A Splash Screen With Async Loading In C# And WPF You know it. I know it. We all know it. Every single good desktop application has a fancy splash screen. And now... you can build your very own in C# and WPF! In this tutorial, I'll walk through how to build a WPF splash screen that supports early cancellation as well as asynchronous loading. Because what's the biggest gotcha with these? Threading. So let's ensure we're executing our UI and background work on the right threads! Watch here: bgh.st/3dyuql

I've published over 370 blog articles on software engineering topics. I started my journey blogging over a decade ago. I wanted to start documenting my transition from an IC software engineer to a management position. It's a really challenging switch, and it took me about 8 years before I finally moved away from having my hands in the code. My blog has evolved since then though. I started out wanting to help others going through this transition in role, but I've found I have more to offer with respect to general software engineering. And since I still code daily in CSharp (Even if it's outside of work), I like talking about this as well. If you haven't visited my website, you can check out all of my articles here: devleader.ca #softwareengineering #softwareengineer #softwaredeveloper #developer #developers

Weekly Recap: GitHub Copilot CLI, MCP in C#, and Modular Monoliths [July 2026] This week covers GitHub Copilot CLI workflows and permissions, MCP clients and servers in C#, and practical modular monolith design and testing. Plus, dig into production Roslyn analyzers and engineering leadership lessons on team culture, tech leads, and better questions. Read the article here: bgh.st/0hhzvt

Tech Lead in a Broken Team? What You Need to Do First Dev Leader Weekly 150 Read the article here: bgh.st/guxwjh

You can't build real developer trust by constantly pitching your product. @fharper keeps it transparent and helpful -- mostly useful content, rarely selling. The relationship comes from helping people, not from talking about your own stuff. Watch here: youtu.be/wps_g0NIQ9c

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Running GitHub Copilot CLI in Scripts and CI/CD Pipelines (Headless Mode) Learn GitHub Copilot CLI headless automation with copilot -p prompts, CI auth, safe permissions, models, secrets, schedulers, and cloud sandbox workflows. Read the article here: bgh.st/jxpb03

Testing and Debugging Your C# MCP Server with MCP Inspector Use MCP Inspector to test and debug C# MCP server .NET projects over stdio and HTTP, inspect JSON-RPC logs, verify tools, and avoid host integration guesswork. Read the article here: bgh.st/fuqszj

When Should Code Be Refactored? What You Need To Know Read it on Medium: medium.devleader.ca/when-should-co…

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I shouldn't have done it, and I can't go back in time... but I gave up. When I started Dev Leader originally, I gave up within months. I wasn't clear what my goals were when I started and it made it easy to feel lost. It felt like it was too much work and not enough reward: - Why was I spending my time writing articles? - Is anyone even reading what I'm saying? - Are their people deriving value from my curated lists of articles? - Is this going anywhere? - Are people even interested in this stuff? It was just easier to give up. Many years later I see some of my content-creating role models doing such an awesome job sharing knowledge and experience with their audiences. You'll see people on forums and discussion groups bringing up things they learned from them. You can see people suggesting to others to go learn from them because it helped them grow and get better. And it has nothing to do with being popular but everything to do with being able to help. And it seems so obvious to me now: Just. Keep. Doing. It. Keep posting. Keep sharing experiences. Keep making videos. Keep writing articles. Keep coding. Keep learning. The goal was never to go viral. The goal was to help others. It can take many years of consistency to build that audience but being consistent with it has been one of the most rewarding things.

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OpenTelemetry Traces .NET -- ActivitySource, Spans, and the Tracing Pipeline Learn how OpenTelemetry traces .NET applications use: ActivitySource, Activity, and the tracing pipeline -- with C# examples for ASP.NET Core. Read the article here: bgh.st/mhe9w9