David McCarter (Microsoft MVP)

🎸 My new eBook Rock Your Career: The Recruiter Survival Guide for Software Engineers is LIVE! Learn how to work with recruiters without getting used and take control of your job search. Only $0.99. Grab your copy here 👉 dotnettips.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/roc… #RockYourCareer

Do you wake up thinking about code? Do loops, bugs, benchmarks, and refactors hijack your brain all day? Congratulations — you’ve got **Code Brain**. No cure. No regrets. Just crank it up and rock your code. 🤘 #CodeBrain #dotNetTips

In .NET, returning default, null, or an empty collection is not just style; it can hit performance too. Don’t let sloppy returns trash your encore. Read this and rock your code! #dotnet #MVPBuzz #CodePerformance dotnettips.com/2024/04/08/gen…

🎸 Make data validation in .NET feel like a killer rhythm section — Spargine’s Validator takes the grunt work out of checks so you can code faster, cleaner, and safer every time. 👇 #dotnet #dotnet10 #Spargine #MVPBuzz #DataValidation dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/cod…

Check out my appearance on On .NET! I had a blast talking about how coding standards can supercharge .NET quality and performance, including top 7 practices teams should implement to build cleaner, faster, more reliable code. Let’s raise the bar for .NET! dotnettips.com/2026/05/15/on-…

🚀 Level-up your .NET game! Just dropped a new article on TypeHelper in Spargine — your backstage pass to cleaner reflection, faster type discovery, and rock-solid runtime magic. 🎸 Dive in & power up your code #dotnet10 #Spargine #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/boo…

That innocent-looking dictionary lookup in your .NET code? Yeah… it might be doing double the work in hot paths. I break down the anti-pattern, the analyzer warnings, and why it matters. #dotnet #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/05/29/mic…

For over 6 months, @indeed has been broken when searching for remote jobs. Seriously, what is going on over there? Did they fire all the developers and replace them with an AI bot that just keeps saying, “No results found”? 😡

“Hackathon” always makes me think of hackers, and I’m betting I’m not the only one. So from now on, I decree they shall be called Code Jam Sessions. Let’s build, learn, collaborate, and rock our code like the engineering legends we are. 🎸 #CodeJamSession #dotNetTips #MVPBuzz

One macOS feature I really wish #Windows had: reboot and automatically reopen everything I was using. Apps, windows, documents — right back where I left off. That one feature is pure productivity gold. Windows, please steal this one.

“Hackathon” always makes me think of hackers, and I’m betting I’m not the only one. So from now on, I decree they shall be called Code Jam Sessions. Let’s build, learn, collaborate, & rock our code like the engineering legends we are.🎸 #CodeJamSession #RockYourCode #dotNetTips

“Just get it working” is how you ship tomorrow’s technical debt today. Code for reuse—or pay for it every release. 🤘 #dotNetDave #CodeQuality dotnettips.wordpress.com/2019/09/25/dot…

🎸 Don’t let your dictionary adds turn into performance feedback squeals! Master the right patterns for adding items in .NET collections and keep your code tight and screaming with speed. Rock the performance 👇 #dotnet #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #CodePerformance dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/col…

🎸 Hey devs… how’s your code shreddin’? Trim your .NET assemblies, cut the bloat, and crank up performance. Here’s how I made Spargine AOT-ready. #dotnet #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #Spargine dotnettips.com/2026/05/17/mak…

Boost your .NET apps with blazing-fast JSON! 🚀 Spargine’s JsonSerialization wraps System.Text.Json with smart validation, source-generated support, & rock-solid performance. Clean. Fast. Reliable. #dotnet10 #Spargine #MVPBuzz #Serialization #JSON dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/boo…

Boost your .NET performance with FastSortedList in #Spargine! 4.6x faster than SortedList, with lower memory usage! ✅ Deferred sorting for efficiency ✅ Easy integration with multiple constructors & methods ✅ Benchmark results prove the speed boost! dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/boo…

Software engineers with kids: you know that feeling when you give crystal-clear instructions, they do it once, maybe correct, maybe not, then immediately forget the next time? That’s Copilot Chat in Visual Studio. Brilliant one minute. Feral toddler with admin rights the next.

Attention Software Engineering Conferences: You know what would really liven up the attendee party? A stand-up comedy set by software engineers. Just an idea 😆 #TechBash #DeveloperDaysPL #Spiceworks #dotnetday_ch

Serialization turns your objects into data that can be stored or transmitted—and back again. Simple concept… but HUGE performance impact if done wrong. Don’t ignore it. Master it. 🎸 #dotnet #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz #serialization dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/ser…

🎸 Stop hammering your strings the wrong way! If you’re using String where Char should rule, your .NET code’s tempo just slows down. Tighten up with smarter string moves and keep your performance shreddin’. Amp it up 👇 #dotnet #dotnet10 #MVPBuzz dotnettips.wordpress.com/2023/09/27/mic…

Discover the efficiency of expression-bodied methods vs. traditional methods in .NET! 💻🔍 Learn more about their syntax and performance in this insightful article. #dotnet #MVPBuzz #CodePerformance #dotnet dotnettips.wordpress.com/2024/05/21/cod…