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I'm super happy to announce that @dotNetCoreShow has been rebranded to The Modern .NET Show, with a shiny new website (including dark mode and everything). Give it a click over at dotnetcore.show

Here's hoping @_charlescornell finds out (in a later video) that the title screen music was "inspired by" Stone Cold Crazy by Queen. youtube.com/watch?v=I1ULaQ…

As prescient then as it is now, if not more so. harpers.org/archive/1932/1… It also reads very much like @gentlemanrhymer's philosophy on boredom being an energy (which comes from Bertie Russell, too)

Curiouser and curiouser. I can access the WebUI via Opera GX, but no other browser. My guess is that since it's an unencrypted connection (HTTP rather than HTTPS), all modern browsers block it by default. But I haven't confirmed that.

I'm in need of some #remarkable help. No matter what browser and OS combo I use, I cannot open the WebUI for my Paper Pro. I can use the HTTP API (proving that it's set up correctly), but cannot access the WebUI on the same address. Has anyone else seen this? @remarkablepaper

The latest blog post from @rjjsoftware (i.e. my Strategic Technology Consultation company) is all about why your competitors using #AI is a good thing for you.

The 2025 MVP Annual Review results are in! 🎉 To everyone joining us for another year—welcome back! We’re excited to keep building with you. 🚀 Your passion, expertise, and community leadership continue to shape the future of tech. 🙌 And to those who were part of last year’s program—thank you. Your contributions have left a lasting mark, and we’re incredibly grateful for the impact you’ve made. 💙 #MVPBuzz

🎊 Exciting news! Our Principal Consultant @podcasterJay has been awarded Microsoft MVP status for the 4th consecutive year! This recognition celebrates exceptional contributions to the global developer community 🌍 #MVPBuzz #MicrosoftMVP

I seem to have received a package addressed to some Scottish bloke. A "Professor Richard McRichard" I couldn't resist opening it up (being so damnedly intriguing. Turns out it's my, signed copy of the @talkingbottom book

The best episode of "Chef Reviews Kitchen Gadgets" by @sortedfood yet. The format, the jokes, the silliness, all of it. Perfect. youtube.com/watch?v=JMJX3h…

.@CodingBlocks is still real to me, dang it!

With the weather being as good as it is, it might be time for the ruddy great big sound system to make an appearance, some wonky cocktails, and Chaptstep Volumes 1 and 2 by @gentlemanrhymer mrbthegentlemanrhymer.bandcamp.com/album/acid-rag… mrbthegentlemanrhymer.bandcamp.com/album/chapstep…

Its usually pretty difficult to choose my favourite track on a new @gentlemanrhymer release. But its even more difficult with his new album (B-CURIOUS) as its banger after banger. mrbthegentlemanrhymer.bandcamp.com/album/b-curious

Hold the phone! @gentlemanrhymer got @MegaRan on his new album!? Talk about the meeting of two of the best. TAKE. MY. MONEY mrbthegentlemanrhymer.bandcamp.com/album/b-curious

@dracan I can't then ask the LLM questions about "when did I learn about..." or "does this <snippet> apply the lessons from...." It's RAG, which is old hat these days, but very useful.

@dracan This is why when I read books, I manually highlight sections, then a month later, go through the highlights and type them up (actively revisit why I highlighted them) and write up a summary of the lessons. Then have an LLM injest the lot.

The power of active retrieval from memory for learning (over passive re-reading) has cropped up in a few books I've been reading lately. Just realised that this is such a powerful use-case for LLMs! Ask them to quiz you on topics you're learning. A great way to make things stick in long term memory!

So I sit down to a little light Sunday video games, and suddenly @gentlemanrhymer appears as a, rather spiffy looking, enemy...

📢Jamie Taylor of The Modern .NET Show and I sat together talking about Google Gemini in .NET: The Ultimate Guide. Please check out the podcast episode: dotnetcore.show/season-7/googl… 🙏Thanks @podcasterJay for having me on the @dotNetCoreShow .

Not going to say what the episode was about buuuuut... ... Officially the longest podcast episode I have recorded just wrapped up. Over 5 hours straight and we didn't cover everything. -Squidge

Some breaking news for @dotNetCoreShow So breaking in fact, that the recording was rushed and show notes have a few typos. Mark, the editor, smashed it though. thedotnetcorepodcast.libsyn.com/2025-04-01-fin…

@davidfowl A client told me, within the last six months, "we're not going to use EF Core because it's not production ready." I still can't figure out their logic on that one. Some folks wanna C# in hard mode, I guess.

People like to talk smack about EF but it's one of the best ORMs on the planet (if you don't like ORMs this thread isn't for you 😅).