darren horrocks

Why Leetcode Style Interview Tests Are Bullshit Mon, Jun 9, 2025
The Darker Side of Tech Layoffs (it's darker than it seems) Wed, May 14, 2025
AI is Making Developers Lazy: RIP Core Coding Skills Wed, May 7, 2025
The Optimisation Lie: Why Your 'Optimised' Code Might Still Be Slow Thu, May 1, 2025
The Dirty Secret of Clean Code: When Breaking Programming Principles Makes You a Better Developer Tue, Apr 8, 2025
AI Is Smart Because You Are Stupid Sun, Mar 30, 2025
.NET Aspire - Microsoft's Attempt at Infrastructure as Code Fri, Mar 28, 2025
Understanding Garbage Collection - How the dotnet Garbage Collector Works Wed, Feb 5, 2025
Why C# Developers Should Also Learn Rust, and What It Can Teach Them Sun, Jan 19, 2025
Why Frontend Software Development Is Needlessly Complex, When It Does Not Need to Be Thu, Jan 2, 2025
Linux Is NOT the Developers Paradise You Have Been Told It Is Wed, Dec 11, 2024
Why Do Open Source Applications Often Have Less Polished UIs Than Commercial Software Thu, Dec 5, 2024
My Top 6 Productivity Tools as C# Developer Wed, Dec 4, 2024
Why C# Should Be Your First Language and is the Best Programming Language for Beginners Tue, Dec 3, 2024
How To: Create a Basic GraphQL API with dotnet in C# Sat, Nov 9, 2024
SOLID Design Principles Rust (with examples) Fri, Oct 25, 2024
Why Rust and Its Memory Safety Lulls Developers Into a False Sense of Security, Leading to More Serious Bugs Wed, Oct 2, 2024
Stop Designing Your Web Application for Millions of Users When You Don’t Even Have 100 Sun, Sep 15, 2024
Why Copilot is Making Programmers Worse at Programming Wed, Sep 11, 2024
Five Reasons Visual Studio is Better than Rider Wed, Sep 11, 2024
Five Reasons Rider is Better than Visual Studio Wed, Sep 11, 2024
The Single Best and Worst Things About Popular Programming Languages Wed, Sep 11, 2024
HTTP Server Tutorial in Rust Tue, Jul 23, 2024
Why GraphQL is Better Than Basic REST and SOAP APIs Tue, Jun 4, 2024
Save KSP2 - An Open Letter to Take-Two and CEO Strauss Zelnick Sat, Jun 1, 2024
Why is AI Such a Polarising Subject? Does it Change Everything? Or Nothing? Wed, May 15, 2024
PirateSoftware is a Hypocrite - Helldivers 2 and Security Fri, May 3, 2024
Stop Using string.ToLowerInvariant() to Compare Strings. InvariantCulture Comparisons are Slow Thu, Mar 7, 2024
Respecting the Clock: Unveiling the Time-Wasting Pitfalls in Professional Software Development Wed, Jan 10, 2024
Why are Women so Underrepresented in Software Development? Thu, Nov 30, 2023
Whats New in ML.NET 3.0 Tue, Nov 28, 2023
Mastering Backend Development in C#: 5 Essential Skills Fri, Nov 24, 2023
.NET Chiseled Containers: A Revolution in Deployment Efficiency Tue, Nov 21, 2023
Asynchronous Programming in C#: A Practical Guide Tue, Nov 21, 2023
C# Design Patterns: A Practical Guide Mon, Nov 20, 2023
Exploring What's New in C# 12 Tue, Nov 14, 2023
Optimizing SQL Queries in Entity Framework Core Sun, Nov 12, 2023
The Dual Nature of Artificial Intelligence: Strengths and Limitations Sat, Nov 11, 2023
From Chaos to Clarity: The Tale of PHP and .NET Naming Fri, Nov 10, 2023
Why is AI So Bad at Financial Trading When Computers Are Just Better at Maths Thu, Nov 9, 2023
Solving Common Database Performance Bottlenecks Wed, Nov 8, 2023
Mastering Git: Tips and Tricks for Version Control Tue, Nov 7, 2023
Image Recognition with C# and AI: A Practical Guide Mon, Nov 6, 2023
Unleashing the Power of C#: Integrating AI for Intelligent Applications Sun, Nov 5, 2023
Setting Up Bitlocker With SSD/NVME Hardware Encryption (it can be faster than no encryption at all) Tue, Oct 24, 2023
Best Practices for Exception Handling in C# Wed, Oct 18, 2023
Effective Code Reviews in a Development Team Tue, Oct 17, 2023
Building a Cross-Platform Desktop App with .NET MAUI Mon, Oct 16, 2023
Efficient Debugging with Visual Studio Sat, Oct 14, 2023
Unit Testing vs Manual Testing Fri, Oct 13, 2023
Essential Things Every Professional Software Developer Should Know Fri, Oct 6, 2023
Comparing GraphQL and OData: Which is Best and When? Thu, Oct 5, 2023
Why Your Language Choice Doesn't Matter as Good Programmer Tue, Oct 3, 2023
Choosing the Right IDE: Visual Studio vs. JetBrains Rider Tue, Oct 3, 2023
Embracing TypeScript: The Advantages Over Raw JavaScript Mon, Oct 2, 2023
Evaluating Go: Why It Might Not Always Be a Suitable Replacement for C++ Sun, Oct 1, 2023
Debunking the Rust Hype: Why It's Not Always a Good Replacement for C++ Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Unraveling the Causes of Burnout in Software Developers and Strategies for Prevention Fri, Sep 29, 2023
Embracing Efficiency: Shorter Work Hours for Software Developers (And everyone else) Thu, Sep 28, 2023
Mental Health in Tech: Prioritizing Employee Wellbeing for Enhanced Productivity Wed, Sep 27, 2023
Enhancing Unity Game Performance with Universal Render Pipeline (URP) Tue, Sep 26, 2023
Feedback Culture: Constructive Criticism vs. Destructive Blame in Software Companies Mon, Sep 25, 2023
What is the difference betwen Promises and Observables in angular? Sun, Sep 24, 2023
Navigating Moral Dilemmas in Software Development Sat, Sep 23, 2023
Securing ASP.NET Core Applications Against SQL Injection Attacks with Microsoft SQL Server Fri, Sep 22, 2023
Understanding the Gap between Sales and Software Development in Software Companies Thu, Sep 21, 2023
Working with Entity Framework Core in C# Thu, Sep 21, 2023
Building Marlin 2.0.x Firmware for Ender 3 3D Printer and Ender 3 Clones Wed, Sep 20, 2023
When Does Automating Away a Coworkers Job Cross The Line into Bullying Wed, Sep 20, 2023
Time Series Anomaly Detection with ML.NET in C# Tue, Sep 19, 2023
Company Culture: "No Blame" vs "Know Blame" Tue, Sep 19, 2023
How a Zero Trust Policy Hampers Software Developer Productivity Mon, Sep 18, 2023
The Pitfalls of Overmanaging Software Developers Fri, Sep 15, 2023
Linus Tech Tips, Gamers Nexus, Ethics and Responsibility Tue, Aug 15, 2023
5 Reasons C# Is Better Than Java Tue, Aug 15, 2023
Yes You Can Block Elon Musk on Twitter Fri, Jul 28, 2023
How to Become a Better Software Developer With These GitHub Repos Wed, Jul 26, 2023
New and Interesting Features in C# 12 Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Creating Windows and Linux background services in dotnet 6.0/7.0 Sun, Jul 2, 2023
C# Basics: Generate Random Numbers Sat, Jul 1, 2023
How To: Move Windows 11 Taskbar/Start Menu Back to the Left Sun, Oct 30, 2022
Native pico-sdk ILI9341/ILI9342 display drivere library for Raspberry Pi Pico in C++ Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Native pico-sdk mpu6050 accelerometer and gyroscope library for Raspberry Pi Pico in C++ Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Native pico-sdk BMP280 temperature sensor and air pressure sensor library for Raspberry Pi Pico in C++ Sun, Sep 18, 2022
C# Basics: Loop Through a Dictionary Wed, Apr 27, 2022
C# Basics: What is the difference between 'string' and 'System.String' Wed, Apr 27, 2022
C Sharp 11 Raw String Literals Mon, Apr 25, 2022
Why You Should Use Oauth OAuth 2.0 Tokens Thu, Apr 14, 2022
Observe/React to Array Changes with Angular 12 Mon, Apr 11, 2022
uTP Micro Transport Protocol Documented Mon, Oct 4, 2021
Building a site with Hugo, using GitHub, Amazon S3 and CloudFront with HTTPS and extensionless URLs Wed, Mar 10, 2021
IMAP4 Client Protocol Library for C# and .NET Wed, Jan 13, 2021
What's New and Interesting in .NET 5 Thu, Oct 15, 2020
C# Console Async Main - Async Entry Point for Console Apps Wed, Oct 14, 2020
Problems With Copying a Stack<T> in C# and How to Fix It Tue, Oct 13, 2020
Simple C++ Neural Network Library Sun, Oct 11, 2020
dotnet BitTorrent library written in C# Fri, Oct 9, 2020
Creating Windows and Linux background services in dotnet core 3.0/3.1 Thu, Apr 30, 2020
dotnet Core and C# Dependency Injection Fri, Apr 24, 2020
dotnet core 3.0 Self Contained Single Executable (and other build optimisations) Tue, Apr 21, 2020
Adding appsettings.json options to a dotnet core console application Sun, Nov 17, 2019
Microservices Introduction Tue, Nov 12, 2019
Who should we blame? Wed, Jan 18, 2017
The Battle for Proper Working Hours Mon, Jan 9, 2017
The Pain of Developing a Xamarin App for OSX and iOS Mon, Jan 9, 2017
PHP Problem with UPLOAD_ERR_PARTIAL (File upload error code 3) Tue, May 1, 2012
jQuery UI Tabs without the ul and li elements Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Easy (and complex) Search and Replace in Linux Command Line Mon, Aug 15, 2011
Fix broken image links with javascript Tue, Nov 30, 2010
Generic htaccess mod_rewrite SEO rules Tue, Nov 30, 2010