Constantly learning is one of my guiding principles. I love to learn about new things, methodologies, patterns, and the like. I love to learn of ways I can make my...

Very relevant discussion, Steve. I remember some of those times, too. It was scary, mainly because of the unknown. And like you said, most of those discussions back then were...

Very well said, Steve. I cannot improve on it.

Oh! OK, thanks, Grant.

Last week, for me, was super busy. I'm only now catching up with all the email. I saw this one on Sunday, two days after Steve published it.

Anyway, I've used...

I completely agree with you, Steve. Unfortunately, not everyone sees it that way.

Good luck. I believe Blazor uses React syntax, with some C# basis, so I'm guessing as you learn more, you'll be improving your skills in a few ways. My...

"To a large degree, your brain is a muscle. Use it or lose it." Very true.

As I consider my next career moves, I've considered this topic carefully. I work as a software engineer, writing in C# primarily, then SQL. I also write ASP.NET MVC Core....

Steve, thank you for your feedback. Thinking over your response I can see how I've experienced some. My best examples are Microsoft Ignite and Build conferences. I've attended both, virtually,...

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Hi Steve, I respectfully disagree. I do this because I work for an agency which won't send anyone, anywhere for training and certainly never to a conference. Having hybrid conferences...

How ironic, Steve. My daughter has encouraged me to write a blog post on this very issue, which I've begun and will finish this week.

I see the problem coming from...

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Outstanding article, Steve! You hit the nail on the head with this one.

I'm one of those guilty developers who used an IE control in one or two Windows applications I've written over the years. At present those apps aren't in use. (The...

FWIW, Jeff, it would be great to see a list of common SQL problems that people ought to be able to solve. I'd add in

• running totals
• deserializing XML...