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Blog postOne of the questions I get asked a lot is “how do I get a job?”. The answer is that you need experience. But, how do you get experience if you don’t have a job yet? My answer is, write an app or website and release it to the world. The reason I encourage writing … Continue reading Write Something, Anything to Start and Enhance Your Career →
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Blog postFor a recent article on TechTarget.com, I was interviewed for my thoughts on microservices, a new term in our world. Here is what I said (the full quote): Microservices is a great way to decouple an application for faster modernization, improved functionality and better performance, but done incorrectly or without proper architectural understanding, teams can … Continue reading Is Microservices Just A New Marketing Term? →
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Blog postDoes your project suffer from performance issues or do you need to know best practices for coding for the future when it comes to performance and decreasing memory requirements? Then this video of my conference session is for you! Recorded live at the Philly Code Camp in November of 2018, I go over easy changes … Continue reading Rock Your Code: Code & App Performance with Microsoft .NET Video →
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Blog postFor all of you who code using apps like Visual Studio or VS Code, please don’t present code in a meeting or conference session using a dark theme! I know I am going to get a lot of push back from this statement but let me explain why (please keep reading). Living with Colorblindness I … Continue reading Presenting Code Samples with a Dark Theme… Please Don’t! →
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Blog postI have been using recruiters for a long time to help me find a new opportunity. For the ones I don’t have a relationship with… please stop playing games when sending us an email about a “great opportunity”. Almost daily, I receive emails like this: I am recruiting for an exciting contract opportunity with one … Continue reading Dealing with Recruiters Tip #2: Don’t Play Games When Contacting Us →
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Blog postIn the second article in this series, I laid out the architecture and design for this cloud solution. Now it’s finally time to get coding! In this article I will discuss how I designed the data layer using Cosmos DB. To keep a separation of concerns, I will talk about the business entities which is … Continue reading Real World Cloud App – From Start to Finish: The Data Layer →
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Blog postFor the first time I will speaking at the Philly Code Camp on November 16th – 17th! I’m excited to come to the area to do the sessions and workshop below. I have not been to Philadelphia, PA since I was a little kid. I was born in Delaware and plan to visit family while … Continue reading dotNetDave Rocks the Philly Code Camp →
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Blog postIn part 1 of this article, I explained how to implement proper data encapsulation. In part 2 I want to talk about encapsulating business logic. I see this missing in a lot of type design, especially when using an ORM like Entity Framework. It’s the job of the architect and coder of that type to … Continue reading Proper Type Encapsulation – Part 2 →
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Blog postI have stared along with my good friend Woody Pewitt a new podcast called the Confessions of Angry Programmers podcast. I hope you will check it out and send us any feedback. https://coappodcast.wordpress.com/2018/09/29/episode-0/
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Blog postQueensrÿche at Sycuan Casino On September 21st, Queensrÿche performed at Sycan Casino in San Diego, California for their new and long time fans at a near sold out show! Queensrÿche just came off opening on the Scorpions tour. The band never disappoints and this show was no different.
After all these years, the band is tighter than ever. Their sound and their performance is always top notch. At a few points during the show, singer Todd La Torre was beltin -
Blog postIn all my books and conference sessions I talk about the proper way to test if a string is valid. Microsoft .NET has been around almost two decades and I still see code like this: if (testValue.Trim() == "") This code is even wrong since it’s not checking for null. A better way would be like this: … Continue reading Performance Tip: Checking For Empty String →
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Blog postOn September 1st, 2018 the San Diego band Aether X performed at the House of Blues in San Diego Ca. Aether X is a new progressive/hard rock trio that features James Brady on guitar and Jeff Smith on drums. I’ve known Jeff for a long time since he is, like me, a software engineer. This show was the EP release show for the band and they put on a great show!
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Blog postOn August 18th, 2019, Geoff Tate (the original lead singer of Queensryche) came to southern California, at The Canyon Club for the 30th anniversary of the Queensryche album Operation: Mindcrime. Personally, this is still one of my favorite concept albums and love the story behind it. Around 2006 Geoff and Queensryche made a “part 2” … Continue reading Geoff Tate at The Canyon Club →
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Blog postOn August 11th, 2018, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas performed at the Soda Bar in San Diego, CA. I first saw her perform in Austin, TX in 2014 and was blown away! Since then, she got married, moved to California from Detroit, Michigan and turned 30 years old. The band is in the American soul/pop band … Continue reading Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas at the Soda Bar →
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Blog postOn January 27th, I was proud to do photography at the Eric Johnson show at the House of Blues in San Diego, CA. Eric has always been in my top three guitarists list since I fist saw him on his tour to support his first album in the 1980’s. So, I was very excited to shoot this show!
Eric is a “guitarists guitarist”. Like at the show in the 80’s, I would estimate that 90% of the guys there are guitarists or want to be. The only women at the show were the few that those guitarists convin -
Blog postJessica Lerner is a local San Diego musician that has started her own band. They played their first show at the House of Blues in San Diego on September 9th. Below are the photos I shot for the show.
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Blog postTongue-in-cheek 80’s metal band performed at the House of Blues on August 10th, 2017. Part raunchy music and raunchy comedy show, this is one band to not bring the kids to! Below are photos I did for the show.
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Blog postHere are photos I did at the House of Blues in San Diego of the San Diego band P.O.D. It was a great show with lots of fans cheering their local band.
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Blog postBelow is a photo I took of Michael Wilton of Queensryche on November 18th, 2016 at the House of Blues in San Diego. I chose this photo to be the picture of the week since it was liked and re-posted many times by fans and Queensryche. Michael even posted it on Thanksgiving when he wished … Continue reading Rockstar of the Week – Michael “Whip” Wilton →
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Blog postOn the 16th – 18th of September, the second annual KAABOO festival was held at the fair grounds in Del Mar, California. I did photography for the festival. Click here or the image below to see the photos and videos I took.
Collective Soul Here is the video:
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