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James Hickey

I teach software engineering and architecture to .NET developers | 5X Microsoft MVP

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Databases For Web Developers: Indexing

Databases For Web Developers: Indexing

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15 Common .NET & C# Blunders Based On My Experience

15 Common .NET & C# Blunders Based On My Experience

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High-Performance .NET CRON Jobs

High-Performance .NET CRON Jobs

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What Are Aggregates In Domain-Driven Design?

What Are Aggregates In Domain-Driven Design?

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Securing Your API With Long-Lived Authentication Keys (With A Deep-Dive!)

Securing Your API With Long-Lived Authentication Keys (With A Deep-Dive!)

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Building a Scalable E-Commerce Data Model

Building a Scalable E-Commerce Data Model

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Using Micro UIs To Extend Legacy Web Applications

Using Micro UIs To Extend Legacy Web Applications

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Interview With Nate Barbettini: OAuth, GraphQL, Event Sourcing

Interview With Nate Barbettini: OAuth, GraphQL, Event Sourcing

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Should I Use A Microservices Architecture?

Should I Use A Microservices Architecture?

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Introducing The Loosely Coupled Show: Architecture And Design Video Chat / Podcast

Introducing The Loosely Coupled Show: Architecture And Design Video Chat / Podcast

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Modular Monoliths And Composite UIs With .NET Core Razor Class Libraries

Modular Monoliths And Composite UIs With .NET Core Razor Class Libraries

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Refactoring TypeScript: Black Friday Discount 👌

Refactoring TypeScript: Black Friday Discount 👌

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What's Your Fav. Dev Laptop? Why?

What's Your Fav. Dev Laptop? Why?

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Domain-Driven Design Use Case: Improving A Life Insurance Selling Platform

Domain-Driven Design Use Case: Improving A Life Insurance Selling Platform

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The Principle Of Association

The Principle Of Association

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Unhealthy Code: Null Checks Everywhere!

Unhealthy Code: Null Checks Everywhere!

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Unhealthy Code: Primitive Overuse

Unhealthy Code: Primitive Overuse

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Why Should You Refactor Your Code?

Why Should You Refactor Your Code?

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What Are The Highest Paying Software Developer Jobs & How Can I Land One?

What Are The Highest Paying Software Developer Jobs & How Can I Land One?

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Making An Impact In Your Company

Making An Impact In Your Company

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What The #1 Thing That Affects Software Quality In Your Opinion?

What The #1 Thing That Affects Software Quality In Your Opinion?

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Essential Senior Dev Skill: Solving Problems With Patterns

Essential Senior Dev Skill: Solving Problems With Patterns

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Building A .NET Core 3 Scheduled Job Worker Service

Building A .NET Core 3 Scheduled Job Worker Service

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Do You Struggle Naming Your Classes Well?

Do You Struggle Naming Your Classes Well?

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How To Become A Senior Developer

How To Become A Senior Developer

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Discussing Career Ownership On Developing Up Podcast

Discussing Career Ownership On Developing Up Podcast

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Principle Of Compounding Interest In Your Career

Principle Of Compounding Interest In Your Career

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Collection Of Over 30 Dev Tips

Collection Of Over 30 Dev Tips

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Practical Coding Patterns For Boss Developers #1: Special Case

Practical Coding Patterns For Boss Developers #1: Special Case

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What's Career Ownership? How Can It Help Me?

What's Career Ownership? How Can It Help Me?

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Leadership And Company Hierarchy

Leadership And Company Hierarchy

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How To Be A Mentor

How To Be A Mentor

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Introducing Gate Classes (Design Pattern)

Introducing Gate Classes (Design Pattern)

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Becoming An Intermediate Developer

Becoming An Intermediate Developer

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How To Brand Yourself When Switching Careers Into Software Development

How To Brand Yourself When Switching Careers Into Software Development

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I've Been Booted Out Of My Dev Role! What Should I Do?

I've Been Booted Out Of My Dev Role! What Should I Do?

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Where Do I Put My Business Rules And Validation?

Where Do I Put My Business Rules And Validation?

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Transitioning Into Your First Junior Developer Role

Transitioning Into Your First Junior Developer Role

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The Stages Of Your Software Development Career

The Stages Of Your Software Development Career

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Why Microservices Are Like Line Dancing

Why Microservices Are Like Line Dancing

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How To Stand-Out Among Your Peers As A Software Developer

How To Stand-Out Among Your Peers As A Software Developer

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What's The Difference Between A Senior And Lead Developer?

What's The Difference Between A Senior And Lead Developer?

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The Importance Of Solving Real-World Problems As A Developer

The Importance Of Solving Real-World Problems As A Developer

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.NET Core Dependency Injection: Everything You Ought To Know

.NET Core Dependency Injection: Everything You Ought To Know

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Scalable Task Scheduling In .NET Core With Coravel

Scalable Task Scheduling In .NET Core With Coravel

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Fluent APIs Make Developers Love Using Your Libraries

Fluent APIs Make Developers Love Using Your Libraries

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The Life-changing (And Time-saving!) Magic Of Feature Focused Code Organization!

The Life-changing (And Time-saving!) Magic Of Feature Focused Code Organization!

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What Is .NET Core? (What Makes It So Special?)

What Is .NET Core? (What Makes It So Special?)

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What I've Learned So Far Building Coravel (Open Source .NET Core Tooling) - Part 1

What I've Learned So Far Building Coravel (Open Source .NET Core Tooling) - Part 1

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Refactoring Legacy Monoliths – Part 4: Refactoring Tools

Refactoring Legacy Monoliths – Part 4: Refactoring Tools

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Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 3: Game Plan And Refactoring Tips

Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 3: Game Plan And Refactoring Tips

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Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Refactoring

Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Refactoring

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Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 1: First Steps

Refactoring Legacy Monoliths - Part 1: First Steps

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Async/Await For The Rest Of Us

Async/Await For The Rest Of Us

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6 Ways To Implement The Strategy Pattern In C# (Basic To Advanced)

6 Ways To Implement The Strategy Pattern In C# (Basic To Advanced)

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Keeping Your ADO Sql Connections Safe

Keeping Your ADO Sql Connections Safe

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