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2026-08-28 05:12:12 GMT

Coyote vs. ACME is a delight and worth seeing.

2026-06-18 22:39:53 GMT

I have a $30 stationary bike that I got at Goodwill and I have an old Android tablet stuck to it, but I don't have a Peloton membership. Nor do I have the interest to ride 80 miles to the beach. So I made http://PedalScape.com It's a local PWA, no backend at all, no tracking, just 4k bike rides.

2026-06-11 03:20:20 GMT

We really gotta stop normalizing the whole full on speakerphone FaceTime call in a restaurant thing. Put the phone to your ear sir

2026-04-28 17:07:21 GMT

The earliest DOS source code was found on printer paper in Tim Paterson's garage so we've open sourced it on 86-DOS 1.00’s 45th anniversary! This is next-level software archaeology for preservation, and plain ol’ curiosity. #DOS #RetroComputing
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/28/continuing-the-story-of-early-dos-development

2026-02-22 22:15:17 GMT

Last year Mark Russinovich and I wrote a paper on how Software Engineering will redefine the profession, and how early in career engineers may see an “AI Drag,” while seniors will see a significant boost. This paper was published today in the Communications of the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery
The real story though, is that we propose a program where companies must invest deeply in our EiC pipeline, not just hiring juniors but giving them formal *preceptors* (modeled after nursing) such that we create a strong pipeline of new senior engineers to take on the coming industry challenges.
Please read and share if it resonates with you!
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3779312

2026-02-05 18:49:35 GMT

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@nprofile…egu8 Sorry, I just got really, really busy at work. I need to go back in time and actually put the shows up that I've already recorded. It's not a hiatus. It's just overwhelming.

2026-01-25 08:27:18 GMT

Hey friends, the baby that I made Baby Smash for is going to turn 21 this year. So I updated with it an all new website, installer, new .net 10 code base, and code signed executable. Please test it. Code on Github http://babysmash.com

2026-01-11 03:34:53 GMT

The idea that my new garage door opener wants to charge me more than a Netflix subscription to watch the video out of my garage door is insane. My garage door camera is not nearly as interesting as Netflix. How do they think that this is a business that anyone will pay for

2025-12-13 22:59:51 GMT

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@nprofile…ql78 I own the OSPO at Microsoft, you're welcome to email me

2025-11-22 00:16:45 GMT

I just spent the last two hours debugging the Bluetooth stack *in anger* because for the last few weeks I've had to re-pair my mouse with my laptop. Every time. Remove mouse, re-pair.
Turns out I had two identical mice in my backpack and I've been switching between them.
It was me.

2025-11-20 18:43:54 GMT

Open sourced Zork today and ran it on an Altair 8800 and then a container swarm in the cloud https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source live at #MsIgnite

2025-11-15 00:20:07 GMT

I saw this article about a new Mac featured called "Edge Light" that literally puts a fake white ring light around your screen. It's kinda insane and genius. So I vibed it for Windows. https://github.com/shanselman/WindowsEdgeLight get it from Releases, unzip and run the single .NET 10 exe. Will autoupdate also.
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2025-11-11 03:39:26 GMT

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@nprofile…59g0 https://icm.museum/?donate Thanks!!!

2025-11-10 23:41:53 GMT

Remember the Living Computing Museum? Then you should support and visit the Interim Computer Museum right near the Seattle Airport! Check out this special youtube I did with curator Stephen Jones @nprofile…wnhr and consider a matching tax-deductible donation and support the ICM! Please share your networks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFkxiLBSjTo&t=32s

2025-11-06 21:45:16 GMT

Check out my new podcast/youtube video with Stephen Jones of the Interim Computing Museum (formerly of the Living Computer Museum!) @nprofile…dttn you can support them with a tax-deductible and matched donation and visit them now! https://youtu.be/EFkxiLBSjTo?si=VoC-KDQ5-QCRfNj-&t=34 http://icm.museum

2025-10-11 03:03:45 GMT

Minor medical situation on the flight and it’s cool that my wife is able to jump up and help out when they ask for a licensed medical professional.
One day someone will need a regular expression so I stay ready.

2025-10-01 18:12:10 GMT

shout out only to the icons from Office 2013
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2025-09-03 18:24:39 GMT

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/

2025-05-27 04:34:57 GMT

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg together possess a combined net worth of approximately $955 billion. This figure surpasses the total wealth held by the bottom half of American society, which comprises over 165 million people. The number of hundredaires defending these billionaires is nuts

2025-05-17 07:51:14 GMT

The word “login” comes from throwing a log attached to a rope with knots overboard a ship to see how many knots go by over time (see also, knots as speed). You’d then put that info in the “log book.” You’d “log in” on a regular basis. This wasn’t from 1959, it was likely from 1689! Etymology baby!

2025-05-01 02:41:02 GMT

The Oregon State open source lab which provides hosting for hundred of open source projects, as well as research, resources, and support to countless other others is in trouble and we will shut down soon if they can’t find $250,000. Spread the word and donate https://give.fororegonstate.org/PL1Uv3Fkug

2025-04-09 06:47:32 GMT

only tariff we need is on podcast mics for dudes

2025-03-21 20:51:15 GMT

Working on the talks for Microsoft BUILD and I proposed that the sessions for Microsoft Quantum be both rejected and accepted at the same time - tech talk superposition. No one gets my humor.

2025-03-19 02:33:37 GMT

I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive, I want it to give me Fridays off.

2025-03-16 03:52:23 GMT

If you’ve ever wanted a Visual Studio Code for Nintendo Switch, definitely check this out. Supports USB keyboards (!), write your own games, great for the kids https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/fuze4-nintendo-switch-switch/

2025-02-16 05:37:53 GMT

Sold my Tesla X and leased a Rivian R1S. Very happy with the vehicle. Have driven 1300 miles in the last month, and did a trip from Portland to Seattle and back. Range is ~395 miles, charging is fast and plentiful. Also got caught in a snowstorm and had zero issues. Adapters work great, one for supercharged and one for home, permanently installed. Charging at 215kwH, about 500 miles an hour. So far it has not been a major step backwards, although the map software is a little goofy and drops frames.
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2025-02-10 02:53:16 GMT

Hello non-technical people. Just a heads up. Musk isn’t a programmer, a systems architect, or anyone with experience building or running large systems of any kind. However, he’s taken credit for others building large systems which makes him think he’s That Guy. He is not.

2025-02-07 06:32:08 GMT

People at work be like “hey how are you how was your week?”
I’m like “I’m bad man, I’m not good. How the f are you? It’s bad!”
Best to just not ask right now

2025-01-28 21:01:16 GMT

What's that? You wanted a complete reimplementation of the now defunct backend for your Zune? And you want it open source, cross platform, running on Linux in C#? Yes please https://github.com/ZuneDev/ZuneNetApi

2025-01-07 01:57:43 GMT

Just because you are a billionaire doesn’t mean you are smart. This is your daily reminder

2024-12-19 01:22:08 GMT

The real story about these drones is that in a world of 4k cameras in everyone's hands, y'all can't photograph or video for shit. HOLD THE CAMERA STEADY

2024-12-03 21:32:04 GMT

While I've got you here, please check out my long running (973 episodes!) tech podcast with fresh faces you may not have seen before! https://www.hanselminutes.com/episodes Head over and PLEASE SCROLL DOWN and see if you recognize anyone! like and sub and smash that bell

2024-11-23 00:09:01 GMT

ALERT: This is a cool opportunity for high schoolers. Share with teachers and your network. Join hackclub.com and maybe win a 1:1 call with the creator of Python OR the creator of C# and Typescript AND cool stuff like Raspberry Pis https://highseas.hackclub.com/

2024-11-22 22:19:07 GMT

brb quitting my job as this is my new full time gig
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2024-11-19 18:33:36 GMT

The copilots will continue until morale improves

2024-09-25 22:11:50 GMT

The home of The Verge is 104 megs. What happened to the web?
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2024-09-24 04:25:30 GMT

In a big work meeting sharing status and a manager says "our stuff is cooked" and the generation gap became clear.
Half the meeting freaked out and the other half was like, that's great!

2024-08-30 09:43:38 GMT

#t1d #diabetes sucks but open-source artificial pancreases (and hard work) make it suck less. I’ve been diabetic over 30 years and will die of old age, not this. Thank you @ps2 and @danamlewis and the #wearenotwaiting community
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2024-08-08 22:34:50 GMT

Test driving a Kia EV9. The car buying process is such an insane joke. Just sell me the damn car. Why does this job exist anymore? Lobbying.

2024-08-02 06:24:14 GMT

#DeadpoolandWolverine was a reward for my last two decades of pop culture consumption. It was perfect. I’ve seen it twice this week.

2024-07-20 13:10:40 GMT

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It’s always one line of code but it’s NEVER one person. Implying inclusion policies caused a bug is simplistic, reductive, and racist. Engineering is a team sport. Inclusion makes for good teams. Good engineering practices makes for good software. Engineering practices failed to find a bug multiple times, regardless of the seniority of the human who checked that code in. Solving the larger system thinking SDLC matters more than the null pointer check. 2/3

2024-07-20 13:10:39 GMT

Context- someone on the birdside are blaming #crowdstrike on DEI hiring
Here’s the thing folks. I’ve been coding 32 years. When something like this happens it’s an organizational failure. Yes, some human wrote a bad line. Someone can “git blame” and point to a human and it’s awful. But it’s the testing, the Cl/CD, the A/B testing, the metered rollouts, an oh shit button to roll it back, the code coverage, the static analysis tools, the code reviews, the organizational health, and on and on 1/3

2024-07-19 04:49:12 GMT

New podcast - Defining #DevRel with Angie Jones. Recorded at @WeAreDevs https://www.hanselminutes.com/954/defining-developer-relations-with-angle-jones

2024-06-27 16:15:56 GMT

Our community team at Microsoft also comprises the Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). Recently we funded 175 #OpenSource organizations and developers representing hundreds of packages in June. This blog post describes what was learned! https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2024/06/27/5-things-we-learned-from-sponsoring-a-sampling-of-our-open-source-dependencies/

2024-05-22 02:24:32 GMT

Day 1 of #MSBuild was lovely. If you'd like, join my Microsoft Learn AI Plan that includes Courses, Videos, Tests and more. It's a learning bookmark collection on steroids - Sign in to and join the Plan to track your progress! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/plans/jwoqin8dwe74jy?learnerGroupId=186b2046-09b3-4c67-aae1-7a5350bffba8

2024-05-17 07:30:50 GMT

This new iPad Pro is fantastic. Very happy with it. Except it’s also not a MacBook Air. All this power and this 3 legged OS. Stage Manager is a weak simulacrum of a window manager. Please unify these operating systems.

2024-05-06 03:55:22 GMT

Kendrick will drop a response track before I’m done listening to this

2024-05-04 23:50:41 GMT

Found this really cool Base Template for .NET that includes OAuth 2.0, tutorials, source code, paypal integration. Looks like a good way to jumpstart a business web app with a TON of boilerplate https://swiftoneidentity.com/

2024-05-03 16:14:17 GMT

Showing a young person my arcade cabinet and they said 'ohh, I like the bathroom buttons.' Sigh
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2024-05-01 04:13:26 GMT

This is my regular announcement that you need Tailscale in your life. I’m here in Korea on my iPhone but I’m watching Netflix using my Synology NAS back in Oregon as an exit node. Absolutely rock solid personal free VPN *and* amazing for teams and developers as well. Magical.

2024-04-25 20:50:43 GMT

We just open-sourced DOS 4 (and found binaries of Multitasking DOS 4) https://www.hanselman.com/blog/open-sourcing-dos-4

2024-04-06 19:46:03 GMT

My brother has been a firefighter for 20 years, my dad was a firefighter for like 30 or 35 years. I just called my brother, he answered the phone and he said “emergency? No? Later.” And then hung up. This is a very typical phone conversation with my brother and I love him for it.

2024-02-29 08:51:55 GMT

Wait we have to work on Leap Day?!?

2024-02-08 18:55:16 GMT

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@npub1pfe…e2dm you can use gsudo today. "winget install gsudo"

2024-02-08 18:45:49 GMT

buckle up kids it's *SUDO* for WINDOWS https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/introducing-sudo-for-windows/

2024-02-02 23:28:23 GMT

Just had a deeply uncanny valley FaceTime from my friend from her #AppleVisionPro. Avatar is absolutely terrifying, like getting a phone call from The Polar Express. The eye tracking was astonishing, but the rest of the face is straight out of Final Fantasy. It’s a start.

2024-01-29 10:10:38 GMT

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value in the tool. But we shouldn’t negate creators’ work and effort. (2/2)

2024-01-08 08:53:11 GMT

C# is programming language of the year 2023 per the TIOBE Index! #dotnet https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/

2023-11-27 06:20:17 GMT

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@npub1jpp…u59l I dust it

2023-11-27 05:52:21 GMT

Took a few hours and 3D printed stands for the handhelds. Office shelf now has +2 Charisma
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2023-11-19 03:24:56 GMT

Updating my office shelf
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2023-10-08 07:20:01 GMT

FYI to the couple I overheard arguing about this at the grocery - Brown eggs and white eggs are the same. Brown eggs aren’t better for you AND they aren’t whole wheat eggs. 🤦🏻‍♂️

2023-10-06 07:38:08 GMT

#Diabetes in America
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2023-09-07 05:38:43 GMT

Use typescript. It’s better.

2023-09-02 07:56:37 GMT

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@npub1jpp…u59l @npub16y8…9kuz yep I turned off notifications in settings for Pokémon and problem solved. Known bug.

2023-08-29 02:10:18 GMT

A weird feeling as I’ve dedicated my career to sharing others’ achievements but I’m talking a moment to celebrate myself. I’ve been promoted to Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft!
When I heard the news I went on a virtual thank you tour, to teachers who supported my curiosity, to bosses who were welcoming…

2023-08-28 23:48:30 GMT

Very proud of my team! Announcing the release of the new Foundational C# Certification in collaboration with freeCodeCamp. The certification is completely free, globally available, and includes a full 35-hour C# training course hosted on Microsoft Learn. Get started at https://msft.it/60199TYZv today, it’s FREE!!! #dotnet #certification

2023-04-01 00:55:07 GMT

#[0] was FANTASTIC! Action packed, hilarious, and some great practical effects and costumes. Absolutely a new classic. Recommended!

2023-03-31 20:56:31 GMT

When you’re toxic, just not 0.92 toxic https://github.com/twitter/the-algorithm/blob/7f90d0ca342b928b479b512ec51ac2c3821f5922/home-mixer/server/src/main/scala/com/twitter/home_mixer/functional_component/decorator/HomeTweetTypePredicates.scala it’s that sweet spot of toxic. 👨🏻‍🍳 💋 /s #[0]
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2023-03-22 04:24:47 GMT

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#[0] #[1]