João Antunes

@joaofbantunes
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Code, headbang, grouch, repeat! 👨‍💻🤘😈🔁
Writing and talking about code, headbanging @ concerts, ranting @ anywhere.
He/him

Often talking about #DotNet, #CSharp, #SoftwareDevelopment, #SoftwareArchitecture, #microservices and a bunch of other stuff

Bloghttps://blog.codingmilitia.com
Landing pagehttps://antunes.dev
GitHubhttps://github.com/joaofbantunes
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/CodingMilitia
Recycling an old post, for no other reason than having been thinking about it again lately, and maintaining the opinion 😅
https://blog.codingmilitia.com/2023/01/19/the-insert-specific-tech-here-developer-yay-or-nay/
The “insert specific tech here” developer: yay or nay?

The boxes developers put themselves into is something I’ve given some thought over time. Probably not something folks think about much, but figured I’d write a post about it anyway.

Coding Militia

I found this very upsetting. The security guys deciding a priori that it's hard to do so we don't need to concern ourselves. That hasn't worked out well in the past. You think they'd learn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPJ6NJkmDAo

Can you steal $10,000 from a locked iPhone?

How we hacked MKBHD! Sponsored by Incogni - Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off.If you’re looking for a molecul...

YouTube
Architecting for Concurrency: Wolverine's Approach to Shared Resources

Why distributed locks fail under load in async .NET systems, and how Wolverine's optimistic concurrency and partitioned messaging solve it architecturally.

Brad Jolicoeur

So, turns out, setting a cpu limit of 30 millicores for a #DotNet service isn't the best idea, as things get slow 🤣

Though, to be honest, kind of impressed that it works surprisingly well, only becoming particularly noticeable when handling larger payloads

Announcing Polecat: Event Sourcing with SQL Server https://jeremydmiller.com/2026/03/22/announcing-polecat-event-sourcing-with-sql-server/

I'll happily take any RTs please and thank you!

#polecat #critterstack #sqlserver #dotnet

Announcing Polecat: Event Sourcing with SQL Server

Polecat is now completely supported by JasperFx Software and automatically part of any existing and future support agreements through our existing plans. Polecat was released as 1.0 this past week …

The Shade Tree Developer

Anyone ever used Apache DevLake or similar tool?
Any insights, recommendations, etc?

My main goal is to gather some metrics (mainly DORA), and as we use a variety of tools (e.g. Jira, GitLab, Jenkins), need something that can grab info from multiple sources.

https://devlake.apache.org/

Apache DevLake - Open-Source Dev Data Platform for Productivity | Apache DevLake - Open-Source Dev Data Platform for Productivity

Apache DevLake is an open-source dev data platform that ingests, analyzes, and visualizes the fragmented data from DevOps tools to distill insights for engineering productivity.

If your company actually became vastly more productive, because of "AI" or whatever, you wouldn't lay off people: you would take on new efforts, make higher profits, have more things going on.

Layoffs are always - always - a sign of bad decisions, misallocation of priorities. Gross mismanagement. Always.

My few contacts on here who know me at work now know that I’m looking for a job, so, uh, yeah, I’m looking for a new position.

I’m a stereotype. Long-time developer, perpetual polyglot (if pressed, I’m probably strongest in #dotnet, both framework and modern flavors, and favoring f#, but if you look at the list of languages in Rosetta code, you’ll see “my goal”), plenty of experience in different kinds of organizations, have a history that includes dedicated infosec work (pentesting, architecture, help desk, you name it), extensive Linux experience (admin, hacking, even building distros for appliances), and plenty of network engineering. I have mostly been in the fed/mil space and am looking to get out of that space for what I like to think are pretty obvious reasons.

I love learning, I love helping people learn, and I’m a big fan of companies that invest in that. I love giving talks, presentations, workshops, etc, and would love to talk at conferences for your company.

US only, remote greatly preferred but will commute if fairly local and will move for the right position (I have a family so I’d expect assistance with said move, but we’re not opposed to the concept).

Open to leadership roles, but only technical ones.

I’ve actually been looking since last march, though I’ve kept it on the DL since folks at work follow me on here.

I’m not in dire straits, I’m still employed, but

A. I don’t trust the direction the company is going and,
B. I’ve been pulled off of development work to do bog standard systems integration and deployment.

So I’m looking for a change.

And look, I’m not bullish on AI agentic coding (I’m not going to hide my distaste, feel free to scroll my posts), but if your company is using it I’m not going to turn down an offer. I’m nothing if not a team player.

Oh, one last thing: if your company is not lgbtqia+ friendly, it’s not “b4ux1t3 friendly” either. I make it a point to try to change organizations I am in for the better in that regard.

#dotnet #getfedihired #jobsearch #softwaredeveloper

Anyone ever used Apache DevLake or similar tool?
Any insights, recommendations, etc?

My main goal is to gather some metrics (mainly DORA), and as we use a variety of tools (e.g. Jira, GitLab, Jenkins), need something that can grab info from multiple sources.

https://devlake.apache.org/

Apache DevLake - Open-Source Dev Data Platform for Productivity | Apache DevLake - Open-Source Dev Data Platform for Productivity

Apache DevLake is an open-source dev data platform that ingests, analyzes, and visualizes the fragmented data from DevOps tools to distill insights for engineering productivity.

Mass surveillance and censorship are escalating in many countries right now. There is a global attack on secure encrypted communication. Often, authorities, politicians, and tech companies work together to push for new laws. One example: when Ashton Kutcher (yes, the actor), through his tech company Thorn, tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens through undemocratic and corrupt methods.