Ken Dale

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Jesus follower, husband, father, Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, opinions my own.
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New blog post!

Prompt To Benchmark: C# Benchmarking Via GitHub Agent Running .NET In The Cloud

https://kendaleiv.com/prompt-to-benchmark-csharp-benchmarking-via-github-agent-running-dotnet-in-the-cloud/

Prompt To Benchmark: C# Benchmarking Via GitHub Agent Running .NET In The Cloud

When creating a new repository on GitHub you can provide instructions for a GitHub Copilot coding agent to execute. The agent picks up those instructions, does the work in the cloud, and opens a pull request with the results – all from a single prompt at repository creation time.

Ken Dale
New blog post! Making Friends with Reviews: Providing Great Feedback https://kendaleiv.com/making-friends-with-reviews-providing-great-feedback/
Making Friends with Reviews: Providing Great Feedback

Jesus follower, husband, father, software engineer.

Ken Dale

AT TIME ZONE in T-SQL is great for bucketing counts (like daily) while respecting historical offset changes like daylight saving.

Small gotcha: You'll need to map from IANA to Windows Time Zone IDs for Azure SQL if sending IANA time zone via a browser.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/queries/at-time-zone-transact-sql

#sql

AT TIME ZONE (Transact-SQL) - SQL Server

AT TIME ZONE Converts an input date to the corresponding datetimeoffset value in the target time zone.

Anyone else getting lots of emails recently to Activate account?
We completed Mario Party 7 Solo Cruise today. The Bowser level isn't trivial but we prevailed!
Happy New Year! Have a prosperous, healthy, loved, and fun year -- and may we all know Jesus more.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Luke 2:10 TPT
[10] But the angel reassured them, saying, “Don’t be afraid, for I have come to bring you good news, the most joyous news the world has ever heard! And it is for everyone everywhere!

https://bible.com/bible/1849/luk.2.10.TPT

Luke 2:10-39 (TPT) - But the angel reassured them, sayin | YouVersion

But the angel reassured them, saying, “Don’t be afraid, for I have come to bring you good news, the most joyous news the world has ever heard! And it is for everyone everywhere! When Mary and Joseph h

YouVersion | The Bible App | Bible.com

What is #auth? It's more complicated than you probably thought, even though #software #developers sling the word around all the time.

🎅 Since it's the holiday season, give yourself an easy read. 🎁 Boosts appreciated. #dotnet

https://duendesoftware.com/blog/20251209-security-lingo-explained-auth

Security Lingo Explained: Auth

Learn and understand the key difference between Authentication (AuthN) and Authorization (AuthZ)

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 Thankful for God, family, and career.
Picture from Sunday.