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Jan 28, 2022

6 .NET Myths Dispelled — Celebrating 21 Years of .NET

.NET will be celebrating it’s 21st birthday this year on February 14. Grab a cold one and let’s dispel 6 myths of modern .NET development!

6 .NET Myths Dispelled — Celebrating 21 Years of .NET

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Mar 14

MCP is Dead; Long Live MCP!

MCP’s moment has seemingly come and gone. But is it actually the key to transitioning from vibe-coding to agentic engineering?

MCP is Dead; Long Live MCP!

Charles Chen

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Dec 14, 2025

How Mindset Shapes Engineering Success at Startups

Thinking about joining a fast-paced, high-growth startup? Trying to hire the right team to accelerate your growth? Aiming to build a…

How Mindset Shapes Engineering Success at Startups

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May 16, 2025

Beware the Complexity Merchants

Something I’ve come to appreciate over my career in software engineering is simplicity and how it is an enabler of speed and creation.

Beware the Complexity Merchants

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Nov 10, 2024

On Bakers, Ovens, and AI Startup Moats

Discrediting AI startups as mere LLM wrappers is a misguided perception of AI startups and dismissing the baker for the oven.

On Bakers, Ovens, and AI Startup Moats

Charles Chen

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Oct 18, 2024

I’m a Gen AI Maximalist and You Should Be, Too.

Putting things into perspective: many think that we are in the trough of disillusionment; but really, generative AI is just getting started

I’m a Gen AI Maximalist and You Should Be, Too.

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Jul 13, 2024

Merging Objects in Google Cloud Storage with Compose and C#

Using the nifty compose feature of Google Cloud Storage to merge multiple objects into one to efficiently chunk large datasets.

Merging Objects in Google Cloud Storage with Compose and C#

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Jul 7, 2024

C# Discriminated Unions and .NET Channels

Simplify your C# multi-threaded, concurrent + parallel data processing flows with discriminated unions and .NET channels.

C# Discriminated Unions and .NET Channels

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May 6, 2024

Need for Speed: LLMs Beyond OpenAI with C#, .NET 8 SSE + Channels, Llama3, and Fireworks.ai

Using Fireworks.ai and Llama3 70B with .NET 8 channels and SSE can open up new use cases for generative AI where responsiveness rules.

Need for Speed: LLMs Beyond OpenAI with C#, .NET 8 SSE + Channels, Llama3, and Fireworks.ai

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Jan 20, 2024

A Conceptual Model of State in Vue 3.4

An examination of how the release of defineModel in Vue 3.4 can reshape how frontend teams think about managing app and component state.

A Conceptual Model of State in Vue 3.4

Charles Chen

Charles Chen

Maker of software ▪ Cofounder @ Turas.app ▪ Maker of CodeRev.app ▪ GCP, AWS, Fullstack, AI, Postgres, NoSQL, JS/TS, React, Vue, Node, and C#/.NET

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