Arun Stephens

Arun Stephens

Aug
28
Introducing Hang Five, your new favourite word game

Introducing Hang Five, your new favourite word game

My wife Amy and I recently went to Indonesia on a trip around Bali, Flores and Lombok. Amy bought a
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Jul
05
Will Meta's Threads be successful?

Will Meta's Threads be successful?

📅They seem to have brought the launch forward. It's now saying Thursday 11am NZT! On Friday at 2am (NZT), we'll
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Jun
27
Will AI kill factual writing?

Will AI kill factual writing?

We've been living in a post-LLM world for about 6 months now. Some are saying that the hype is dying
3 min read
Jun
27
How to find all the repos that reference a specific contract using GitHub CLI

How to find all the repos that reference a specific contract using GitHub CLI

If you work with a large codebase that spans multiple repositories, you might have encountered the problem of finding all the places where a certain contract or interface is used.
2 min read
Jun
19
Exploring Native Ahead Of Time Compilation in .NET: Pros, Cons, and Possibilities

Exploring Native Ahead Of Time Compilation in .NET: Pros, Cons, and Possibilities

Before code written by a programmer can be executed by a computer, it needs to go through a process called
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May
01
Cheating at work with ChatGPT

Cheating at work with ChatGPT

My first recorded chat with ChatGPT was on 9 December 2022. I asked it to "Write a prequel to Humpty
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Apr
22
Switch expressions in C#

Switch expressions in C#

A recent introduction to the C# language is pattern matching. It was added in C# 7.0, which came out
4 min read
Apr
19
A new(sletter) journey

A new(sletter) journey

Hi! I've decided to give the blog a revamp, and actually relaunch it as a newsletter. I'll be writing about
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Feb
16
What's new in .NET 7

What's new in .NET 7

.NET 7 was released a few months ago, and it brought many exciting new features. As a .NET developer, I
5 min read
Dec
06
What's inside My Vaccine Pass? (Part 1)

What's inside My Vaccine Pass? (Part 1)

When they were talking about how vaccine passports might work, I had an idea of how I’d make such
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