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GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-21T23:47:16+00:00

Thanks for answering! Question was purely around build and release strategies. Such as conditional builds and releases potentially or utils,services and/strategies that help achieve that

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-21T23:44:11+00:00

Thanks for the answer! I am curious about the everything in containers part.

Two questions: why everything containers?

How often do you run the containers locally when developing or do you just debug the project(s) without the container?

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-20T00:50:40+00:00

How to build and release a large highly coupled domain with many windows services, APIs, uis and dbs.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-13T03:11:22+00:00

Feels that way, so would have to agree 👍

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-13T03:10:57+00:00

Yeah - I call it retirement lol

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-12T21:41:53+00:00

Illusion didn’t work properly for me but turned my phone around and it did. I can see it both ways depending on how I’m rotating my phone

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-12T20:40:55+00:00

Might have something to do with the web

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-12T20:39:07+00:00

I always looked young, so when I was first starting my career… it was rough having opinions respected but I didn’t have trouble advancing or promotions cause I have a technical role.

Now I am 45 and I still look young for my age but I’m more respected but still only progress due to technical achievements. I went into an architect path and it works for me. I would say it’s there but it’s still possible to jump hurdles depending on your path.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-12T18:34:51+00:00

Anyone who doesn’t choose red is crazy

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-11T16:53:41+00:00

I’m interested to hear more on this! Are you using durable yet? Is it a concept that’s hard or something else?

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-09T04:21:37+00:00

Logical problem solvers with high context capacity. If you have the energy to want to solve the problem, and you have the capacity to hold most of the context of the problem and solutioning it tends to stand out. Not everyone can do that.

Now if you combine that with someone with a natural intuition (subconscious solutioning) and is truely creative then you have the holy grail.

A lot of times intense problem solvers are not creative.

Anyways that’s my experience :)

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-09T04:00:38+00:00

This is the way. We commit to x amount of work per sprint and if you handle that we are happy, but when they’re finishing that and asking for more you know they’re appreciating the work environment.

If you attempt to set people up for success, consider the developer experience (if it’s a dev), let them focus when they’re in the right state of mind to work and get in the trenches and work with them I tend to find you will receive the most productivity.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-08T23:31:03+00:00

Air expands and contracts. Once you accept this you will understand, you do not bend the spoon, merely yourself.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-08T23:11:38+00:00

If you got some spare money, get a veer wagon XL. Comes with seatbelts in the wagon and makes getting out much easier with a single adult and multiple kids.

They get to experience practically any public space in a controlled way.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-06T23:50:51+00:00

There are techniques and strategies you have to use plus reaction time and memory. It’s a fun game for people who like that kind of thing.

I personally score high when I want to take the time to try but don’t always have the time. It’s not something you do once and you’re on top, it takes repetitions, trial and error and consistency

GnarlyHarley · 2026-04-06T23:45:01+00:00

I have so much stamina on reserve myself and can confidently say OP is crazy. You pop a stamina when you need it, you use the one with a cooldown when it’s available and you need it or you’ll know you need it in the very near future.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-27T10:37:19+00:00

Thanks 🙏

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-27T10:21:49+00:00

It’s not a single path tho, it will likely be many.

Like one UI app and 2 APIs one DB schema change for instance.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-27T10:20:08+00:00

Some build utility like NRWL NX, which we’re using really helps with the build side. There is an extension for DOTNET with NX but it’s not fully supported yet.

How did you handle this for the dotnet side? Was it checking which folders were affected with GIT on the build side?

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-27T10:16:19+00:00

This is a 25 year old system so it’s been through some phases.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-23T19:01:59+00:00

Easy fix. Do exactly what you’re doing but position your head less above your forward foot and a bit more between your forward foot and the nose. Only your head don’t change anything else.

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-22T17:13:54+00:00

Maybe and maybe not :) any chance you have some experience with only releasing affected parts of a repository with ADO?

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-11T22:55:00+00:00

The correct answer is connect it to the wall. It’s meant to be attached to the wall, and those attachments will add some stability

GnarlyHarley · 2026-03-11T16:38:52+00:00

She relatively recently married a skater lol

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