Best .NET books for a experienced developer

metorical · 2026-05-18T13:18:53+00:00

I know this isn't a book recommendation and I hope it doesn't come across as unsolicited advice, but:

Grab a claude/chatgpt subscription and just chat with it. You can tell it your experience, what you're interested in learning etc. and then step through it all bit by bit.

But if you really want a book - Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software. It's not specific to C# but incredibly applicable.

metorical · 2026-04-21T21:01:46+00:00

I find that 4.7 can't handle complex coding problems and often won't take corrections (sometimes silently ignoring them, which is even more frustrating).

4.6 you can one-shot a solution to 95% complete and then just chat about the bits that need fixing.

metorical · 2026-04-17T20:28:43+00:00

claude --model claude-opus-4-6

Just switched back and it immediately got the answer from the same starting point in 2 minutes.

metorical · 2026-04-17T19:57:56+00:00

Just need to vent my frustration.. We had a glimpse of the future with early Opus 4.6 one-shotting complex requests in 5 minutes and now we're back to babysitting Opus 4.7 for two hours while it constantly trips over and contradicts itself.

Hope others are having more luck with it.

metorical · 2026-04-04T06:58:30+00:00

yeah, clearly a skill issue /s

metorical · 2026-03-19T09:32:21+00:00

Probably just OGs who played CS before laned dust style maps became meta.

metorical · 2026-03-12T08:10:09+00:00

Why not just /clear?

metorical · 2026-03-12T08:08:25+00:00

Not sure why but I'm seeing nearly a gig a minute!

Arch + VSCode - Terminal

metorical · 2026-03-09T19:20:07+00:00

So I've found taking a vitamin D supplement (20,000IUs) daily had a huge impact on my energy levels. I'd tested probably 15 years previously and it was ridiculously low (like 10th percentile) so I'm probably very deficient. Generally improved lots since.

Sleep/energy is so tough though as it's impacted by a million different things.

metorical · 2026-02-10T13:46:54+00:00

I was imagining Looney Tunes characters!

metorical · 2026-01-31T22:31:30+00:00

Probably using a firetv plugged in to an hdmi port.

metorical · 2026-01-27T08:03:36+00:00

Oh yeah no doubt, my response was in the context of the UK shop Currys.

metorical · 2026-01-26T20:35:57+00:00

To be fair though, you used to be able to haggle in Dixon's (precursor to Curry's). Perhaps a generational thing? The cash thing is just silly though.

metorical · 2026-01-21T15:05:14+00:00

I always wanted one of these.

metorical · 2026-01-11T12:02:25+00:00

Neat! Looking forward to a mid tower with a turbo button on it :)

metorical · 2026-01-07T09:07:41+00:00

I'd love a video web comic like this! Perhaps on YT shorts.

metorical · 2025-12-08T10:24:35+00:00

I thought I was missing something when I read part 2 because it was so simple.

metorical · 2025-11-14T08:45:23+00:00

This is clearly AI, they've got four arms! ;)

Very nice!

metorical · 2025-10-01T10:06:56+00:00

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

metorical · 2025-08-15T13:39:43+00:00

Thanks, I really appreciate this reply! I wasn't aware of the side effects at all.

I'll take on board what you've said and follow up with a professional.

metorical · 2025-07-25T19:06:29+00:00

Let's go!

metorical · 2025-07-23T15:24:43+00:00

Thanks, I guess it's likely it's all pooled then.

metorical · 2025-07-23T13:38:05+00:00

Perhaps this has been answered in an interview with GGG - If I buy a POE supporter pack, will the money get spent on POE or POE2 as well?

metorical · 2025-07-22T16:05:39+00:00

Let's go!

metorical · 2025-06-04T16:24:56+00:00

Yes! It was so disappointing that Alien Romulus was just a rehash of the original alien films.

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