Cesar Aguirre

1 week ago | dev.to | Cesar Aguirre

I originally posted this post on my blog. If you're not careful, your Program.cs file can become a mess. It can turn into a long class full of methods and conditionals for every dependency to configure. We focus on the rest of our code, but often forget about the Program.cs file. We could try extension methods to keep our configurations clean and organized. But, these days, while working with a client, I learned an alternative to extension methods for keeping our Program.cs file tidy.

2 weeks ago | short.sweet.pub | Cesar Aguirre

Short, sweet and valuable stories told in less than 300 words. Follow publication#1. — It only opens on a fixed scheduleEvery beep, buzz, and notification is designed to keep us hooked. The other day I found about Seven39. A social media platform that only opens from 7:39PM to 10:39PM EST. No more endless scrolling in bed waiting to fall asleep. It made me think of what features I’d like to see on a non-addictive social media app:#1. It only opens on a fixed schedule. Inspired by Seven39 itself.

2 weeks ago | dev.to | Cesar Aguirre

I originally posted this post on my blog a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. I was fired from my first coding job. 10+ years ago. My first job taught me A LOT. I had 0 hours of flight time. Everything was new to me. I had to learn about coding and to navigate the corporate world at the same time. I already shared some of the lessons I learned from my first job here:But what I didn't tell on that post was that I was fired. Yes, fired. Not laid off. Fired. Same result, different cause.

2 weeks ago | medium.com | Cesar Aguirre

“MM” vs “mm” vs “fff.” Which one to use? Cesar Aguirre·Follow1 min read·--Photo by Piero Nigro on UnsplashIs it MM or mm for months when formatting dates? Is it "yyyy-MM-dd" or "yyyy-mm-dd"? I always forgot which one to use…Until I figured out an easy mnemonic. Ask yourself: Which one represents a larger time frame? Months or minutes? Since one month is larger than one minute, it’s M for months. An uppercase m is larger than a lowercase m. Therefore, write anyDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd").

3 weeks ago | short.sweet.pub | Cesar Aguirre

Short, sweet and valuable stories told in less than 300 words. Follow publicationDon’t use it to outsource your thinkingIf you don’t know how to code, you shouldn’t rely on AI to generate code. AI is here to stay. Sure. We can’t ignore it. We have to adapt, like we coders have always done. But the problem with AI is when we use it to outsource or replace our thinking. If you’re not the one using the tool, you’re becoming the tool. And tools are easy to replace when a faster and better tool appears.