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wade womersley – york based software engineer

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Practical writing about software, systems, delivery, and things that behave strangely under pressure.

wade womersley – york based software engineer I write the way I work: direct, useful, and more interested in what holds up in production than what sounds clever on a slide.

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Latest update August 22, 2026

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.NET’s MCP C# SDK 2.0 Makes Web Deployment Less Weird

August 22, 2026 By Wade

The official MCP C# SDK 2.0 adopts stateless HTTP while keeping older clients and servers working during migration.

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The Save Icon Is a Tiny Museum Exhibit

Posted on August 22, 2026 By
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The floppy-disk save icon has outlived the object it depicts and become a tiny piece of computer archaeology.

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Node.js 26 Finally Makes Temporal the Normal Date API

Posted on August 21, 2026 By
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Node.js 26 enables Temporal by default, giving new JavaScript code a better starting point than the old Date object.

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Android 17’s Lock-Free MessageQueue Is a Real Compatibility Check

Posted on August 20, 2026 By
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Android 17 improves MessageQueue performance, but apps reflecting into private internals need testing before targeting SDK 37.

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Android 17 Makes Adaptive Layouts the Default

Posted on August 19, 2026 By
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Android 17’s adaptive-first direction makes large-screen behaviour a normal release requirement rather than optional polish.

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Furry Meets Work Best When Nothing Much Is Planned

Posted on August 19, 2026 By
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The best furry meets leave enough empty space for conversations, wandering around, and whatever happens next.

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PHP 8.6 Partial Function Application Might Actually Make Callbacks Nicer

Posted on August 18, 2026 By
PHP, Programming

Partial function application gives PHP a compact callback syntax, provided developers resist turning it into punctuation soup.

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PHP 8.6 clamp Is Tiny but Welcome

Posted on August 17, 2026 By
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PHP 8.6’s clamp function removes another tiny helper while keeping range boundaries explicit and readable.

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GitHub Copilot Usage Metrics Are Becoming Cost Accounting

Posted on August 16, 2026 By
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Copilot’s expanded app metrics are useful, but teams should measure outcomes and cost rather than celebrate activity alone.

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Every Hotel Room Has One Light Switch Nobody Understands

Posted on August 16, 2026 By
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Hotel rooms turn switching off the lights into a puzzle that nobody asked to solve before bed.

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