Programming, Software Engineer
C# 14’s field keyword reduces boilerplate in validation-heavy properties without turning ordinary property code into magic.
Engineering notes from the sharp end
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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Programming, Software Engineer
C# 14 extension members can reduce helper-class noise, but overuse will make APIs harder to understand.
Programming, Software
.NET 10 matters because it is an LTS release, not only because it brings C# 14 and another round of platform features.
AI, Software Engineer
Coding agents need bounded tasks, tests, and review because out-of-scope actions are exactly the kind of thing a lead developer has to catch.
AI, Software Engineer
Claude Code routines are interesting because they move coding agents toward scheduled, event-driven, reviewable work.
AI, Software Engineer
GitHub Copilot’s coding agent is useful, but I would want explicit workflow rules around permissions, networking, and review before giving it real access.
AI, Software Engineer
Codex on mobile is less about writing code on a phone and more about supervising background engineering work away from the desk.
Hardware, Random Stuff
Weird gadgets were often worse, but they were also more memorable.
PHP, Programming
PHP 8.5’s array_first and array_last are small additions, but they remove helper functions most PHP codebases already reinvent.