Ed Andersen
@edandersen
"Principal" developer, slightly rubbish content creator. Views and opinions not those of employers past, present or future "Newsletter": http://edandersen.com
I have the 3 star "Azure DevOps Expert" cert. I wouldn't say it sets me apart. Most people don't care. And they shouldn't. Bent test centres sell the answers online for like 99 bucks. You never know if someone with an MS cert got it legit or not.
A good friend of mine got AWS certified (pro architect), then got the Azure pro certs. They earn $500k+/yr helping customers migrate from Azure to AWS, AWS to Azure, and advising on multi-cloud architecture. The Azure certs are what set them apart from the crowd.
Neither, get a Sony Xperia and enjoy - no camera gloryhole on the screen - a headphone jack - SD card slot - Clean Android without Samsungs "OneUI" plop - Fingerprint reader on the side where it belongs - Camera shutter button with a half press for autofocus
If an iPhone user wants to switch to Android, which phone would you recommend between the two? Galaxy S25 Ultra or the Galaxy Z Fold 7
Theresa May's Online Safety Bill going well then. They probably had to turn something on today and it broke.

Why when you watch a video full screen on this site it immediately swipes up at the end like TikTok to some random portrait slop video??
Theresa May finally gets her "Online Safety Act" for the UK. I thought the Labour party were supposed to be the opposition?
Skill based games (fighting games, rhythm games etc) where your "ability" in the game is purely an innate skill of yours that you have developed are waaaaay better than any XP/grinding based games
What hill are you dying on in the gaming world?
How do people get excited about these tools? Using them bores me to death and it replaces the only enjoyable part of the job (writing code and solving puzzles) with a slot machine I just use them and think "meh" with a bit of sadness.
Microsoft has been cooking! 😳 You can now replace a lot of coding tools: ❌ Cursor ❌ Windsurf ❌ Cline ❌ Cursor Agents ❌ Claude Code ❌ OpenAI Codex With one tool: ✨ GitHub Copilot Yes! We're almost there. GitHub Copilot's VSCode extension is good. In fact, it's *almost*…
So GitHub Spark, a new vibe coding tool to take on Replit etc from Microsoft, creates C# apps yeah? Uses Blazor? No, it creates React apps.
Imagine announcing a sideways internal job transfer within the same company on LinkedIn, accompanied by a full headshot. What is wrong with people. Are they actually aliens. What drives people to do this.
The 6 steps I do regularly: (for better C# code) 1. Make sure implicit usings aren't on. They suck 2. Add the main method back to Minimal APIs 3. Make async functions be called *Async so you know they have to be awaited without having to think 4. Don't use homemade "helper"…
The 6 steps I do regularly: (for a cleaner and more maintainable C# code) 1. Remove unused code 2. Simplify nested if-else 3. Reduce method length 4. Automate repetitive tasks 5. Improve names to add clarity 6. Improve project structure inside the solution Once you start doing…
I hope the Expedition 33 team uses the Decima engine for their next game as E33, whilst great, was such an Unreal engine game it was, erm, unreal
From the studio that brought us “EXPEDITION 33,” with Guillaume Broche, Francois Meurisse, and Tom Guillermin of Sandfall and Alexis Garavaryan of Kepler.
Looking for a place in Tokyo and every single listing on SUUMO is just already gone or doesn't exist, what is the point of SUUMO lol Every agent is like "LOL nah its gone give us all your details and we'll contact you before we put them online"
I buy Sony phones so I can continue to have the headphone jack Also allows lossless microphone audio which you still can't do with bluetooth And it allows me to carry wired buds that also work on arcade machines Also I don't have to charge another set of things
Hot take: Removing the headphone jack was Apple's greatest contribution to humanity since Steve's passing.
Why do brands like Hasselblad, Leica etc, amazing brands with history, partner with middle kingdom shitphone makers? "it's the new Oppo Pico Redmi OnePlus 7.5+ with optics by Hasselblad" is an insane juxtaposition
Next-gen imaging system incoming! 📸 Our partnership with Hasselblad is built on a shared passion for innovation and a commitment to delivering the ultimate imaging experience. With the extension of our collaboration, we'll push the boundaries of mobile imaging even further!
This is amazing because you can add devices now up to 4 years from purchase So if you drop your phone just add it to Apple Care One and get it fixed for free Amazing
Apple today introduced Apple Care One: Cover everything together in one convenient plan for more value and flexibility — with all the same benefits of AppleCare+. Costs $19.99 a month for 3 devices and an additional $5.99 per device after that.