Every once in a blue moon I get a notification and am reminded Bluesky still exists. I primarily open Threads, Instagram, and YouTube for socials these days. Maybe I'll try more here again.

I'll look into each. There was a reason Kinect wasn't on there (think it was still alive or renamed again or something)

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Coming very soon. I honestly didn't expect my content to take off same year I built it, but happy to be wrong 😅

Aspire Roadmap 2025: Code-first DevOps, polyglot, and AI | Victor Frye A look at the recently published Aspire roadmap for 2025, focusing on its code-first DevOps evolution, polyglot aspirations, and AI orchestration, and more.

Aspire Roadmap 2025: Code-first DevOps, polyglot, and AI by @victorfrye.com

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#aspire

Today is yet another bad day for the technology and gaming industries.

My thoughts and prayers for all those impacted by layoffs.

.NET Options Pattern: Binding settings and user secrets | Victor Frye Let's explore the .NET Options pattern and how it can be used to bind application settings and user secrets in your application.

Let's talk about options! Two great options:

1. The options pattern in .NET. Type safety, separation of concerns, and an extension library makes life easier.

2. The options to read about it! I'm blogging on my own .com, the EDJE blog, Medium, and devto!

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Just $130 if you want all DLC

Sounds like OG liquid glass 🎶

In a twist of fate, I'm now speaking at Beer City Code on my favorite topic in tech rn:

.NET Aspire

Got a griddle for my birthday last week and I've been putting it through the paces.

Vibe cooking my way into summer.

Xbox first party really showed up for me. Clockwork Revolution, Keeper, and The Outer Worlds 2 each looked amazing.

Honestly the TOW2 Direct was so funny and joyful, I loved it.

Reality is a simple webcam works just fine for 99.9999999999% of use cases

Happy #MSBuild week to all who celebrate!! 🎉

i'm still playing Oblivion. Expedition 33 is already begging me to play it and now DOOM???

chillllll backlog chill

Multi-Stage Docker Builds: A .NET developer's guide | Victor Frye A practical guide to crafting a multi-stage build for production-ready .NET Docker images.

Oops. I wrote another blog post. Hello, Docker, my old friend, it's nice to run with you again.

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Andor is worth it. That and Star Wars Jedi games made me come back to the fandom recently

Okay. So now I have a blog, but I have no way of knowing who reads said blog?

I need to implement tracking and cookies, don't I? And write more stuff. And play video games

Why is centering a div still such a hard problem???

I built a blog. Or more accurately, I built a blog into my existing portfolio site 📣

Check it out: victorfrye.com/blog

Okay. Nextjs is really cool. Why are more people not using it?

Havent had one issue with vendor lock-in. Comfortably deploying to Azure SWAs.

Apparently PowerPoint makes for a good blog banner image generator. I'm really happy with how this turned out:

Spoilers: I'm starting with writing about Aspire!

Wrote my first blog post today. Unpublished as I want to edit it and get some feedback.

Also started rewriting some conf abstracts for final wave of CFPs this year.

Contentful weekend so far.

Oof.

Screen capture of Rockstar Games post about Grand Theft Auto VI. It reads as follows: Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Coming May 26, 2026 May 2, 2025 Hi everyone, Grand Theft Auto VI is now set to release on May 26, 2026. We are very sorry that this is later than you expected. The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game. With every game we have released, the goal has always been to try and exceed your expectations, and Grand Theft Auto VI is no exception. We hope you understand that we need this extra time to deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve. We look forward to sharing more information with you soon. Sincerely, Rockstar Games

We have the answer! #GTA6 will be coming May 26, 2026.

Yes, 2026, not 2025.

Excited to see all the bets collected on today. And looking forward to other games finally knowing when they can release this fall through next spring.

That won't last long, but it is really funny that it's happened

Nailed it. There's overhype and ethics concerns, but the people treating AI like blockchain or even 3D are also deluding themselves.

It's a classic "reality is somewhere in the middle" and seeing adoption for its value. Just not sci-fi style AI that's advertised.

Sooo.... Did anyone secure a Switch 2 pre-order?

I'm just so curious what the rest of 2025 must look like, because it seems sparser right now... but I'm starting to believe they might keep this up.

Makes sense