Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
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C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur.
Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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12h ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#enshittification
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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3d ago
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg174p31peo
Conservative-led Epping council have spent over half a million pounds taking the government to court over the use of the Bell hotel by asylum seekers, and have just lost their appeal against the decision against them. Idiots.
Hopefully they all get voted out at the local elections
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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4d ago
Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Halifax apps showing customers other users' transactions https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g23npxpwgo
Someone’s been #vibecoding
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Mar 09, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/09/britain-job-market-floundering-companies-cautious-hiring
Not the news we were hoping for.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Mar 03, 2026
So a newspaper ran a completely fabricated news story and this is the response of IPSO?
About as useful as a chocolate fireguard.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Mar 02, 2026
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/hyperion-author-dan-simmons-dies-from-stroke-at-77/
RIP Dan Simmons. #hyperion is one of the greatest sci-fi novels.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 28, 2026
Thinking that chatbots are conscious is the same as people seeing the face of Jesus in a slice of toast or animals in the clouds: it’s just patern matching. A lexical illusion, if you will.
#LLMs
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 25, 2026
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 25, 2026
Using the #myfitnesspal app on #ipad is now pretty much impossible, as you can’t actually add any food to your diary.
As this is a key part of the functionality of a calorie-tracking application (you would think), it’s surprising that there is no mention of it on their ‘Known Issues’ web page. Maybe this is broken too…
#vibecoding I presume.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 25, 2026
Does anyone in the UK actually use TDD (that's Test Driven Development, for the uninitiated)?
I see it mentioned on a lot of job adverts, but when you talk to the people there, it's all a bit "Well, we like our employees to have that skill, but we don't actually want them to use it". Obviously! That would be crazy...
I find TDD to be incredibly effective, not just in testing the code, but in guiding the design and development of the solution towards higher quality results.
I did actually learn TDD from a manager while employed, but that was in New Zealand. Ever since I've been working back in the UK, managers seem to think testing in general is a waste of time and money.
#tdd
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 24, 2026
Created a ‘Shopping List’ on my #iPhone which is supposed to automatically categorise your food.
Entered ‘chocolate’, and it created a section for it called ‘Frozen Foods’.
Software is so broken.
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 19, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116095927843936684
Sounds like a great idea to me.
#opensource
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Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
mastodonapp.uk
Craig Shepherd
@Shepharo@mastodonapp.uk
C#/.NET web developer with delusions of grandeur. Looking for next lead/senior role in London, Cambridge, Hertfordshire, or Essex. # dotnet # mvc # blazor # sqlserver # tdd # softwaredevelopment
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Feb 16, 2026
Been looking at the Microsoft 'To Do' app, and it always seems like every software application from Microsoft is designed in a vacuum with no access to any real-world scenarios or users. You would think that they have no idea that the real world actually exists. #microsoft #windows
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