Damien Guard
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Damien Guard
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• Software engineer @MongoDB (EF/C#)
• Was @Auth0 (SDKs), @GitHub (Atom), @Microsoft (EF), @Xbox (Web/Sec), @Netflix (Players)
• Font designer, dad to twins, 8/16-bit fanatic, C# fan

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It just shows the C#/Roslyn's total distaste for expression trees.

For years they've claimed they can't add anything to them for fear of breaking existing providers.

But they just proved they're happy to break providers when they it's something they care about - users be damned.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Yup, been warning people about that for a while.

It's a pretty shitty experience, especially if you're using old LINQ providers.

The Roslyn team have lost focus and are sacrificing real-world usability for their actual customer base chasing empower benchmarks.
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In unrealistic empower benchmarks that engineers keep specifically optimizing for.
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Was there in August for a concert. Impressive stadium but large enough that getting to the right area/entrance was both confusing for us and it seems, staff - mulitple false attempts and misinformation on going through the right gates even though it all joins up one way or another.
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I left the USA and moved back to Guernsey in 2020.
October 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I loved that place soo much - was heartbroken that there was no long-term plan for its survival in place.

Here's a pic of my then 3-year-old son using a Xerox Alto! Where else in the world could that happen?
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Being able to produce something in a week is not the flex you think it is.

It just lets people know how little it would take to come in and compete.
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Was the same nonsense with the MBP's getting thinner and thinner until the keyboard was an awful experience.

Thankfully they backpedaled on that.
September 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's like Microsoft Home all over again.
August 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Seen similar things lately with Windows builtin "photo" viewer.

I'm guessing they're just using bilinear scaling by default even when in a 1:1 pixel mode?
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Very nice little Trinitron CRT. Great for retro gaming.
August 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Gorton was what was traditionally used sometimes people use VAG Rounded as a substitute.
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There was me wondering if I should turn it on :D
June 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM