Weekly Recap - 2026-01-31

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Weekly Recap

Technical Lead to Manager: How Do I Politely Say No?

A viewer submitted a question about being positioned to go from tech lead to a more formal management position. Their take? They're not all that interested. How do they approach this topic?

This AI Migration Saved Me Months of Work

In this video, I walk through how I used both Claude AND Copilot CLI to migrate my C# dependency injection framework from reflection to source generation. Did it do it perfectly or did I need to take the wheel? Let's find out!

Let's Build With Copilot CLI - Principal Engineering Manager AMA

I am a die-hard Visual Studio person. I love working in an IDE. But I've been trying out the Copilot CLI and really enjoying myself, so let's build some stuff together in the terminal!

As with all livestreams, I'm looking forward to answering YOUR questions! So join me live and ask in the chat, or you can comment now, and I can try to get it answered while I stream.

An Hour of Discussion on AI Tooling While I Am Stuck In Traffic

Here are a bunch of thoughts on AI tooling usage while I sit in traffic for an hour. Enjoy!

How Should I Talk About My Side Projects in Interviews?

This viewer wanted to get some perspective on their side projects with respect to the interview process -- not the resume, this time!

Soft skills vs technical skills in a software engineering interview?

This viewer wanted some perspective on soft skills vs technical skills in a software engineering interview. What's a higher priority?

Copilot CLI to Fix My Busted C# Code!

In this video, we'll use the Copilot CLI to fix up some code in my product, BrandGhost, that is the result of some breaking API changes. We'll see how we can control the Copilot context and get some variations on solutions!

Engineering Managers Get This Wrong When Growing Their Teams

From the ExperiencedDevs subreddit, this Redditor wanted to know how to coach and manage growth paths for software engineers. Where is all the training for this stuff?!


Weekly Recap - 2026-01-09

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Weekly Recap - 2025-01-31

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Weekly Recap - 2026-01-02

Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#!

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