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Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I dig into an ExperiencedDevs Reddit thread from someone who feels their ideas always get ignored -- and why it's almost never about the quality of the ideas.

This week dives deep into C# reflection in .NET 10 with the complete guide, anti-patterns, performance benchmarks, custom attributes, PropertyInfo and MethodInfo, FrozenDictionary caching, and the Activator.CreateInstance vs compiled expressions trade-off. Plus complete coverage of the template method pattern, the proxy pattern with a real-world example, best practices, and a decorator comparison, a flyweight real-world example, and a tour of the new LINQ methods in .NET 6 through 10.

Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss the Reddit thread telling someone to quit their bad manager -- and why I push back on the all-or-nothing framing, plus what to actually try first.

This week takes a deep tour of LINQ in C# covering grouping, aggregation, set operations, joins, deferred execution, and element access, plus complete guides to the proxy, flyweight, and bridge design patterns. The video lineup tackles context switching, generational dynamics on engineering teams, and where AI tooling actually fits in a real developer workflow.

Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss the perception trap around working hours -- why your start time doesn't define your work ethic on its own, but your hours absolutely shape what your team thinks is expected of them.

This week brings deep coverage of LINQ in C# (filtering, projection, ordering, and the complete guide), advanced regex topics including named capture groups and pattern syntax, plus practical guides on the bridge, facade, and flyweight design patterns. Plus four new videos covering platform team work, agentic systems, and developer mindset.