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Cesar Aguirre

Software engineer, lifelong learner, language enthusiast & avid reader — 📚 Read my latest book, Street-Smart Coding: bit.ly/csarag-ssc

Location Colombia 🇨🇴 (not Columbia) Joined Joined on  Personal website https://bit.ly/imcsarag github website

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Content, Courses & Training for .NET teams — Helping teams to write maintainable & performant code

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10 Tips Every New Coder Should Know to Thrive (Beyond AI Hype)

10 Tips Every New Coder Should Know to Thrive (Beyond AI Hype)

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AI's Hidden Gift: We're Rediscovering the Practice of Coding

AI's Hidden Gift: We're Rediscovering the Practice of Coding

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What Coders Could Offer Instead of Writing Lines of Code If AI Takes Over

What Coders Could Offer Instead of Writing Lines of Code If AI Takes Over

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Two Small Fixes That Could Transform Your Dev Team's Communication

Two Small Fixes That Could Transform Your Dev Team's Communication

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10 Ways to Stand Out at Work—Other than Work Hard

10 Ways to Stand Out at Work—Other than Work Hard

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The Truth About Coding That Changes Everything (Probably You Won't Like It Either)

The Truth About Coding That Changes Everything (Probably You Won't Like It Either)

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7 Reasons Why I'll Keep Writing—Even If AI Writes Faster and Better

7 Reasons Why I'll Keep Writing—Even If AI Writes Faster and Better

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The Skill That Took My Coding Career Further Than Anything Else

The Skill That Took My Coding Career Further Than Anything Else

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My 2025 in Review—And My Most Read Posts

My 2025 in Review—And My Most Read Posts

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Ditch Your Helpers and Utilities Classes Before They Ruin Your Code

Ditch Your Helpers and Utilities Classes Before They Ruin Your Code

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A Quick Lesson After A Long Debugging Session (And Almost Pulling My Hair Off)

A Quick Lesson After A Long Debugging Session (And Almost Pulling My Hair Off)

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Solving Advent of Code Day 7: Splitting Tachyon Beams

Solving Advent of Code Day 7: Splitting Tachyon Beams

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The Subtle Sign You're Growing as a Coder

The Subtle Sign You're Growing as a Coder

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The Real Reason Why Some Dev Companies Are Forcing AI

The Real Reason Why Some Dev Companies Are Forcing AI

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Re: Programming Is Becoming Prompting

Re: Programming Is Becoming Prompting

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Don't Learn Prompt Engineering. Here's What Matters More

Don't Learn Prompt Engineering. Here's What Matters More

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The Hardest Lesson I Learned Migrating Yet Another Legacy Codebase

The Hardest Lesson I Learned Migrating Yet Another Legacy Codebase

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Want To Write As A Coder? Start With TIL Posts

Want To Write As A Coder? Start With TIL Posts

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Dear Junior Coders: Stop Chasing Shiny Objects

Dear Junior Coders: Stop Chasing Shiny Objects

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The Best Bad Example I'm Using to Teach Clean Code Principles in My Latest Book

The Best Bad Example I'm Using to Teach Clean Code Principles in My Latest Book

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My Biggest Mistake as a New Coder (Nobody Warned Me)

My Biggest Mistake as a New Coder (Nobody Warned Me)

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TIL: Always Wrap Collections in API Responses

TIL: Always Wrap Collections in API Responses

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New Coders: The One Rule You Should Follow to Adopt AI

New Coders: The One Rule You Should Follow to Adopt AI

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Senior C# Dev Reacts to Reddit's /csharp (Hot Takes Only)

Senior C# Dev Reacts to Reddit's /csharp (Hot Takes Only)

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The Most Dangerous Problem With Using AI for Coding

The Most Dangerous Problem With Using AI for Coding

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The One Lesson I Wish I'd Known 10 Years Ago to Become a Better Developer

The One Lesson I Wish I'd Known 10 Years Ago to Become a Better Developer

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3 Code Reading Techniques No Course Will Teach You

3 Code Reading Techniques No Course Will Teach You

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How MedAI Will Transform Hospitals and Patient Care by 2035: My Predictions

How MedAI Will Transform Hospitals and Patient Care by 2035: My Predictions

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10+ Pieces of Tech You Use Before Breakfast Without Even Realizing It

10+ Pieces of Tech You Use Before Breakfast Without Even Realizing It

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We, Coders, Often Don't Get To Solve Problems—And That's Boring

We, Coders, Often Don't Get To Solve Problems—And That's Boring

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15 Takeaways From "Breaking in the Mindset That Gets You Hired" With ALX Community

15 Takeaways From "Breaking in the Mindset That Gets You Hired" With ALX Community

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10 Ways New Coders Can Use AI (That Don’t Involve Writing Code)

10 Ways New Coders Can Use AI (That Don’t Involve Writing Code)

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Now Is the Best Time to Learn Programming (It's Not Too Late)

Now Is the Best Time to Learn Programming (It's Not Too Late)

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Is Burnout Inevitable in the World of Tech? Let's Talk About It

Is Burnout Inevitable in the World of Tech? Let's Talk About It

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A Blog Has Been Better for My Career Than a Portfolio

A Blog Has Been Better for My Career Than a Portfolio

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5 Things Every New Coder Should Watch, Ask, Read, Do, and Pass On

5 Things Every New Coder Should Watch, Ask, Read, Do, and Pass On

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If a Veteran Coder Is Skeptical About AI, We Shouldn't Worry About Our Coding Jobs

If a Veteran Coder Is Skeptical About AI, We Shouldn't Worry About Our Coding Jobs

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What I've Gained After 6 Years Blogging on dev.to

What I've Gained After 6 Years Blogging on dev.to

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How to Demotivate Your Development Team And Make Them Leave (Guaranteed Results)

How to Demotivate Your Development Team And Make Them Leave (Guaranteed Results)

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We Write Code for Two Audiences—with Two Different Priorities

We Write Code for Two Audiences—with Two Different Priorities

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Where to Start Your Coding Career: Corporate, Tech, or Agency?

Where to Start Your Coding Career: Corporate, Tech, or Agency?

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The First Time I Saw a Computer—A Bit of Nostalgia

The First Time I Saw a Computer—A Bit of Nostalgia

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How to Know When It's Time to Leave a Job (In 8 Signs)

How to Know When It's Time to Leave a Job (In 8 Signs)

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We Shouldn't Call Them Best Practices—And Blindly Follow Them

We Shouldn't Call Them Best Practices—And Blindly Follow Them

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7 Strategies to Stay Sane in the Never-Ending Tech Hype Cycle

7 Strategies to Stay Sane in the Never-Ending Tech Hype Cycle

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I Asked Phind and Copilot to Solve a LeetCode-Like Interview Exercise—Their Solutions Surprised Me

I Asked Phind and Copilot to Solve a LeetCode-Like Interview Exercise—Their Solutions Surprised Me

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Four Lessons (and a Challenge) for a Coder Struggling to Write

Four Lessons (and a Challenge) for a Coder Struggling to Write

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How to Land a Coding Job in Post-Pandemic Times—The Untraditional Way

How to Land a Coding Job in Post-Pandemic Times—The Untraditional Way

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The Easiest Way to Be Ignored When Communicating at Work

The Easiest Way to Be Ignored When Communicating at Work

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The Career Lesson the Most Expensive Hamburgers I've Eaten Taught Me

The Career Lesson the Most Expensive Hamburgers I've Eaten Taught Me

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You Don't Need Markdown to Blog—But It Makes It Easier

You Don't Need Markdown to Blog—But It Makes It Easier

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There's Nothing Wrong With Coding Just to Pay the Bills

There's Nothing Wrong With Coding Just to Pay the Bills

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Re: Will AI Take My Job? A Coder's Reality Check

Re: Will AI Take My Job? A Coder's Reality Check

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What Frustrates Me the Most as a C#/.NET Developer

What Frustrates Me the Most as a C#/.NET Developer

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The Day I Realized I Needed to Raise My Rates as a Coder

The Day I Realized I Needed to Raise My Rates as a Coder

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How to Better Organize Your Program.cs File in ASP.NET Core Apps

How to Better Organize Your Program.cs File in ASP.NET Core Apps

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Five Eye-Opening Lessons I Learned from Being Fired from My First Coding Job

Five Eye-Opening Lessons I Learned from Being Fired from My First Coding Job

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An Easy Mnemonic to Format Dates As Strings in C#

An Easy Mnemonic to Format Dates As Strings in C#

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Missed the Last 10 Years of C#? Read This Quick Catch-up Guide

Missed the Last 10 Years of C#? Read This Quick Catch-up Guide

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You're Not a Programmer Until...

You're Not a Programmer Until...

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