2026-10-26T15:24:53Z https://nostr.now Maarten Balliauw https://nostr.now/npub1ww7fhh9zt0lvx8uxkzz532sl6t393lqrukxv422wfsv3pnlxu6cs4tqypw https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/261/676/192/858/599/original/1a957355959d1850.jpg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/261/676/192/858/599/original/1a957355959d1850.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgqjqmf3dajywlwv5qyw66a5743v0e0tfe7naaffzrafls60yaltgzypemex7u5fdlascls6cg2j92rlfwyk8uq0jcej4ffexpjyx0umntzxdps6t Working at a small company<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/507/409/050/643/327/original/ea0fb38a22437bb8.png"> 2026-10-26T13:19:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8554r87f2cxwz4qarzkgntjkqdaa4pak0nr4fyeygczuhzq8u0tszypemex7u5fdlascls6cg2j92rlfwyk8uq0jcej4ffexpjyx0umntzgagak6 Blogged: So, I wrote a fiction book. Meet &#34;The Side Project&#34;.<br/><br/>Tried to add some background on the writing process and all.<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/posts/2026-07-31-so-i-wrote-a-fiction-book-meet-the-side-project/">https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/posts/2026-07-31-so-i-wrote-a-fiction-book-meet-the-side-project/</a> 2026-07-31T12:25:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxc5dny03sy8d7qnke9m9gcuadtqdht53kxsjc92zd8703zks4l6szypemex7u5fdlascls6cg2j92rlfwyk8uq0jcej4ffexpjyx0umntz94xgtk Vacation starting soon. If you need some beach/pool/mountains/other reading... <br/><br/>I recently published a book - The Side Project, about a dev whose innocent youth football app gets hijacked by organized crime.<br/><br/>Check it out: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bP2nll">https://books2read.com/u/bP2nll</a> 2026-07-02T17:24:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9lpgu49ee47lfpf6zmsqlexlrc45ur8p00l3tdhfv5ps9crmnapczypemex7u5fdlascls6cg2j92rlfwyk8uq0jcej4ffexpjyx0umntzns0f88 Blogged: Discriminated unions in #csharp and #dotnet 11 (for real this time)<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/posts/2026-06-16-discriminated-unions-in-csharp-for-real-this-time/">https://blog.maartenballiauw.be/posts/2026-06-16-discriminated-unions-in-csharp-for-real-this-time/</a> 2026-06-16T10:20:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp5ka5hdn5vjck4kdvp2kjcqe3v8sml0khpdrljdnwg6l5dauf7eqzypemex7u5fdlascls6cg2j92rlfwyk8uq0jcej4ffexpjyx0umntzceanla Experiment... As the &#34;search engine&#34; behind a 5000-records auto complete API is an #efcore LIKE query. Loading 60000 more records into that table made the API endpoint slow (6 seconds to show autocomplete!)<br/><br/>How would you improve this autocomplete? #dotnet 2024-05-13T12:01:53Z