Brandon Minnick (@TheCodeTraveler) on X (original) (raw)

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  🎉 From Zero to Hero: Microsoft Extensions AI 🎉 I've just published a new course that will instantly make you an expert incorporating LLMs into C# Apps! ✅ Create a Chat Client ✅ Create an Image Generator ✅ Generate Embeddings ✅ Use Local LLMs (Ollama) ✅ Use On-Device LLMs
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  I have sad news, friends... It is with a heavy heart that I share with you, yesterday I received a call from the Microsoft MVP team telling me that I've been kicked out of the program. The reason? Because I work at AWS.#MVPBuzz🧵 1/10
  
  I am officially a Microsoft MVP!! ❤️ See you at the MVP Summit 🤗 #MVPBuzz
  
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  Replying to @d_feldman
  Microsoft is heartless with layoffs. Two of the top sales employees in the company (who I happened to also work with at
  @xamarinhq
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  I just had the strangest Teams chat with a co-worker whom I've never before met and whom didn't introduce himself. He DMs me to ask for my help because he doesn't understand something...then told me I was wrong. This person is a Principal Engineer at Microsoft. ❓WHAT❓
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  I am officially a Microsoft MVP!! ❤️ See you at the MVP Summit 🤗 #MVPBuzz
  
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  🧵.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Mega Thread We released A TON of amazing new features for .NET MAUI developers this week and I want to highlight some of them for you 👇
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  🎉 Xamarin Conference 🎉 🗓 Monday March 23 🎓 Hosted by Microsoft 🌐 100% Online 🎟 100% Free
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  Yes. Retweet if you’re using .NET
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  Replying to @TheCodeTraveler
  The good news is that I won't be abandoning the .NET Community! I will still continue to lead the amazing .NET MAUI Community Toolkit team, produce open source projects, publish blog posts, produce podcasts + videos, and speak at conferences around the world about .NET❤️ 🧵8/10
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  Replying to @TheCodeTraveler
  To me, the MVP Program has always been about spotlighting amazing people in the community who devote their free time on nights + weekends to helping fellow developers. It was always my career goal to someday be an MVP, and it was an honor to be welcomed into the group. 🧵3/10
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  Replying to @TheCodeTraveler
  To those at Microsoft who have reached out individually to tell me that you caught wind of this internally and fought for me to maintain my MVP status, thank you ❤️ I consider you dear friends and I appreciate your kindness and support. 🧵7/10
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  🎉 AsyncAwaitBestPractices +1 Million Downloads 🎉 My first open-source library has achieved over ONE MILLION downloads!!! I created it to help me write better code for my apps and am incredibly humbled that so many developers love it too ❤️ 👉 nuget.org/packages/Async…
  
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  Replying to @TheCodeTraveler
  I've devoted the past decade of my career, my life, to helping developers in the .NET Community. It saddens me that, in spite of this, the Microsoft MVP Program refuses to acknowledge the efforts of specific community members simply because of their employer. 🧵4/10