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Costin Manda

Romanian .NET C# developer for 20 years+.

Location Bucharest, Romania Joined Joined on  Personal website https://siderite.dev github website twitter website

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Senior software developer at Euroclear

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Data access in code, using repositories, even with ORMs

Data access in code, using repositories, even with ORMs

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MockManager in unit tests - a builder pattern used for mocks

MockManager in unit tests - a builder pattern used for mocks

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Migrate data from an SQL Server table to another, without locking it

Migrate data from an SQL Server table to another, without locking it

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SELECT INTO quirk I had no idea about

SELECT INTO quirk I had no idea about

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Firefox and content_scripts.world

Firefox and content_scripts.world

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Huge SQL performance gains from using INTs

Huge SQL performance gains from using INTs

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EF Core 6 - correct types halving the execution time!

EF Core 6 - correct types halving the execution time!

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EF Core 6 - This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable.

EF Core 6 - This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable.

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In class members which are functions, this is not defined unless you ask for it

In class members which are functions, this is not defined unless you ask for it

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Disabling OneDrive in Microsoft Office

Disabling OneDrive in Microsoft Office

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Disable CSP (headers AND meta tag) in Chromium based browsers

Disable CSP (headers AND meta tag) in Chromium based browsers

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SQL Server - Timing out because of table variables

SQL Server - Timing out because of table variables

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Better options than object and collection initializers

Better options than object and collection initializers

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Custom resolve handler in Microsoft's ServiceProvider (enabling property injection)

Custom resolve handler in Microsoft's ServiceProvider (enabling property injection)

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XmlSerializer memory leak

XmlSerializer memory leak

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String.Join in Excel

String.Join in Excel

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Fast fuzzy searching of a string in a list

Fast fuzzy searching of a string in a list

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Temporary tables better than table variables!

Temporary tables better than table variables!

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Windows start menu search not working, search textbox not accepting input

Windows start menu search not working, search textbox not accepting input

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Careful with table partitioning in SQL

Careful with table partitioning in SQL

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Introduction to SQL (Microsoft SQL Server)

Introduction to SQL (Microsoft SQL Server)

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Careful with VIEWs with SCHEMABINDING in Microsoft SQL Server

Careful with VIEWs with SCHEMABINDING in Microsoft SQL Server

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Quick SQL hint: Use Application Name in connection strings

Quick SQL hint: Use Application Name in connection strings

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Game idea: Candidate Chess

Game idea: Candidate Chess

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Unpin apps from Windows 11 Start Menu

Unpin apps from Windows 11 Start Menu

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Chess engines are optimizing for the wrong thing!

Chess engines are optimizing for the wrong thing!

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READPAST your problems in SQL

READPAST your problems in SQL

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SQL date 1900-01-01 appearing out of nowhere

SQL date 1900-01-01 appearing out of nowhere

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Enhancing .NET exceptions with just a line of code

Enhancing .NET exceptions with just a line of code

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Learn T-SQL Querying: A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code, by Pedro Lopes, Pam Lahoud

Learn T-SQL Querying: A guide to developing efficient and elegant T-SQL code, by Pedro Lopes, Pam Lahoud

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Explaining the DOM: a script helper for CSS and ad blockers

Explaining the DOM: a script helper for CSS and ad blockers

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VALUES in Microsoft Transact-SQL

VALUES in Microsoft Transact-SQL

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13.5 ways of being better than everybody else!

13.5 ways of being better than everybody else!

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I am in love with my browser

I am in love with my browser

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Transition from social media

Transition from social media

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Windows 11 Taskbar sucks [Solved]

Windows 11 Taskbar sucks [Solved]

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System.ArgumentException: Argument passed in is not serializable.

System.ArgumentException: Argument passed in is not serializable.

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Why programs ARE algorithms, but not like the ones in interviews

Why programs ARE algorithms, but not like the ones in interviews

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Careful using Regex classes

Careful using Regex classes

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Clean way to build URLs in .NET

Clean way to build URLs in .NET

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Creating a console app with Dependency Injection in .NET Core

Creating a console app with Dependency Injection in .NET Core

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Everything good in the world (even if nobody cares about you)

Everything good in the world (even if nobody cares about you)

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Do abstract flow steps in small methods for readability

Do abstract flow steps in small methods for readability

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Why all articles about demystifying JS array methods are rubbish

Why all articles about demystifying JS array methods are rubbish

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What's important in tech interviews

What's important in tech interviews

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VB.Net Gotcha: Always assign variables when declaring them

VB.Net Gotcha: Always assign variables when declaring them

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Learning from React - part 6

Learning from React - part 6

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LInQer for Typescript is here!

LInQer for Typescript is here!

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Learning from React - part 5

Learning from React - part 5

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Learning from React - part 4

Learning from React - part 4

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Learning from React - part 3

Learning from React - part 3

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Learning from React - part 2

Learning from React - part 2

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Learning from React - part 1

Learning from React - part 1

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Webpack "there are multiple modules with names that only differ in casing"

Webpack "there are multiple modules with names that only differ in casing"

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Running npm start without opening browser

Running npm start without opening browser

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Making a React Typescript application work on Internet Explorer 11

Making a React Typescript application work on Internet Explorer 11

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Nobody cares about you!

Nobody cares about you!

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Interception of object methods and properties in .NET Framework and Core

Interception of object methods and properties in .NET Framework and Core

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Interview question: generate all valid combinations of n pairs of parentheses

Interview question: generate all valid combinations of n pairs of parentheses

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Is lazy dependency injection a good idea?

Is lazy dependency injection a good idea?

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