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Hi, I am Barret

Barret

A little bit of my mind, crafted with code at Barret Codes

I wear many hats. Father, husband, Microsoft MVP, developer, Azure Solutions Architect, gamer, blogger, speaker, teacher, mentor, model railroader, Buckeyes fan, and more. I’ve been blessed greatly by this industry, and so this site is one way I try to give a little bit back. When I can find the time, I add a bit of my coding knowledge and experience to share with whoever might find it of worth.

Microsoft MVP
AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
C#
Power Automate
JavaScript
SQL
Azure
Angular
Awesomeness

Engage With Me

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Mentoring

If you are a student or someone in a different career field and looking to move into software development, I am happy to provide what time I can spare to speak with you 1 on 1 and provide what guidance or insight I can. You can schedule time with me on my Calendly.

    Saturday, January 1, 2000 | 1 minute Read
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    Speaking Engagements

    Looking for someone speak on your podcast, video, user group, conference, or company? Here’s a few of my current sessions. Contact me to set up a time.

      Saturday, January 1, 2000 | 1 minute Read
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      My Creative Side

      Not everything is about tech. I’ve got a creative side too… Sometimes. Take a look if you want something other than tech. My Creative Side

        Saturday, January 1, 2000 | 1 minute Read

        Recent Posts

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        Getting Started with .NET Aspire

        It’s a new video. If you missed my talk at Central Ohio .NET (CONDG) about .NET Aspire, I finally got the time to record it for my YouTube channel. Here it is: Getting started with .NET Aspire

        Monday, October 21, 2024 | 1 minute Read
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        KCDC 2024 Slidedeck

        For those who are interested, here’s the slidedeck from my KCDC 2024 talk “What’s new in EF Core 8” Whats-New-In-EF-8

        Friday, June 28, 2024 | 1 minute Read
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        My Favorite Podcasts & Video Channels - 2024 Edition

        About once a year I update my list of favorite podcasts and video channels. Here’s a list of what I’m in to these days: Tech Related DotNetRocks For years now, Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell have brought us a steady stream of the greatest minds in the industry. One of the very first podcasts, and still one of the best to be found anywhere. Maybe one day they’ll even interview me. Lol.

        Thursday, June 13, 2024 | 3 minutes Read
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        New Video - Updated Intro to Power Automate

        It felt like time to redo my Power Automate intro video. https://youtu.be/7TtejlZVC1A

        Thursday, June 6, 2024 | 1 minute Read
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        Post A Message To Teams Chat

        It’s long past time I had a new blog post. I’ve been focused so much lately on speaking opportunities and mentoring efforts that I haven’t posted much to my blog. So, here’s a new one I found useful a while back. Scenario In our scenario, we have a support email that gets emails when someone fills out a form on a website. The problem is that not much notice gets paid to the inbox and messages could go ignored for hours, or even days. We want to raise awareness of issues sooner so that appropriate actions can be taken. In this case, when we get an email, we’ll post a message into our Teams chat.

        Thursday, April 25, 2024 | 4 minutes Read
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        More Fun with AI Generated Images

        I thought it would be fun to try another experiment with AI generated images. I came across a post on Buzzfeed the other day. You know the kind of posts they do, where they steal images from other websites, and string them together into an inane article while barely giving credit to the source in tiny little letters? This article was about funny posts on Facebook Marketplace, where people are selling things, but aren’t quite sure how they’re spelled.

        Tuesday, February 20, 2024 | 2 minutes Read