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I’m a veteran software engineer with more than 25 years of experience, ranging from coding Unix applications in C to crafting sleek .NET solutions and even blockchain and cryptographic solutions. Along the way, I’ve dabbled in everything from writing Windows drivers to streaming desktops as video feeds, game development, and now I’m exploring gRPC and Google Cloud hosting. When I’m not banging out code, I’m probably wrangling tech quirks or pondering the mysteries of management decisions and direction of technology in general.

 

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I hate to say it, I was right

By Matt Raffel on August 28, 2025

The other day someone reviewed, approved, my PR adding a comment "This looks good to me, but I don't know if the expression is right" (I am being vague to protect privacy).

If the reviewer doesn't know if the expression is right, why approv...

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