Paul Aldrich

Full Stack Developer - React, C#, .NET, Sitecore

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Claude: adds documenting comments as it implements something

Claude 3 weeks later: removes the comments without explaining why

Claude after being asked why he removed the comments: "My mistake, I removed them accidentally while working on this feature! I'll add them back."

🤦

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Is #GitHub githubbing? (Yes I tried refreshing.)

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Absolutely insane story: https://t.co/cQ4CIA4yOv. I use Claude Code regularly for work, so I'm definitely never enabling `--dangerously-skip-permissions` now... Off-site backups are so important - take them regularly!

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

The PR diff viewer in GitHub is so much better than the one in Azure DevOps that it's not even funny.

After a day of working in AzDo, this is me at home reviewing my first GitHub PR:

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Using Claude Code Opus 4.6 is like this:

𝐌𝐞: 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴
𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞: Oh, were you scrolling up a little to see what I was printing? I'll just take you to the top of the chat then!

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Network tab throttling today made me remember the old days.

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Hot take: Git force push is never truly necessary. I've been working with Git for over 13 years and never once have I had to force a Git push, and yes, I've worked on difficult projects with huge conflicts. If you often lean on this crutch, you're not using Git correctly.

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

OOF #ShadCN

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Thanks CoPilot, very cool. #microsoftcopilot

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Did an online assessment for a staffing company I applied to. It was a FE React job, and the the tips on their website mention "coding exercises" will be involved, so I'm thinking probably React questions. Do the assessment, it's a math and logic test, no coding questions. 🤦‍♂️

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

.NET Conf 2025 was awesome! My takeaways: https://t.co/8zJTJs2aRb #dotnetconf

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

6 years later, and... yeah, this sounds about right. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any professional experience with Flutter or React Native which were trending at the time.

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Xamarin is the most painful development experience I've been through

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Wish VS for Mac would come out of retirement... #dotnetconf

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

So the job market for C#, .NET, React and Sitecore developers in Chicago really sucks

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Just got a phone call from an AI recruiter minutes after applying for a job. What a weird experience. Was not expecting an interview _immediately_

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

90% of the front-end jobs I've seen so far are looking for Node.js experience. Time for me to go learn it, perhaps.

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

A random thought I've had since #reactconf.

React Compiler looked cool because it automatically memoizes code, but does it do it the right way? Some code is too simple for memoization to have a positive effect (e.g. static string arrays).

Ehh? #react

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

Just chose Base UI for a new project.
- It doesn't have a Button component.
- Not using MUI because it's a Tailwind project.
- I can't use MUI Base because it's deprecated in favor of Base UI.

I want that MUI ripple effect in my life, without getting Emotion-al.

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

My key takeaways from Day 1 of #reactconf : https://t.co/MhOIw0bZwW

[Paul Aldrich @Aldrich_Dev]

@MakerCentralApp Your app isn't picking up newer levels anymore. For example, my page isn't showing any of the levels I've created in the last two weeks: https://t.co/IZhRtCw6N7