Emil Petro

Senior Software Engineer @Microsoft | .NET Fanatic | UWP Enthusiast | Tech Junkie | Gamer | Extreme Sports Lover | Father | Opinions are my own | 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇭🇺

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

That is the start of a good day

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

What word comes to mind when you see this?

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

No, they don't. They propose giving him shares. Which will worth even more in a year (or five) , but it doesn't matter because very few of them will be sold, so their monetary value is irrelevant.

[The Verge @verge]

Tesla proposes giving Elon Musk $29 billion so he stays CEO https://t.co/wNTfiRs6DN

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Always

[Dave Callan | dotnet @Dave_DotNet]

Are many #dotnet devs using the required modifier much?

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

@jerrynixon @dotnet There's nothing better than seeing the || operators line up as a pipe for an "any" kind of statement with 2+ conditions.

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Silverlight

[Windows @Windows]

fill in the blank: bring back ___________

[Giorgio Sardo @gisardo]

🚀 Exciting times for Windows app developers! The Microsoft Store is now used by over 250 million monthly active users, offering seamless integration, automatic updates, and new opportunities for discovery and user acquisition. #MicrosoftStore #MSBuild

Explore what’s new at https://t.co/AdRKfWKtDc

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Use return value that is VALID, not what's "easy to consume". If an empty array is a valid response in your domain, use that. If you always expect to have one or more values in the collection, return null. Null checks can be enforced via the type system, emptyness checks can not.

[Milan Jovanović @mjovanovictech]

I always prefer empty collections over null in C#.

You will typically iterate over a collection in a loop.

With null, the calling code must handle the null case and check for null before accessing any collection elements.

We're introducing more responsibility to the caller.

Why not make it easier?

I do this instead (pick one):

- C# 12 collection expressions → []
- Enumerable.Empty
- Array.Empty
- a new List()

Makes life easier for everyone.

P.S. Here are 8 more Clean Code tips: https://t.co/772a9OTjMy

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Don't care about range but I want charging stations to be as abundant as gas stations. Range is not the problem. Lack of charger in many regions (even in the US) is.

[TESLARATI @Teslarati]

🔌 Out of curiosity, how many people feel an EV needs 500 miles of range?

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

I wish people would stop over-sensationalizing this $56 billion estimated value. It's completely useless and irrelevant. It's not about money, it's about ownership and voting power in his own company.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: Tesla and Elon Musk today officially filed their appeal with Delaware’s Supreme Court after a state judge rejected his $56 billion compensation package for the second time. https://t.co/rr6GcQBx8r

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

@chevenix Apple?

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

While it's an interesting publicity stunt, what I'd love to see is existing gas stations adding EV chargers to a few of their parking spots.

Since traditional gas stations are literally everywhere, this would virtually eliminate the "EV range anxiety".

[TESLARATI @Teslarati]

From ⛽️ to 🔌⚡️

Expect to see this a lot more in the coming years

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

A last minute contestant for Worst Advice of 2024?

[Steven @StevenPulteFam]

If you’re a guy in your early 20s, buy a Rolex.

Go into debt if you have to

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Sergio Pedri @SergioPedri]

Today is a bit of a special day, as we can finally announce something I've been planning for and working on for almost two years now: UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT! Bringing all Windows UI frameworks to parity on modern .NET at last. Try it out! 🚀
https://t.co/cE2sekuaFK

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

🎶 Starships were meant to fly 🎶

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship is ready to fly

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Every single day

[Web Design Museum @WebDesignMuseum]

Does anyone else remember the Microsoft Silverlight?

#WebDesignHistory

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

Today I finally realized that LFG nowadays stands for "let's f*ing go" and not "looking for group" 🤦‍♂️

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

@elonmusk EV "range anxiety" is caused by the immature charging infrastructure, not the car's driving range. There are plenty of gas cars with 300 miles of range, but they aren't worried about running out of gas because they have a mature "charging network" on every other corner.

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

@elonmusk Just partner with existing gas stations to install superchargers. They're already strategically well positioned for traffic, they have the land and likely the electric infrastructure necessary. Widespread coverage is more important than big, centralized charging stations.

[Emil Petro @petroemil]

var all the way, no debate

Though I do have to confess, I'm a little 🍋 about how var messes with nullability annotations.

[Michael Jolley @michaeljolley]

My .NET 🌶️ take? We should all stop using the 'var' keyword.

Why? 📹below.