Dear C# devs,

My main language is python, but due to work I got exposed to C#, and would greatly benefit from learning it. I already am mostly familiar with the language's syntax due to some C++ exposure, but I am far from familiar with many C# concepts and the visual studio editor. In summary, I am a beginner to the language, but not to programming. I can write simple programs, but heavily lack the knowledge of C#'s environment such as projects, solutions, their respective settings, how to link DLLs and set up tests within visual studio.

I strongly feel that visual studio code is abstract (albeit efficient) in the way it performs those tasks and like it prevents me from learning what is actually going on. All I am learning is that I should click seemingly arbitrary submenu A, then B and then C. Voila, you now can run tests. Why? I have no idea.

To actually get an understanding of C#'s environment I therefore am considering omitting VS entirely and instead develop through the CLI. Hopefully, that way I actually learn what the .NET framework is, and how to work with it, how to set up projects, solutions, go through the compilation processes,and more.

I just wanted to ask the true C# veterans among us whether this proposed learning approach is a good idea, or whether I am missing something.

All constructive feedback is greatly appreciated.
Good night everyone!

Hey everyone,

I’ve been building things for the web using JavaScript, TypeScript, and PHP (Mostly). Up to now, it’s been a solid stack with a great job market. But with how fast things are shifting, especially with AI tooling changing the landscape. I’m trying to future-proof my skills and can't entirely predict where things are heading.

I keep hearing about C# and .NET as a robust enterprise choice, but I’m wondering how it fits into the current AI-driven era.

• For those of you working in C#/.NET right now, how has the job market and day-to-day work changed with AI code assistants?
• Is learning C# a smart pivot or addition for a web dev trying to stay relevant, or should I double down elsewhere?

Curious to hear your thoughts and experiences!

Let's say you're a Technical Founder like Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. You have a CS degree worked as mid level developer.

You've written some code (as show in the pic) and added comments to remind yourself and other developers what the code does, so nobody forgets in the future.

Now, you have a Senior Developer on your team who worships Uncle Bob's Clean Code principles like a cult!

she reviews your PR and reject it, saying

"Good code should be self-explanatory. The code itself should explain what it's doing.

Anyone should be able to look at it on the first time and understand it right away.

So go back and remove those comments. They're not clean! God damn it!"

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What would you do in this situation?

Would you trust the senior dev and delete the comments because they have more experience than you, even though you're the founder and have less development experience than they do?

Ps. We have to move fast

Hey, has anyone here worked on industrial measurement or monitoring software with C#?

I'm currently looking into rebuilding an older monitoring solution from scratch and still figuring out the right architecture.

We're talking different measurement devices, continuous data streams (up to 1k samples/sec per channel), older Windows PCs with 4 GB RAM, and ideally something that can run reliably for months.

What I'm a bit unsure about is the data integrity side of things, especially crash recovery, audit trails, and GMP requirements.

I'm leaning towards C#, probably with SQLite, but not sure if I'm overlooking something.

Would be really interested to hear from anyone who's built something similar. What would you do differently today?

I'm a full-stack developer, and I want to learn more about computer architecture and operating systems to become a better developer and understand what's happening under the hood.Can I learn these things with C#, or should I learn C first? Does the language even matter that much?What would you recommend?