I attended Evolve 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia, where I saw Jon Skeet for the first time. In his speech, he mentioned that we operate on the shoulders of giants on shoulders of other giants (all the way down). Turns out "shoulders of giants" is a common phrase, but it was the first time I heard it, and it has stuck with me since then.
None of my efforts here would be possible without those giants, and I would like to recognize their awe-inspiring provisions here.
- Microsoft - as an organization in general, how impressively you have stayed together and have focused on what is truly important after all these years
- .NET Group - Ditto as above. Thank you for keeping your technology relevant
- Entity Framework - I have less SQL in my codebase than I do TypeScript/JavaScript. Thank you
- ASP.NET Blazor Team - For implementing the genius pivot to WebSockets
- Razor Tooling Team - For putting up with all my reports
- Visual Studio - For creating the most awesome feedback reporting tool ever
- JetBrains - For being an amazing technology company in your own right
- ReSharper - Please, please, please focus on Razor tooling issues and performance 😁😇🙏
- United States Army - A pension is unheard of these days, but my father's is exactly what has allowed any of this to transpire
- The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program - without PUA I would be operating at a loss
- State of Michigan - For providing the social services and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that I depended on while developing this product. Without these, I would have been put in an impossible financial hole