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This post would carry a lot more authority if it was on an official MS or .net blog; instead of Medium. (I typically associate Medium with low-quality blog entries and don't read them.)

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The author is one of the main GC architects on .NET, so we in the known are aware of who she is.

Here is an interview with her,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujkSnko0JNQ

Having said this, I agree with you, the Aspire/MAUI architects do the same, I really don't get why we have to search for this kind of blog posts on other platforms instead of DevBlogs.

They should probably cross-post in both.

Microsoft likes to just delete thist kind of blogs from its site.

Many times I have found an interesting article only for it to be just not accesible.

Maybe that is why people stoped using it.

Couldn't they just, you know, stop doing that?

They would if they would care.

And you think hosting on places like Medium is better, because?

As if they would behave any better, assuming they don't go bankrupt.

And you think I wrote that Medium is better, because??????

I am telling you why they don't use Microsoft blogs, no why they choosed Medium.

Hell, the blog can be hosted on github if this is just a major concern. They own github now right? Or maybe they need permission from the Github Co-Pilot before hosting personal blogs.

Microsoft have a terrible track record for moving and deleting technical content, to the extent I think I'd rather their developers host their articles almost anywhere else.

Maoni Stephens is the lead developer on the .NET garbage collector. An "About" entry would probably help, but she has a lot of name recognition in the .NET community and in the article it's clear from the first sentence that she's talking from the perspective of owning the GC.

I don't generally find them low quality, but I do wish people wouldn't use it since I don't subscribe to it.

Its the Pinterest of blogs, its really annoying.

Or if the author used their real name.

Agree. It's not like a blogpost that is about grey hat subjects or something.

For what it's worth, Maoni is the author's real name. Maoni0 is what they go by everywhere. You can find interviews and plenty of their other content if you search around a bit.

Using a handle instead of their full name on an article is a choice. The first impression is not “knowledgeable employee making post about company’s product.”

Posting from a Microsoft blog would to some extent fix this, to the OP’s point.

(I know - who cares. But first impressions are what they are)

Moreso if the authors profile picture wasn't what looks like a memecat. I can't exactly share this around without feeling like they'll judge it based on that alone.

Maoni0 is the mastermind behind the .NET GC. They won't judge you, and if they do, that's their problem.

Sure, but how many people truly know this? I love knowing about people who are key contributors to the industry. I run into a lot of walls when trying to talk to 99% of my coworkers about any of them.

I feel that if you are in the target audience for this article (deep dive into the behavior and design decisions of the .net GC) then you probably know who Maoni is.

I'm just a sometime mid-level .net dev, and I immediately recognized her name.

That's fair, I usually read these .NET articles that crop up here on HN, though I don't always recognize the names, and I am easily the target audience, but I know industry architects who probably do not know who the author is offhand.

I think that might be her cat?

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