michaeljolley / baldbeardedbuilder.com

Source for the baldbeardedbuilder.com site

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👋 Hi! I'm Michael.

AKA: The Bald Bearded Builder

I've been a developer since... well, we didn't have CSS and you had to decide between JavaScript and VBScript for interactivity.

After years of building and leading developers, I now spend my days creating workshops, live streams, demos and other content to help developers learn new skills and level up their careers.

Here's a few of my recent ramblings:

📝 Recent Blog Posts

Choosing Between Controllers and Minimal API for .NET APIs

Alias any Type with C# 12

Using Primary Constructors in C# 12 & .NET 8

📺 Recent YouTube Videos

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📽️ Random Twitch Clips

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baldbeardedbuilder.com's Issues

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Your name inside the hero is invisible

Hello Michael, great website you have here. I was browsing for inspiration, and I found a bug inside the hero section where your name does not show up.

I used Firefox (other browsers were fine) to take this screenshot.

Dark Mode Bug

The dark mode theme is not maintained when leaving the site and coming back via the browser (chrome on mac) back button.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Visit the home page
2. Toggle dark mode to on
3. Click the link to See all videos
4. Click the browser back button
5. The theme is back to white but the dark mode button is enabled. Have to click twice to re-enable dark mode