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Should you build a Personal Brand?

Published: 4 Jun, 2025 |  at  10:00 AM

9 min read

Exploring the value of building a personal brand in today's digital landscape and how it can enhance your career and professional relationships.

GitHub Copilot Agents: A Pragmatic Guide

Published: 30 May, 2025 |  at  08:00 AM

8 min read

An honest guide to setting up and actually using GitHub Copilot agents effectively in VS Code. No fluff, just the practical stuff you need to know.

How to tackle Complex Software Delivery Projects

Published: 27 May, 2025 |  at  10:00 AM

6 min read

What are some of the key components in delivering successful outcomes for complex Software Development projects.

Building and Running Local Language Models in C# – Quickstart Edition

Published: 26 May, 2025 |  at  11:20 AM

4 min read

An opinionated, step-by-step guide to spinning up small language models on your own hardware with nothing more than C# and the .NET SDK.

Blog Refresh 2.0 – Improvements (May 2025)

Published: 25 May, 2025 |  at  07:00 PM

5 min read

A deeper look at the latest wave of performance, DX and CI upgrades that landed on the CTCO blog over the long weekend.

From Coder to Leader: Reflections and a Look Ahead

Published: 9 Apr, 2025 |  at  08:30 AM

14 min read

Reflecting on the experience of earning the Level 5 Diploma in Operations/Departmental Management (ODMA) with distinction and completing the ILM End-Point Assessment also with distinction. Discussing how modern leadership approaches — from adaptive and systems thinking to servant leadership — shaped personal growth, the relevance of these lessons in 2025's tech industry, and what the future holds for leadership in AI-augmented, distributed work environments.

Learning to Run (and Crawl): Inside Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Reinforcement Learning Demo

Published: 21 Mar, 2025 |  at  11:21 AM

7 min read

A deep dive into the latest Boston Dynamics Atlas demo powered by reinforcement learning – covering its RL architecture, physics simulation, zero-shot sim-to-real transfer, human motion retargeting, and the massive scale (150M+ simulations) behind it. Includes parallels to generative AI and leadership takeaways on fostering innovation, simulation investment, AI-based control, and the future of work with robotics.

Effective Prompt Engineering

Published: 18 Sep, 2024 |  at  09:00 AM

26 min read

Effective Prompt Engineering - A closer look at AI services, Data security and Effective Prompt Engineering.

Developing and Integrating AI in C# .NET solutions

Published: 3 Jun, 2024 |  at  09:00 AM

14 min read

A more detailed look at integrating AI and ML capabilities within dotnet c-sharp applications and solutions, exploring libraries, frameworks, and practical applications.

Routes into Software Development

Published: 21 May, 2024 |  at  09:00 AM

25 min read

Lets take a look at the various routes into Software Development that are available to those wanting to make this their career of choice.

How I Got Into Software Development

Published: 9 May, 2024 |  at  09:15 AM

17 min read

Let's begin with how I got into software development way back when.

Welcome to CTCO

Published: 6 May, 2024 |  at  10:00 AM

3 min read

Embark on a reflective process with Coder to Corner Office (CTCO), a blog that chronicles a personal journey from software development to technology leadership.