A practical guide from daily development experience

The practical reality: which editors I reach for day-to-day, and a framework for making your own tooling decisions.

When Visual Studio and VS Code aren't quite right—a look at JetBrains Rider for cross-platform .NET and Neovim for terminal-based workflows.

How Microsoft built the most popular editor in the world, and where it fits alongside heavier IDEs.

From Eclipse's instability to Visual Studio's polish—how my first IDE experiences shaped the way I think about development tooling.

After 15 years of .NET development, I've used every major editor and IDE. This series shares what I've learned—not which tool is "best," but how to make tooling decisions that actually help you work.