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Best C# article of December 2009

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Current Entries

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30 Dec 2009Razan Paul (Raju)
Animation technique based on Clip property of UIelement in WPF
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12 Dec 2009All-In-One Code Framework
This article introduces several Silverlight samples in the All-In-One Framework.
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8 Sep 2017Joel Ivory Johnson
The override that was not
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1 Dec 2009raelango
This article explains how to export the contents of a DataGrid to Excel/CSV.
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13 Dec 2009Ron Beyer
Tutorial on programmatically setting the screen brightness using C#.
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17 Dec 2009Jeremy Hutchinson
Demonstrates overriding the DataTemplateSelector.SelectTemplate method.
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15 Dec 2009Webplethora
How to get the Windows user identity name in Silverlight.
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2 Dec 2009Jeremy Likness
Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight
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30 Dec 2009David Veeneman
Convert from RGB to HLS and HSB.
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6 Jun 2010Darren DeLoach
Sometimes you need a WSE3 client to send an MTOM-encoded request, but accept either an MTOM or non-MTOM response. While the WSE3 server classes support "MTOM optional" the client does not. Here's a quick solution to the problem.Assume you have generated your WSE3 web service proxy class....
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4 Jan 2010Leftend
A simple how-to on using the Custom Formatter capability within the AutoMapper library.
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4 Dec 2009Kunal Chowdhury «IN»
While surfing through different forums, I noticed that lots of people are actually facing issues while trying to implement the drag and drop feature. The main problem arises while trying to drag from a ListBox to a panel like canvas.
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31 Dec 2009taiar erez
Shared secret for three users over an unsecured network connection
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3 Dec 2009TheCodeKing
This example shows how to ghost non-ghostable files in SharePoint as well as how to relocate existing ghosted content.
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10 Dec 2009Alex Kofman
"Soft Delete" or "Logical Delete" in ORM
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18 Dec 2009Christian Rodemeyer
Helper class for easy retrieving of assembly attributes.
1 Dec 2009Scot Alexander
Use Image Detergent™ to Clean Up Color Document Images Prior to OCR for Improved ResultsUse Image Detergent™ to Clean Up Color Document Images Prior to OCR for Improved Results
1 Dec 2009Resco Developer Tools
Every developer wishes his application was not only efficient but also attractive, full of beautiful graphical elements and easy to operate. It is definitely one of the most important factors deciding whether the app will be commercially successful or not.
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8 Dec 2009Joel Ivory Johnson
WCF guidance for Windows Mobile
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16 Dec 2009Syed Danish Aftab
Sharepoint quicklaunch webpart
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29 Dec 2009Philip Laureano
Introducing Hiro.Functors and making Hiro a dynamic container
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25 Dec 2009db_developer
Establishing of an existent connection to SQL Server with a sample: XML/A script execution tracing.
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29 Dec 2009Matthew Baxter-Reynolds
This article acts as an introduction to those looking to work with BootFX - an Open Source .NET application framework.
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23 Dec 2009MESCIUS
This article describes how you can use ComponentOne’s PDF and Excel components to export the content of Grid controls, so users can easily analyze, annotate, and distribute the data. The GridView, PDF, and Excel components are all included in Studio Enterprise
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10 Nov 2014Thomas Duwe
A month calendar and date picker with culture awareness.
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30 Dec 2009Sacha Barber
A threading component that shows failures/busy status and data.
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16 Dec 2009Carmel Gafa
This article presents a Fuzzy Logic scripting language, FuzzScript, which can be used to include fuzzy controllers in C# applications. One interesting aspect is the possibility to generate an optimized version (hard-coded) of the controller under examination at run time.
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1 Dec 2009shivamkalra
In this article, we will put together a program which will allow us to play Tic-Tac-Toe game against computer with laser light and webcam for vision.
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4 Jan 2010TheCodeKing
The XDMessaging 2.0 library provides an easy-to-use, zero configuration alternative to existing IPC implementations.
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25 Dec 2009Lionel LASKE
Learn how to synchronize your OneNote notebooks on Windows Azure and access it from your iPhone or your Palm Pré.
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30 Jan 2010Bryan Thomas Weikel
LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, and NHibernate used in a parallel fashion in a three-tier WinForms application.
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11 Dec 2009Abby Fichtner (Hacker Chick)
A tutorial that walks through adding/updating/deleting data in your database with LINQ to SQL while keeping your class relationships (M:M, 1:M, and M:1) synchronized.
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3 Dec 2009Manish Ranjan Kumar
Themed ButtonBar control supporting custom draw with full Designer support
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4 Dec 2009shivamkalra
Using webcam and image processing to decode a Morse code flashing LED.
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19 Dec 2009Josh Fischer
An explanation of the different ways to create delegates through a guided example that starts with .NET 1.1.
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12 Mar 2010Paulo Zemek
This article will explain how to create a simple chat program using this remoting technology, which supports web-cam and sending files.
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2 Dec 2009Donald Wingate
This combo box supports multiple selection, two way binding on the SelectedItems property, and inplace editing of the ItemsSource property.
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14 Dec 2009Yang Yu
Implementing an auto-complete control in WPF by extending the ComboBox control.
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1 Oct 2010David Veeneman
How to get started with Prism 2.1 for WPF, with a demo app
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20 Aug 2014Anurag Gandhi
A class to pivot a DataTable with various aggregate functions
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24 Dec 2009Sacha Barber
WPF: A simple pageable 3D graph.
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17 Dec 2009TylerBrinks
An overview of the Windows 7 taskbar features, and how to use then in your own applications.
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11 Dec 2009Abby Fichtner (Hacker Chick)
A tutorial and application on using WPF Data Binding with LINQ to SQL classes. This is part 3 of a three-part tutorial on using LINQ to SQL.
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20 Dec 2009Philipos Sakellaropoulos
It is "cloud" Web application to display GPS tracks on Google or Bing maps
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14 Dec 2009Etienne Whittom
This article explains how to retrieve valuable image information from the Exif data found in JPEG images, and provides a Silverlight class library to perform this task entirely on the client's machine
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23 Dec 2009Matt Esterak
Using JQuery UI Tabs to host web pages via IFRAMEs.
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10 Dec 2009Michal Altair Valášek
A really cool feature in ASP.NET 4.0 is URL routing for web forms. It, however, does not work well with the DataPager control. An alternative data paging interface comes to the rescue, solving other paging problems as well.
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5 Dec 2009Alexandru Cibotari
This article describes a set of tips and tricks for LINQ to SQL
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30 Dec 2009Razan Paul (Raju)
Techniques of making a simple marquee text control, Drip animation and Roll animation
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27 Jan 2012Ruxo Zheng
Lessons learnt from writing a screensaver with WPF

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Technical Lead
India India

Kunal Chowdhury is a former Microsoft "Windows Platform Development" MVP (Most Valuable Professional, 2010 - 2018), a Codeproject Mentor, Speaker in various Microsoft events, Author, passionate Blogger and a Senior Technical Lead by profession.

He is currently working in an MNC located in India. He has a very good skill over XAML, C#, Silverlight, Windows Phone, WPF and Windows app development. He posts his findings, articles, tutorials in his technical blog (www.kunal-chowdhury.com) and CodeProject.


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Software Developer Microsoft
United States United States
Abby Fichtner is a Microsoft Developer Evangelist and author of The Hacker Chick Blog.

She's been developing custom software applications, wearing every hat imaginable, since 1994. Although, technically, she got her start at the age of 8 when her father brought home an Atari 800. In the evenings, they would sit together and type in the machine code from the Atari magazines – because that was the way serious geeks got their computer games!

Today, she works for Microsoft as a Developer Evangelist to the startup community - helping them to create the next generation of software.
Software Developer X-tensive
Russian Federation Russian Federation
See my blog on software development at Alex-Kofman.blogspot.com
Web Developer
Canada Canada
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework delineates the framework and skeleton of Microsoft development techniques through typical sample codes in three popular programming languages (Visual C#, VB.NET, Visual C++). Each sample is elaborately selected, composed, and documented to demonstrate one frequently-asked, tested or used coding scenario based on our support experience in MSDN newsgroups and forums. If you are a software developer, you can fill the skeleton with blood, muscle and soul. If you are a software tester or a support engineer like us, you may extend the sample codes a little to fit your specific test scenario or refer your customer to this project if the customer's question coincides with what we collected.
http://cfx.codeplex.com/
Architect
India India
Anurag Gandhi is a Freelance Developer and Consultant, Architect, Blogger, Speaker, and Ex Microsoft Employee. He is passionate about programming.
He is extensively involved in Asp.Net Core, MVC/Web API, Node/Express, Microsoft Azure/Cloud, web application hosting/architecture, Angular, AngularJs, design, and development. His languages of choice are C#, Node/Express, JavaScript, Asp .NET MVC, Asp, C, C++. He is familiar with many other programming languages as well. He mostly works with MS SQL Server as the preferred database and has worked with Redis, MySQL, Oracle, MS Access, etc. also.
He is active in programming communities and loves to share the knowledge with others whenever he gets the time for it.
He is also a passionate chess player.
Linked in Profile: https://in.linkedin.com/in/anuraggandhi
He can be contacted at soft.gandhi@gmail.com
Software Developer (Senior) Austin Regional Clinic
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Team Leader Crimsonwing (Malta) Ltd
Malta Malta
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
Germany Germany
I'm developing for fun since 1985, starting with UCSD Pascal on some old machines (no hard disk, but four floppies!), then moving quickly on to assembler on the famous C64 and Amiga. During university I started professional development for Windows/Unix/Linux, using a myriad of languages (Pi, Assembler (6502, 68000, 80386/486), Cobol, Modula2, Prolog, OML, C, C++, C#, Java, Scala, Groovy, Clojure, VB, Eiffel, Delphi, Perl, Pascal, Javascript). Currently my favorite languages are Clojure, Ruby and modern Javascript.
Unknown
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) Foresight Systems
United States United States
David Veeneman is a financial planner and software developer. He is the author of "The Fortune in Your Future" (McGraw-Hill 1998). His company, Foresight Systems, develops planning and financial software.
Database Developer Freelancer
Ukraine Ukraine
MS SQL Server Database Developer with 7+ years experience

Technologies/languages: Business Intelligence, SQL, MDX, VBA, SQL Server, Analysis Services (SSAS), Reporting services (SSRS), Integration Services (SSIS), DataWarehouse.
Also: economic background.

Feel free to contact me for rates and details.
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
United States United States
Etienne Whittom is a software engineer currently living in Washington state.

Since 2004, he worked at several companies including Electronic Arts (Montreal, QC) and Microsoft (Redmond, WA), where he learned much about crunch times, live site issues, escalations, down times, pattents, design reviews, code reviews, security reviews, planning and commitments.

He also picked up a few things about software development along the way...

He loves good wines, good food, hiking, running, and refer to himself in the third person.
Software Developer
United States United States
I’m a Software Engineer at Microsoft working on the Azure Portal. Before that I spent about 20 years developed various business applications at a number of different companies. I have a passion for writing clean, scalable code and sharing what I’ve learned with others.

I also help run the Casco Bay .Net User Group
Program Manager Microsoft
United States United States
Note: articles posted here are independently written and do not represent endorsements nor reflect the views of my employer.

I am a Program Manager for .NET Data at Microsoft. I have been building enterprise software with a focus on line of business web applications for more than two decades. I'm the author of several (now historical) technical books including Designing Silverlight Business Applications and Programming the Windows Runtime by Example. I use the Silverlight book everyday! It props up my monitor to the correct ergonomic height. I have delivered hundreds of technical presentations in dozens of countries around the world and love mentoring other developers. I am co-host of the Microsoft Channel 9 "On .NET" show. In my free time, I maintain a 95% plant-based diet, exercise regularly, hike in the Cascades and thrash Beat Saber levels.

I was diagnosed with young onset Parkinson's Disease in February of 2020. I maintain a blog about my personal journey with the disease at https://strengthwithparkinsons.com/.

Software Developer
United States United States
I attended Southern Polytechnic State University and earned a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and later returned to earn a Masters of Science in Software Engineering. I've largely developed solutions that are based on a mix of Microsoft technologies with open source technologies mixed in. I've got an interest in astronomy and you'll see that interest overflow into some of my code project articles from time to time.



Twitter:@j2inet

Instagram: j2inet

Architect
United States United States
Expert in C#, .NET, WinUI/WPF, Azure, and SQL Server.
I started working with .NET and C# professionally in 2003 and never looked back. I have been an integral part of a dozen complete software lifecycles, been a driving force behind two successful startups, and have led development teams.
Software Developer (Senior) Leftend
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect C2S
France France
Lionel is a software architect at C2S, a software company based in France and subsidiary of the Bouygues group.
Lionel is also the author of Liogo, an open-source Logo compiler for .NET.
Lionel is a contributor of DotNetGuru and Dr.Dobb's Journal.
Lionel is President and co-founder of OLPC France.
Software Developer (Senior)
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Engineer Intel Corporation
United States United States
I am an Automation Engineer specializing in application and web development/support.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
United States United States
We provide award-winning reporting and business intelligence solutions, software services, and enterprise solutions to Fortune 1000 companies in the hi tech, financial, healthcare, government and other vertical markets. We are a global, privately held corporation of 400 employees, with a strong track record of consistent growth, success, and profitability.

MESCIUS’ family of products provides developers, designers, and architects with the ultimate collection of easy-to-use tools for building sleek, high-performing, feature-complete applications. For over 40 years, MESCIUS has provided enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art developer components, software services, and solutions.

We strive to create an engaging and constructive community through our LinkedIn page. We welcome feedback, new ideas and lively interaction. We do, however, reserve the right to remove any postings of a vulgar, profane, discriminatory, promotional or inappropriate nature.
This is a Organisation

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Software Developer Altairis
Czech Republic Czech Republic

Software architect and developer in Altairis, dev shop in Czech republic. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2004.


See my open source project at Codeplex.

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft
United States United States
I started to program computers when I was 11 years old, as a hobbyist, programming in AMOS Basic and Blitz Basic for Amiga.
At 12 I had my first try with assembler, but it was too difficult at the time. Then, in the same year, I learned C and, after learning C, I was finally able to learn assembler (for Motorola 680x0).
Not sure, but probably between 12 and 13, I started to learn C++. I always programmed "in an object oriented way", but using function pointers instead of virtual methods.

At 15 I started to learn Pascal at school and to use Delphi. At 16 I started my first internship (using Delphi). At 18 I started to work professionally using C++ and since then I've developed my programming skills as a professional developer in C++ and C#, generally creating libraries that help other developers do their work easier, faster and with less errors.

Want more info or simply want to contact me?
Take a look at: http://paulozemek.azurewebsites.net/
Or e-mail me at: paulozemek@outlook.com

Codeproject MVP 2012, 2015 & 2016
Microsoft MVP 2013-2014 (in October 2014 I started working at Microsoft, so I can't be a Microsoft MVP anymore).
Software Developer (Senior) Readify
Australia Australia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer Forthnet
Greece Greece
Software developer and Microsoft Trainer, Athens, Greece (MCT, MCSD.net, MCSE 2003, MCDBA 2000,MCTS, MCITP, MCIPD).
Architect Atom8 IT Solutions (P) Ltd
India India
I have been programming since 1991. I consider programming as my passion. I founded Atom8 IT Solutions (P) Ltd., in April 2009 and have been developing applications in Microsoft Technologies (mainly C#, Silverlight).

My specialization has been on the US healthcare domain (Medical Transcription, Patient Financial Services, EMRs).
Software Developer (Senior) CP
Australia Australia
I am an Independent Contractor in Brisbane, Australia. For me, programming is a passion first, a hobby second, and a career third.

My Blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/razan/





Marketing Resco
Slovakia Slovakia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
President 6D Systems LLC
United States United States
I studied Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering for 2 years before switching to Management of Information Systems for a more business oriented approach. I've been developing software since the age of 14, and have waded through languages such as QBasic, TrueBasic, C, C++, Java, VB6, VB.NET, C#, etc. I've been developing professionally since 2002 in .NET.
Architect
Thailand Thailand
C/C++ and C# programmer.
Software Developer (Senior)
United Kingdom United Kingdom
I currently hold the following qualifications (amongst others, I also studied Music Technology and Electronics, for my sins)

- MSc (Passed with distinctions), in Information Technology for E-Commerce
- BSc Hons (1st class) in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence

Both of these at Sussex University UK.

Award(s)

I am lucky enough to have won a few awards for Zany Crazy code articles over the years

  • Microsoft C# MVP 2016
  • Codeproject MVP 2016
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2015
  • Codeproject MVP 2015
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2014
  • Codeproject MVP 2014
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2013
  • Codeproject MVP 2013
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2012
  • Codeproject MVP 2012
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2011
  • Codeproject MVP 2011
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2010
  • Codeproject MVP 2010
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2009
  • Codeproject MVP 2009
  • Microsoft C# MVP 2008
  • Codeproject MVP 2008
  • And numerous codeproject awards which you can see over at my blog
Engineer
United States United States
Scot joined Accusoft Pegasus (Pegasus Imaging) with the acquisition of TMSSequoia in December 2004. As an important member of the team since 1994, Scot has contributed to several high performance document imaging product lines from Accusoft Pegasus, including ScanFix Xpress, ScanFix Application, and Prizm Viewer. He began working on color image processing in 1999, has a patent pending on a comb detection algorithm, and is the inventor of the Virtual Bulb, Image Detergent, and Color Drop technologies within ScanFix Xpress. In his spare time, he enjoys science fiction, Sluggy Freelance, digital image processing, and algorithmic art. Scot earned a Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Science from Oklahoma State University.
Canada Canada
cat me.txt
Software Developer (Senior) Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates Pvt Ltd
Pakistan Pakistan
MCP,MCTS
Israel Israel
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Architect
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Mike Carlisle - Technical Architect with over 20 years experience in a wide range of technologies.

@TheCodeKing
Germany Germany
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer PageLabs
United States United States
I'm the founder of PageLabs, a web-based performance and SEO optimization site.

Give your site a boost in performance, even take a free speed test!

http://www.pagelabs.com
South Africa South Africa
Sivakumar Ramakrishnan

Interest : Programming, Reading, Music, Blogging
Architect
Canada Canada
Engineer, maker, food lover
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