David Pine
Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft
City of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Pine is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience focused on the .NET ecosystem, currently building aspire.dev at Microsoft and contributing to flagship projects like dotnet/runtime and aspnetcore. He blends backend systems design and API surface work with front-end Blazor experience—his demo app from Microsoft //Build helped drive a jump from tens of downloads to millions for an official Azure Samples template. A former technical evangelist and content lead, he authors high-impact docs and samples used by millions, and co-hosts community-focused streams that bridge developer education and platform features. His contributions span code, docs, and tooling—refactoring runtime APIs, improving hosting behaviors, and adding UI features like system-theme toggles in .NET reference apps. Rooted in an early fascination with 3D engines and level design, he brings a visual, systems-minded approach to performance, UX and architecture that informs both product demos and production-grade libraries. Based in Pewaukee, WI, he combines pragmatic engineering with developer advocacy to accelerate adoption and usability across the .NET community.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Information Systems - Engineering, Bachelor of Science Computer Information Systems - Engineering at DeVry University
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Github contributions (5)
dotnet/docs
Jan 2017 - Jan 2023
This repository contains .NET Documentation.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3912 reviews, 643 commits, 3910 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:David's commits primarily involve documentation updates for the .NET platform, specifically focusing on topics such as fixed-size buffers, immutable collections, and error handling within the framework. They are responsible for adding new code examples, explaining concepts, and updating existing documentation to reflect changes and improvements. This user's contributions focus on enhancing clarity and completeness of the documentation for other .NET developers.
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dotnet/samples
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
Sample code referenced by the .NET documentation
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:128 reviews, 5 commits, 268 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:David contributed to the .NET samples repository by porting code from the parallel Code Gallery to a Samples Browser, focusing on features related to asynchronous operations and networking using `WebClientExtensions`. They also added and updated WinForms-based raytracer examples. Furthermore, they made improvements and refactoring across multiple projects to include readonly structs, error handling and documentation.
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