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    <p>Downvoted a post? Want to let the author know why and how to fix? <a href="http://idownvotedbecau.se" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://idownvotedbecau.se</a> </p> <p>Send all death threats to @wilbursullivan</p> <p><em>Unless otherwise stated, all code in my answers is in a C#-like pseudocode!</em></p> <p>.NET developer and architect (C#, of course) for a moderate (Fortune 5000) software company in Columbia, SC. If you're wondering what I'm doing, check out my questions.</p> <p>And now for some random stuff.</p> <hr> <p>"Modraters are just monkeys who has guns in there hands" </p> <h1></h1> <p><code>this.DataContext = this; is the cancer of WPF MVVM. [This article explains why](http://blog.scottlogic.com/2012/02/06/a-simple-pattern-for-creating-re-useable-usercontrols-in-wpf-silverlight.html) You'll note it's kinda long, but so is chemo. Stop spreading this cancer. Stop poisoning WPF developer's minds with it.</code> </p> <p><code>UserControls should be designed for your models or your view models. You should NOT design a view model for your UserControl. Does a TextBox have a TextBoxViewModel? **No,** and there's a very good reason why. For a real life example of this anti-pattern and why it fails so hard read [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/44729258/1228).</code> </p> <hr> <p>You think you know how this works?</p> <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wTrEucK.png" alt="You don&#39;t"></p> <p><code>[Downvote all the things](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YaeH4.jpg)</code><br> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YaeH4.jpg" alt="Downvote all the things"></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7SxgK.png" alt="Not a cloud penis I swear"><br> <sup>"No, it's not my penis, it's my hand, I swear. Now shake it."*</sup></p> <hr> <p>More cut and paste comments for your enjoyment<br> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nakLN.gif" alt="laughing puppets"><br> <code>![laughing puppets](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nakLN.gif)</code><br> <code>[Does this make you nervous?](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Mgqut.jpg)</code> guaranteed to trigger your OCD<br> <code>[Does this make you nervous?](https://vimeo.com/189919038)</code> disappointing version<br> <code>[Why you shouldn't be a best practice zombie](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/142354/1228)</code><br> <code>[Is that did you go to Trump?](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hbG1t.png)</code><br> <code>[Best practice zombies](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/142354/1228)</code></p>
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