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318  I'm a .NET (C#) coder and Microsoft MVP, who loves measuring, finding and fixing performance issues.
319  I've also been a contributor to <a href="https://github.com/dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet" target="_blank">BenchmarkDotNet</a> and <a href="https://github.com/ravendb/ravendb" target="_blank">RavenDB</a>.
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