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For what it's worth, I think your projects are great. And I think the number of views and downloads are very respectable. Especially 37.7k views on the Parsley article. That is phenomenal compared to most articles on the site!
When it comes to projects like this, you might find that getting many people to use them involves a fair bit of marketing. Using Mkdocs to create a simple GitHub pages site describing the project and giving some examples might would likely get more engagement than a CodeProject post about it. But it's quite a bit of extra work with no guaranteed return.
Plenty of people think this stuff is cool don't leave a comment saying so. But the tens of thousands of views on articles you have written like this one tell me that plenty of people like and respect the work you do!
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Code generators can be useful when they meet a target need.
For example, I avoid Entity Framework (EF) whenever possible. I prefer a generic DAC and stored procedures instead of EF. That is my preference based on years of my experience delivering well performing, scalable apps. So that statement is not up for debate in this thread.
The point of that is that it led me to write a code generation tool that creates the query, insert, update, delete (soft and hard), and restore (for soft deletes) stored procedures, and then writes the C# class(es) to encapsulate the data and to use the DAC to populate those POCO classes.
What I found useful was to start with a template file for each type of file generated, then generate the output code. It saves me quite a bit of time in development, allows me to change the design of the classes by template rather than code change in the generator.
The less time a developer spends on rote, repetitive coding, the more time they have to add quality.
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EF is not a replacement for stored procedures. EF is not a server-side DDL or DML. It is a client-side object to data mapper.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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It is more than just a mapper. Most production uses of it (and I have seen dozens of such sites in production that use it extensively) use it to perform data operations. I have also known several organizations (public and private) that replaced their use of EF with stored procedures, a DAC, and a layer that puts the data into class instances.
Having seen the folly of EF when used correctly over time, that led me to write the code generator I described in the OP.
Lots of developers swear by the use of EF, but when I narrow down their EF fandom to specific implementations, in most cases it results in illustrating reasons not to use it.
My preference is to not use EF unless there is a solid use case that indicates its use after value engineering shows a net positive value.
If your preference is different, that is fine.
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It doesn't happen often, but sometimes even bigger companies can be helpful.
My internet just stopped last night, Wi-Fi was working, but internet wasn't.
A router restart didn't solve the problem (a factory restart ultimately did).
Called my provider and after an automated menu I got an employee on the phone instantly.
About thirty* minutes later all my problems were solved and my questions answered 
Their hold music was on point, but the quality wasn't (lots of static): The Cardigans - My Favourite Game “Stone Version” - YouTube[^]
* About a third of that time was waiting for the factory reboot.
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My favorite tech support experience tends to be when the call centers are out of India.
The folks are pretty much universally polite, and almost always know far more than following steps in a booklet they're supposed to use.
I get that for some people it can be hard to navigate an Indian accent and Indian idioms, but I've worked with so many Indian folks at this point that I'm used to it, and it's easy for me.
I've had much less luck with call centers out of the US, with the exception of Computer Upgrade King, who seems to have one bored but knowledgeable guy on the other end that nevertheless manages to answer calls instantly. Don't even ask me how that works. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Greetings Kind Regards My least favorite tech support is the occasion it is obvious they are merely following the prompts their software permits and nothing more. My confidence plummets in such cases. - Best
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My internet provider here in Canada is similar. I went with a smaller provider and I've only had to call them for help twice in ten years - but both times, I got to talk to a real human right away and they were able to sort my problems out quickly. It's nice to hear you got good service from a bigger company!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62662685[^]
Wow. That's some impressive graphics work!
There is also an enhanced picture which shows one of the two golf balls that Alan Shepard played with during Apollo 14 - they showed that one on the TV news yesterday, but I can't find it online.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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As a pre-teen, I was fascinated following all the Apollo missions - watching on TV and reading every word of every newspaper and magazine article I could find. I'm still hooked!
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well worth the ~566 minutes it all takes!
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I'm glad to see you automatically tagged our resident moon-landing conspiracy theorist on this one. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Wordle 434 6/6
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3 more hours until I get a shot.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Wordle 434 3/6
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Wordle 434 3/6
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Wordle 434 3/6
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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For over two years, we have a cat Simba, which came in as a kitten.
Now, in mid-July this year, a neighbour brought us a little kitten, whom we named as Coco, and is growing with us ever since. Just as Coco came in, Simba got angry and went outside. Simba refuses to come inside the house, and just eats the food which we place outside. When we try to bring Simba inside the house, it senses the smell of Coco and hisses, gets angry 😠 and runs away.
My daughter calls Simba as an Attitude cat. Have you seen such Attitude cats 🐈?
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No, while the old cat fought with the new cat in the house, they eventually, within weeks began to get along.
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