Contact Me

The best way to reach me in real-time is usually in the Fediverse @bsstahl.

The email address below can be used temporarily, but will be replaced with a new address when it starts getting a bunch of spam.

04f953b4-6966-46a2-9aa8-89b582fbe500@bsstahl.com

I am also available on several community Slack channels including SpeakNet and THATSlack under the username bsstahl.

About the Author

Barry S. Stahl (he/him) - Barry Stahl is an Architect and Developer and a Microsoft .NET MVP with more than four decades of experience building reliable, scalable systems on .NET and other technologies. He has delivered hundreds of sessions at conferences, code camps, and user groups across North America, Europe, and Australia and is known for making complex topics clear, actionable, and grounded in real‑world engineering practice. His talks span architecture, problem‑solving modalities, artificial intelligence, optimization algorithms, and the practical mechanics of building resilient and self‑healing systems.

Barry works as Principal Engineer for AZNerds in Phoenix, Arizona, where he has lived for more than 40 years. He co‑founded AZGiveCamp, a non‑profit that brings volunteer developers together to build websites and apps for regional charities. He is also an Election Integrity Activist, a baseball and hockey fan, husband of one genius and father of another, and a long‑time contributor to the developer community. When he is not speaking or organizing community events, Barry writes about software engineering and intelligent systems on his blog, Cognitive Inheritance, and can be found in the Fediverse on Mastodon.

For more information, see: About Barry Contact Barry Community Speaking events Barry's Presentation Catalog