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Modernize your .NET apps for Windows Arm64 with GitHub Copilot upgrade agent. It assesses compatibility, creates migration plans, updates code, and helps validate runtime behavior. Start your migration journey today! msft.it/63322afNO8

EF Core is like a magician. Cool tricks... until you realize your database is on fire. Learn the secrets: shawnl.ink/ps-efinte... #dotnet #efcore

Coming next Thursday. I'm at #dotnetconf and talking about "MiniService" Architecture in Azure. Sometimes size does matter:

Explore how AI agent skills are now delivered via NuGet packages, enabling just-in-time skill updates alongside binaries. This approach enhances .NET development by making packages self-documenting and efficient. Learn more: msft.it/63326afJhw

Why so much barrier to enter .NET associate level roles!

You know what's cool? 1 BILLION AUTH TOKENS! In a local test, we found that # linux performance was better than the # windows counterpart on the same https://www. linkedin.com/posts/dotnet-linu x-identityserver-share-7523738460353089536-AEbF/ If you're a LinkedIn user, please…

I updated # htmx # dotnet to target htmx 4. Still in prerelease, with breaking changes on the # htmx and # dotnet sides, so read the docs. I also updated my Twelve Days of htmx sample to use the latest versions of both. https:// khalidabuhakmeh.github.io/Htmx .Net/

I built a proof-of-concept C# UI framework on NetWasm: signals instead of a virtual DOM, ~150 KB Brotli for a full demo app

🔜 .NET Conf 2026 is Nov 10-13! Join this free virtual event for the launch of .NET 11, sessions from Microsoft teams, and community talks. Explore new C#, msft.it/63326a45YG Core, .NET MAUI, AI in .NET, Visual Studio & more. Details: msft.it/63325a45Y1

I used to share # dotnet tips on Twitter for the community, but since that's no longer a thing, I thought I'd move them to my personal blog. You can subscribe to a dedicated RSS feed to get new ones if you're learning # csharp or # dotnet . Pretty nice for beginners. Feel free to…

If you’re moving into staff-level or architecture roles, this course gives you a practical framework for using AI to support your decisions, not replace them:

Running Ollama with .NET: What Are the Biggest Integration Challenges?

Moving away from sprawling if-else approval trees using Chain of Responsibility — when is it actually worth the abstraction in C#?

Stories I like: No, People Don’t Want More AI In Their Life — Smashing Magazine https://www. smashingmagazine.com/2026/07/p eople-dont-want-more-ai/

PeachBrackets: a pure .NET managed HTML renderer for everything else

.NET MAUI for Web

Microsoft.Extensions.AI + TensorSharp: local inference through HTTP or directly in your .NET process

I've made a fast, zero allocation, AOT compatible, and compile-time safe .NET templating engine

Building a knowledge-base workflow in a .NET agent app: retrieval, source files, and calculations

Three free, open-source C# libraries for factory and robot work: EtherNet/IP, ROS 1 and ROS 2

📦 NuGet Package Manager for VS Code — manage .NET packages in the editor

👀 ICYMI: Healthy prod starts with healthy runtimes. 🛡️⚙️ October’s .NET servicing updates bring security + non-security fixes for .NET 10/9/8, plus .NET Framework servicing. Time to check those runtimes. 🔧 Patch up 👇 msft.it/63324aarva

I made a `dotnet new` template that sets up Claude Code for ASP.NET Core projects (rules, skills, guardrails)

We built automatic XAML layout animations that require just one attribute (Live demo, OpenSilver)

👀 ICYMI: Let’s bring this one back around. 📦 DAB just got embeddable! Data API builder 2.1.5 ships Microsoft.DataApiBuilder.Core, letting .NET apps host the engine directly. Add native JSON/vector APIs, .NET 10 + MCP hardening and…🔥 Read the blog 👇 msft.it/63328aarmo

​I built a landscape OBD2 dashboard for my car's Android head unit in .NET MAUI (auto-ranging gauges, big and small layouts, on-device logs)