Thursday June 13th

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Goodbye, long procedural code! Fix it with workflows

Don't write long procedural code for complex workflows because you'll end up with a rat's nest of code. Embrace the asyn...
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Using PostgreSQL with .NET and Entra ID - .NET Blog

Getting started with .NET and PostgreSQL, and using Entra ID to secure your app.
112 views

The "Critter Stack" Just Leveled Up on Modular Monolith Support

The goal for the "Critter Stack" tools is to be the absolute best set of tools for building server side .NET application...

Wednesday June 12th

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Comparing Unit Testable Code with Maintainable Code

Writing maintainable code should be a goal in most software engineering projects. Although definitions and especially ha...
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The .NET MAUI Extension for Visual Studio Code is now Generally Available - .NET Blog

Start developing .NET MAUI apps with the GA Visual Studio Code extension today!

Tuesday June 11th

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Visual Studio 2022 - 17.10 Performance Enhancements - Visual Studio Blog

Explore the latest Visual Studio 2022 update, version 17.10, featuring significant performance enhancements like faster ...
165 views

Building Generative AI apps with .NET 8 - .NET Blog

Learn the latest news and announcements about the state of generative AI development with .NET 8.
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Introducing collection expressions in C#12: Behind the scenes of collection expressions - Part 1

In this post I introduce C#12 collection expressions, discuss the benefits of the unified syntax for refactoring, and sh...
129 views

Memento Mori - Farewells

A sad part of getting older is losing friends along the way. But it's an important reminder that every day is a gift, an...
114 views

Visual Studio 2022 - 17.10 Performance Enhancements - Visual Studio Blog

Explore the latest Visual Studio 2022 update, version 17.10, featuring significant performance enhancements like faster ...
110 views

Offering Client Trials: Prototypes vs Auditions

(Editorial note: I originally published this one over on the Hit Subscribe blog.) Do you offer a trial? I've run Hit Sub...
100 views

Sonar Webinar, end to end security of a web application

I did a Webinar on application security with Denis Troller and Sonar. I would like to thank Sonar for this opportunity, ...

Monday June 10th

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Getting started with UI testing .NET MAUI apps using Appium - .NET Blog

A proven way to test your (mobile) apps is through UI testing. In this post we will learn how to get setup with UI testi...
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Sneak Peek of Strong Typed Identifiers in Marten

If you really need to have strong typed identifier support in Marten right now, here's the long standing workaround. Som...

Sunday June 9th

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Build A Generative AI + RAG App In C# With Phi-3, ONNX, And SharpVector | Build5Nines

By combining Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Generative AI, you can create a more intelligent and context awar...
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F# Weekly #23, 2024 - Official OpenAI library for .NET

Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Announcing the official OpenAI library for .NET ...

Saturday June 8th

Friday June 7th

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Configuring GitHub Actions To Run Jobs On Specific Branches | Build5Nines

Running jobs on specific branches with GitHub Actions is a common scenario implemented by DevOps and SRE professionals. ...

Thursday June 6th

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Announcing the official OpenAI library for .NET - .NET Blog

The initial beta release of the official OpenAI library for .NET is now available.
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The First .NET Aspire Book!

My new book on .NET Aspire is available! It covers creating microservices with .NET, utilizing Azure services as well as...
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Attack Techniques: PayPal Invoice Scams

Today in "Attack techniques so stupid, they can't possibly work" - Invoice Scams.PayPal allows anyone (attacker) to send...

Wednesday June 5th

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Creating and downloading a PDF or DOCX in ASP.NET Core

The post shows how a PDF can be created from data in an ASP.NET Core backend and downloaded using an API. The data could...
202 views

How Akka.NET Actors Process Messages

The fundamentals of Akka.NET actor construction and message processing.
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Regression Using LightGBM

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on this powerful machine learning ...
197 views

So Long, VBScript: What Microsoft's Retirement Means for Your Legacy Systems

Microsoft is retiring VBScript in favor of JavaScript and PowerShell. Learn what you need to know about the impending de...
176 views

MSTest 3.4 is here with WinUI support and new analyzers! - .NET Blog

MSTest 3.4 is available. Learn all about the highlighted features and fixes that will make your testing experience alway...
172 views

Giving our Azure marketplace images a makeover - Visual Studio Blog

We previously announced the addition of new, optimized Azure VM image offers to help you create and test your applicatio...
167 views

Attack Techniques: Trojaned Clipboard

Today in "Attack techniques so stupid, they can't possibly work" -- the trojan clipboard technique. The attacking websit...

Tuesday June 4th

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A beginner's guide to mapping arrays in EF Core 8 - .NET Blog

EF Core 8 introduces support for mapping typed arrays of simple values to database columns so the semantics of the mappi...
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GitHub Actions: Get Current Branch Name For Git Repo | Build5Nines

How to get the current branch name in GitHub Actions can be useful for workflows that trigger off of multiple branches o...