Going live a bit early today, as I have a commitment at 11:30. Today we cook.. more OBS particle system goodness! twitch.tv/finitesingul...
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Going live a bit early today, as I have a commitment at 11:30. Today we cook.. more OBS particle system goodness! twitch.tv/finitesingul...
Dew Drop – March 4, 2026 (#4617)
www.alvinashcraft.com/2026/03/04/d...
#dotnet #webdev #csharp #ai #windowsdev #cloud #mobiledev #visualstudio #dewdrop
The winapp CLI agent skill in the awesome-copilot repo is updated to support the v0.2.0 release of the CLI, and I contributed a new skill for the msstore CLI.
github.com/github/aweso...
#windowsdev #ai #copilot #agents #winapp
In 1993, a 12-year-old rebooted a dinosaur park with a visual interface.
In 2026, I'm managing Minecraft servers with .NET Aspire's dashboard.
Same energy.
youtu.be/7y_tYWrc240
WinDev Helper - A WinUI Extension for VS Code: v2.6.0 preview updated for winapp CLI v0.2.0 and new msstore CLI support
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#vscode #windowsdev #winui #dotnet #xaml #csharp #winapp
Weekend project: Was annoyed that getting my pool pump connected so I can remotely turn it on/off would cost me over $3000 plus labor so I said F it, using .NET and @platform.uno I can do that cheaper, better and with MQTT integration into @home-assistant.io
Spot art. Photo of presenter(s) text reads: visual studio toolbox uno plagform: now with ai with robert green, jerome laban and sam basu
Let's catch up on the Uno Platform
🔎 Now With AI! 🔍️
In today's #VSToolbox...
- Overview of Uno Platform and new AI support
- Building your first Uno Platform app
- Using Hot Reload and Hot Design
- Using GitHub Copilot with Uno Platform MCP servers
Drop in ➡️ buff.ly/3h39MXs
Just merged PlaneProjection & Matrix3DProjection API support for @platform.uno! 🚀
3D perspective transforms on any UI element - card flips, tilts, carousels - working across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux & WebAssembly.
This one was fun to build!
#dotnet #csharp #xaml #winui
How to fully customize Windows Terminal with Oh My Posh (themes, fonts, icons, & more) | with Kayla Cinnamon
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#terminal #ohmyposh #powershell #cli #commandline
Ooooo!
Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 10 - Brandon Minnick - NDC London 2026
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#dotnet #ndc #async #csharp #dotnet10
Spot art. Photo of presenter(s) text reads: Uno Platform. Now with AI
Uno Platform keeps pushing productivity forward — from one codebase for mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps to Hot Design, a visual designer built for rapid iteration.
Catch the #dotNETConf session replay: buff.ly/y9no2x5
Run OpenClaw Securely in Docker Sandboxes
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#docker #ai #openclaw #containers
If you haven't read my newsletter this week (or if you want MORE of it),
here it is in ✨️ video form ✨
youtu.be/otzC-0lvhIA
Improve stroke rendering
Many shape stroke rendering improvements coming to @platform.uno apps near you soon! 🔽
New features in FancyGist thanks to some open source contributions!
- New /footnote slash command
- New download options in markdown, HTML, and PDF formats
- Quality-of-life updates around focus + keyboard commands
fancygist.com
We must change our way of thinking.
Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI | by Mark Russinovich & Scott Hanselman
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#ai #softwaredev #trends #acm #developers #softwareengineering
Dew Drop – February 23, 2026 (#4610)
www.alvinashcraft.com/2026/02/23/d...
#dotnet #ai #webdev #cloud #windowsdev #csharp #vscode #mobiledev #visualstudio #database #dewdrop
✏️ Blogged!
Learn all about Agent Skills and how to use them with @platform.uno!
kazo0.dev/uno-general/...
Meet WinDev Helper, a VS Code extension that lets you debug, build, and package WinUI 3 apps with MSIX and C# Dev Kit goodness. Templates and winapp CLI integration make Windows App SDK workflows feel smooth from project to signing.
#csharp #winui #dotnet
A few parameter changes- using a wide emitter + negative gravity + a little bit of blur, and we've made fire! This plugin is going to have a lot of uses. youtu.be/D-KJZSW0KxY
Minimal changes can unlock powerful visibility.
See how Aspire exposes request durations and API performance using OpenTelemetry and open standards, without writing code.
Watch to learn more: youtu.be/Z4exwoBdKuU
I've been cooking today, and thought I'd throw this out there. All particles generated directly in OBS. Details below...
Windows Community Toolkit [Pre-release] v8.3.260211-preview1 | by Michael Hawker
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#windowsdev #winui #wct #communitytoolkit #dotnet #cpp #xaml #appdev
Use AI to run faster, but keep studying the "slow way" to ensure you are the one designing the future, not just executing its prompts.
Are we training a generation of creators, or just very efficient operators?
In Asimov’s story, the "rejects" (those who had to learn the slow way, via books and struggle) were actually the elite.
They were the only ones capable of creating the tapes that everyone else consumed.
My takeaway: Don't let the efficiency of AI atrophy your deep understanding.
If the next generation of engineers only knows how to prompt and not how to build from first principles:
Who will fix the AI when it hallucinates at a foundational level?
Who will write the original code that trains the next version?
Who will innovate beyond what the current data already knows?
As we use AI to generate code, write strategies, and solve problems, we are essentially "downloading the tape." It’s fast. It’s efficient. But it leads to a dangerous paradox:
If we all become "users" of the output, who will be left to improve the engine?
🤖 The Scary Prophecy of Isaac Asimov is Coming True
Isaac Asimov’s 1957 story "Profession" is the ultimate warning for the Generative AI era.
In this future, knowledge is "downloaded" directly into people's brains. They become instant experts. They can only do what the "tape" told them to do.
