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Cake v6.3.0 is out 🚀🍰 NuGetLogin for GitHub Actions OIDC trusted publishing (no long-lived API keys), nullability-aware aliases, typed dotnet tool aliases, verbosity via config, and light-theme-friendly reports.
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September 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Cake v6.3.0 is out 🚀🍰 NuGetLogin for GitHub Actions OIDC trusted publishing (no long-lived API keys), nullability-aware aliases, typed dotnet tool aliases, verbosity via config, and light-theme-friendly reports.
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Async code doesn’t have to be a mess.
This new Spargine article shows how TaskExtensions can simplify fire-and-forget tasks, exception handling, cancellation, aggregate exceptions, and timeouts.
#dotnet #MVPBuzz
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This new Spargine article shows how TaskExtensions can simplify fire-and-forget tasks, exception handling, cancellation, aggregate exceptions, and timeouts.
#dotnet #MVPBuzz
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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Safer and Simpler Async Code with TaskExtensions
The TaskExtensions class in DotNetTips.Spargine.Extensions simplifies asynchronous programming in .NET by offering concise methods for managing common tasks like fire-and-forget operations, excepti…
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September 16, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Async code doesn’t have to be a mess.
This new Spargine article shows how TaskExtensions can simplify fire-and-forget tasks, exception handling, cancellation, aggregate exceptions, and timeouts.
#dotnet #MVPBuzz
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This new Spargine article shows how TaskExtensions can simplify fire-and-forget tasks, exception handling, cancellation, aggregate exceptions, and timeouts.
#dotnet #MVPBuzz
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Heads up for .NET Foundation members: in the first week of October you'll get an email from [email protected] asking you to activate your account on our new membership platform. Click the link and set a password.
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.NET Foundation moves all membership to Outseta
.NET Foundation moves all membership to Outseta
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September 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Heads up for .NET Foundation members: in the first week of October you'll get an email from [email protected] asking you to activate your account on our new membership platform. Click the link and set a password.
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Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 1
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 1 - .NET Blog
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
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September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 1
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
.NET 11 Release Candidate 1 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, C#, F#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms.
.NET Conf 2026 Community Days Call for Presenters Is Open
Submit your session proposal for the community-led .NET Conf 2026 Community Days by October 6, 2026.
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Submit your session proposal for the community-led .NET Conf 2026 Community Days by October 6, 2026.
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September 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
.NET Conf 2026 Community Days Call for Presenters Is Open
Submit your session proposal for the community-led .NET Conf 2026 Community Days by October 6, 2026.
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Submit your session proposal for the community-led .NET Conf 2026 Community Days by October 6, 2026.
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ICYMI - The Rider debugging engine, now in VS Code and Cursor
ReSharper now includes full .NET debugging, using the same engine that has powered JetBrains Rider for years.
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ReSharper now includes full .NET debugging, using the same engine that has powered JetBrains Rider for years.
Start debugging: hubs.li/Q04wsQL00 @jetbrains.com
Debugging for .NET in VS Code and Cursor: The #1 Requested Feature Is Here - The JetBrains Blog
For over a year, the most consistent question from our users and community has been clear: When will the ReSharper extension support debugging? We heard you. And with the 2026.2 release, the f
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September 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI - The Rider debugging engine, now in VS Code and Cursor
ReSharper now includes full .NET debugging, using the same engine that has powered JetBrains Rider for years.
Start debugging: hubs.li/Q04wsQL00 @jetbrains.com
ReSharper now includes full .NET debugging, using the same engine that has powered JetBrains Rider for years.
Start debugging: hubs.li/Q04wsQL00 @jetbrains.com
Need compact identifiers that are easier for people to read, type, and share?
Spargine now includes Crockford Base32 encoding and decoding for .NET—ideal for IDs, activation keys, tracking codes, barcodes, and more.
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Spargine now includes Crockford Base32 encoding and decoding for .NET—ideal for IDs, activation keys, tracking codes, barcodes, and more.
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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Human-Friendly Encoding with Crockford Base32
Crockford Base32, created by Douglas Crockford, is a human-friendly encoding method designed to represent binary data clearly, minimizing character confusion. It excludes easily mistaken characters…
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September 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Need compact identifiers that are easier for people to read, type, and share?
Spargine now includes Crockford Base32 encoding and decoding for .NET—ideal for IDs, activation keys, tracking codes, barcodes, and more.
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Spargine now includes Crockford Base32 encoding and decoding for .NET—ideal for IDs, activation keys, tracking codes, barcodes, and more.
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LiveHealthChecks - Innovative system for real-time monitoring of API/App health checks, over traditional polling.
Diagnostic ability by triggering health checks (on exceptions for eg.) & publishing report to monitoring apps.
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Diagnostic ability by triggering health checks (on exceptions for eg.) & publishing report to monitoring apps.
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GitHub - VeritasSoftware/LiveHealthChecks: Real-Time Api Health Check Monitoring
Real-Time Api Health Check Monitoring. Contribute to VeritasSoftware/LiveHealthChecks development by creating an account on GitHub.
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September 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
LiveHealthChecks - Innovative system for real-time monitoring of API/App health checks, over traditional polling.
Diagnostic ability by triggering health checks (on exceptions for eg.) & publishing report to monitoring apps.
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Diagnostic ability by triggering health checks (on exceptions for eg.) & publishing report to monitoring apps.
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Membership Applications Are Open!
Share your passion for .NET by contributing to the community and shaping the future of the ecosystem.
Join us in supporting open source, building connections, and making an impact!
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Share your passion for .NET by contributing to the community and shaping the future of the ecosystem.
Join us in supporting open source, building connections, and making an impact!
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September 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Membership Applications Are Open!
Share your passion for .NET by contributing to the community and shaping the future of the ecosystem.
Join us in supporting open source, building connections, and making an impact!
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Share your passion for .NET by contributing to the community and shaping the future of the ecosystem.
Join us in supporting open source, building connections, and making an impact!
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AI won't magically fix a 25-yr-old VB6 app. 🤓
Sept 16: The GAPVelocityAI team live-modernizes legacy VB6 to a Blazor web app. See the architecture & win AirPods Max 2!
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Sept 16: The GAPVelocityAI team live-modernizes legacy VB6 to a Blazor web app. See the architecture & win AirPods Max 2!
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September 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
AI won't magically fix a 25-yr-old VB6 app. 🤓
Sept 16: The GAPVelocityAI team live-modernizes legacy VB6 to a Blazor web app. See the architecture & win AirPods Max 2!
👉 Register for the webinar here: hubs.li/Q04wFyFy0
Sept 16: The GAPVelocityAI team live-modernizes legacy VB6 to a Blazor web app. See the architecture & win AirPods Max 2!
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Managing thread pool work in .NET often means writing the same timeout, cancellation, concurrency, and error-handling code repeatedly.
Spargine’s ThreadPoolHelper brings those patterns together in a simpler, reusable API.
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Spargine’s ThreadPoolHelper brings those patterns together in a simpler, reusable API.
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Boost Your .NET Projects with Spargine: Simplify Thread Pool Execution with ThreadPoolHelper
Spargine’s ThreadPoolHelper simplifies concurrent execution in .NET applications by providing reusable APIs that manage thread pool operations. It supports single and batch operations, bounde…
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September 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Managing thread pool work in .NET often means writing the same timeout, cancellation, concurrency, and error-handling code repeatedly.
Spargine’s ThreadPoolHelper brings those patterns together in a simpler, reusable API.
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Spargine’s ThreadPoolHelper brings those patterns together in a simpler, reusable API.
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Check out the most active .NET Foundation projects for the month!
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September 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Check out the most active .NET Foundation projects for the month!
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Do you like nerdy .NET technical content? Subscribe to the .NET Foundation Youtube for an endless stream of quality .NET videos.
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September 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Simplify low-level .NET networking with Spargine’s SocketExtensions—less boilerplate for common socket tasks, cleaner code, and easier maintenance.
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Boost Your .NET Networking with Spargine: SocketExtensions That Röck
Spargine’s SocketExtensions simplifies .NET socket programming by offering reusable extension methods that enhance control over networking tasks. It reduces boilerplate code related to port b…
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September 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Simplify low-level .NET networking with Spargine’s SocketExtensions—less boilerplate for common socket tasks, cleaner code, and easier maintenance.
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Explore new features available in C# 15 preview
C# 15 ships with .NET 11. It adds union types, closed hierarchies, a preview of the updated unsafe model, and a few smaller changes that remove everyday ceremony.
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C# 15 ships with .NET 11. It adds union types, closed hierarchies, a preview of the updated unsafe model, and a few smaller changes that remove everyday ceremony.
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August 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Explore new features available in C# 15 preview
C# 15 ships with .NET 11. It adds union types, closed hierarchies, a preview of the updated unsafe model, and a few smaller changes that remove everyday ceremony.
hubs.li/Q04v86c20 #dotnet #csharp
C# 15 ships with .NET 11. It adds union types, closed hierarchies, a preview of the updated unsafe model, and a few smaller changes that remove everyday ceremony.
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Imagine you have to schedule a big burst of data-intensive jobs in short order. How do you achieve this with minimal fuss? In this post we show how to use Akka .NET to achieve it.
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Building a Distributed Job Scheduler with Akka.NET
Long-running jobs have the opposite lifecycle from sharded entities. Here's a scheduler that places them by real load and never interrupts one that's already running.
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August 26, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Imagine you have to schedule a big burst of data-intensive jobs in short order. How do you achieve this with minimal fuss? In this post we show how to use Akka .NET to achieve it.
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MiniPdf is a lightweight open source .NET library and CLI for converting Office files to PDF without requiring Microsoft Office, COM automation, or Adobe Acrobat.
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August 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
MiniPdf is a lightweight open source .NET library and CLI for converting Office files to PDF without requiring Microsoft Office, COM automation, or Adobe Acrobat.
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NuGet download link : hubs.li/Q04tG1zG0
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Orchard Core, the open-source .NET CMS and application framework will have its yearly conference online on Sept 10-11!
Join us for talks & the opportunity to speak with the people who build applications on Orchard Core and maintain the project.
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Join us for talks & the opportunity to speak with the people who build applications on Orchard Core and maintain the project.
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August 20, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Orchard Core, the open-source .NET CMS and application framework will have its yearly conference online on Sept 10-11!
Join us for talks & the opportunity to speak with the people who build applications on Orchard Core and maintain the project.
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Join us for talks & the opportunity to speak with the people who build applications on Orchard Core and maintain the project.
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Maintainers need sustainable funding. Consumers need clear, predictable terms. Both can be true.
The .NET Foundation’s statement on Open Source Maintenance Fees (OSMF):
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The .NET Foundation’s statement on Open Source Maintenance Fees (OSMF):
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.NET Foundation Statement on Open Source Maintenance Fees
The .NET Foundation exists to support a healthy, commercially friendly, open-source ecosystem around the .NET platform.
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August 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Maintainers need sustainable funding. Consumers need clear, predictable terms. Both can be true.
The .NET Foundation’s statement on Open Source Maintenance Fees (OSMF):
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The .NET Foundation’s statement on Open Source Maintenance Fees (OSMF):
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August 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
.NET and .NET Framework August 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
.NET and .NET Framework August 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
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August 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
.NET and .NET Framework August 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for August 2026.
Meet Joshua Arzt! From the early .NET days to modern high-performance solutions, he's spent his career architecting, transforming, and mentoring. A passionate team leader and developer advocate.
LinkedIn: in/joshua-arzt/ | GitHub: Xcalibur37
LinkedIn: in/joshua-arzt/ | GitHub: Xcalibur37
August 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Meet Joshua Arzt! From the early .NET days to modern high-performance solutions, he's spent his career architecting, transforming, and mentoring. A passionate team leader and developer advocate.
LinkedIn: in/joshua-arzt/ | GitHub: Xcalibur37
LinkedIn: in/joshua-arzt/ | GitHub: Xcalibur37
Why Orleans for AI Agents
Orleans provides a powerful virtual actor model that naturally maps to the way modern AI agents think, act, and collaborate.
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Orleans provides a powerful virtual actor model that naturally maps to the way modern AI agents think, act, and collaborate.
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August 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Why Orleans for AI Agents
Orleans provides a powerful virtual actor model that naturally maps to the way modern AI agents think, act, and collaborate.
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Orleans provides a powerful virtual actor model that naturally maps to the way modern AI agents think, act, and collaborate.
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.NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! - .NET Blog
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
.NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! - .NET Blog
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
devblogs.microsoft.com
August 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
.NET 11 Preview 7 is now available! - .NET Blog
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 7 across libraries, runtime, SDK, C#, ASP .NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms.
Explore the cosmos with WorldWide Telescope! 🔭 From immersive sky tours to rich astronomical datasets, WWT brings space to life via web, desktop, and Python/JS tools. Free, open source, and built for everyone. #dotNET
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August 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Explore the cosmos with WorldWide Telescope! 🔭 From immersive sky tours to rich astronomical datasets, WWT brings space to life via web, desktop, and Python/JS tools. Free, open source, and built for everyone. #dotNET
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