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Sr. Content Developer at Microsoft on Windows Dev Docs; Writer of WinUI and .NET Concurrency books for Packt; Philadelphia area; Mets fan; TechBash organizer. alvinashcraft.com
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The Gemini CLI might change how I work. Here are four prompts that prove it. | by Richard Seroter buff.ly/jQNi3Bz #ai #cli #googlegemini #geminicli #commandline #prompting #promptengineering

The Edge 2025 web platform top developer needs dashboard | by Patrick Brosset. buff.ly/p6hIJdg #msedge #webdev #interop

Simpler XAML in .NET MAUI 10 | by David Ortinau. buff.ly/yj2O2ZS #xaml #dotnet #dotnetmaui #dotnet10 #csharp #mobiledev #windowsdev

Uno Chefs Reference Sample App | with Steve Bilogan. buff.ly/hIo2QTm #unoplatform #xaml #csharp #dotnet #xplat #windowsdev #macos #mobiledev

GenAIScript v2.0 - A Node.JS library. buff.ly/3mQGxFZ #ai #genaiscript #javascript #nodejs #typescript

Use Modern C# in .NET Framework Projects — Here's How! | with Mads Kristensen. buff.ly/eGAK8F2 #csharp #visualstudio #dotnet #netframework

The Windows Resiliency Initiative: Building resilience for a future-ready enterprise. buff.ly/VsKFAKN #windows #bsod #windows11

Please Don't Write Your Own MCP Authorization Code | by Den Delimarsky. buff.ly/FAGpKLf #ai #mcp #authorization #modelcontextprotocol #aiagents

The Costs of Deploying AI: Energy, Cooling, & Management. buff.ly/ZoCMW1s #ai #energy #environment

How to Build a Real-Time ECG Monitoring Dashboard in WPF Using a FastLine Chart. buff.ly/wzvEgGX #wpf #dotnet #windowsdev #csharp #ux #xaml #windev

Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter 438 - Week Ending June 27, 2025. buff.ly/dKKiu46 #dewdrop #newsletter #javascript #cloud #aspnetcore #xaml #csharp #dotnetmaui #dotnet #ai #devops #agile #IoT #mobiledev #podcasts #m365 #database #sqlserver #data #powershell

Dew Drop – June 27, 2025 (#4448) buff.ly/kkQRYD4 #dotnet #ai #webdev #csharp #windowsdev #visualstudio #cloud #mobiledev #dewdrop

Introducing the New SharePoint Template Gallery | by Helen Chen. buff.ly/Q3hGHVi #sharepoint #m365

.NET Rocks! - The Imagine Cup Finalists from Build! with Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell. buff.ly/9tL2Mjj #dotnet #msbuild #imaginecup #students #podcast #devcommunity

Better Models, Smarter Defaults: Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-4.1, and More Control in Visual Studio | by Rhea Patel. buff.ly/9ormi2t #visualstudio #vs2022 #ai #githubcopilot #aimodels #productivity

Intro To Uno Platform - Full Cross-Platform C# Development | with Tim Corey. buff.ly/3gG4CJt #unoplatform #dotnet #csharp #xaml #xplat #mobiledev #macos #windowsdev #linux

Dev Proxy v0.29 with refactored architecture, MCP server, and exposed LM prompts | by Waldek Mastykarz & Garry Trinder. buff.ly/jAcy0St #devproxy #m365 #ai #mcp #apis #graphapi

From pair to peer programmer: GitHub's vision for agentic workflows in GitHub Copilot. buff.ly/o9uXqpk #ai #github #aiagents #githubcopilot #aiassistant #productivity

Gemini CLI: your open-source AI agent. Free and open source, Gemini CLI brings Gemini directly into developers’ terminals. buff.ly/cC8PpNX #ai #googlegemini #cli #commandline #geminicli #devtools #terminal

Enhancing reporting and analytics with SQL Server 2025 tools and services. buff.ly/asbT7wb #database #sqlserver #reporting #data #analytics #sqlserver2025

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Spec Updates from June 2025: One Small Step for a Spec, One Giant Leap for Security. buff.ly/tMdIOzy #ai #mcp #security #auth #modelcontextprotocol #aimodels #aiagents

Four days to go! Join us in November.

TrailBlazor Spotlight: Syncfusion Provides Valuable .NET Insights for Developers. TrailBlazor Event Starts Now! buff.ly/cZLhcMy #dotnet #blazor #trailblazor #webdev #aspnetcore #csharp

Dew Drop – June 26, 2025 (#4447) buff.ly/CPD3ydr #dotnet #webdev #ai #windowsdev #cloud #mobiledev #csharp #visualstudio #devops #dewdrop

Latest Scott and Mark To podcast is out, this one on how we manage stress: www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

Scott & Mark Learn To... EPISODE 19 - How do executives at Microsoft manage their stress? | with Scott Hanselman & Mark Russinovich. buff.ly/yFjpyX9 #learning #devcommunity #stress #worklift #microsoft #podcast

Stay secure with Windows 11, Copilot+ PCs and Windows 365 before support ends for Windows 10 | by Yusuf Mehdi. buff.ly/aIb28lX #windows #windows10 #windows11 #windows365 #cloudpc #cloud #copilotpluspc

Develop reasoning apps with DeepSeek models on Azure AI Foundry using the OpenAI SDK | Microsoft Learn. buff.ly/ZZvq6gQ #ai #azure #cloud #azureaifoundry #openai #deepseek #aimodels #deepreasoning

Introducing Warp 2.0: Reimagining coding with the Agentic Development Environment | by Zach Lloyd. buff.ly/PIKrbni #warp #ai #terminal #devtools #programming #commandline #productivity #aiagents

Celebrating innovation, scale, and real-world impact with Serverless Compute on Azure | by Scott Hunter. buff.ly/ZtFwa6X #azure #serverless #cloud #scaling #webdev

Microsoft Ignite 2025 (Nov 18-20; San Francisco) – Unlock the future of AI with insights, networking, and innovation – Registration is now open! buff.ly/oXea6r3 #msignite #ignite2025 #techevent #microsoft #devconference

Check out Edit, a lightweight command-line text editor in Windows 11 | Microsoft Learn. buff.ly/iiR0m5p #terminal #windows #devtools #commandline #windows11

Doing some real *vibe* coding on Twitch today and every day. bbb.dev/twitch

How do you get more from GitHub in your work routine? @theaprilyoho.dev talks on RunAs Radio at runasradio.com/Shows/Show/990 about how sysadmins can take advantage of more GitHub features to make better quality scripts!

TechBash 2025 Early Bird Registration Ends on Monday, June 30th at 11:59pm EDT. vlqh-zgph.campaign-view.com/ua/SharedVie... #techbash #developers #techevent #kalahari #poconos #devconference #nepa #dotnet #javascript #cloud #ai #devops

.NET Aspire 1: What Is .NET Aspire? | by Dave Brock. buff.ly/eLGnZ5u #dotnet #cloudnative #aspire #cloud #dotnetaspire

Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14.7 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn. buff.ly/ymULISx #visualstudio #vs2022 #dotnet #productivity #githubcopilot #programming

Model Mondays S2E02 - AMA on Model Context Protocol | by Nitya Narasimhan, Ph.D. buff.ly/j9oq37D #ai #mcp #azure #cloud #modelcontextprotocol #learning #aimodels #beginners

Dew Drop – June 25, 2025 (#4446) buff.ly/q5nMJ4c #dotnet #webdev #ai #mobiledev #csharp #windowsdev #cloud #visualstudio #database #dewdrop

Create a Sleek Contact Management App in .NET MAUI Using ListView and DataForm. buff.ly/AP2dLHR #dotnetmaui #dotnet #xaml #csharp #mobiledev #windowsdev #appdev #ux

LINQPad 9 Early Preview Release - LINQPad 9 is a major update that unifies the Windows and macOS codebases | by Joe Albahari. buff.ly/fovAKZX #dotnet #csharp #linqpad #programming #wpf #avaloniaui

Build your code-first agent with Azure AI Foundry - A 75-minute interactive workshop. buff.ly/X41wY4r #ai #workshop #learning #azure #cloud #azureaifoundry #aiagents

Modernizing Win32 Apps with WinUI – Advanced Installer’s Approach. buff.ly/61df8sW #windowsdev #windowsappsdk #winui #win32 #modernization #windev #xaml

Introducing Mu language model and how it enabled the agent in Windows Settings | by Vivek Pradeep. buff.ly/r8nl5ww #ai #windows #aimodels #aiagents #windows11 #copilot #copilotpluspc

Inside Access: Join Us at VSLive! Redmond for a Week of Deep Developer Learning | by Mads Kristensen. buff.ly/zTED6yn #visualstudio #vslive #devevents #microsoft #dotnet #learning #devconference

Technology & Friends - Scott Hanselman on New Technology and Old Friends with host David Giard. buff.ly/SK6x7MV #podcast #devcommunity #technology

WinAppDriver to Appium Migration Guide. buff.ly/PSHzsla #windowsdev #testing #windev #appium

Agentic AI takes Gemini in Android Studio to the next level. buff.ly/HS6bjUM #ai #android #appdev #androidstudio #googlegemini #productivity #aiassistant

TechBash Early Bird discount ends at 11:59pm EDT on Monday, June 30th! Register today and book your rooms at the Kalahari Resort with our group discount: zc.vg/BubFo?m=0 #techbash #devconference #developers #familyfun #nepa #poconos #kalahariresort #techevent #ai #cloud #dotnet #javascript #devops