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Brandon Minnick

@codetraveler.io
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.NET Developer | Independent Consultant | .NET MAUI Developer | Formerly @Microsoft + @XamarinHQ + @AWS

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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 24/08/2026
🎉 Running On-Device LLMs in .NET MAUI 🎉 Apple Intelligence is an on-device, private LLM that costs $0 per token. It's not perfect (yet), but super easy to utilize thanks to Microsoft Maui Essentials AI. Check it out! 👇 #dotnet #csharp codetraveler.io/2026/08/24/r...
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Running On-Device LLMs in .NET MAUI with `Microsoft.Maui.Essentials.Ai`
The fastest, cheapest, most private LLM call is the one that never leaves your phone. Microsoft.Maui.Essentials.Ai makes it easy. This is Part 7 of our Microsoft.Extensions.AI series. Every LLM we'v...
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Carl Franklin @carlfranklin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Introducing the Open Source Maintenance Fee for Polly thepollyproject.org/2026/07/14/p...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 12/08/2026
Your LLM will eventually say something you really don't want it to say. We can now unit test for that in .NET: ViolenceEvaluator scores responses 0-7, and my test fails above a 1. #dotnet #csharp codetraveler.io/2026/08/10/e...
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Evaluating AI Safety in .NET with `Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Safety`
Last week we tested whether our LLM's answers were accurate. But are they safe for our company to use, responsing with no harmful content or violence? Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation.Safety makes i...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 06/08/2026
We are live!! Come join us to hear the latest on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz0r...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, August 2026
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 03/08/2026
How do you unit test a .NET app when an LLM never gives the same response twice? You grade the MEANING, not the string. Using EquivalenceEvaluator​ in Microsoft.Extensions.AI​, we can now score LLM responses on a scale of 1-5. #dotnet #csharp codetraveler.io/2026/08/03/u...
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Unit Testing LLMs: Evaluating LLM Quality in .NET with `Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation`
How do we unit test an LLM that never gives the same answer twice? Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation makes it easy. This is Part 4 of our Microsoft.Extensions.AI series. In Part 1 we built a chat a...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 29/07/2026
🎉Generating Images in .NET 🎉 The 3rd Blog Post in my series on Microsoft Extensions AI is live! If you haven't tried it yet, Microsoft Extensions AI is the best + easiest way to incorporate an LLM into .NET apps 💯 codetraveler.io/2026/07/27/g...
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Generating Images in .NET with `IImageGenerator`
Did you know Microsoft.Extensions.AI can generate images too? IImageGenerator makes it easy! This is Part 3 of our Microsoft.Extensions.AI series. In Part 1 we created an AI Chat Bot with an LLM usi...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 20/07/2026
🎉Adding Semantic Search to .NET Apps 🎉 The 2nd Blog Post in my series on Microsoft Extensions AI is live! If you haven't tried it yet, Microsoft Extensions AI is the best way to incorporate an LLM into .NET apps 💯 codetraveler.io/2026/07/20/a...
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Adding Semantic Search to .NET Apps with `IEmbeddingGenerator`
Have you ever typed "How do I get my money back?" into a search box and gotten zero results, because the docs only ever say "refund policy"? Embeddings fix this! And Microsoft.Extensions.AI makes it e...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 16/07/2026
🎉 I'm starting a new blog series on Microsoft Extensions AI 🎉 If you haven't already started using it yet, it's super easy to get started. Check it out! 👇 codetraveler.io/2026/07/16/a...
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Adding AI to Your .NET App with `IChatClient`
Are you looking to add AI to your .NET app? Microsoft.Extensions.AI makes it easy! This is the first post in a new series where we'll learn Microsoft.Extensions.AI together, one building block at a ...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 04/06/2026
🚨 June .NET MAUI Toolkit Standup 🚨 We are LIVE! Join us and learn about the latest updates to the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sal...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, June 2026
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 07/05/2026
🚨 MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨 We are live!! Come join us for all of the latest updates on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuop...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, May 2026
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 21/04/2026
🎉 From Zero to Hero: Microsoft Extensions AI 🎉 I've just published a new course that will instantly make you an expert incorporating LLMs into C# Apps! ✅ Create a Chat Client ✅ Create an Image Generator ✅ Generate Embeddings dometrain.com/course/from-...
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Learn to use Microsoft.Extensions.AI in .NET - Dometrain
Master the main AI abstraction library for .NET AI development
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 02/04/2026
🎉 MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup 🎉 We are LIVE! Join us to learn all the latest happenings on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1Y...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, February 2026
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 25/02/2026
Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 10 - Brandon Minnick - NDC London 2026 buff.ly/4KWZDgS #dotnet #ndc #async #csharp #dotnet10
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Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 10 - Brandon Minnick - NDC London 2026
This talk was recorded at NDC London in London, England. #ndclondon #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you:…
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 13/02/2026
🚨 MAUI Community Toolkit PSA 🚨 A breaking change in Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40 breaks the MAUI Toolkits. I am working with the .NET MAUI Engineering team to release v10.0.41 next week which'll resolve the breaking change. 👇More Info github.com/dotnet/maui/...
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Revoking `InternalsVisibleTo` for the .NET MAUI Toolkits in `Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40` Has Broken `CommunityToolkit.Maui` and `CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup` · Issue #34048 · dotnet/maui
Description Lead Maintainer for the .NET MAUI Community Toolkits here! In Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40, InternalsVisibleTo was revoked for the .NET MAUI Community Toolkits in this PR: #33442 I ...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 05/02/2026
🚨 LIVE: MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨 Join us for the latest on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit: ✅ [BindableProperty] ✅ Regression in v14.0.0 for DefaultPopupSettings ✅ Anchor for Popup v2 ✅ ... and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiSX...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, February 2026
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 30/01/2026
🎉 Bindable Property Source Generators 🎉 I am SO freaking excited to debut two new Source Generators available in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit: ✅ [BindableProperty] ✅ [AttachedBindableProperty<T>] We now write the boiler-plate code for Bindable Properties you! codetraveler.io/2026/01/29/i...
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Introducing Bindable Property Source Generators
I am excited to announce two new source generators introduced in CommunityToolkit.Maui v14.0.0 : * [BindableProperty] * [AttachedBindableProperty<T>] These new source generators make it easier tha...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 29/01/2026
🎉 Parallel Programming in C# 🎉 I'm excited to announce my new course on Dometrain! ✅ Parallel.Invoke() ✅ Parallel Tasks ✅ Parallel LINQ ✅ Channels ✅ ... and more! Check it out today! 👉 dometrain.com/course/from-...
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Learn Parallel Programming in C# - Dometrain
Master modern multi-threading in C# using the latest parallelism features
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 26/01/2026
🎉 NDC London 2026 🎉 It's a great day to lead a workshop on async/await in C#! 👉 github.com/TheCodeTrave...
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 30/12/2025
Bring Glassmorphism to .NET MAUI Apps with Liquid Glass UI www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/l... #dotnetmaui #appdev #ios #liquidglass #ref #syncfusion #ux #xaml #csharp
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Bring Glassmorphism to .NET MAUI Apps with Liquid Glass UI
Learn how to apply Liquid Glass UI in .NET MAUI to create sleek, frosted glass designs with depth and modern aesthetics for cross-platform apps.
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James Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 11/12/2025
New course alert 🎉 It's taken me over 2 years of creating courses to finally go back to my roots. Want to learn how to build .NET apps on #AWS? This is the course for you. In it, you'll learn about the core services you need to care about to build on AWS. #dotnet dometrain.com/course/getti...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 04/12/2025
🚨 WE ARE LIVE 🚨 Come join us for this month's .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup! ✅ [BindableProperty] ✅ MediaElement Android Service Update ✅ CollectionView.SelectionChanged in Popup www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJP9...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, December 2025
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 13/11/2025
❤️.NET 10 + .NET MAUI Community Toolkits ❤️ We've updated every library for .NET 10! ✅ CommunityToolkit.Maui v13.0.0 ✅ CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup v7.0.0 ✅ CommunityToolkit.Maui.Camera v5.0.0 ✅ CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement v7.0.0 ✅ CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps v4.0.0 github.com/CommunityToo...
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GitHub - CommunityToolkit/Maui: The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .N...
The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .NET MAUI developer easier - Co...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 11/11/2025
🎉 New AsyncAwaitBestPracties v10.0.0 🎉 ✅ Add Support for .NET 10 The async/await library you know and love, now compiled and optimized for .NET 10 github.com/thecodetrave...
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GitHub - TheCodeTraveler/AsyncAwaitBestPractices: Extensions for System.Threading.Tasks.Task and System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask
Extensions for System.Threading.Tasks.Task and System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask - TheCodeTraveler/AsyncAwaitBestPractices
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NDC Conferences @ndcconferences.com · 02/10/2025
Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? Join @codetraveler.io "Become an Expert with Async/Await in C#" at #NDCLondon! #Earlybird offer ends Friday, 3 October! ndclondon.com/workshops/be...
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Become an Expert with Async/Await in C# | NDC London 2026
Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? And that .NET adds a try/catch block to our code, potentially hiding thrown exceptions? It's true!
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 02/10/2025
🚨 .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨 We are live!! Come join us and chat about what we're working on next! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEm...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, October 2025
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 29/09/2025
Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play’s 16 KB Page Size Requirement | by Gerald Versluis ift.tt/Ts2afNB #dotnetmaui #dotnet #android #googleplay #xaml #csharp #mobiledev #appdev
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Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play's 16 KB Page Size Requirement - .NET Blog
Learn about the upcoming 16 KB page size requirement for Google Play and how to ensure your .NET MAUI apps are ready for the November 2025 deadline.
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ardalis (Steve Smith) @ardalis.com · 17/07/2025
This is a good marketing hook / piece of copy: #AI #kiro
{ WHY KIRO }

Go from vibe coding to
viable code
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 11/07/2025
🎉 Hey Q! Make Me A Cool Web App 🎉 What if I told you I didn't write any code for this app? That's right - it was built by providing prompts to the Amazon Q Developer CLI! Check out this blog post to learn how to use it to make awesome web apps for you: 👉 codetraveler.io/2025/07/11/h...
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James Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 08/07/2025
Building serverless apps with .NET? Want to quickly provision resources locally for testing? Discover how the streamline your development workflow with .NET Aspire, LocalStack and the AWS CDK And you can even deploy all of that, to LocalStack running on your machine. #aws #serverless #dotnet
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Carl Franklin @carlfranklin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
See all the AI tools available for .NET devs tinyurl.com/dotnetaidev in 4-hours on July 7.
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Chris D @chrisdemars.net · 24/06/2025
What is everyone using for time tracking and invoicing nowadays? I remember Harvest was big. Preferably a free service. #DeveloperCommunity
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Norm Johanson @normj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Great video by @jameseastham.co.uk showing off our AWS Lambda support for .NET Aspire. Making it easy to local develop and debug your .NET Lambda functions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9w...
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Simplify your local AWS Lambda development with .NET Aspire
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Aaron Powell (@slace) @aaron-powell.com · 17/06/2025
Oooooo, @microsoftlearn.bsky.social have released an MCP server for MS Docs - github.com/MicrosoftDoc...
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GitHub - MicrosoftDocs/mcp
Contribute to MicrosoftDocs/mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Ashley Willis-McNamara @ashley.dev · 02/06/2025
✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go. If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!
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Chris D @chrisdemars.net · 29/05/2025
Available for hire as a Senior Developer Advocate (contract/fractional). I’ve built global dev communities from the ground up. I write, speak, and create video content that resonates. Need help launching your product, growing adoption, or building community that doesn’t feel forced? Let’s talk.
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Avalonia UI @avaloniaui.net · 17/05/2025
Help us decide how to release and license our new Visual Studio extension. Your feedback will be instrumental in deciding on a path forward. github.com/AvaloniaUI/A...
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Seeking Feedback: Licensing Plan for New Avalonia VS Extension · AvaloniaUI Avalonia · Discussion #18878
Over the past year, our team has poured considerable effort into Avalonia Accelerate, and part of this work has been to create a new Visual Studio extension packed with new features. You can read a...
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Dylan Beattie @dylanbeatt.ie · 14/05/2025
“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic job! When I saw the course was over 9 hours, I wondered what you would talk about for that long. Now it feels like 18 hours got packed into a 9 hour course. I didn't realize how much I didn't know about email. Thanks for putting this together.” dometrain.com/course/from-...
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From Zero to Hero: Sending Email with .NET
Learn everything you need to know to send production-grade emails in .NET
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 14/05/2025
Now Generally Available: Apple identity provider support for Microsoft Entra External ID. buff.ly/QWAFAPu #identity #msentra #entraid #entraexternalid #auth
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Now Generally Available: Apple identity provider support for Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
I'm excited to announce that "Sign in with Apple" is now generally available for external tenants in Entra External ID. The feature has been in public preview since February, and many customers have…
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James Newton-King ♔ @james.newtonking.com · 14/05/2025
Aspire 9.3 new dashboard features, day 2: The resource page now remembers your filters. You can filter resources by type, state, or health — and your selections will persist when you return to the page 🧐 #dotnet #aspire
Screenshot of the resources page with the filters popup open.
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Cecil Phillip 🇦🇬 @cecilphillip.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
For @dotnet our folks, we've published a preview release of our Stripe.Extensions packages for .NET. Try them out and let us know what you think. github.com/cecilphillip... #stripe #dotnet #aspnetcore #stripeSessions
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GitHub - cecilphillip/stripe-dotnet-extensions: Helper extensions for integrating Stripe .NET with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, and ASP.NET Core applications
Helper extensions for integrating Stripe .NET with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, and ASP.NET Core applications - cecilphillip/stripe-dotnet-extensions
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NDC Conferences @ndcconferences.com · 05/05/2025
Copilots are everywhere these days, and rightfully so! These tools are incredible at getting things done. Don't miss @noctovis.bsky.social "Keynote: CTRL+SHIFT+(BUILD) PAUSE" at #NDCOslo! ndcoslo.com/agenda/keyno...
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Keynote: CTRL+SHIFT+(BUILD) PAUSE | NDC Oslo 2025
Copilots are everywhere these days, and… rightfully so! Let's face it: these tools are incredible at getting things done. They have the potential to turn any one of us into a 20x developer. Need a new...
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 06/05/2025
TechBash 2025 Keynotes Announced - Don't miss Kevin Griffin and Nicole TIbaldi at the Kalahari Resort in November. buff.ly/KCTwFKu #developers #devconf #nepa #poconos #techbash #dotnet #softwaredev #techevent
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Announcing the TechBash 2025 Keynote Speakers!
Announcing the TechBash 2025 Keynote Speakers!
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James Eastham @jameseastham.co.uk · 02/05/2025
If you're using AWS Lambda Cloudwatch logs are now up to 10x cheaper, great announcement 👌👌
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Anders Schau Knatten @knatten.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
NDC TechTown CFP closes in a few days, get your submission in now! We're especially looking for stuff like Rust, C, C++, embedded, OS, sensors, testing, security and product development. ndctechtown.com
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NDC TechTown 2025 | Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming
NDC TechTown 22-25 September 2025. Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming. NDC TechTown 2025 is a 4 day event in Kongsberg, Norway.
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Eric Johnson @edjgeek.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Hey Kansas City AWS UG (@awskc.bsky.social), I'm bringing #Serverless and #GenAI to your UG on Wed May 14! For more info -> www.meetup.com/awskcug/even...
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Taking GenAI from Paper to Production with Serverless, Wed, May 14, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Start your journey into the world of Serverless and GenAI with this foundational session. Through a real-world application example, discover why serverless is the ideal arc
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 02/05/2025
Packaging and Publishing a .NET MAUI Library with GitHub Actions. buff.ly/n2fZbwQ #dotnetmaui #dotnet #csharp #githubactions #devops #xaml #mobiledev #appdev
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Packaging and Publishing a .NET MAUI Library with GitHub Actions - .NET Blog
In this post, learn how to setup a DevOps pipeline to build and publish a .NET MAUI library with GitHub Actions.
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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 30/04/2025
I'm excited to announce that my 4th #Dometrain course has just gone live! 🥳 This is on the amazing #dotnet Aspire!! It covers everything you need to know and includes all the latest 9.2 goodness! It's the last day of the birthday sale! Get 40% off with this link... dometrain.com/course/getti...
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 01/05/2025
🚨 LIVE: .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨 Come join us for this month's MAUI Community Toolkit Standup! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vila...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, May 2025
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 30/04/2025
Mind. Blown. 🤯 @david.wengier.com @ndcconferences.com #NDCMelbourne
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Brandon Minnick @codetraveler.io · 29/04/2025
🎉 AWS SDK v4 Released 🎉 ✅ Performance Improvements ✅ BedrockRuntime Updates ✅ CloudFront Updates ✅ Dynamo DB Updates ✅ ...and more! aws.amazon.com/blogs/develo...
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General Availability of AWS SDK for .NET V4.0 | Amazon Web Services
Version 4.0 of the AWS SDK for .NET has been released for general availability (GA). V4 has been in development for a little over a year in our SDK’s public GitHub repository with 13 previews being re...
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