iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

David Pine @davidpine.dev · 29/08/2026

We keep talking about AI like it is some alien force, but the truth is simpler. Every model carries our fingerprints. Every output echoes human roots. The machine is not the author of tomorrow. We are. Human creativity grows through the tools we build davidpine.dev/posts/roots-...

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 16/08/2026

🩷🖤 Meet PinkInk — my new VS Code theme (inspired by neon pink on black tattoo). Neon pink on near-black ink + a crisp, vivid light mode. No italics, cyan & magenta accents, and every color audited to WCAG AA. Two themes, one ink: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... @vscode.dev #a11y

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 07/08/2026

👀 One weather API. Four front ends. Four totally different vibes. Angular (Material 3), React (neo-brutalism), Vue (forecast carousel) & Vite (synthwave) — all orchestrated by @aspire.dev. Side by side 👇 aspire.dev/reference/sa... #JavaScript @angular.dev @react.dev @vuejs.org @vite.dev

Angular weather app with a Material 3 'expressive' design — a featured-day hero and supporting day cards.

React weather app with a neo-brutalist design — thick borders, hard offset shadows, and chunky type.

Vue weather app as a day-by-day forecast carousel with soft cards and green gradients.

Vite + React weather app with a retro synthwave design — a neon sun and an 80s grid horizon.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 09/07/2026

🚀 Shipped og:image:type to @aspire.dev's social cards today. Now a crawler knows the card's a PNG before it downloads a single byte, no content sniffing needed. A tiny tag nobody notices, which is kinda the whole point. 🤓 #aspiredotdev

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 02/07/2026

✅ Todo app, two runtimes: a React frontend + a Python FastAPI backend, unified through YARP and orchestrated by @aspire.dev. 👇 aspire.dev/reference/sa... #aspiredotdev #python #react

Todo list UI with a React frontend and a Python FastAPI backend, unified through YARP.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 29/06/2026

🔢 A tiny visit counter with a tidy stack: Express backend, Redis cache, and a Vite + React frontend, unified behind YARP — orchestrated by @aspire.dev. 👇 aspire.dev/reference/sa... @vite.dev @react.dev #redis @typescriptlang.org

Visit counter UI backed by an Express + Redis service with a Vite + React frontend.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 29/06/2026

🐍 Python + Aspire: a FastAPI backend and a Vite + React frontend, orchestrated together with @aspire.dev. Service discovery, config & telemetry across both — no glue code. 👇 aspire.dev/reference/sa... @thepsf.bsky.social #python #fastapi

Weather forecast rendered by the Vite + React frontend, served data by a FastAPI backend.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 25/06/2026

🛒 Aspire Shop: a full Blazor storefront, end to end — a paginated catalog on PostgreSQL and a gRPC basket on Redis, all orchestrated + observable with @aspire.dev. Clone it, `aspire run`, start shopping. 👇 aspire.dev/reference/sa... #aspire #postgres #blazor #grpc #dotnet

Aspire Shop catalog page: a paginated grid of products in the Blazor storefront.

Aspire Shop shopping cart showing selected products and order totals.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 28/04/2026

Yeah—I can speak for the @aspire.dev team here: we see you, @astro.build docs-based #GitHubAgenticWorkflows 👀 ➡️ Product PRs automatically generate docs PRs in a separate repo—tagging the original authors for review. #aspiredotdev 🤓 #ghaw

Screenshot of a GitHub repository’s “Pull requests” tab (microsoft/aspire.dev) in dark mode, filtered to open PRs with the label “docs-from-code.” Four draft pull requests are listed, all created by a bot (aspire-repo-bot), with titles related to documentation updates (e.g., AspireValue catalogs, multi-language integration guide, browser logs, and CLI command docs). The top navigation bar shows sections like Code, Issues, Pull requests, Actions, Projects, and Security. A “New pull request” button appears on the right.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 21/04/2026

I love the #developercommunity, and this is an awesome contribution to @aspire.dev from @stu.dev where he added twoslash to our code blocks. Check it out: aspire.dev/get-started/... Our @typescriptlang.org code is literally looking like an IDE now. 🤓

A TypeScript code block from aspire.dev, showing a tooltip hover over actual code APIs, just like an IDE.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 23/03/2026

Things are getting real!

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 05/12/2025

I'm curious, all of our @aspiredotdev users, is an #aspirePlayground something that you might use? I've been prototyping a bit, thinking about: ⬇️ Import existing AppHost/Docker compose file ⬆️ Export an AppHost.cs/SVG from the visual editor What do you think? 🤓

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 19/11/2025

🤯 Damn! I'm not going to lie, #GitHubCopilot with the #playwright #mcpserver is legit next level! #aspire @aspire.dev

GitHub Copilot being asked to apply a suggestion, and then Copilot replying after it's done so, and with a screen shot of the changes.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 07/11/2025

Nice! @aspire.dev is now officially represented on the #starlight's showcase: #aspire 💜 #community starlight.astro.build/resources/sh...

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 05/11/2025

🤓 I asked @GitHubCopilot to review a PR. It suggested a change. I told it to go ahead and apply it. Then it opened a PR back to me—complete with a gorgeous auto-generated visual of the update. This isn't coding anymore… it's collaboration. 🤯 #AIwon

A visual comparison of before and after GitHub Copilot made some changes in a PR.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 09/10/2025

🤔 Have any websites that you want to deploy to #Netlify, I wrote an #aspire hosting integration for you... @aspire.dev

AppHost.cs code that publishes an NpmResource as a Netlify site.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 09/10/2025

I put #GitHub #Copilot + #context7 to the test in #VSCode. 🚀 In 60 mins, I went from a blank #NextJs starter to a polished Netflix clone ("Nextflix") using The Movie DB API + tmdb-ts. What once took teams weeks, AI helped me build solo. 🤯 🔗 github.com/IEvangelist/...

Netflix-inspired streaming app landing page showing TRON: Ares as the featured movie. The hero section displays the TRON: Ares title, PG-13 rating, release year 2025, and a 6.7 star rating. Description reads: A highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with AI beings. Play and More Info buttons are visible. The background features a stylized digital cityscape with a glowing yellow light cycle moving through geometric buildings, evoking a futuristic and adventurous mood. Navigation links for TV Shows, Movies, Search, New and Popular, and My List appear at the top, with a dark theme and neon accents. The emotional tone is energetic and immersive, capturing the excitement of a sci-fi streaming experience.

Four superheroes in blue suits with the number 4 on their chests stand in front of a futuristic blue car on a city street, with tall buildings and a large monument in the background. The movie details modal displays the title The Fantastic 4: First Steps, PG-13 rating, release year 2025, runtime 1 hour 55 minutes, and a 7.2 star rating. Description reads: Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvels First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic herald, Silver Surfer. Genres listed are Science Fiction and Adventure. Release date is 7/22/2025. Production credits are Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige Productions. The emotional tone is heroic and adventurous, evoking excitement and anticipation for a superhero film.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 30/09/2025

🤓 File-based apps in C# are insane! I love them...my package.json has a script that is simply `dotnet run file.cs`. #javascript 💜 #csharp

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 24/09/2025

🤓 Tell me you use #code's — #GitHubCopilot ✨ button near the commit message input textbox (to auto generate a message) without telling me that you do... I'll go first 🤣:

A generated commit message, that reads "Implement feature X to enhance user experience and fix bug Y in module Z".

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 04/09/2025

It's been super energizing working on the #aspire brand refresh + docs re-platforming. Here's a few sneak peeks! 🤓 ✨ Fresh new docs UX 📖 Simplified nav and structure 🎨 Modern themes 🔍 Better discoverability ☑️ Asciinema terminal embeds Built with 💜 at Microsoft — @aspire.dev

Work in progress Aspire landing/marketing page.

Proposed new Aspire page for creating your fist app.

Conceptual content will be more concisely conveyed with modern flexibility in the new platform.

An all-new Aspire integrations gallery page, with search/filtering, and download counts.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 12/08/2025

TFW you realize that someone is trolling you... @sebastienros.me poaches backgrounds, uses them on Teams calls, and acts as if nothing is going on. 🤣

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 11/06/2025

The faithful couple sequoia in Yosemite.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 21/05/2025

🤓 For the first time ever, we’re going deeper—detailing the underlying architecture (specifically, DCP) of #dotnet #aspire: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet...

.NET Aspire app host architecture diagram.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 20/05/2025

Some of the people responsible for #dotnet #aspire gathered together for a team dinner—via Microsoft Build. 🤓

From bottom left, following clockwise: Jose Perez, Damian Edwards, Stephen Toub, Allistair Matthews, David Fowler, Glenn Condron, Maddy Montaquila, Jeff Fritz, Steve Carroll, David Negstad, Aaron Powell, David Pine, Andy De George, Brady Gaster.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 19/05/2025

After getting my badge and expert hoodie for Microsoft Build, I spent the day stomping around Seattle with a friend. We visited the #MoPOP and #spaceNeedle. It was a blast!

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 16/01/2025

🙊 Uh oh...AI needs to make sure that it's keeping itself up to date with latest versions, especially for stuff like this. 🙈 .NET 7 was out of support May '24, but is recommended as latest. 🙉 I know, I know...thou shalt not say anything negative about AI. #dotnet #copilot

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 18/12/2024

📢 New article drop: Artificial intelligence (AI) in .NET. Covering the preview 📦 #MicrosoftExtesnionsAI #nuget package. Explore unified interfaces and implementations for #ollama, #OpenAI, #Azure #OpenAI and #AIInference. learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/...

An example .NET app using the Ollama chat client, streaming APIs with the unified IChatClient interface and demonstrating tool calling.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 17/12/2024

🤓 I recently learned that @VisualStudio supports a new Upgrade mode, where you can opt-in to Central Package Management (CPM). This is a lot cleaner in my opinion in terms of version management, and it's now easy to upgrade: #dotnet #nuget

Visual Studio: Successful Upgrade using the .NET Upgrade Assistant to CPM.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 13/12/2024

🤓 Micronetes -> Project Tye -> .NET Aspire Any of this look familiar, it was a dashboard UX that was archived more nearly 5 years ago.... #dotnet #aspire @davidfowl.com

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 10/12/2024

🤓 Hey, look at how easy it is to integrate with .NET Aspire. I was inspired by our guest speaker that joined us On .NET Live to share his #HomeAssistant bits with #Kafka. #dotnet #aspire

Community Toolkit: .NET Aspire — HomeAssistant hosting integration.

.NET Aspire app host: Consuming the HomeAssistant integration.

.NET Aspire dashboard: Depicting running HomeAssistant persistent container with HTTP health check.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 05/12/2024

🤓 My #AzureCosmosDB Repository-Pattern #nuget package now includes support for #dotnet #aspire—serving as a "client integration" and works with the existing "hosting integration": IRepository<T> FTW. www.nuget.org/packages/IEv...

.NET Aspire app host: Program.cs including the standard Azure CosmosDB hosting integration.

An ASP.NET Core Minimal API Program.cs file that includes a package reference to IEvangelist.Azure.CosmosRepository and adds the services.

Endpoint definitions for a fully functioning TODO API, with IRepository<T>.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 04/12/2024

🤓 TIL about GitHub Receipt: gitreceipt.vercel.app 👀 Here's mine... #developercommunity #gitReceipt #csharp #typescript #html

🤓 TIL about GitHub Receipt: https://gitreceipt.vercel.app

My GitHub Receipt, that shows 100 repos, 1,448 stars earned, 407 forked repos, 930 followers, top languages of C#, TypeScript and HTML.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 26/11/2024

I wish that in C# I could define a keyword overload so to speak, for the "with" keyword. I'm really keen on using the "with" keyword and syntax to create non-destructive mutations, but I don't want to be limited to records. Nor do I want to write two methods. ☹️ #dotnet #csharp

// GitHub 🤓: @IEvangelist
// X (Twitter) 🧢: @davidpine7
// Bluesky 🦋: @davidpine.bsky.social

// Item isn't a record type, so my Todo type cannot be a record either.
// But I really want to be able to do this:
//
// Todo todo = "🐕 Walk the dog.";
//
// // Imagine time passes and you actually walk the dog.
// // To update the todo, mark it as complete:
//
// todo = todo with { IsCompleted = true };
//
public sealed class Todo(string Title) : Item
{
public bool IsCompleted { get; set; }

public static implicit operator Todo(string title) => new(title)
{
IsCompleted = false
};
}

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 13/11/2024

🤣 Not a lot of people noticed the wrong logo being used during the .NET Aspire presentation. It was intended to be the #rustlang, not #rustgameengine logo. But it's so easy to do these things in #dotnet #aspire that @bradygaster.bsky.social made it so! github.com/bradygaster/...

Screen capture of .NET Aspire running the RUST server - with a game running side-by-side.

Screen capture of .NET Aspire running the RUST server - with a game running side-by-side and a nighttime scene, and messages coming through.

.NET Aspire sample extension method, showing the RUST server code.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 12/11/2024

🤯 Have a scenario in .NET Aspire where you want to take an action when an event occurs in the app host, perhaps specifically to a resource... look no further than, "Eventing in .NET Aspire": #dotnet @dotnetcnf #aspire learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspir...

.NET Aspire app host Program.cs file showing "Eventing" APIs.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 12/11/2024

⚡ With .NET Aspire 9.0, @captainsafia.bsky.social and team worked on getting all the bits in place to deliver an amazing preview of ".NET Aspire Azure Functions integration": #dotnet #dotnetconf #aspire learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspir...

App host Program.cs that shows the Azure Storage blogs referenced when adding an Azure Functions project.

Azure Functions project Program.cs file with the new APIs.

.NET Aspire with Azure Functions code, showing how to use DI and set FunctionAttribute logic - that triggers on a blob.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 12/11/2024

🤓 Want to create "Custom resource commands" as demonstrated by @damianedwards.com and @maddymontaquila.bsky.social during the #dotnetconf keynote? See "Custom resource commands in .NET Aspire"! #dotnet #aspire learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspir...

Example app host, using the custom resource command: WithClearCommand.

Example extension method code for defining the WithClearCommand.

.NET Aspire dashboard: Showing the Clean Cache command.

.NET Aspire dashboard: Showing the result of the Clear Cache command running.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 11/11/2024

🤓 Just getting ready for .NET Conf—and doing my part to help ship .NET Aspire 9.0. #dotnet #aspire

A draft pull request for .NET Aspire 9.0 docs updates, which includes 441 files changed and over 67k lines added.

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David Pine @davidpine.dev · 05/11/2024

🤓 I wrote a #vscode extension that extends the #GitHubCopilotChat, providing a custom AI assistant that's need "learn" and it exposes a slash command for /breaking-changes. Give it an issue URL and it generates a full document. ✨ #TypeScript is such a fun language 💜

Visual Studio Code: GitHub Copilot Chat with `@learn /breaking-changes` slash command having just finished generating a full document, properly attributed as ai-assisted.

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