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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And when the update finished it said it updated to 27

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Agreed. My phone looks the same after getting the 26 update

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Interesting concepts discussed here which also applies without AI assistants

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It's always a great feeling to be recognized for your efforts. Thanks to everyone who vouched for me again this year! 💗

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The SqlClient roadmap is out 👇 buff.ly/PMrnu3E Worth checking if you care about: - connection pooling behavior - auth flows (Entra ID, MSI, etc.) - perf + reliability at scale Early feedback here can actually influence design decisions. #dotnet #sqlserver

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SqlClient/roadmap.md at main · dotnet/SqlClient

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient provides database connectivity to SQL Server for .NET applications. - dotnet/SqlClient

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Enjoying the art at ATL on the way to #MSBuild

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Maybe in a few days. It’s taken me a whole day to get the new App to compile but some features are temporarily commented out.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Yes and no. Gemini is good with error messages and explaining how to fix things. Then VS Copilot code completion saves some time making repetitive changes.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Updating a big UWP app to WinUI. AMA

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Just a zero? When I was in college, the punishment for plagiarism was expulsion.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A ballet pink tie could be awesome though. Or bean pink if you prefer. ;)

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the 4th be with you! But today is also Melanoma Monday so check those spots!

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

But why factor in age instead of just relying on years of service?

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I’m still married but after 3 years of no longer wearing any rings you can still see it if you know what to look for.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Real-world, anyone? It's great to see this type of session at MS Build this year: build.microsoft.com Beyond REST: .NET Apps That Talk to Hardware Most app demos stop at REST APIs. This live demo talks to real hardware.

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Microsoft Build, June 2-3, 2026 / San Francisco and online

Go deep on real code and real systems with the teams building and scaling AI at Microsoft Build, June 2–3, 2026, in San Francisco and online.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I will miss seeing both of you! (But I will be there)

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

He probably has a lot more things to put in his! 😉

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

How long was TSA line at ATL this morning with Precheck and Sky Priority? About 2 hours or 4000 steps for a positive slant.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It seems appropriate that this year I used AI to help me choose a hotel.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'll be back in person at Microsoft Build again this year. I hope to see some of my old friends again even though this year's conference is more "intimate" and only 2 days long.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

his morning I can only read new O365 mail from my work account on my iPhone and not on my Windows PC. Mail worked great. Outlook (new) and Outlook (pwa) not so much. Why, Microsoft, why?

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Conversion of big solution's data access to Dapper done except for final testing. Thanks, Gemini, for the help!

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Visual Studio's Copilot auto-completion is more accurate today. Does that mean I'm writing more boring code that usual?

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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I built a web app with the GitHub Copilot SDK to make analyzing log files easier. It'll summarize them, provide a root cause analysis, and also link any GitHub issues they could be related to ✨ Check out the GitHub Copilot SDK here: github.com/github/copil...

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James Bannan @jamesbannan.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

@larsklint ‘s farm in country Victoria was hit by the recent bushfires. There’s a Gofundme to help him and the family get back on their feet: gofund.me/e40fc8d09

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

As a very long-time techie myself, I'm really enjoying @karaswisher.bsky.social's "tech love story" Burn Book. It's on Amazon here: www.amazon.com/s?k=kara+swi...

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Amazon.com : kara swisher burn book

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Either I got dumber over the holidays, or Visual Studio Copilot got smarter while I was away.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Re-upping one of my favorite product design resolutions this year: Don't add features nobody asked for as default behavior or as hard to disable no matter how hard marketing tries to bully me about this.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

So are we wagging the dog again now?

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me 🦙🍐🎄 A Llama in a #FluentUI #XAML Tree… 🦙🍐🎄 Happy Holidays! We're back for a classic twist to preview the upcoming 2026 #XAMLStudio v2 w/ #12DaysOfXAML! Now with a new Fluent coat 🧥! #WindowsDev 🦙🍐🎄

Screenshot of Desktop with Llama field background behind XAML Studio v2 IDE showing updated Fluent UI Design. A new navigation view is on the left akin to the Microsoft Store, and the tabs are within the titlebar of the application on top. The preview pane on the top-half of the app shows a Christmas tree with Happy Holidays from the XAML Llama and to stay tuned each Christmas Day for more previews of XAML Studio v2. The Editor below shows the XAML code which creates the scene above it.

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Larry Osterman @larryosterman.github.io · 17/12/2025

At the Microsoft MVP summit, @kclemson.bsky.social, Raymond Chen and I did a talk consisting of stories from the past 40 or so years of Microsoft history. Unfortunately ir wasn't recorded. This fall, we recreated it on video to be shared, and I'm so happy we did.

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100 Years of Microsoft Stories

YouTube video by Microsoft Developer

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jaredpar @jaredpar.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Interested in working in .NET Tooling? My team is hiring for a few roles. This is a great to impact the .NET ecosystem, work with devs all across Microsoft and help drive the .NET platform forward. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo... jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I'm not seeing them, but I'm using Enterprise.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My son learned to read by playing Zork. It’s great to see Zork live on.

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