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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Please read our statement about the OSMF.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Looking forward to this one - not only because I plan to be helping out organizing it 😅

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thank you for the trust - looking forward to collaborating with the board and the community!

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sneak preview 😉 more to come next week and onwards.

2026 .NET Foundation Board Election - You're on the Ballot!

Hello Peter Smulovics,

Congratulations! The .NET Foundation Nomination Committee has reviewed this year's nominations and is pleased to inform you that your nomination has been accepted. You will be included on the ballot for the .NET Foundation 2026 Board Election.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

After my presentation on #foundrylocal and @vbandi.bsky.social 's Voxura at the #mvpsummit, I'm walking away proud while discussing why #ARMFTW with @sinclairinat0r.com. Picture also courtesy of vbandi

After my presentation on #foundrylocal and András Velvárt's Voxura at the #mvpsummit, I'm walking away proud while discussing why #ARMFTW with Jeremy Sinclair. Picture also courtesy of András Velvárt

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

PS: Samsung very nicely stepped up the unboxing experience on the Galaxy XR, and the storage case for the XReal is a really nice solution, I consider it beating the Ray Ban one too.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Starting the next POCs - thank you, @xreal-global.bsky.social and @samsungmobileus.bsky.social ! Looking forward to be learning everything about your devices and looking forward having the full evaluation experience!

The new XReal devices next to their case

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I feel Saw vibes, is it only me?

Still from the movie Saw showing the Head Trap device

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I think we reached the most cursed image yet. @sinclairinat0r.com ,you are welcome. @blowdart.me ,what do you think? Happy 🦃🦃🦃 and nightmares, everyone.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Did you already register for Microsoft Ignite New York edition? Seats are still available #mvpbuzz #msignite This is one you won't want to miss aka.ms/NYC-Communit...

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Microsoft Forms

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Every day I expect you to show up clean shaved so I would not recognize you again 🤷‍♂️

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I might have walked past you like five times since

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

It's hard to recognize you - sometime you have hair, beard, either, nor.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. And now I'm in 35.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Register for #msbuild 2025 - register.build.microsoft.com! Also, look out for www.tryoctapulse.com, the #imaginecup team I guide!

A Microsoft Build 2025 registration confirmation and a Microsoft Imagine Cup Mentor badge

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Did you know AI has seasons - we are now in Season 3! Watch my video I recorded with @dougfinke.bsky.social to learn about this, AI Agents & LLMs, Copilot Studio, RAG, AI Toolchains and more #mvpbuzz youtu.be/K4_P2czPk3o & please fill out aka.ms/AttendeeSurveySeasonOfAI to provide us feedback!

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AI-Powered Development: Reinventing Apps & Engineering the Future

YouTube video by Doug Finke

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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 18/12/2024

Announcing GitHub Copilot Free! A new free tier for GitHub Copilot, available for everyone today in VS Code. No trial. No subscription. No credit card required. Learn more in our blog: aka.ms/copilot-free

A thumbnail with a blue, black, and green gradient background, with the VS Code and GitHub Copilot logos in the foreground and a graphic of the Copilot Chat window hovering below.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I'm glad to share that I got promoted to Distinguished Engineer at Morgan Stanley yesterday. I have more people to thank that fits here, so... www.linkedin.com/posts/smulov... #mvpbuzz

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Kicking off the Morgan Stanley .NET Conf / Ignite internal conference. Thank you for the help from Jayme Singleton with materials, and - Thank You @scott.hanselman.com for being our special guest :) #msignite #dotnetconf #mvpbuzz

Scott Hanselman presenting about .NET; on a monitor. In front Peter Smulovics is sitting with a .NET cap on looking at the camera.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Still reeling from the events I did (Lesbians Who Tech, Open Source in Finance Forum, Grace Hopper Celebrations, Black Stars Experience, etc), editing my book on C# performance, reviewing Rob Moffat's book on Risk, mentoring Konectin Inc mentees, watching .NET Conf, preparing for Ignite, and more :)

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

What most people don’t realize is that this journey isn’t just emotional or mental; it’s biochemical. Great stories don’t just keep an audience’s attention; they trigger chemical reactions in their brains, turning a simple narrative into a physiological experience. dotneteers.net/how-storytel...

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How Storytelling Engages Your Audience on a Biochemical Level

In the art of storytelling, the ultimate goal is not just to tell a story but to craft an experience. Every time you present, you’re taking your audience on a journey—a journey filled with hi…

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

In the art of storytelling, the ultimate goal is not just to tell a story but to craft an experience. Every time you present, you’re taking your audience on a journey—a journey filled with highs, lows, and transformative moments. 🧵

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Shadow AI can emerge in different forms, from software that covertly installs AI components on your device to employees within a company using unapproved AI tools to meet their objectives.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This phenomenon refers to unauthorized or unsanctioned AI systems or tools that operate outside an organizations’ or individuals’ knowledge or control.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

As AI technology permeates various aspects of our personal and professional lives, a growing number of users and organizations face the risks associated with “Shadow AI.”

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Looking at Winforms from the corner of my eyes (back in 2002 I was working on the designer UI at MSFT), yeah, they had to do some cr@zy sh!t to make that json serializable - it was everything but

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Yepp, so without binaryformatter, what and how did they do - we might learn from them for the debugger visualizers

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I am looking for Microsoft revisiting this approach and make it available for Python. Node, etc too - that's going to be a gamechanger for sure.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This new set of libraries provides developers with unified abstractions for integrating AI services, enabling developers to work seamlessly with language models, embeddings, and other AI-driven functionalities without being tied to any specific provider.

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

On .NET Conf, one of the things I was brought attention to was a library released on October 8, 2024: Microsoft unveiled Microsoft.Extensions.AI in preview—a game-changing addition to the .NET ecosystem. 🧵

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Than it makes me even more curious what they doing for Winforms where it runs in a different process

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I would have loved to see @stackoverflow.com.web.brid.gy taking over the content - they also have the articles format, etc

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I work with XR tech since the 1980s. Just recently keynoted Meta's, Linux Foundation's, EY's, Morgan Stanley's, etc conferences to speak about XR, and interviewed by MetaRick, VRARA, Microsoft, etc on the topic this year. Nice to see so many XR guys!

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Peter Smulovics @mountgellert.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

On today's episode on the why we cannot have nice things. I'm curious how complex things like WPF control visualizers will solve this.

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