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Nick Randolph

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Tech Lead at Built to Roam, Microsoft MVP. Building cross platform solutions using WinUI (WinAppSdk) and Uno Platform

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Uno Platform @platform.uno · 09/05/2025
Seven years in, we're launching a new chapter for Uno Platform, redefining dev productivity. ANNOUNCING: 👉 Uno Platform Studio GA 🚀 👉 Uno Platform 6.0 – reengineered for speed & ease (3x faster startup, 45x faster execution!) This is EPIC. Let's dive in! 🧵 #dotnet #CrossPlatform #MSBuild
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 06/04/2025
Using Hot Design from @UnoPlatform to design out a app that connects to #PhiSilica on #windows to build an #AI driven chat app - nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/ai-on-window...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 30/03/2025
Add AI to your Windows app using #PhiSilica and the #WinAppSdk / @UnoPlatform - nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/ai-on-window...
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AI on Windows: Chatting with Phi Silica - Nick's .NET Travels
Last year Microsoft introduced Phi Silica and recently made an experimental release of the Windows App Sdk that can be used by Windows application to interact with Phi Silica. In this post we’ll conne...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 16/03/2025
Detect NPU on Windows device before you start calling Windows Copilot Runtime APIs: nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/detecting-npu/ #AI #CopilotRuntime #Windows #Npu
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AI on Windows: Detecting NPU - Nick's .NET Travels
Recently Microsoft has been promoting Copilot+ PCs as the next wave of tablets, laptops and PCs capable of handling your AI requirements. Other than having a Copilot button, what does this actually me...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 28/02/2025
Cross platform apps using @platform.uno and @github.com Codespaces nicksnettravelswp.builttoroam.com/uno-platform...
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Building Cross Platform Applications using Hot Design and Codespaces with Uno Platform and No IDE - Nick's .NET Travels
Ok, so the title is a bit of a mouthful but here’s the scenario – you want to quickly spin up an application but you don’t want to mess around downloading and installing any of the usual development t...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 23/02/2025
Part 3 (TempoLabs) of my exploration of AI App Builders - nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/ai-app-build... #AI #AppBuilder #Tools
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AI App Builders – Take 3 – TempoLabs - Nick's .NET Travels
I was watching overview of TempoLabs and my initial impression was “wow, that’s a lot of stuff” as they not only have AI generation but it seems they understand at least the basics of a software devle...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 19/02/2025
Part II of Human versus AI App Builders - nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/ai-app-build... #AI #AppBuilder
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AI App Builders - Take 2 - Lovable - Nick's .NET Travels
Following from my previous attempt at building a simple app to retrieve the ABN for a business, I figured I’d give lovable.dev a go. This will be a quick post to cover some of the likes/dislikes from ...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 09/02/2025
Build apps using AI they say..... I've started to try out some of the tools. First result in: Human Devs: 1, AI App Builder: 0 nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/ai-app-builder… #AI #AppBuilder
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 08/02/2025
A quick walkthrough of adding Application Insights logging to your #WinAppSdk and @UnoPlatform application - nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/logging-with...
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Logging with Azure Application Insights in a Windows Application - Nick's .NET Travels
The default template for a Windows application comes with almost no guidance for how developers should do even basic things like logging. Luckily, the Uno Platform wizard provides a simple way to crea...
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 29/01/2025
Awesome session with Robert and Leslie - completely forgot to demo the support for Hot Design with mobile devices and emulators. Check it out!
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 05/12/2024
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 19/11/2024
Just dropped #WinUIEx 2.5.0 which features a new fast and low-level splash screen function for responsive app startup. It can even use the splash screens defined in your manifest automatically: dotmorten.github.io/WinUIEx/conc... #WinUI
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 19/11/2024
Check out #WindowsAppSDK v1.6.3 release notes learn.microsoft.com/en-au/window...
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Stable channel release notes for the Windows App SDK - Windows apps
Provides information about the stable release channel for the Windows App SDK.
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Nick Randolph @nickrandolph.builttoroam.com · 19/11/2024
What do you get when you cross a legacy designer concept with a forward looking innovative team? You get Hot Design by @platform.uno. if you missed the announcement at #dotnetconf, check out the recording at youtu.be/sJPyieyt1Rc?... #dotnet #winappsdk #designer
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Announcing Uno Platform Studio and Hot Design
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Jérôme Laban @jlaban.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
It was a demo packed session at #dotnetconf with #unoplatform Hot Design! I had a blast presenting it with @thenickrandolph.bsky.social! We hope you enjoyed it :) It will be in replay in the next few days on the .NET Conf site, and YouTube, as usual. #dotnet
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Uno Platform @platform.uno · 14/11/2024
The wait is over. Next-Gen Visual Designer for Cross-Platform .NET Apps is here. Transform your running app into a Designer from any IDE, on any OS. Please meet Hot Design. platform.uno/blog/uno-pla... #dotNETConf
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Windows Insider Program @windowsinsider.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Another #WindowsInsider Canary Channel build is ready to take flight. Check out the latest blog post for details of build 27749! aka.ms/WIP27749
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 13/11/2024
Windows App SDK 1.7 branch shows signs of CameraCaptureUI, OAuth authentication and BackgroundTasks oauth and backgroundtask in 1.7: github.com/microsoft/Wi... #dotnetconf
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Merged PR 11759027: Snap 1.7-experimental1: main to release/1.7-stable · microsoft/WindowsAppSDK@65d3f87
A microsoft employee must use /azp run to validate using the pipelines below. WARNING: Comments made by azure-pipelines bot maybe inaccurate. Please see pipeline link to verify that the build is b...
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