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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 11/09/2025

There are new versions of all of my Visual Studio extensions that support VS2026. Get them here: ⏱️ marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... 🔎 marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... 🪵 marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... ...🧵 #visualstudio #vs2026 #vsix

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 25/06/2025

I just published the first version of The Exceptionator. That's all the exception best practices I could think of as a set of Roslyn analyzers. Install it in Visual Studio here: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... #visualstudio #vsix

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 28/05/2025

I needed a test API returning Problem Details, but I couldn't find anything that returned the desired response. Using ChatGPT and Cloudflare Pages, problemdetails.io is born 👶🏻

problemdetails.io

Problem Details Test API

Test real-world HTTP errors in RFC 7807 format. Useful for client handling, observability and debugging.

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 13/05/2025

If anyone is running a .NET open-source project and could use error logging and/or uptime monitoring, there's a free (with a few requirements) elmah.io plan here: elmah.io/sponsorship/.... Let me know if you are interested.

elmah.io

elmah.io - Error logging and Uptime monitoring for .NET

Cloud logging for .NET web applications using ELMAH. Find bugs before you go live. Powerful search, API, apps for Slack, Teams, GitHub & Visual Studio

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 06/05/2025

Update! reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f Will show the old context menu as default. Thank you @cephalidone.bsky.social

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 05/05/2025

I would trade almost all new features added in Windows to not having to click this damn button every time 😅

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 17/04/2025

I published a new version of the Retire.js extension for Azure DevOps. The new version parses the output from Retire.js and presents any vulnerabilities as DevOps warnings. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... #azuredevops

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 03/04/2025

I guess it's pretty normal to think that what you have built is cooler than everything else. But to be honest, with the recent changes in the Exception Inspector on elmah.io, I think this is the best visualization of a .NET stack trace hierarchy I have seen.

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 19/03/2025

There's a new version of ILogger Visualizer, my Visual Studio extension for showing Microsoft Extensions Logging configuration while debugging: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa.... The new version adds support for using the non-generic ILogger type. #visualstudio #vsix

marketplace.visualstudio.com

ILogger Visualizer - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio - Show a debugger visualizer for ILogger in Visual Studio.

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ASP.NET Core News @aspnetcore.news · 18/03/2025

Adding Cloudflare Turnstile to an ASP .NET Core website by @thomasardal.com blog.elmah.io/adding-cloud... #aspnetcore

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 28/12/2024

A new version of Exception Visualizer is available on the Visual Studio Marketplace: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa.... The latest version adds support for .NET Framework applications. Thank you, PolarGoose, for your contribution.

marketplace.visualstudio.com

Exception Visualizer - Visual Studio Marketplace

Extension for Visual Studio - Show a debugger visualizer for exceptions in Visual Studio.

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 20/12/2024

There's a new version of NuPU, adding support for using NuGet's 'update' attribute. Get it here: www.nuget.org/packages/NuP.... Thank you github.com/hlovdal for the PR.

nuget.org

NuPU 1.0.50

NuGet Package Updater (NuPU) is an interactive CLI for updating NuGet packages.

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 14/12/2024

I really miss when I could buy box set with my favorite movie series.

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Thomas Ardal @thomasardal.com · 25/11/2024

Amazing talk! Side Projects: The Unsung Heroes of Software Development by Rasmus Kromann-Larsen www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA7x...

youtube.com

Side Projects: The Unsung Heroes of Software Development - Rasmus Kromann-Larsen - CPH DevFest 2024

YouTube video by NDC Conferences

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