Nico Vermeir
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Nico Vermeir
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.NET Architect @ Inetum Belgium, public speaker, board member of Visug, MVP DevTech, Techorama crew member, #xamlstyler maintainer, biker, guitarist, brewer, karateka
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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⚡ ReSharper 2025.3.0.1 is out!
This update brings fixes for a couple of critical issues pertaining to stability and usability of the latest release of ReSharper.

You can download the latest build here: www.jetbrains.com/resharper/do...
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🦙📢 Hey #WindowsDev, did you miss the Modern Windows Development with #dotnet talk at #dotnetconf yesterday? 😲 Have no fear, it's now on YouTube! 🎉 Learn all about #WinUI and #AIOnDevice with #FoundryLocal today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ8s...
Modern Windows Development with .NET
Windows development is more powerful than ever with .NET. This session explores modern approaches to building Windows desktop applications using the latest tools and frameworks. Discover how WinUI 3,…
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Colleague Khalid opened a nice discussion topic - "Upgraded to .NET 10? Share Your Experience!" github.com/orgs/DuendeS...

Curious to read how the upgrade goes for everyone! #dotnet
Upgraded to .NET 10? Share Your Experience! · DuendeSoftware · Discussion #401
Hello Duende Community, We're always looking to keep our solutions modern and high-performing, and the recent release of .NET 10 is naturally a point of interest to everyone building on the .NET pl...
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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🥳 I have a bit of news to share, github.com/microsoft/as... is now open source! #aspire @aspire.dev
GitHub - microsoft/aspire.dev: Source code for https://aspire.dev
Source code for https://aspire.dev. Contribute to microsoft/aspire.dev development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Visual Studio 2026 Community, Pro, and Enterprise are now available on WinGet.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Visual Studio 2026 will go GA today 🥳 - and it has a LOT of great new features. One of them is built-in support for Mermaid diagrams for database schemas and more - I give an intro in the new episode of the "Visual Studio Toolbox" show
#mermaidjs #visualstudio
More on Mermaid Charts in Visual Studio 2026
Erik reviews how you can create Mermaid charts in Visual Studio 2026 and previews support for them in his SQL Database Project Power Tools extension. ⌚ Chapters: 00:00 .NET Conf 2025 teaser…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser, powered by Avalonia.

After years of community requests, we are delivering:
– Linux desktop
– WebAssembly
– up to 2× faster performance on macOS

Try the live demo and register your interest for early access: avaloniaui.net/blog/net-ma...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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First: I am really proud of this blog post title. It’s for the girlies (IYKYK).

Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.

Third: go read it!

#dotnet #aspnetcore

📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
And just like that .NET 10 ships tomorrow
A look at key ASP.NET Core features shipping in .NET 10, including: model validation for Minimal APIs, OpenAPI 3.1 support with unified JSON Schema, improved integration testing with top-level…
blog.safia.rocks
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Aspire 13 new dashboard features, day 4:

Aspire is going polyglot with strong support for JavaScript ☕ and Python 🐍 apps. The dashboard features new programming language resource icons.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tickets for VisugXL by @visug.bsky.social are selling fast! Get yours while you still can!

It's free, community driven, in Leuven on November 28th.

Speakers include @codewithanjuli.bsky.social @techmike2kx.bsky.social @jfversluis.dev and more!

Tickets & agenda:
www.visug.be/Events/102
Join us in Leuven for inspiring sessions and valuable networking opportunities with fellow developers from Belgium and beyond.
www.visug.be
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We’re teaming up with Google’s Flutter team to bring Impeller to .NET

Impeller is Flutters new GPU-optimised renderer, replacing Skia for better performance on mobile and embedded devices.

This is what open collaboration looks like 🚀

avaloniaui.net/blog/avalon...
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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.NET Conf 2025 is almost here!
Three days of coding magic, live demos, and insider tips from the experts who build .NET. Mark your calendar, grab your virtual seat, and let’s code together. Here's what you need to know: msft.it/63321tyMAP
#dotNETConf
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Today’s post is a deep dive into how `aspire deploy` evolved from a simple callback to a full pipeline engine that models build and deployment orchestration in code.

🔗 : A peek at the future of distributed app orchestration: blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/03/a...

#aspire @aspire.dev
Pipe dreams to pipeline realities: an Aspire Pipelines story
The behind-the-scenes chronicles of building Aspire’s pipelines feature: from basic callbacks and progress reporting to a full-on concurrent pipeline concept.
blog.safia.rocks
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐬!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐲 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Big things are coming—.NET Conf 2025 is almost here!
- Join the C# design team as they reveal the exciting new features coming in C# 14 and beyond.
- Discover language enhancements that improve code clarity and boost productivity.
Save the date: msft.it/63326tDLJ0
#dotNETConf
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Happy Halloween to those who celebrate, my wife and I just came back from our costumed Crossfit workout #HappyHalloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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.NET Aspire ❌
Aspire ✅🤌🏼

we're officially rebranding - starting with our shiny new website, aspire.dev 💫

join us for a special edition #AspiriFriday to wrap up the week and celebrate with the team! see you there 🎃
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM