Ginny Caughey
@gcaughey.bsky.social
Experienced entrepreneur and Windows Development MVP: enterprise software by day, consumer software by night. Also @gcaughey on Twitter.
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If you want your WinUI app to launch to the tray, and optionally add a context menu to the tray, it is now SUPER simple with WinUIEx!
October 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you want your WinUI app to launch to the tray, and optionally add a context menu to the tray, it is now SUPER simple with WinUIEx!
It's faster and more accessible. What's not to like?
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 is now Generally Available (GA) - with the same modern look and feel like Visual Studio 2026!
#sqlserver #visualstudio
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#sqlserver #visualstudio
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SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 is now Generally Available (GA) | Microsoft Community Hub
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 GA is now available The SSMS team is thrilled to announce the general availability release of SQL Server Management...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's faster and more accessible. What's not to like?
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post quantum cryptography support!
(that's what I'm most excited about)
(that's what I'm most excited about)
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
post quantum cryptography support!
(that's what I'm most excited about)
(that's what I'm most excited about)
Who uses .NET anyway? Over 7 million of us!
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Who uses .NET anyway? Over 7 million of us!
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Announcing .NET 10 devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou... #dotnet
Announcing .NET 10 - .NET Blog
Announcing the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C# 14, .NET MAUI, Aspire, and so much more.
devblogs.microsoft.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Announcing .NET 10 devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou... #dotnet
Visual Studio 2026 is an impressive upgrade: faster, more capable, but still backward compatible. Check it out!
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Visual Studio 2026 is an impressive upgrade: faster, more capable, but still backward compatible. Check it out!
Coming up at the top of the hour. See you there!
✨ NOW on .NET Conf 2025 ✨
Welcome to .NET 10 & Visual Studio 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PST
Join us LIVE ➡️ msft.it/63323tHolN
#dotNETConf #CSharp #VisualStudio2026
Welcome to .NET 10 & Visual Studio 2026
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PST
Join us LIVE ➡️ msft.it/63323tHolN
#dotNETConf #CSharp #VisualStudio2026
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Coming up at the top of the hour. See you there!
Downloading .NET 10.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Downloading .NET 10.
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INotifyPodcastChanged Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey and hosts Joseph Finney & Tamás Deme
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
INotifyPodcastChanged | Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey
This week our guest is Ginny Caughey, a Microsoft MVP of 22 years and an expert on enterprise application development. You can find Ginny on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/gcaughey.bsky.social an...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
INotifyPodcastChanged Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey and hosts Joseph Finney & Tamás Deme
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
Happy Halloween @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @sbisson.com ! Those were fun times.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Happy Halloween @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @sbisson.com ! Those were fun times.
The .NETConf agenda is now live with many of your favorite presenters: www.dotnetconf.net/agenda
.NET Conf 2025
Join the .NET Conf 2025 free virtual event November 11-13 2025 to learn about the newest developments across the .NET platform, open source, and dev tools. Mark your calendar!
www.dotnetconf.net
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The .NETConf agenda is now live with many of your favorite presenters: www.dotnetconf.net/agenda
Do you want to talk to your PC? Do you want everybody in your office to do that?
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Do you want to talk to your PC? Do you want everybody in your office to do that?
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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Version 11111.16 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn
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#visualstudio #vs2026 #dotnet #githubcopilot #productivity #developers
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#visualstudio #vs2026 #dotnet #githubcopilot #productivity #developers
Visual Studio Insiders Release Notes
Get the latest pre-release features, bug fixes, and support for Visual Studio Insiders. Download today.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Version 11111.16 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn
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#visualstudio #vs2026 #dotnet #githubcopilot #productivity #developers
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#visualstudio #vs2026 #dotnet #githubcopilot #productivity #developers
Fortunately, all the apps I support have been off .NET Framework for years now, but if you're not so lucky check out this video on modernizing .NET apps using GitHub Copilot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKg...
Modernize .NET apps in days with GitHub Copilot
YouTube video by dotnet
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Fortunately, all the apps I support have been off .NET Framework for years now, but if you're not so lucky check out this video on modernizing .NET apps using GitHub Copilot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKg...
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Results from a little WinUIEx experiment this weekend. Simple API to create regions and set them:
window.SetRegion(
Region.CreateRectangle(window.GetBounds())
- Region(rectangle.GetBounds());
Can also be used to clip the outside of the window to a custom shape. #WinUI
window.SetRegion(
Region.CreateRectangle(window.GetBounds())
- Region(rectangle.GetBounds());
Can also be used to clip the outside of the window to a custom shape. #WinUI
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Results from a little WinUIEx experiment this weekend. Simple API to create regions and set them:
window.SetRegion(
Region.CreateRectangle(window.GetBounds())
- Region(rectangle.GetBounds());
Can also be used to clip the outside of the window to a custom shape. #WinUI
window.SetRegion(
Region.CreateRectangle(window.GetBounds())
- Region(rectangle.GetBounds());
Can also be used to clip the outside of the window to a custom shape. #WinUI
Happy 11th Birthday to Windows Insiders! I can't even remember that last time a fresh Canary build gave me real issues.
October 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Happy 11th Birthday to Windows Insiders! I can't even remember that last time a fresh Canary build gave me real issues.
Does anybody else have HAL9000 flashbacks looking at the new camera icon in iOS 26?
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Does anybody else have HAL9000 flashbacks looking at the new camera icon in iOS 26?
Finally, with Visual Studio Insiders and SSMS 22 Preview 1 I was able to set up a complete development environment for my work on the Arm PC!
Best of all, both preview products include substantial improvements in usability and performance. You don't even need an Arm PC to enjoy the upgrades. 😉
Best of all, both preview products include substantial improvements in usability and performance. You don't even need an Arm PC to enjoy the upgrades. 😉
September 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Finally, with Visual Studio Insiders and SSMS 22 Preview 1 I was able to set up a complete development environment for my work on the Arm PC!
Best of all, both preview products include substantial improvements in usability and performance. You don't even need an Arm PC to enjoy the upgrades. 😉
Best of all, both preview products include substantial improvements in usability and performance. You don't even need an Arm PC to enjoy the upgrades. 😉
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Here's all the new APIs in the WindowsDesktop pack for .NET 10 compared to .NET 9. Lots of little Windows Forms things. The opposite can be said for WPF (with a disappointing total of 0 new APIs): omds.xaml.dev/desktop_net9...
OMD
omds.xaml.dev
September 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here's all the new APIs in the WindowsDesktop pack for .NET 10 compared to .NET 9. Lots of little Windows Forms things. The opposite can be said for WPF (with a disappointing total of 0 new APIs): omds.xaml.dev/desktop_net9...
Check out the new Visual Studio 2026 preview. It's fast and pretty! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! - Visual Studio Blog
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here – and it marks one of the most ambitious steps forward we’ve taken with the IDE. This release brings AI woven directly into the developer workflow, performance impr...
devblogs.microsoft.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out the new Visual Studio 2026 preview. It's fast and pretty! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...
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Shared: Windows File Explorer is fine, actually, and these 6 PowerToys add-ons make it even better ift.tt/HSmVDpb
#WinObsWiKi
#WinObsWiKi
Windows File Explorer is fine, actually, and these 6 PowerToys add-ons make it even better
Don't listen to the haters, File Explorer can be great with these add-ons
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August 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shared: Windows File Explorer is fine, actually, and these 6 PowerToys add-ons make it even better ift.tt/HSmVDpb
#WinObsWiKi
#WinObsWiKi
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📢Uno Platform 6.2 is out!
▪️Skia WASM: DPI fix + browser zoom
▪️SKCanvasElement: unified API across platforms
▪️WebView2 aligned with WinUI
▪️ListView + RequestedTheme reliability
▪️RatingControl updated to latest WinUI
▪️Hot Design: template editing, TemplateSelector, Color previews
Full release blog🔗👇
▪️Skia WASM: DPI fix + browser zoom
▪️SKCanvasElement: unified API across platforms
▪️WebView2 aligned with WinUI
▪️ListView + RequestedTheme reliability
▪️RatingControl updated to latest WinUI
▪️Hot Design: template editing, TemplateSelector, Color previews
Full release blog🔗👇
Uno Platform 6.2: Smoother, Faster, Everywhere
Uno Platform 6.2 delivers smoother workflows, Hot Design upgrades, and nearly 100 fixes for faster, more reliable cross-platform app development.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
📢Uno Platform 6.2 is out!
▪️Skia WASM: DPI fix + browser zoom
▪️SKCanvasElement: unified API across platforms
▪️WebView2 aligned with WinUI
▪️ListView + RequestedTheme reliability
▪️RatingControl updated to latest WinUI
▪️Hot Design: template editing, TemplateSelector, Color previews
Full release blog🔗👇
▪️Skia WASM: DPI fix + browser zoom
▪️SKCanvasElement: unified API across platforms
▪️WebView2 aligned with WinUI
▪️ListView + RequestedTheme reliability
▪️RatingControl updated to latest WinUI
▪️Hot Design: template editing, TemplateSelector, Color previews
Full release blog🔗👇
Maybe all the recent noise about some AI bubble is related to something I've noticed:
GitHub Copilot has gotten so much better lately that I find myself annoyed that it isn't even better!
GitHub Copilot has gotten so much better lately that I find myself annoyed that it isn't even better!
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Maybe all the recent noise about some AI bubble is related to something I've noticed:
GitHub Copilot has gotten so much better lately that I find myself annoyed that it isn't even better!
GitHub Copilot has gotten so much better lately that I find myself annoyed that it isn't even better!
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What's new with PowerToys? | One Dev Question with Kayla Cinnamon.
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#powertoys #windows #commandpalette #poweruser #windows10 #windows11
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#powertoys #windows #commandpalette #poweruser #windows10 #windows11
What's new with PowerToys?
At #MSBuild 2025, Kayla Cinnamon is bringing updates on PowerToys—including a faster, more extensible Command Palette and handy open-source tools like ZoomIt. All in v0.91, ready for you to…
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August 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What's new with PowerToys? | One Dev Question with Kayla Cinnamon.
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#powertoys #windows #commandpalette #poweruser #windows10 #windows11
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#powertoys #windows #commandpalette #poweruser #windows10 #windows11
Both are great books
Coming to my #winui session at @vslive.bsky.social next week? I'll have two copies of my Learn WinUI book and a copy of the #WindowsAppSDK modernization book by @qmatteoq.developerscantina.com to give away to aspiring Windows devs. Don't miss my session on Thursday afternoon!
July 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Both are great books