Joe Finney
@thejoefin.com
Making apps which help you get to the stuff you love. WinDev MVP
www.JoeFinApps.com
www.JoeFinApps.com
The Surface Flex keyboard really does enable different more flexible ways of working.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Surface Flex keyboard really does enable different more flexible ways of working.
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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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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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@bdsams.com you mentioned on the Sams Report that you made an app, is this app in the world or still in development?
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@bdsams.com you mentioned on the Sams Report that you made an app, is this app in the world or still in development?
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey. Have a listen:
Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey
This week our guest is Ginny Caughey, a Microsoft MVP of 22 years and an...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey. Have a listen:
When coding with LLMs in Agent mode they tend to make a bunch of extra files which can be helpful for communicating cross threads, but also for debugging... but now the question arises, should these files be kept or discarded?
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
When coding with LLMs in Agent mode they tend to make a bunch of extra files which can be helpful for communicating cross threads, but also for debugging... but now the question arises, should these files be kept or discarded?
I know I'm biased, but Trdo is my new favorite app. Now it is super easy to search for internet radios and the whole thing feels so simple and clean. Also remember 100% in the tray, as minimal as minimal can be!
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nxt4...
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nxt4...
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know I'm biased, but Trdo is my new favorite app. Now it is super easy to search for internet radios and the whole thing feels so simple and clean. Also remember 100% in the tray, as minimal as minimal can be!
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nxt4...
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nxt4...
I finally have an iPhone with a programmable action button, so I did the obvious thing and programmed it to open Bixby
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I finally have an iPhone with a programmable action button, so I did the obvious thing and programmed it to open Bixby
Super interesting post by @filipw.strathweb.com about how to use expensive Cloud LLMs to coordinate the work of less expensive local LLMs. I might try to recreate a similar demo using WinAI APIs and see if I get similarly good results!
www.strathweb.com/2025/10/llm-...
www.strathweb.com/2025/10/llm-...
LLM and SLM collaboration using the Minions pattern (with Phi-4-mini and Azure OpenAI) | Strathweb. A free flowing tech monologue.
www.strathweb.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Super interesting post by @filipw.strathweb.com about how to use expensive Cloud LLMs to coordinate the work of less expensive local LLMs. I might try to recreate a similar demo using WinAI APIs and see if I get similarly good results!
www.strathweb.com/2025/10/llm-...
www.strathweb.com/2025/10/llm-...
The Shriek of the Window
In the year of dread—two thousand twenty-five,
A whisper stirred where code did strive.
The system woke with update dire,
Its breath a chill, its heart a wire.
...
In the year of dread—two thousand twenty-five,
A whisper stirred where code did strive.
The system woke with update dire,
Its breath a chill, its heart a wire.
...
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Shriek of the Window
In the year of dread—two thousand twenty-five,
A whisper stirred where code did strive.
The system woke with update dire,
Its breath a chill, its heart a wire.
...
In the year of dread—two thousand twenty-five,
A whisper stirred where code did strive.
The system woke with update dire,
Its breath a chill, its heart a wire.
...
New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio
In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause…
In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause…
New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio
In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause the radio by clicking the radio icon in the tray Right click to get a flyout with more options…
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October 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New App Announcement – Trdo: a minimal Tray Radio
In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause…
In keeping with the theme of minimal, I'll keep this short. The experience i was trying to reproduce is that of getting into your car and turning on the radio with one push of a button. Jumping between stations was simple and easy too. Play / Pause…
The new WinUIEx logo is looking niiiiiiice!!
October 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The new WinUIEx logo is looking niiiiiiice!!
I feel like I've been hearing about git integration into File Explorer for a long time now... did I miss something? When is that coming out? @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I feel like I've been hearing about git integration into File Explorer for a long time now... did I miss something? When is that coming out? @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social
Oooo! WinAppSDK 2.0 experimental is out! github.com/microsoft/Wi...
Release 2.0.0 Experimental 1 (2.0.250930001-experimental1) 🧪 · microsoft/WindowsAppSDK
Windows App SDK 2.0-Experimental1 (2.0.250930001-experimental1)
WinAppSDK 2.0 Experimental 1 is the latest experimental version of WinAppSDK providing new features and improvements to the platform....
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October 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oooo! WinAppSDK 2.0 experimental is out! github.com/microsoft/Wi...
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AI in the cloud dominates, but what can you run locally?
@thejoefin.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1970 about the variety of local models that exist today, how you can make your own, and how LLMs can fit into this equation!
@thejoefin.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1970 about the variety of local models that exist today, how you can make your own, and how LLMs can fit into this equation!
.NET Rocks!
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
AI in the cloud dominates, but what can you run locally?
@thejoefin.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1970 about the variety of local models that exist today, how you can make your own, and how LLMs can fit into this equation!
@thejoefin.com talks on .NET Rocks at www.dotnetrocks.com/details/1970 about the variety of local models that exist today, how you can make your own, and how LLMs can fit into this equation!
Biking to a Brewers game is the best! The best parking spot, and it’s free!!
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Biking to a Brewers game is the best! The best parking spot, and it’s free!!
@james.montemagno.com FYI, PowerToys Keyboard manager enables the ability to map a shortcut to text
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
Remap Keys and Shortcuts with PowerToys Keyboard Manager
Learn how to remap keyboard keys and shortcuts using PowerToys Keyboard Manager. Customize your Windows keyboard layout and create custom shortcuts for improved productivity.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@james.montemagno.com FYI, PowerToys Keyboard manager enables the ability to map a shortcut to text
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 10: Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen. Have a listen:
Episode 10: Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen
This week our guest is Mads Kristensen, a PM on Visual Studio - and we...
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September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 10: Visual Studio 2026 with Mads Kristensen. Have a listen:
Looking forward to adding GitHub Copilot CLI to Claude and Codex to build projects. Everything is moving fast, and it is exciting to see Copilot enter the CLI world! github.blog/changelog/20...
GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview - GitHub Changelog
GitHub Copilot CLI is now in public preview We’re bringing the power of GitHub Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal. With GitHub Copilot CLI, you can work locally and…
github.blog
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Looking forward to adding GitHub Copilot CLI to Claude and Codex to build projects. Everything is moving fast, and it is exciting to see Copilot enter the CLI world! github.blog/changelog/20...
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Hey that's new @github.com github.blog/changelog/20...
September 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hey that's new @github.com github.blog/changelog/20...
This new WinML Stuff is pretty cool! Looks like it is just going to be easier to target more devices to use Local AI
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This new WinML Stuff is pretty cool! Looks like it is just going to be easier to target more devices to use Local AI
Fixed now with the update which was just released
Hoping to see a new build of Visual Studio that fixes the completely broken Copilot issue. It is wild that with all of the emphasis on AI, Microsoft allowed an outage to continue for almost a week (so far) on their premiere IDE
September 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fixed now with the update which was just released
Hoping to see a new build of Visual Studio that fixes the completely broken Copilot issue. It is wild that with all of the emphasis on AI, Microsoft allowed an outage to continue for almost a week (so far) on their premiere IDE
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hoping to see a new build of Visual Studio that fixes the completely broken Copilot issue. It is wild that with all of the emphasis on AI, Microsoft allowed an outage to continue for almost a week (so far) on their premiere IDE
I will be upgrading my SSD on my Surface Pro from 512 to 2TB today, and I'm going to try to use Winget configure to speed up the new drive setup! For those unfamiliar, Winget will export a file which describes what is installed on the device!
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
WinGet Configuration
WinGet Configuration uses the winget configure command, PowerShell, and a YAML-formatted configuration file listing all of the software versions, packages, tools, and settings required to achieve the ...
learn.microsoft.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I will be upgrading my SSD on my Surface Pro from 512 to 2TB today, and I'm going to try to use Winget configure to speed up the new drive setup! For those unfamiliar, Winget will export a file which describes what is installed on the device!
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
GitHub Copilot is broken in VS2022 for some users, Microsoft has a fix "pending release" but in the meantime suggests users use Copilot in VS Code or rollback their install. Ooof.
developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Github-Cop...
developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Github-Cop...
Developer Community
Developer Community
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September 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
GitHub Copilot is broken in VS2022 for some users, Microsoft has a fix "pending release" but in the meantime suggests users use Copilot in VS Code or rollback their install. Ooof.
developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Github-Cop...
developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/Github-Cop...
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Flashback to 2019
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Flashback to 2019