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Dave Callan | dotnet @Dave_DotNet
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#dotnet LTS support window too short for upgrade and adoption cycles ⬇️ This still comes up a lot. Have Microsoft got the balance right between being able to get us new features quickly while also being able to support existing releases for a reasonable time? Or do you think LTS version should have longer cycles for example? github.com/dotnet/core/issue…

Enterprise concern: .NET LTS support window too short for upgrade and adoption cycles · Issue...

We are encountering challenges with the current .NET LTS support model when operating large-scale enterprise applications. This builds on earlier discussions such as #8295, where the 3-year LTS dur...

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Does the specification pattern just move complexity from one place to another? Are we using it to just 'fix' the problems from another abstraction (repo pattern)? Who likes to use it? #dotnet
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Guess I'll check back in about 5 hours to see if any replies, this place is so dead, reach is completely crushed 😔
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To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion 🤣
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File-based apps can reference other C# files ⬇️ Coming in #dotnet 11 Preview 5.
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JIT: Optimize async OSR resumptions #dotnet I'm not sure how widely applicable this PR will be to the kind of async code our apps actually use day to day but going from 6357.1 ms to 457.1 ms in the benchmark is some optimization. github.com/dotnet/runtime/pu…

JIT: Optimize async OSR resumptions by jakobbotsch · Pull Request #127074 · dotnet/runtime

Previously resumption inside OSR methods looked like a normal OSR transition going through the patchpoint helper. However, the patchpoint helper is not cheap and the overhead of this is around 10-2...

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LinkedIn .NET Post Bingo 🤣 Print out the card and mark the #dotnet topics off when you see them on LinkedIn. Remember to shout "BINGO" out really loudly when you've marked them all off.
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Breaking news: executing a query causes the query to execute 🤣
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Don’t migrate the architecture and the runtime at the same time. OP was planning to move from #dotnet 4 to .NET 8 (Core) and significantly change architecture at same time. Great advice from Jimmy Bogard below...
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Add FULL OUTER JOIN support to Entity Framework. This was merged earlier today by @shayrojansky 👏🏻 github.com/dotnet/efcore/pul…

Add FULL OUTER JOIN support by roji · Pull Request #38340 · dotnet/efcore

Fixes #37633. Adds translation support for the new Queryable.FullJoin LINQ operator (dotnet/runtime#124787), mirroring the existing LeftJoin/RightJoin support added in #35451. Summary Register Que...

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dotnet ef supports file-based apps in Entity Framework 11
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LINQ Full Outer Join support coming in #dotnet 11 Preview 5
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Real life experiences with soft delete within Entity Framework #dotnet
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xUnit Parameterized Test example using Fizz Buzz algorithm
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A different kind of 'Hybrid' role #dotnet Azure and a little bit of Office 365 admin thrown in too.
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#dotnet finally gets union types 🎉 andrewlock.net/exploring-the…

.NET (OK, C#) finally gets union types🎉: Exploring the .NET 11 preview - Part 2

In this post I discuss the support for union types released in .NET 11, how they're implemented, the choices made, and how to create your own

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Devs deserve to get paid but … I'm not complaining … "aggressive licensing" 🤦🏻‍♂️ #dotnet
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CLR is the Airport Control Tower for .NET Code I saw this on LinkedIn earlier. What do you think? #dotnet
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Is this ingenious or more AI slop? I can't decide, it's been a long week 🤣
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