The third edition of my book Web Development with Blazor is available on Amazon =)
It covers the basics to more advanced examples, added chapters, updated to .NET 8, new render modes, new Raccoons, and learnings from running Blazor in production since 2019.
Foreword by @stevensanderson
Hope you enjoy it =)
And don't forget to send me a picture of you booping the raccoon.
🦝
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Remember the old Visual Studio Macros?
They’re back! Now fully modernized with real C# scripts (full IntelliSense!), record & replay, and the entire VS extensibility model behind them.
Automate anything in VS… and literally anything else C# can do. 🚀
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You can now add any URL containing agent skills or MCP servers defined in the ".well-known" folder using the ".github and MCP" extension for VS
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ANNOUNCING SkiaSharp 4 Preview 1!
Uno Platform is proud to join @mattleibow and the @dotnet team at Microsoft in co-maintaining @SkiaSharp moving forward
Lots of goodies in this release, bringing forward ~2 years of updates, with new features added along the way.
Also, Skia Fiddle is now powered by Uno Platform!
Read all the details: aka.platform.uno/skiaannounc…
The .github and MCP extension for Visual Studio now supports .claude and .agents folders too and supports skills from dotnet/skills and Anthropic as well.
Grab it here: marketplace.visualstudio.com…
Attention Copilot users:
Today is the 28th and your request quota resets TONIGHT
do yourself a favor: attach a Squad to your favorite project and see what they can do with your leftover requests
GitHub.com/bradygaster/squad
Pretty cool, we updated a Blazor project from .NET6 to .NET10, switched from Blazor Server to SSR, and updated the project to follow the new template structure in less than 10min :)
I just implemented the oldest feature request for the Markdown Editor v2 extension - integration with the Document Outline window.
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On 9 January 2026 mine and my family's lives changed forever. Our farm in the Australian country was almost destroyed by bushfires. We evacuated and are all well, but the farm as we know it is gone.
I tell the full story in this video: youtu.be/mNEPSWcOheY
If you want to support my family as well as our local community, consider sharing this post, support us through GoFundMe (link below), share the video, leave a comment or anything else. We need all the positive we can get right now ♥️
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Stop using the world burning power of a large language model in AI coding to do something basic like moving a CSS element five pixels to the left.
Use it for something that is actually complicated like centering a div
It's awesome to see folks buying my new Dometrain course for Christmas. Upskill for the new year 💪
Getting Started: AI for .NET Developers dometrain.com/course/getting…