14 November 2023

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Episode 60: .NET Conf 2023 - with Scott Hunter

In this episode I was honoured to be joined by Scott Hunter to chat about the announcements from .NET Conf 2023! The main areas we discussed were C#12 features, the new .NET Aspire, C# Devkit, Native AOT, and also touched a bit on Blazor. As always - it’s an e…

A lot of damage in Grindavík

A lot of damage can be seen around Grindavík after the earthquakes and the formation of a deformation that is moving downwards towards the magma intrusion that is underneath the ground. This depression formation is now estimated to be over 1.2 meters in the no…

Microsoft Ships .NET 8 -- Visual Studio Magazine

In announcing .NET 8 today, Microsoft emphasized the cloud, performance, full-stack Blazor, AI and .NET MAUI as major highlights of the latest edition of the company's free, cross-platform, open source developer platform.

Median vs. Hodges-Lehmann: compare efficiency under heavy-tailedness

In the previous post, I shared some thoughts on how to evaluate the statistical efficiency of estimators under heavy-tailed distributions. In this post, I apply described ideas to actually compare efficiency values of the Mean, the Sample Median, and the Ho...

Critter Stack at .NET Conf 2023

JasperFx Software will be shortly announcing the availability of official support plans for Marten, Wolverine, and other JasperFx open source tools. We’re working hard to build a sustainable …

Exposing a Discord Bot's Secret...

I get told a lot of secrets about things happening on Discord, but there’s this secret that I have to tell you. A popular Discord bot called Mushroom, suffer...

What's new in C# 12

C# 12 is the latest, just released, version of the popular programming language that runs on the .NET 8 platform. It introduces several new features that aim to improve the expressiveness, performance

Countdown to Unix Time 1,700,000,000

Tuesday November 14 2023  17:05:01 GMT 18,499 Countdown to 1700000000, Tuesday November 14 2023 22:13:20 GMT

The NEW Way to Test Background Jobs | .NET 8

Testing background jobs in .NET used to be slow and flaky. With .NET 8 that is about to change. In this video, we see how TimeProvider will solve that.💎 Be ...

Analyzing Performance Issues in Microsoft .NET 8

The author details extensive performance benchmarking of .NET 8, showcasing its notable improvements but also highlighting areas of performance regression compared to .NET 6. The areas of regressio…

Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony

Nepal’s government has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country.

Outage response | Optus

Up-to-date information to help you understand and navigate the recent outage impacting Optus customers.

Silk.NET Community Meeting & API Review

Join the Silk.NET team on 19 Nov 19:00 UTC for a community meeting as they discuss & review designs for a complete rewrite! Have you used Silk .NET or a simi...