SponsorLink is dead: long live OSMF
After another year with ~no traction for SponsorLink, its
time to try something different: OSMF, the Open Source Maintenance Fee.
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Fridathon: unstructured learning or hacking you can opt-in to do on any random Friday.
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dotnet actions: C# scripting to the rescue
What a monumental release for .NET scripting is .NET 10! The long journey that started with C# 9 top-level programs has finally culminated in a full-fledged scripting experience that leverages the entire .NET ecosystem in .NET 10: [Read More] -
VSCode shipping cadence: AI coding is real
I started playing with the MCP C# SDK soon after it came out, and soon realized that there was a gap in functionality: setting the log level in the MCP server-specific output pane in VSCode was not invoking my MCP server’s corresponding log-level change handler. [Read More] -
SmallSharp 2.0: The End of ConsoleApplication128
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How to use Grok 4 without SuperGrok subscription
Grok 4 was just announced and it looks incredible. So you want to try it out, but are hesitant to shell out $300/year for the subscription just to try it out. [Read More] -
Consuming VSIX metadata from C#
Sometimes it’s useful to render VSIX manifest metadata in logs, or some UI in your extension. You could just duplicate the values in your code, but that’s error-prone and tedious. [Read More] -
Typed chat completions with OpenAI and .NET 9
How to combine OpenAI structured outputs with .NET 9 ability to export JSON schemas to provide a strong-typed API for chat completions. [Read More] -
Showcase your NuGet package stats with fancy badges
NuGet.org doesn't provide much in the way of useful stats you can embed easily in your sites (blog, project readmes, etc.). Shields.io badges combined with static JSON scraped regularly from nuget.org can help. [Read More] -
SponsorLink v2: A New Hope
After collecting feedback from last year's attempt, reflecting on many very valid points, I went back to the drawing board on SponsorLink and I'm ready to start rolling out v2. Read on to learn about what's new and entirely rewritten ;-). [Read More] -
Condition xunit tests to presence of user secrets
Sometimes you need some API keys, connection strings and the like in order to run your tests. If you’re using user secrets, which is highly recommended, you can share your secrets with your tests quite easily by moving the UserSecretsId MSBuild property to a Directory.Build.props. [Read More]