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• How to run .NET tools without the SDK

  Posted on August 20, 2026

  .NET 10 shipped dnx (dotnet tool exec): one-shot nuget tools, npx-style. You don’t install them. You just run dnx stop and it downloads into the nuget cache and starts. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • dotnet
  • nuget
  • cli
  • tools

• Bitcent: The 10⁻¹⁰ Dollar Unit for AI Pricing

  Posted on January 9, 2026

  xAI APIs use a "curious" unit for pricing. Let's look at why this unit ($10^{-10}$) makes sense for the AI era and why we should call it the "bitcent". [Read More]

  Tags:

  • ai
  • pricing
  • standards

• Streamlining Remote C# Scripts with .NET 10 runfile

  Posted on November 19, 2025

  TL;DR: Run remote scripts instantly with the ref format [host/]owner/repo[@ref][:path]. dnx runfile kzu/run:clean.cs [Read More]

  Tags:

  • code
  • dotnet
  • csharp
  • script

• SponsorLink is dead: long live OSMF

  Posted on October 16, 2025

  After another year with ~no traction for SponsorLink, its time to try something different: OSMF, the Open Source Maintenance Fee. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • oss
  • github
  • sponsors
  • dotnet

• dotnet actions: C# scripting to the rescue

  Posted on September 4, 2025

  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]

  Tags:

  • dotnet
  • visualstudio
  • github

• VSCode shipping cadence: AI coding is real

  Posted on July 27, 2025

  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]

  Tags:

  • dotnet
  • vscode
  • copilot

• SmallSharp 2.0: The End of ConsoleApplication128

  Posted on July 22, 2025

  SmallSharp 2.0: The End of ConsoleApplication128 [Read More]

  Tags:

  • dotnet
  • visualstudio

• How to use Grok 4 without SuperGrok subscription

  Posted on July 11, 2025

  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]

  Tags:

  • ai

• Consuming VSIX metadata from C#

  Posted on November 8, 2024

  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]

  Tags:

  • vsx
  • visualstudio

• Typed chat completions with OpenAI and .NET 9

  Posted on October 9, 2024

  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]

  Tags:

  • dotnet
  • openai
  • ai

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