⚡️ .NET 11 Preview 1 lands, but devs question the direction
Microsoft dropped .NET 11 Preview 1 with updates to the runtime and SDK, but the release sparked pushback from the community. Developers are calling out growing C# syntax complexity and notice that Microsoft is steering the platform closer to AI‑centric development. That mix made the preview feel less like a routine update and more like a shift in priorities.
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Microsoft dropped .NET 11 Preview 1 with updates to the runtime and SDK, but the release sparked pushback from the community. Developers are calling out growing C# syntax complexity and notice that Microsoft is steering the platform closer to AI‑centric development. That mix made the preview feel less like a routine update and more like a shift in priorities.
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Devs Souring on .NET 11? -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1 introduces runtime and SDK enhancements while facing community scrutiny over C# syntax complexity and a strategic shift toward AI-driven development.
⚡️ F# Weekly notes: .NET 11 Preview 1 and new Rider EAP
.NET 11 landed its first preview, and Rider 2026.1 moved to EAP 3. If you're tracking F# tooling, both drops are in this week's F# Weekly roundup.
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.NET 11 landed its first preview, and Rider 2026.1 moved to EAP 3. If you're tracking F# tooling, both drops are in this week's F# Weekly roundup.
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F# Weekly #7, 2026 – .NET 11 Preview 1 & Rider 2026.1 EAP 3
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Boosting F# Libraries with Automated Agentic AI with Don Syme F# debugging improvements in Rider 2026.1. EAP 3 Microsoft News…
⚡️ Checking PowerShell syntax right inside GitHub Actions
Sometimes you can’t pull PowerShell code into separate files in GitHub Actions — for example, when you’re building a small action or a reusable workflow. The author shows how to validate inline script syntax anyway, so you don’t lose linting just because everything lives in one YAML.
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Sometimes you can’t pull PowerShell code into separate files in GitHub Actions — for example, when you’re building a small action or a reusable workflow. The author shows how to validate inline script syntax anyway, so you don’t lose linting just because everything lives in one YAML.
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Validating PowerShell script syntax in GitHub Actions workflows
Learn how to validate the syntax of PowerShell scripts embedded in GitHub Actions workflows using a custom PowerShell function.
⚡️ How to judge tests you didn’t write (and never saw fail)
The author points out that TDD is still a niche practice, and AI-generated tests are getting more common. That leaves many teams relying on test suites they didn’t design and have never seen fail. The piece looks at how to actually critique such tests and figure out whether they’re any good.
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The author points out that TDD is still a niche practice, and AI-generated tests are getting more common. That leaves many teams relying on test suites they didn’t design and have never seen fail. The piece looks at how to actually critique such tests and figure out whether they’re any good.
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Critiquing tests
Two attempts to measure the quality of automated test suites.
⚡️ Azure Boards adds condensed view for packed Kanban and Sprint boards
Teams complained that the New Boards hub added extra padding, which helped readability but cut the number of visible cards. Microsoft is rolling out a condensed view so large boards or cards with many fields fit on screen again. Useful if your team constantly scrolls just to see what's going on.
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Teams complained that the New Boards hub added extra padding, which helped readability but cut the number of visible cards. Microsoft is rolling out a condensed view so large boards or cards with many fields fit on screen again. Useful if your team constantly scrolls just to see what's going on.
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Condensed views on Kanban and Sprint boards
The new condensed view feature in Azure Boards displays only essential information in a compact, space-efficient format.
⚡️ Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.
⚡️ Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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DBAs have long leaned on linked servers to pull data from multiple sources. The setup was simple and felt like native SQL, which made it a reliable tool for stitching systems together. The new discussion focuses on using Data API Builder chaining to approach the same problem.
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Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining
Using Data API builder and sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint, you can compose and federate data across databases and engines in SQL without relying on linked servers.
⚡️ Microsoft Releases General Availability of .NET 10 Support in Azure Functions
Microsoft has announced the general availability of .NET 10 support in Azure Functions, enabling production workloads to run on the latest .NET runtime in serverless environments. The update supports only the isolated worker model across all Linux and Windows hosting plans except the retiring Linux Consumption tier. Customers are encouraged to migrate their workloads to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers full compatibility with .NET 10.
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Microsoft has announced the general availability of .NET 10 support in Azure Functions, enabling production workloads to run on the latest .NET runtime in serverless environments. The update supports only the isolated worker model across all Linux and Windows hosting plans except the retiring Linux Consumption tier. Customers are encouraged to migrate their workloads to the Flex Consumption plan, which offers full compatibility with .NET 10.
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🎥 Q#: What beginners need to know
We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
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We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
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Q#: What beginners need to know
We bring to your attention a short video dedicated to the basics of Q# — an open source quantum programming language from Microsoft.
⚡️ AKS Adds LocalDNS Support for Node Auto‑Provisioning Clusters
Microsoft enabled LocalDNS for AKS clusters that use node auto‑provisioning. Teams running these setups can now turn on LocalDNS without workarounds. This update matters if you already rely on auto‑provisioning and want feature parity with other AKS configurations.
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Microsoft enabled LocalDNS for AKS clusters that use node auto‑provisioning. Teams running these setups can now turn on LocalDNS without workarounds. This update matters if you already rely on auto‑provisioning and want feature parity with other AKS configurations.
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⚡️ Setting Up Production-Ready Monitoring in ASP.NET Core
A new guide shows how to wire up ASP.NET Core Health Checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit on RabbitMQ. It also walks through writing custom checkers, formatting JSON responses, adding a custom publisher, and running a polished Health Checks UI. Useful if you want a monitoring setup that goes beyond the default templates.
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A new guide shows how to wire up ASP.NET Core Health Checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit on RabbitMQ. It also walks through writing custom checkers, formatting JSON responses, adding a custom publisher, and running a polished Health Checks UI. Useful if you want a monitoring setup that goes beyond the default templates.
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How to Set Up Production-Ready Monitoring With ASP.NET Core Health Checks
Learn how to build a production-ready monitoring system using ASP.NET Core Health Checks. This guide covers adding health checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit (RabbitMQ), creating custom checkers, creating custom JSON response formatter for…
⚡️ Azure Boards Gets GitHub Copilot Integration
Microsoft now links Azure Boards with GitHub Copilot. Teams can use Copilot’s assistance directly alongside their work items without switching tools. It’s a small but practical step that tightens the workflow between planning and coding.
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Microsoft now links Azure Boards with GitHub Copilot. Teams can use Copilot’s assistance directly alongside their work items without switching tools. It’s a small but practical step that tightens the workflow between planning and coding.
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Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot
Use GitHub Copilot with Azure Boards to turn work items into code changes while maintaining full traceability.
⚡️ C# Colorfull "Hello, world!"
On Redreddit, a post with a color output "Hello, world!" unexpectedly became a reason for a heated discussion.
Participants proposed dozens of ways to solve the problem, from cyclic change of shades and random colors without repetition to the implementation of ANSI-escape sequences.
And how would you solve such a problem?
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On Redreddit, a post with a color output "Hello, world!" unexpectedly became a reason for a heated discussion.
Participants proposed dozens of ways to solve the problem, from cyclic change of shades and random colors without repetition to the implementation of ANSI-escape sequences.
And how would you solve such a problem?
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⚡️ Support for Kubernetes 1.34 on AKS
Microsoft has announced the launch of support for Kubernetes version 1.34 on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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Microsoft has announced the launch of support for Kubernetes version 1.34 on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
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⚡️ Visual Studio now has pre-configured AI agents
These are agents who know how to work directly with IDE tools — from debugging to profiling and testing. Microsoft has also opened up a framework for its custom agents if the team needs to set up its own workflow.
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These are agents who know how to work directly with IDE tools — from debugging to profiling and testing. Microsoft has also opened up a framework for its custom agents if the team needs to set up its own workflow.
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Custom Agents in Visual Studio: Built in and Build-Your-Own agents
Explore Custom Agents in Visual Studio to enhance your development workflow with tailored automation and advanced debugging.
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⚡️ How to deploy OpenClaw in Azure Container Apps
The guide shows how to raise OpenClaw in Azure Container Apps in just half an hour. This is suitable if you need an assistant working 24/7, without your own infrastructure. The author focuses specifically on quick deployment and basic setup steps.
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The guide shows how to raise OpenClaw in Azure Container Apps in just half an hour. This is suitable if you need an assistant working 24/7, without your own infrastructure. The author focuses specifically on quick deployment and basic setup steps.
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⚡️ F# Weekly #8, 2026
This new issue brings together key news, releases, and content from the F# ecosystem over the past week.
The main focus of the release is on the use of agentic-AI approaches to improve F# libraries, as well as updates from Microsoft (Agent Framework, Visual Studio, Foundry).
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This new issue brings together key news, releases, and content from the F# ecosystem over the past week.
The main focus of the release is on the use of agentic-AI approaches to improve F# libraries, as well as updates from Microsoft (Agent Framework, Visual Studio, Foundry).
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F# Weekly #8, 2026 – Boosting F# Libraries with Automated Agentic AI
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News What’s new in 1.1 | Elmish Land Microsoft News Migrate your Semantic Kernel and AutoGen projects to Microsoft Agent Fra…
⚡️ Marc Seemann Compares Testing to Mathematical Proof
Danish developer Mark Seemann has proposed a new metaphor for understanding test-based development (TDD) by comparing the process of writing automated tests to mathematical induction. In a recent article, he argues that a correctly formulated test is a formal statement that must remain true in any environment if the developer has explicitly recorded all the prerequisites.
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Danish developer Mark Seemann has proposed a new metaphor for understanding test-based development (TDD) by comparing the process of writing automated tests to mathematical induction. In a recent article, he argues that a correctly formulated test is a formal statement that must remain true in any environment if the developer has explicitly recorded all the prerequisites.
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TDD as induction
A metaphor.
⚡️ How to Capture and Aggregate .NET Metrics with MeterListener
A new post breaks down how to record metrics in-process using MeterListener. The author shows how to listen to Instrument measurements, trigger Observable metrics, and aggregate the collected values. Useful if you want finer control over .NET telemetry without external collectors.
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A new post breaks down how to record metrics in-process using MeterListener. The author shows how to listen to Instrument measurements, trigger Observable metrics, and aggregate the collected values. Useful if you want finer control over .NET telemetry without external collectors.
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Recording metrics in-process using MeterListener
In this post I show how you can use MeterListener to listen to Instrument measurements, how to trigger Observable measurements, and how to aggregate values.
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⚡️ Copilot in Visual Studio 18.3 gets tools for WinForms
If you support or even develop new WinForms applications, then you should pay attention to the February update of Visual Studio 18.3, which introduced new Copilot agents that help you understand WinForms, generate tests and analyze the call stack.
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If you support or even develop new WinForms applications, then you should pay attention to the February update of Visual Studio 18.3, which introduced new Copilot agents that help you understand WinForms, generate tests and analyze the call stack.
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WinForms Gets Some AI Love in Visual Studio February Update -- Visual Studio Magazine
Microsoft's Visual Studio February Update (18.3) adds new Copilot agents and workflows for WinForms guidance, test generation, call stack analysis, profiling with unit tests, C++ modernization, and improved Razor Hot Reload behavior.
⚡️ Event-based functions in containers: What changes the Azure Container Apps update
Microsoft combines Azure Functions with Azure Container Apps, combining the flexibility of containers with the simplicity of event triggers. Developers get autoscaling, built-in state management, and Durable Functions without having to write pulling, retrays, and custom orchestration.
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Microsoft combines Azure Functions with Azure Container Apps, combining the flexibility of containers with the simplicity of event triggers. Developers get autoscaling, built-in state management, and Durable Functions without having to write pulling, retrays, and custom orchestration.
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Rethinking Background Workloads with Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps | Microsoft Community Hub
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The blog explores background workload use cases where Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps provide clear advantages over traditional Container...
The blog explores background workload use cases where Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps provide clear advantages over traditional Container...