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.NETpad 2025: Rewrite
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.NETpad 2025: Rewrite (Premium)

It's been a while since the last update, sorry. I'm not sure about progress, but…

## GitHub Copilot Updated with Agent Mode, Code Review, and More

GitHub Copilot Updated with Agent Mode, Code Review, and More

GitHub Copilot is getting a big update with a set of new agentic features, premium…

## Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft's 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

Bill Gates Celebrates Microsoft’s 50th by Releasing Altair BASIC Source Code

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most…

Vibe-coding clown
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Vibe Coding Is Not What You Think It Is (Premium)

Ignore the "vibe coding" nonsense. AI is incredible as a software coding assistant, but you…

Microsoft Issues .NET 10 Preview 2 with WPF Improvements

Microsoft Issues .NET 10 Preview 2 with WPF Improvements

The first .NET 10 preview release was pretty lackluster, but Microsoft is making up for…

Keyboard-based tab navigation in .NETpad
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.NETpad 2025: Tab Navigation (Premium)

I'd like to reach a certain level of quality before I post the pre-release code…

Android 16 Beta 3

Google Delivers Android 16 Beta 3

Android 16 is on a fast track, with Google releasing the third beta for developers…

Native PC games on Google Play Games

Google Play Games Announces Major Expansion on PC

Google announced today that it is expanding Google Play Games on PC to support native…

Woody

I never met Woody Leonhard in person, but he could not have had a bigger…

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.NETpad 2025: Something Old, Something New (Premium)

As I build out all the functionality required by multiple documents and tabs, I keep…

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.NETpad 2025: Return to Sender (Premium)

I'm at a weird point with the next version of .NETpad. The basic coding for…

Google is Bringing Widgets to the Android Lock Screen

Google is Bringing Widgets to the Android Lock Screen

As part of a broader push for widgets on Android, Google this week said it…

## .NETpad 2025: With a Little Help From My (AI) Friends
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.NETpad 2025: With a Little Help From My (AI) Friends (Premium)

I always intended to use AI to improve the quality of the code I'm writing…

Google to promote widgets in the Play Store

Google Pushes Widgets on Android, Again

Poor Google. It was an early innovator in mobile widgets as part of the initial…

Rust in Windows and Azure
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Russinovich: Microsoft is “All-in” on Rust (Premium)

Rust may be controversial in Linux, but there's no such controversy at Microsoft, which has…

.NET Preview 1

Microsoft Releases .NET 10 Preview 1

Microsoft has finally released the first preview of .NET 10 ahead of its final release…

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