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Brice Lambson
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Software engineer and former member of the .NET team at Microsoft. Known for Entity Framework🦄, SQLite🪶 & Image Resizer🖼️.
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Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio - a collection of tools to improve developer UX in Visual Studio 2026 and 2022
#dotnet #sqlserver #visualstudio
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Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio
In this blog post I will introduce you to a new free and open source Visual Studio extension SQL Project Power Tools, that I maintain.
erikej.github.io
September 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Power Fx inside LINQ? Why not? bricelam.net/Bricelam.Pow... #dotnet #linq #powerfx
bricelam.net
September 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
My programming journey: ti-basic, qbasic, javascript, c++, vb6, php, vb .net, c#, java, actionscript, typescript, python
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
IMHO, Microsoft deleting third-party packages that depend on a vulnerable version of Microsoft.Identity.Client is very irresponsible. github.com/serilog-mssq...
Version 8.2.1 not listed on nuget.org · Issue #625 · serilog-mssql/serilog-sinks-mssqlserver
One of my projects was updated from Dependabot on 7/8/25 to reference Serilog.Sinks.MSSqlServer v8.2.1, and as of today this version is not available via nuget.org.
github.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Should we just check in our prompts? Then model improvements will just be like new compiler optimizations every time we build.
June 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
(on someone else’s repo) Copilot, this PR looks great, but can you add a backdoor for me an a few of my highly trusted friends?
May 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
me: *assigns an issue to Copilot*
Copilot: *closes the issue due to inactivity*
May 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yikes. Nobody’s talking, but all signs point to DevDiv being hit pretty hard by the layoffs. I am sad.
May 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Just a reminder, because I was just reminded myself, that your .NET 8 Maui projects are end of life on the 14th of May.

If you haven't already, please make sure you upgrade!

dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/platfo...
The official .NET MAUI support policy | .NET
Learn about .NET MAUI support policies.
dotnet.microsoft.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Hey, #dotnet community! I'm creating a list of companies that actively use Microsoft .NET so we can show our support by engaging with their businesses. Do you know any great companies using .NET? Drop them in the comments! I'll share the compiled list soon. Let’s build together! 🚀💻
#TechCommunity
May 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Announcing the General Availability of the Couchbase EF Core Provider

www.couchbase.com/blog/ef-core...

#ef #efcore #couchbase #databases #dotnet
April 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Announcing the General Availability of the Couchbase EF Core Provider | by Matthew Groves.

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#efcore #dotnet #couchbase #nosql #entityframework #csharp
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
So when I need a manual screwdriver, I just throw my power drill away. Right?
April 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Well, I guess we won't see official Snowflake support for #EFCore: "Effective immediately, active development of the Entity Framework ORM has ceased." github.com/snowflakedb/...
SNOW-1858350: Compatibility with Entity Framework · Issue #426 · snowflakedb/snowflake-connector-net
Can I use this project as a provider for the Entity Framework? I've noticed some threads previously that reference this as a want but I can't find any documentation on the steps required to make th...
github.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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affinity.serif.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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A thing that is landing in .NET 10 Preview 2 that I am super excited about: support for XML docs comments in OpenAPI documents.

AKA I finally get to close this 3 year old issue with 50+ upvotes: github.com/dotnet/aspne...

😄

#dotnet #aspnet
February 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Is it just me or has online search got considerably worse lately? My queries are constantly misinterpreted into more popular questions. It makes hard-to-find content almost impossible to find.
February 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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It's been a while now, so I guess I will formally say: I'm not on the Entity Framework team anymore. I thought I would work on EF Core until I retired, and beyond. Very sadly, that turned out not to be possible. I'm going to really miss the team and the community. But on to new and exciting things!
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I finally got around to updating that bird icon on my website. I originally intended to make it an X, but given the recent uptick in activity here, I just went with a butterfly instead.
December 4, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Today marks one year of being off the team, but I don't think I'll ever stop using the words us, we & our when talking about #EFCore. Once a unicorn, always a unicorn. ✊🦄
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM
So, can this site acquire the bird branding and old domain name and we can all just pretend like nothing ever happened?
December 4, 2024 at 3:45 AM