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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 2d

Do you want to talk to your PC? Do you want everybody in your office to do that?

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 3d

Good article. I especially liked this part:

Would a manual migration have been faster? In raw calendar time, yes.

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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 3d

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders Version 11111.16 Release Notes | Microsoft Learn

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#visualstudio #vs2026 #dotnet #githubcopilot #productivity #developers

Visual Studio Insiders Release Notes

Get the latest pre-release features, bug fixes, and support for Visual Studio Insiders. Download today.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 3d

Fortunately, all the apps I support have been off .NET Framework for years now, but if you're not so lucky check out this video on modernizing .NET apps using GitHub Copilot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YKg...

Modernize .NET apps in days with GitHub Copilot

YouTube video by dotnet

www.youtube.com

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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 5d

Results from a little WinUIEx experiment this weekend. Simple API to create regions and set them:
window.SetRegion(
Region.CreateRectangle(window.GetBounds())
- Region(rectangle.GetBounds());
Can also be used to clip the outside of the window to a custom shape. #WinUI

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 11th Birthday to Windows Insiders! I can't even remember that last time a fresh Canary build gave me real issues.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Sep 15

Does anybody else have HAL9000 flashbacks looking at the new camera icon in iOS 26?

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Sep 11

Finally, with Visual Studio Insiders and SSMS 22 Preview 1 I was able to set up a complete development environment for my work on the Arm PC!

Best of all, both preview products include substantial improvements in usability and performance. You don't even need an Arm PC to enjoy the upgrades. 😉

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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · Sep 9

Here's all the new APIs in the WindowsDesktop pack for .NET 10 compared to .NET 9. Lots of little Windows Forms things. The opposite can be said for WPF (with a disappointing total of 0 new APIs): omds.xaml.dev/desktop_net9...

OMD

omds.xaml.dev

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Check out the new Visual Studio 2026 preview. It's fast and pretty! devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! - Visual Studio Blog

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here – and it marks one of the most ambitious steps forward we’ve taken with the IDE. This release brings AI woven directly into the developer workflow, performance impr...

devblogs.microsoft.com

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Richard Hay @winobs.com · Aug 29

Shared: Windows File Explorer is fine, actually, and these 6 PowerToys add-ons make it even better ift.tt/HSmVDpb
#WinObsWiKi

Windows File Explorer is fine, actually, and these 6 PowerToys add-ons make it even better

Don't listen to the haters, File Explorer can be great with these add-ons

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Uno Platform @platform.uno · Aug 26

📢Uno Platform 6.2 is out!

▪️Skia WASM: DPI fix + browser zoom
▪️SKCanvasElement: unified API across platforms
▪️WebView2 aligned with WinUI
▪️ListView + RequestedTheme reliability
▪️RatingControl updated to latest WinUI
▪️Hot Design: template editing, TemplateSelector, Color previews

Full release blog🔗👇

Uno Platform 6.2: Smoother, Faster, Everywhere

Uno Platform 6.2 delivers smoother workflows, Hot Design upgrades, and nearly 100 fixes for faster, more reliable cross-platform app development.

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Aug 22

Maybe all the recent noise about some AI bubble is related to something I've noticed:

GitHub Copilot has gotten so much better lately that I find myself annoyed that it isn't even better!

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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · Aug 18

What's new with PowerToys? | One Dev Question with Kayla Cinnamon.

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#powertoys #windows #commandpalette #poweruser #windows10 #windows11

What's new with PowerToys?

At #MSBuild 2025, Kayla Cinnamon is bringing updates on PowerToys—including a faster, more extensible Command Palette and handy open-source tools like ZoomIt. All in v0.91, ready for you to…

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yes

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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · Jul 30

Both are great books

Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · Jul 30

Coming to my #winui session at @vslive.bsky.social next week? I'll have two copies of my Learn WinUI book and a copy of the #WindowsAppSDK modernization book by @qmatteoq.developerscantina.com to give away to aspiring Windows devs. Don't miss my session on Thursday afternoon!

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