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Nico Vermeir
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.NET Architect @ Inetum Belgium, public speaker, board member of Visug, MVP DevTech, Techorama crew member, #xamlstyler maintainer, biker, guitarist, brewer, karateka
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Good advice for aspiring tech speakers 👇

dylanbeattie.net/2025/12/08/s...
So You Want To Speak At Software Conferences? : dylanbeattie.net
An article from dylanbeattie.net
dylanbeattie.net
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The newest AI updates from Microsoft Azure, Foundry, and GitHub are coming together in one LIVE event.

Join us virtually at AI Dev Days for expert-led sessions, hands-on labs, and live demos designed to help you build with the latest.

Register now: msft.it/63327tXhjc
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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🐍 Python is first class in Aspire✈️

Supports FastAPI, Starlette, Quart, manage packages with uv/pip, debug in VS Code, easily add service connections and deploy!

Dive in: devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/pytho...

#Aspire #Python #dotnet #FastAPI #DevTools #CloudNative
devblogs.microsoft.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Introducing Mistral Large 3 in Microsoft Foundry: Open, capable, and ready for production workloads

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#azure #ai #foundry #mistralai #aimodels #microsoftfoundry
Mistral 3 on Microsoft Foundry: Open, multimodal, enterprise-ready | Microsoft Azure Blog
Explore Mistral Large 3 in Azure—open-source, long-context, multimodal AI built for reliable enterprise workloads.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I recently did a talk on internet safety for parents/guardians and it was well received by those in the room. Its honestly the toughest talk I have researched and given. It might help you if you have kids or you are the local tech support for people with small humans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgF5...
Won't somebody please think of the children!? – Niall Merrigan – HelloStavanger 2025
YouTube video by HelloStavanger
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December 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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We built our own JWT Decoder tool - jwt.me! 🧐

Quickly inspect and validate your JSON Web Tokens. It features automatic public key (JWK) retrieval, inline claim explanations, and presenter mode.

Read all about it: duende.link/387skhq

#dotnet
Duende IdentityServer
Using this tool, you can decode and validate JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) issued by IdentityServer or another token issuer.
jwt.me
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🚀 Pipe dreams to pipeline realities.

Safia deep dives into the evolution of Aspire pipelines and how ideas became real CI/CD power.
Read the full story on the Aspire blog: devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir...
#Aspire #DevOps #CI #CD
Pipe dreams to pipeline realities: an Aspire Pipelines story
A deep dive into how Aspire Pipelines evolved in Aspire 13, introducing step-based orchestration, concurrency, dependency modeling, and state caching to simplify cloud deployment.
devblogs.microsoft.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today is the day: the Call for Papers for #Techorama Belgium 2026 – The Medieval Edition, is now officially OPEN!

We’ll be gathering on May 11–13, 2026 in Kinepolis Antwerp

Sharpen your abstracts, polish your demos and send them our way: sessionize.com/techorama-20...
Techorama 2026 Belgium : Call for Speakers
Techorama Belgium is one of the largest and most vibrant IT conferences in the region, welcoming a broad audience of technology professionals looking ...
sessionize.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On my way to Vilnius for #buildstuff
Final conference of the year, it's been an amazing year in more ways than I can count. Excited for what next year will bring #opportunities
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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A new terminal segment just landed. Upgrade to v28.1.0 to monitor your GitHub Copilot request usage directly from the command line — inspired by @eliostruyf.com ‘s Copilot Usage Tracker. Prefer tracking usage anywhere? Pair it with Elio’s tracker for the complete experience.
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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It’s VisugXL week! That’s all. That’s the post. 😎
Make sure to grab your tickets now (only a few seats left) 👉 www.visug.be/Events/102
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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⚡ ReSharper 2025.3.0.1 is out!
This update brings fixes for a couple of critical issues pertaining to stability and usability of the latest release of ReSharper.

You can download the latest build here: www.jetbrains.com/resharper/do...
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🦙📢 Hey #WindowsDev, did you miss the Modern Windows Development with #dotnet talk at #dotnetconf yesterday? 😲 Have no fear, it's now on YouTube! 🎉 Learn all about #WinUI and #AIOnDevice with #FoundryLocal today! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ8s...
Modern Windows Development with .NET
Windows development is more powerful than ever with .NET. This session explores modern approaches to building Windows desktop applications using the latest tools and frameworks. Discover how WinUI 3,…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Colleague Khalid opened a nice discussion topic - "Upgraded to .NET 10? Share Your Experience!" github.com/orgs/DuendeS...

Curious to read how the upgrade goes for everyone! #dotnet
Upgraded to .NET 10? Share Your Experience! · DuendeSoftware · Discussion #401
Hello Duende Community, We're always looking to keep our solutions modern and high-performing, and the recent release of .NET 10 is naturally a point of interest to everyone building on the .NET pl...
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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🥳 I have a bit of news to share, github.com/microsoft/as... is now open source! #aspire @aspire.dev
GitHub - microsoft/aspire.dev: Source code for https://aspire.dev
Source code for https://aspire.dev. Contribute to microsoft/aspire.dev development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Visual Studio 2026 Community, Pro, and Enterprise are now available on WinGet.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Visual Studio 2026 will go GA today 🥳 - and it has a LOT of great new features. One of them is built-in support for Mermaid diagrams for database schemas and more - I give an intro in the new episode of the "Visual Studio Toolbox" show
#mermaidjs #visualstudio
More on Mermaid Charts in Visual Studio 2026
Erik reviews how you can create Mermaid charts in Visual Studio 2026 and previews support for them in his SQL Database Project Power Tools extension. ⌚ Chapters: 00:00 .NET Conf 2025 teaser…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser, powered by Avalonia.

After years of community requests, we are delivering:
– Linux desktop
– WebAssembly
– up to 2× faster performance on macOS

Try the live demo and register your interest for early access: avaloniaui.net/blog/net-ma...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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First: I am really proud of this blog post title. It’s for the girlies (IYKYK).

Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.

Third: go read it!

#dotnet #aspnetcore

📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/
And just like that .NET 10 ships tomorrow
A look at key ASP.NET Core features shipping in .NET 10, including: model validation for Minimal APIs, OpenAPI 3.1 support with unified JSON Schema, improved integration testing with top-level…
blog.safia.rocks
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Aspire 13 new dashboard features, day 4:

Aspire is going polyglot with strong support for JavaScript ☕ and Python 🐍 apps. The dashboard features new programming language resource icons.
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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🎤 Meet one of our VISUG XL 2025 speakers: 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞!

We’re excited to welcome 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧 this year at Visug XL, our yearly, free, community-driven .NET conference.

📅 November 28, 2025
📍 UCLL Leuven

👉 More information and tickets: www.visug.be/Events/102

#VisugXL #DotNet #Community #Conference
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM