I’ve got two private repositories for Visual Studio extensions and two more for VSCode extensions… Coming soon :)

I’m not ready to have the “grand opening”, but I’m working on a new site, very heavily AI driven for extension development vsix.guide

🚀 Project Renamifier v2026.1.29.12 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check out the release notes here!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix

Throwback! Originally posted 2024-09-24 Introducing the "JetBrains Marketplace Publisher" GitHub Action #jetbrains #extensibility #devops #ThrowbackThursday

New Blog Post! Introducing the 'VSIX Manifest Designer' Visual Studio Extension #dotnet #csharp #extensibility #visualstudio

Just blogged: Getting Started with SQL Database Project Power Tools - a new Visual Studio extension to improve the SQL Projects developer experience #visualstudio #dotnet #sqlserver buff.ly/MFDg1Mm

I think… What about a vsix “manifest designer” for VSCode to help with all the possible properties of the package.json (where they specifically apply to extensions), because I always forget and have to research them every single time… Could be a fun little experiment?

ResultR v1.0.2 is out! This release adds the new Match() method for functional-style pattern matching on results. Clean, expressive, and perfect for API controllers. alanbarber.com/post/resultr...

Nope, one more coming today :)

🚀 VSIX Manifest Designer v2026.1.28.25 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check it out on the VS Marketplace!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix

🚀 Debugalizers v2026.1.28.7 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check out the release notes here!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix #debugger #visualizer

Give me more ideas for visual studio / VSCode / JetBrains extensions

Dangit...do I really want to start a YouTube channel again...in 2026?!

Well, that's probably it for the month, lol I managed _10_ new blog posts in January. Record.

New Blog Post! Introducing the 'Debugalizers' Visual Studio extension! #dotnet #csharp #extensibility #visualstudio

🔍 Tool Reminder Tuesday! Check out VSCWhere - Locate VS Code installations on Windows (vswhere for VS Code) #VSCode #DevTools #Windows #CLI

🚀 #dtvem v0.5.0 is now available! Cross-platform version manager for #Node, #Python, and #Ruby - supports #Windows, #Linux, and #macOS Release Notes Discussion

WinDev Helper - A WinUI Extension for VS Code buff.ly/TSMlojg Still working out the kinks - Submit issues and feature requests here: buff.ly/FDzXpv9 #windowsdev #winui #windowsappsdk #vscode #dotnet

Snow plow just went through - I guess that means it’s time to shovel the driveway…except it’s still snowing, so no. I have rules. I don’t shovel snow while it’s actively snowing.

Somebody sponsored me on “buy me a coffee”, and now I must fulfill all requests by this person.

🚀 Debugalizers v2026.1.24.5 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check out the release notes here!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix #debugger #visualizer

what in the hell is happening

Oh Claude...you really love that method of "fixing things" don't you? "#pragma warning disable" We ain't doing that, son.

Think I’m going to play around with some debug visualizers in a visual studio extension, see what kind of cool visualizations we can come up with

🚀 Git Ranger v2026.1.23.12 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check out the release notes here!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix #git

Just launched rnrcli.io - check it, yo!

I really need .cli to emerge as a TLD

Throwback! Originally posted 2020-05-09 GitKraken Git GUI How-To: Cloning a Repository #gitkraken #git #ThrowbackThursday

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to… 1. Zac Brown Band 2. Jojo Siwa lol that’s all 🤷🏻‍♂️

I give this a resounding, hell yeah

🚀 MCP Server v2026.1.19.11 for #VisualStudio has been released! Check out the release notes here!#VisualStudio #dotnet #vsix

@scott.hanselman.com I saw on X that you're working on OpenLiveWiter again. Will OLW vNext allow .NET 10 extension development? I recently created two VS Code extensions to replace what OLW was doing for me with my old .NET Framework extension. marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/a...

New Blog Post! Introducing the 'Couchbase Explorer' Visual Studio extension! #dotnet #csharp #extensibility #visualstudio #couchbase

Preview release of our SQL Database Project build SDK out now, with support for container publishing! Give it a try and let us know what you think www.nuget.org/packages/MSB... #sqlserver #dotnet

I just released SQL Project Power Tools 1.0. This free Visual Studio extension enhances the SQL Project developer experience for any database project type.I also published a "Getting Started" guide for anyone to start using the tool. #sqlserver #database #visualstudio

My latest side project, this takes an MSBuild binlog file and transforms it into a Perfetto trace msbuild-binlog-perfview.pages.dev

Okay, so, Predator Badlands. Am I supposed to feel sorry for the Predator? Where in the holy fucking timeline is this movie? So synths are there with the Predator, but synths were from Alien. And not a single Xenomorph? And it’s obviously…

New Blog Post! Introducing the 'Git Ranger' Visual Studio extension! #dotnet #csharp #extensibility #visualstudio

Who out there is doing anything with Aspire? I has questions.

It’s always “top 3%” - who in the “top 1%”? They even send those out?

New Blog Post! Introducing the Visual Studio Code MCP Server! #typescript #extensibility #vscode #ai #mcp

Throwback! Originally posted 2019-03-04 Launch of the .NET Bytes Podcast! #dotnet #csharp #visualstudio #ThrowbackThursday

🎶 prom him up, beside the ballroom … 🎶

Did she also really say “Cam-uh-luh” talking about @kamalaharris.com ?

🚀 VSC as MCP v0.1.3 has been released! GitHub Release VS Code Marketplace

New Blog Post! Introducing the Visual Studio MCP Server! #dotnet #csharp #extensibility #visualstudio #ai #mcp

🚀 MCP Server v2026.1.13.8 for #VisualStudio has been released! Release Notes: github.com/CodingWithCa... Marketplace: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... #dotnet #vsix

Oh my...a VS extension idea...could be bigly

New Blog Post! Introducing rnr - A Zero-Dependency Task Runner #rust #oss #cli

🚀 #dtvem v0.3.0 is now available! Cross-platform version manager for #Node, #Python, and #Ruby - supports #Windows, #Linux, and #macOS Release Notes Discussion