After 7 years, my time at Microsoft has come to a close. I grew from a green dev into a bonafide engineer, shipped work I’m proud of, and learned what it takes to build software that lasts from amazing people. Taking a short breather then on to the next adventure! 🚀

shout out to @davidfowl.com who gave me the idea of tallyai.money but for blood sugar!

back on our bullshit 🫶🏼 @davidfowl.com @damianedwards.com

This is peak AI and peak tech bro. The comments on this hacker news thread about distinguished engineer David Fowler's excellent tool for classifying bank transactions. "I could do this with a fifty line Python script." or...

I built a thing: tallyai.money I wanted a fully offline way to track spending. Mint was fine, but categorizing transactions was always the worst part. There are really two problems: 1. Getting transaction data (hard) 2. Categorizing it the way you actually think about money (medium)

day 2 of vacation but had to sneak this in for 13.1 - parameters finally will have their own page 😈 #aspire assuming @james.newtonking.com doesnt find a million things wrong with it when he wakes up LOL

When you’re done binging Stranger Things this holiday season🎄 Watch nerds struggle to build and deploy modern apps - live. It’s long. It’s uncut. Sometimes it’s a little unhinged. And there’s always something to learn. 📺 AspiriFridays 👉 www.youtube.com/@aspiredotde...

🎁 Aspire 13.1 just dropped… and it quietly fixes a lot of stuff: • Real HTTPS in local dev • Built-in AI agent support • New ASP.NET + React starter • Dashboard finally shows what you need Holiday shipping, but make it better 👀 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir... #aspire #devtools #ai

The session @davidfowl.com & I gave today on @aspire.dev & AI is now available to watch! youtu.be/7nQCRRYp44k

He's BAAAACK! We have a couple #AspiriFridays left in the tank this year, so we bribed @scott.hanselman.com to come see if we fixed any of his gripes from our first Aspirification attempt. See you tomorrow at 12p EST!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=del9...

Aspire has evolved a ton since I initially saw it demoed years ago. Even though it was initially made for the .NET ecosystem, it's expanded to everything from MongoDB, to Deno, to Rust, to Node.js. You can define your local dev setup in code and deploy it without changing anything. aspire.dev

Weekend project: Deploy your Aspire app to any Linux server with Docker using SSH + Docker Compose, with HTTPS! → builds → pushes images to ghcr → SSHes into your box → runs docker compose up Perfect for small teams and VPS deployments. #aspire @aspire.dev

Really appreciate @jetbrains.com featuring my Effortless Distributed Systems with .NET Aspire talk from .NET Days Online. They put together a great write-up that captures the flow of the session. blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2025/... #dotnet #aspire #nservicebus #azuredevelopercli

Microsoft’s Aspire development framework has dropped .NET from its name and moved to a new website, as it is now becoming a general-purpose environment for building, testing, and deploying scalable cross-cloud applications. www.infoworld.com/article/4085...

We're back for #aspirifridays tomorrow - and there will be some serious arguing about updating the Aspire sample apps to 13. Join @davidfowl.com @maddymontaquila.net and @damianedwards.com at 12pm EST! www.youtube.com/live/zbm4BzI...

happy happy birthday to my sister from another mister @davidfowl.com 💖 the only person i know who can eat more din tai fung in one sitting than me. thank you for always indulging my antics and returning the favor with antics of your own!! please enjoy some of my favorite pics in his honor!!!!!!

The .NET MAUI Aspire integration docs are now live on the brand new @aspire.dev website! Go check them out! aspire.dev/integrations...

Just launched a polyglot multi-front end, multi-backend, GraphQL driven tech stack built, instrumented, and deployed entirely using Aspire across multiple environments. Wouldn’t have been possible to do what my team accomplished in the time we had without it

Introducing Aspire - Modern app development made easy youtu.be/u5_yOjzgmCM #aspire @aspire.dev

Microsoft steers Aspire to a polyglot future www.infoworld.com/article/4085... #aspire @aspire.dev

Introducing Aspire - Modern app development made easy youtu.be/u5_yOjzgmCM #aspire @aspire.dev

Aspire 13 – Aspireify anything | by Maddy Montaquila buff.ly/PiaeBa0 #aspire #dotnet #cloud #cloudnative #mcp #ai #javascript #python

Microsoft Aspire 13 is officially here, and it's a game-changer for cloud-native development! ​The jump to Aspire 13 is a massive leap forward, especially for polyglot teams. Full post: lnkd.in/e_9JdNA7 #MicrosoftAspire #Aspire13 #CloudNative #Polyglot #DotNet #Python #JavaScript

Blogged: Aspire with Python, React, Rust and Node apps What's involved with integrating apps written with Python, Rust, Node and React/Vite with Aspire? Not that much as it turns out! david.gardiner.net.au/2025/11/aspi... #dotnet #aspire #rust #nodejs #pnpm #react #vite

Working on samples for aspire 13 github.com/davidfowl/as... #aspire @aspire.dev

"Taming Service Dependencies with Aspire" youtu.be/u0iK6Bv5BZ0 #aspire @aspire.dev

🥳 I have a bit of news to share, github.com/microsoft/as... is now open source! #aspire @aspire.dev

I created a new integration: Aspire Hosting Flagd for .NET Aspire! Run flagd containers, set up @openfeature.dev flags and keep your app flexible. Check it out on learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/dotnet.... Feature flagging for your distributed .NET apps, made simple. #aspire #dotnet #csharp #cloudnative

Here's my presentation for #dotnetconf 2025 "Taking .NET out of .NET Aspire - working with non-.NET applications" www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcAi... #dotnet #aspire #python #rust #nodejs #opentelemetry

some #bts of a crazy week at #dotnetconf !!!! @captainsafia.com @damianedwards.com @davidfowl.com @aspire.dev

"Taming Service Dependencies with Aspire" youtu.be/u0iK6Bv5BZ0 #aspire @aspire.dev

@james.newtonking.com I'm watching the #dotnetconf stream and @davidfowl.com just said I would get my most anticipated feature: Persistence for Logs, Metrics and Traces, as soon, as you respond to his message from last night. Please respond asap, I'm waiting for the announcement 😁

when bestie is too high maintenance to do 2 days of sessions @damianedwards.com @davidfowl.com #dotnetconf

New swag! #aspire @aspire.dev #dotnetconf

The Aspire 13 has just been released alongside .NET 10, offering support for Python and JavaScript as first-class citizens and many other improvements 👉 aspire.dev/whats-new/as.... Don't forget to subscribe to @aspire.dev, let's reach 1000 followers for Aspire on Bluesky. #dotnetconf

So few followers, it seems developers did not realize Aspire is on Bluesky. Developers make this number up. I'm sure we can reach 1000 followers by the end of the week. Share for more reach! @aspire.dev #dotnet #aspire #developer

aspire.dev!

Today we ship Aspire 13! Why 13? It’s a number that’s bigger than 10 but less than 14. It marks the start of a new chapter for the project. We’re expanding beyond .NET, bringing the same, code-centric experience to Python, JavaScript, and more. aspire.dev/whats-new/as... #aspire @aspire.dev

Aspire 13 new dashboard features, day 5: The interaction service just got a major upgrade ⚡ 💫 Dropdowns can now accept text — in other words, ComboBox inputs. 🔄 Supports dynamic data loading for cascading dropdowns. See it in action in the Azure provisioning dialog 🚀

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/

The real ones know what it means when JNK starts tweeting dashboard features.... #aspire13 #comingsoon

We're about to go live to aspirify GITHUB CODESPACES, wish us luck 🤞🤞🤞 #aspire

Looking to build .NET applications on AWS? LocalStack community member Deniz İrgin has just released a stable version of his .NET Aspire integration for LocalStack. Get the full details (and give him an upvote) on Reddit. www.reddit.com/r/LocalStack...

Some pretty amazing improvements coming in the next release of #aspire. And it's not all just about .NET, just deployed a Python-based app with a React frontend. Total time time from `aspire new` to deployed in the cloud? About 10 mins including all the apps dependencies.

have you visited aspire.dev yet? 💫

The team has been hard at work making this happen! Lots of big changes coming in the next version! #aspire

.NET Aspire ❌ Aspire ✅🤌🏼 we're officially rebranding - starting with our shiny new website, aspire.dev 💫 join us for a special edition #AspiriFriday to wrap up the week and celebrate with the team! see you there 🎃

aspire.dev is live! Deployed with #aspire to boot!

Deploying aspire.dev with Aspire - dogfooding at its finest. 🚀 Fast, reliable, and deployed on the tech we're creating. 🤓 #aspire #opensource #free #polyglot @aspire.dev davidpine.net/blog/aspire-...

A redesigned UI for `aspire deploy` is shipping in Aspire 13! 🌟 Used Claude for UX brainstorming, Copilot for implementation, and got something that works great for both local dev and CI/CD. Read about the process: blog.safia.rocks/2025/10/27/a... #aspire @aspire.dev