🎼 Let it go... Let it go! 🎶 The recent price hike by Disney+ has been too much. Especially with the increase of USD $50 / annum. That would be double the price since I subscribed to their Premium offer. Nope, not this time. So long, and Thanks for all the fish.

🍌With the announcement of Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) being GA comes a new release of the Gemini SDK for .NET! 🍌 Get some fruity fun over at github.com/mscraftsman/... and have fun generating fresh images programmatically in C#. Just in time for #DevFest2025 season!

By one day offset and five years of being a GDE for Google Cloud (Serverless) I have been awarded as GDE for AI. It's a rewarding experience after more than two years of playing with preview versions, providing feedback, speaking about, and demo'ing Google's AI products and services. Thanks!

That is incredible. Especially the parts when she talks both at the same time. 🤯

Join us for .NET Days Online 2025 (Oct 8–9) — two half-days of practical .NET talks + live Q&A across C#, testing/tooling workflows, cloud & containers, and game dev. Free & online, with recordings afterward. Grab a seat: hubs.li/Q03LjLv90 via: @jetbrains.com

Here, take my card... reverentgeek.com/here-take-my...

Been digging into AI coding agents lately — so I built my own. CodePunk: an early preview of an AI coding assistant written in C# .NET. It can already read/write files, show diffs, and more. Cross-platform + installable as a .NET tool. github.com/neil-gilbert... Feedback welcome !!

Ever wanted to work on open source full-time? Come join me at the @openhomefoundation.org; we’ve got 5 new roles on @home-assistant.io. 👩‍💼 Program Manager 🐍 Python Engineers ✍️ Technical Writers 🌍 Remote. Open source, every day. Links in replies 👇 #HomeAssistant #OpenSource #SmartHome #Hiring #Jobs

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

I was there, Gandalf! 3,000 years ago... It was such a refreshing experience compared to the sites of Lycos, Altavista, Yahoo, AOL and CompuServe.

Programmers' Day at ALCHE #Mauritius kicked off earlier. Kind of slow start which might be thanks to road traffic though. However, it was great to talk about MSCC and GDG Mauritius. Regular meetings, DevCon, DevFest and the Google programs GDG on Campus, WTM and GDE.

Of course, I started to use Copilot CLI against the repository of Gemini SDK for .NET, and I have to admit that the initial analysis of the project made by Copilot is quite good and comprehensive... Get started: github.com/github/copil... Going to compared it to Gemini CLI. Agent battles ahead!

Dear fellow developers and IT people, may I ask you for a quick favour? The Gemini SDK for .NET is looking for some TLC... github.com/mscraftsman/... Don't just reply with a thumbs up / heart / boost. Go to GitHub and give me a star (please).

Updated versions of Gemini 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Flash-Lite have been released together with new Preview models. Use them easily in you .NET applications with the Gemini SDK for .NET: github.com/mscraftsman/... developers.googleblog.com/en/continuin...

🤦Dooh! Response status code does not indicate success: 400 (A nuget package's ReleaseNotes property may not be more than 35000 characters long.). Had to split my CHANGELOG. Now, there's a version-specific RELEASE_NOTES files used for the NuGet package.

What kind of thought process was behind this? The API returns multiple "maps" elements as part of the "groundingChunks" but not using an array? That's a new and breaking change to all existing implementation. @developers.google.com cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/ge...

Want a faster Gemini CLI that's smarter with your quota? We're rolling out an experimental Intelligent Model Routing feature. It saves you time and quota by sending simple queries to Flash & complex ones to Pro. How to try it: 🧵 #GeminiCLI #OSS #AI #Gemini

Help me make Broken Relic! a fantasy point 'n click adventure full of magic seals, arcane books, and silly jokes. #pointandclick #adventuregame #indiegames #pointandclick #pixelart

Are you part of an open source project that built FAST using GitHub tools? Post a 2min video sharing your story with #ZeroToMergedContest by September 19 and submit it here: gh.io/zerotomerged You might just be able to take the stage at #GitHubUniverse 👀

After spending close to a decade fighting viral hoaxes, Meta is letting them flourish in the US — and even paying people to produce them. A longtime FB hoaxster confirmed he's been monetized and is earning payouts from Meta. My free to read report:

After more reading and consultation with my crystal ball, I managed to add image editing and upscale in Gemini API for Vertex AI. The docs are really a mythical forest to explore and conquer. New release v2.8.9 of Mscc.GenerativeAI is out! mscraftsman.github.io/generative-ai/

Ouf! "code": 400, "message": "Image editing failed with the following error: The scaling factor 'X4' is not supported yet." Imagen 4, Gemini API, Vertex AI

Is there an issue with Gemini API? I'm project Owner. "code": 403, "message": "Caller does not have required permission to use project x-x-x. Grant the caller the roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageConsumer role, or a custom role with the serviceusage.services.use permission

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Amstrad CPC Emulator added to the collection - run Amstrad software right in your web browser :) amstrad.retrogamecoders.com

Anyone using the GitHub MCP server and running into the following issue? Connection state: Error Error sending message to api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/: TypeError: fetch failed Tried three tools and all cannot connect to the URL.

At a #microsoft campus cafe, just recently. Mads Torgersen and Klaus Löffelmann talk Sharp & Unfiltered. Not what you expect. Definitely worth watching. Pilot Episode coming later this month to youtube.com/@MicrosoftDe... #sharpandunfiltered - Spread the word!

My colleague @brendt.bsky.social (talented developer, lovely person) has written a wonderful little book about what he's learned along the way as a programmer. things-i-wish-i-knew.com

Hey Gemini CLI The session has reached the maximum number of turns: 50. Please update this limit in your setting.json file

First time tried to use a tripod and shoot the lunar eclipse with astrophotography mode. #LunarEclipse #mauritius #TeamPixel

Touchdown Mauritius 😎 Home, sweet home.

Touchdown Johannesburg ✌️ Short layover until next trip back home...

Welcome to #GoogleCloudRoadshow2025! Allela Eunice is opening today's hands-on workshops for the crowd. Lots of laptops are already open and ready to code. ✌️

Hello lovely Capetownians, howzit? Lovely weather conditions for the #GoogleCloudRoadshow2025 event here at the CTICC venue. 😎

Touchdown Cape Town! ✌️

Great venue, fantastic crowd, and an amazing experience at the #Escconf2025 Met a couple of friends and lots of new people. Also, I already did my talk about an AI-assisted application to avoid medication errors. 🤘

Big day has arrived, here in Johannesburg. Stage for the #GoogleCloudRoadshow2025 is ready. This is going to be fun 🤘👍

Ready for #GoogleCloudRoadshow2025! Johannesburg, here I come 🤘

Ahh, the joy of open source.✌️ Someone forks your repo, adds quite some nice changes and additions to the fork but... Doesn't create any PR to stream it back to the original code base. 😔 Wondering why? 🤔

🍌 You might have seen the fancy new Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (preview) generating model and some of the pictures created. Here's the text and image composition using the Gemini SDK for .NET and the provided example from the documentation. It works. Now. For your .NET code.

🍌 Latest Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Preview) a.k.a nano-banana is available in @googleaistudio and the Gemini API. Of course accessible via the SDKs including the Gemini SDK for .NET v2.8.2 or higher mscraftsman.github.io/generative-ai/ Check it out and let the bananas dance! #gde #mvpbuzz

Finally, we managed to go to the showroom in Quatre Bornes and asked for an upgrade. 🤘 Same price... 🤩

🔥 We’re hiring for a Senior Developer Advocate for Python at @tuxcare.bsky.social. Slide into my DM’s! #DevRel

Tonight's "vibe coding" session with Gemini CLI. Issue #40: Can support custom httpproxy? In Gemini SDK for .NET, let's see how this works out while watching the #MadeByGoogle replay.

Although I already knew about Dotfx as a generator for documentation of .NET projects it was only today that I added it to one of my GitHub repositories. Welcome mscraftsman.github.io/generative-ai/ Over time, this is going to provide more detailed information about the Gemini SDK for .NET

I’m looking for my next challenge in some intersection of open source, community, and developer advocacy! I am passionate about helping others and doing good with technology, in particular—thus I’m especially interested in working with a non-profit or strongly value-aligned organization. I’ve […]

Hmm, let me think... First one, was a 500. Friend got a 2000. And I still own a 600 and a 1000. 🤔

Sweet! And I posted about that recently. The UrlContext tool is already available in the Gemini SDK for NET. Get the NuGet package and give it a try. www.nuget.org/packages/Msc... #gde #mvpbuzz

Hmm, tonight's "half vibe coding" session. HTTP 201 Created Activity Draft Posted Successfully! Looking good... #gde #mvpbuzz

Did you already try out the UrlContext tool in Gemini API? No need to download and re-upload content anymore, e.g. YouTube video or anything else online. Use the tool and specify the URL in your prompt. That's it. Works in .NET using www.nuget.org/packages/Msc... #gde #mvpbuzz