Software's Flat-Pack Era Software used to be a craft you earned over years. Now it comes flat-pack, and the people who can still tell good work from garbage are the ones aging out. https://ston.is/blog/development/flat-pack-era/

KumikoUI Updates - Action Buttons, Per-Column Edit Triggers, and Custom Fonts A look at the three features that shipped this past week, covering interactive action buttons, per-column edit triggers, and a new font registrar. ston.is/blog/maui/ku...

.NET MAUI bindings in .NET 11 Preview 2: ~30% faster, 50% less memory for TypedBinding and SourceGeneratedBinding. Delegate caching + removing unnecessary type conversions. github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/11.0/preview/preview2/dotnetmaui.md

MintedTextEditor - A Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUI Introducing MintedTextEditor, a fully canvas-drawn rich text editor for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for formatting, images, tables, HTML import/export, and theming. https://ston.is/blog/maui/minted-text-editor/

If you're still using a WebView to show PDFs in your .NET MAUI app... I have good news 😄 I found a free PDF viewer that's native, fast, and way less painful. Made by @stonis.bsky.social! Check it out 👇 youtu.be/Kmt0wpJIB9k

KumikoUI - A Free, Open-Source DataGrid for MAUI Introducing KumikoUI, a fully canvas-drawn, open-source DataGrid for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, editing, and much more https://ston.is/blog/maui/kumiko-ui/

GitHub Copilot in VS Code - Quick Wins for Getting Started Practical tips for getting real value out of GitHub Copilot in VS Code without overcomplicating it https://ston.is/blog/development/copilot-quick-wins/

VConSharp - Virtual Conversations for .NET Introducing VConSharp, a .NET library for creating and managing vCons (virtual conversations) with support for signing, analysis, and cross-platform communication https://ston.is/blog/dotnet/vconsharp/

XAML in 2026: Time to Move On A look at why XAML may not be the right choice for .NET MAUI development in 2026 and what alternatives exist https://ston.is/blog/maui/xaml-in-2026/

TychoDB - A Simple Document Database for .NET TychoDB - A lightweight JSON document database that brings CosmosDB-like APIs to mobile and desktop .NET applications using SQLite https://ston.is/blog/dotnet/tychodb/

.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting https://ston.is/blog/dotnet/dotnet-hidden-gems-system-threading-ratelimiting/

What are the chances that a dog could read a clock? Our old dog looks at the wall clock, and I am pretty sure she knows what 2:30 looks like.

Oooh what is this 👀 @davidortinau.com announcing some new AI thing for .NET MAUI????? Making it super easy to work with the on-device native AI capabilities!

MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI https://ston.is/blog/maui/native-pdf-viewer/

Something weird just happened with my GitHub Copilot using Claude 3.7. All of my responses have turned into interesting and somewhat suspicious-looking nonsense.

I will be out at #msbuild this week. I will be proctoring the "Hands on with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio" sessions. Come and say howdy, if you see me.

I spent a bit of time updating some of my #dotnet #dotnet_maui libraries with new documentation and features.

Componentizer4k - In-Page Navigation for .NET MAUI