Brandon Minnick
@codetraveler.io
π€ 1779
π₯ 170
π 88
.NET Developer | .NET MAUI Developer | Developer Advocate @AWS | Formerly @Microsoft + @XamarinHQ
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π Asynchronous Programming in C# π I'm excited to announce my new course on async/await! β Compiler Generated Code β Creating Async from Scratch β ConfigureAwait, IAsyncEnumerable, ValueTask β ThreadStatic, ExecutionContext, SynchronizationContext β ...and more!
dometrain.com/course/from-...
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From Zero to Hero: Asynchronous Programming in C#
Learn how to master asynchronous programming with async await in C#
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-asynchronous-programming-in-csharp/
9 months ago
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NDC Conferences
18 days ago
Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? Join
@codetraveler.io
"Become an Expert with Async/Await in C#" at
#NDCLondon
!
#Earlybird
offer ends Friday, 3 October!
ndclondon.com/workshops/be...
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Become an Expert with Async/Await in C# | NDC London 2026
Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? And that .NET adds a try/catch block to our code, potentially hiding thrown exceptions? It's true!
https://ndclondon.com/workshops/become-an-expert-with-async-await-in-csharp/8ff13d1e954b
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π¨ .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup π¨ We are live!! Come join us and chat about what we're working on next!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEm...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, October 2025
YouTube video by .NET Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEmLzBJ4fs
18 days ago
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Alvin Ashcraft
21 days ago
Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Playβs 16 KB Page Size Requirement | by Gerald Versluis
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#dotnetmaui
#dotnet
#android
#googleplay
#xaml
#csharp
#mobiledev
#appdev
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Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play's 16 KB Page Size Requirement - .NET Blog
Learn about the upcoming 16 KB page size requirement for Google Play and how to ensure your .NET MAUI apps are ready for the November 2025 deadline.
https://ift.tt/Ts2afNB
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ardalis (Steve Smith)
3 months ago
This is a good marketing hook / piece of copy:
#AI
#kiro
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π Hey Q! Make Me A Cool Web App π What if I told you I didn't write any code for this app? That's right - it was built by providing prompts to the Amazon Q Developer CLI! Check out this blog post to learn how to use it to make awesome web apps for you: π
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James Eastham
3 months ago
Building serverless apps with .NET? Want to quickly provision resources locally for testing? Discover how the streamline your development workflow with .NET Aspire, LocalStack and the AWS CDK And you can even deploy all of that, to LocalStack running on your machine.
#aws
#serverless
#dotnet
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Carl Franklin
4 months ago
See all the AI tools available for .NET devs
tinyurl.com/dotnetaidev
in 4-hours on July 7.
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Chris D
4 months ago
What is everyone using for time tracking and invoicing nowadays? I remember Harvest was big. Preferably a free service.
#DeveloperCommunity
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Norm Johanson
4 months ago
Great video by
@jameseastham.co.uk
showing off our AWS Lambda support for .NET Aspire. Making it easy to local develop and debug your .NET Lambda functions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9w...
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Simplify your local AWS Lambda development with .NET Aspire
YouTube video by James Eastham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9w_EKZQU0
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Aaron Powell (@slace)
4 months ago
Oooooo,
@microsoftlearn.bsky.social
have released an MCP server for MS Docs -
github.com/MicrosoftDoc...
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GitHub - MicrosoftDocs/mcp
Contribute to MicrosoftDocs/mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/mcp
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Ashley Willis-McNamara
5 months ago
β¨ Iβve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to
@renderatl.com
and Iβd love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go. If youβre from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!
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Chris D
5 months ago
Available for hire as a Senior Developer Advocate (contract/fractional). Iβve built global dev communities from the ground up. I write, speak, and create video content that resonates. Need help launching your product, growing adoption, or building community that doesnβt feel forced? Letβs talk.
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Avalonia UI
5 months ago
Help us decide how to release and license our new Visual Studio extension. Your feedback will be instrumental in deciding on a path forward.
github.com/AvaloniaUI/A...
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Seeking Feedback: Licensing Plan for New Avalonia VS Extension Β· AvaloniaUI Avalonia Β· Discussion #18878
Over the past year, our team has poured considerable effort into Avalonia Accelerate, and part of this work has been to create a new Visual Studio extension packed with new features. You can read a...
https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia/discussions/18878
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Dylan Beattie
5 months ago
ββββββ Fantastic job! When I saw the course was over 9 hours, I wondered what you would talk about for that long. Now it feels like 18 hours got packed into a 9 hour course. I didn't realize how much I didn't know about email. Thanks for putting this together.β
dometrain.com/course/from-...
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From Zero to Hero: Sending Email with .NET
Learn everything you need to know to send production-grade emails in .NET
https://dometrain.com/course/from-zero-to-hero-sending-email-with-dotnet/?ref=dylan-beattie&promo=bluesky&coupon_code=BIRTHDAY2
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Alvin Ashcraft
5 months ago
Now Generally Available: Apple identity provider support for Microsoft Entra External ID.
buff.ly/QWAFAPu
#identity
#msentra
#entraid
#entraexternalid
#auth
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Now Generally Available: Apple identity provider support for Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Entra Identity Platform
I'm excited to announce that "Sign in with Apple" is now generally available for external tenants in Entra External ID. The feature has been in public preview since February, and many customers haveβ¦
https://buff.ly/QWAFAPu
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James Newton-King β
5 months ago
Aspire 9.3 new dashboard features, day 2: The resource page now remembers your filters. You can filter resources by type, state, or health β and your selections will persist when you return to the page π§
#dotnet
#aspire
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Cecil Phillip π¦π¬
6 months ago
For @dotnet our folks, we've published a preview release of our Stripe.Extensions packages for .NET. Try them out and let us know what you think.
github.com/cecilphillip...
#stripe
#dotnet
#aspnetcore
#stripeSessions
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GitHub - cecilphillip/stripe-dotnet-extensions: Helper extensions for integrating Stripe .NET with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, and ASP.NET Core applications
Helper extensions for integrating Stripe .NET with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection, and ASP.NET Core applications - cecilphillip/stripe-dotnet-extensions
https://github.com/cecilphillip/stripe-dotnet-extensions/
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NDC Conferences
6 months ago
Copilots are everywhere these days, and rightfully so! These tools are incredible at getting things done. Don't miss
@noctovis.bsky.social
"Keynote: CTRL+SHIFT+(BUILD) PAUSE" at
#NDCOslo
!
ndcoslo.com/agenda/keyno...
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Keynote: CTRL+SHIFT+(BUILD) PAUSE | NDC Oslo 2025
Copilots are everywhere these days, and⦠rightfully so! Let's face it: these tools are incredible at getting things done. They have the potential to turn any one of us into a 20x developer. Need a new...
https://ndcoslo.com/agenda/keynote-ctrl-shift-build-pause/7afc8e95b18d
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Alvin Ashcraft
6 months ago
TechBash 2025 Keynotes Announced - Don't miss Kevin Griffin and Nicole TIbaldi at the Kalahari Resort in November.
buff.ly/KCTwFKu
#developers
#devconf
#nepa
#poconos
#techbash
#dotnet
#softwaredev
#techevent
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Announcing the TechBash 2025 Keynote Speakers!
Announcing the TechBash 2025 Keynote Speakers!
https://buff.ly/KCTwFKu
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James Eastham
6 months ago
If you're using AWS Lambda Cloudwatch logs are now up to 10x cheaper, great announcement ππ
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Anders Schau Knatten
6 months ago
NDC TechTown CFP closes in a few days, get your submission in now! We're especially looking for stuff like Rust, C, C++, embedded, OS, sensors, testing, security and product development.
ndctechtown.com
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NDC TechTown 2025 | Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming
NDC TechTown 22-25 September 2025. Software Conference for Embedded and Systems Programming. NDC TechTown 2025 is a 4 day event in Kongsberg, Norway.
https://ndctechtown.com
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Eric Johnson
6 months ago
Hey Kansas City AWS UG (
@awskc.bsky.social
), I'm bringing
#Serverless
and
#GenAI
to your UG on Wed May 14! For more info ->
www.meetup.com/awskcug/even...
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Taking GenAI from Paper to Production with Serverless, Wed, May 14, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup
Start your journey into the world of Serverless and GenAI with this foundational session. Through a real-world application example, discover why serverless is the ideal arc
https://www.meetup.com/awskcug/events/306790014/
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Alvin Ashcraft
6 months ago
Packaging and Publishing a .NET MAUI Library with GitHub Actions.
buff.ly/n2fZbwQ
#dotnetmaui
#dotnet
#csharp
#githubactions
#devops
#xaml
#mobiledev
#appdev
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Packaging and Publishing a .NET MAUI Library with GitHub Actions - .NET Blog
In this post, learn how to setup a DevOps pipeline to build and publish a .NET MAUI library with GitHub Actions.
https://buff.ly/n2fZbwQ
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Dan Clarke
6 months ago
I'm excited to announce that my 4th
#Dometrain
course has just gone live! π₯³ This is on the amazing
#dotnet
Aspire!! It covers everything you need to know and includes all the latest 9.2 goodness! It's the last day of the birthday sale! Get 40% off with this link...
dometrain.com/course/getti...
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π¨ LIVE: .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup π¨ Come join us for this month's MAUI Community Toolkit Standup!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vila...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, May 2025
YouTube video by .NET Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VilahXIM1nw
6 months ago
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Mind. Blown. π€―
@david.wengier.com
@ndcconferences.com
#NDCMelbourne
6 months ago
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π AWS SDK v4 Released π β Performance Improvements β BedrockRuntime Updates β CloudFront Updates β Dynamo DB Updates β ...and more!
aws.amazon.com/blogs/develo...
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General Availability of AWS SDK for .NET V4.0 | Amazon Web Services
Version 4.0 of the AWS SDK for .NET has been released for general availability (GA). V4 has been in development for a little over a year in our SDKβs public GitHub repository with 13 previews being re...
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/general-availability-of-aws-sdk-for-net-v4-0/?trk=26a307dd-f6c6-4133-a99f-0388d1304aef&sc_channel=el
6 months ago
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Norm Johanson
6 months ago
V4 of the AWS SDK for .NET is GA today! It is an evolutionary major version bump with significant performance improvements.
aws.amazon.com/blogs/develo...
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General Availability of AWS SDK for .NET V4.0 | Amazon Web Services
Version 4.0 of the AWS SDK for .NET has been released for general availability (GA). V4 has been in development for a little over a year in our SDKβs public GitHub repository with 13 previews being re...
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/general-availability-of-aws-sdk-for-net-v4-0/
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You can find courses Iβve published on DomeTrain! Go grab that discount π π―
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6 months ago
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You can find courses Iβve published on DomeTrain! Go grab that discount π π―
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6 months ago
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Ashley Willis-McNamara
6 months ago
I did it. I blogged again! This time, I wrote about what Developer Advocacy looks like in 2025.
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Ashley Willis β ashley.dev
Developer advocate, open source champion, and maker of things.
https://ashley.dev/posts/what-is-developer-advocacy/
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bdougie
6 months ago
Do I know anyone that wants to work on contract 1 day per week to manage discord and reddit communities for an AI startup?
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Barret Blake
6 months ago
Hire Chris. Do it!
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Come see me at KCDC! π
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6 months ago
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Running MCP-Based Agents (Clients & Servers) on AWS
Learn from Java code examples how to run Model Context Protocol (MCP) clients & servers on AWS, using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon ECS.
https://community.aws/content/2v8AETAkyvPp9RVKC4YChncaEbs/running-mcp-based-agents-clients-servers-on-aws?trk=26a307dd-f6c6-4133-a99f-0388d1304aef&sc_channel=el
6 months ago
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Norm Johanson
6 months ago
To see AWS Lambda and .NET Aspire in action together here is the recording of my appearance on the AWS Twitch channel diving deep into our support.
www.twitch.tv/videos/24275...
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AWS Lambda and .NET Aspire | Serverless Office Hours - aws on Twitch
aws went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Talk Shows & Podcasts VOD now.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2427524327
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Gerald Versluis
7 months ago
The audio plugin for .NET MAUI just got better, a lot better! I have just released v4 in preview which adds reading the incoming audio as a streaming. This allows you to process it in real-time! Lots of possibilities with this new functionality. Try it out and let us know how it goes!
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Release v4.0.0 Preview 1: Streaming audio is here Β· jfversluis/Plugin.Maui.Audio
With this release you can now access the audio stream directly while recording. Use the new AudioStreamer for this. This allows you to process the audio directly as it comes in π€― Big shout out to @...
https://github.com/jfversluis/Plugin.Maui.Audio/releases/tag/v4.0.0-preview1
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WE ARE LIVE!! Come join us for this month's MAUI Community Toolkit standup!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk--...
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.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, April 2025
YouTube video by .NET Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk---NyedNU
7 months ago
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James Montemagno
7 months ago
Setup
#MCP
Servers in
#vscode
and
#githubcopilot
in seconds per project! So easy to do!
#dotnet
#visualstudiocode
#copilot
#mcpservers
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π And here's the direct link to the code
github.com/TheCodeTrave...
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GitHub - TheCodeTraveler/Bedrock-MEAI-Sample: A sample application demonstrating AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI
A sample application demonstrating AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI - TheCodeTraveler/Bedrock-MEAI-Sample
https://github.com/TheCodeTraveler/Bedrock-MEAI-Sample
7 months ago
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π Introducing AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI π If you haven't yet heard of Microsoft's new AI Extensions for .NET developers, you're missing out! It makes adding GenAI functionality to our apps INCREDIBLE simple π― π Check it out!
community.aws/content/2upK...
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Introducing AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI
The easiest way to implement GenAI into our .NET apps
https://community.aws/content/2upKEZ2ZAWHI1REr9pQGoLH4aGb/introducing-awssdk-extensions-bedrock-meai
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π Introducing AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI π If you haven't yet heard of Microsoft's new AI Extensions for .NET developers, you're missing out! It makes adding GenAI functionality to our apps INCREDIBLE simple π― π Check it out!
community.aws/content/2upK...
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Introducing AWSSDK.Extensions.Bedrock.MEAI
The easiest way to implement GenAI into our .NET apps
https://community.aws/content/2upKEZ2ZAWHI1REr9pQGoLH4aGb/introducing-awssdk-extensions-bedrock-meai
7 months ago
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Aaron Powell (@slace)
8 months ago
It's here, the .NET Aspire Community Toolkit supports Aspire 9.1 -
github.com/CommunityToo...
Thanks to all the contributors, including 8 first time contributors π
#dotnet
#aspire
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Release v9.2.0 Β· CommunityToolkit/Aspire
This is the Aspire Community Toolkit release for Aspire 9.1. Highlight features: New integrations: SQLite (hosting and client) Dapr (migrated from the Aspire team) DbGate across MongoDB, Postgres...
https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire/releases/tag/v9.2.0
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maddy montaquila
7 months ago
@nickchapsas.com
let me yap at him for 90 mins about all the things and it was super fun. spoiler alert - maui is doing just fine without me and is prob in less trouble now π
youtu.be/yil7UVeOx4Q?...
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MAUI Lead Leaves to Work on .NET Aspire
YouTube video by Nick Chapsas
https://youtu.be/yil7UVeOx4Q?si=7z9cFC9wbuAsg4Og
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Tony Edwards
7 months ago
#MAUIDay
was awesome. Mainly because of the great talks from
@davidortinau.com
,
@sharpnado.com
,
@mrlacey.bsky.social
,
@rogiervanderhee.bsky.social
,
@nmackay.bsky.social
,
@mallibone.com
, and Guy Barker! Find the deets of the day on the blog.
tonyedwardspz.co.uk/blog/MAUI-da...
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MAUI Day UK 2025
They say to never meet your heroes.
https://tonyedwardspz.co.uk/blog/MAUI-day-uk-2025/
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James Eastham
7 months ago
I for one am incredibly excited for this! If you're in the Manchester (or wider area) I'd love to see you there tonight.
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Part 2
aws.amazon.com/blogs/develo...
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Building and Debugging .NET Lambda applications with .NET Aspire (Part 2) | Amazon Web Services
In Part 1 of our blog posts for .NET Aspire and AWS Lambda, we showed you how .NET Aspire can be used for running and debugging .NET Lambda functions. In this part, Part 2, weβll show you how to take ...
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/building-lambda-with-aspire-part-2/
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Building and Debugging .NET Lambda applications with .NET Aspire (Part 1) | Amazon Web Services
In a recent post we gave some background on .NET Aspire and introduced our AWS integrations with .NET Aspire that integrate AWS into the .NET dev inner loop for building applications. The integrations...
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/building-lambda-with-aspire-part-1/
8 months ago
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Kevin Griffin
8 months ago
Can AWS tell you "which" lambda function contributed to a higher than average bill? I've been searching and can't find anything.
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