Significant docs improvement for github.com/SimonCropp/E... Docs now have screenshots for the resulting excel files based on various configuration Also version 0.2.0 now supports IAsyncEnumerable as a data source

Snapshot testing for Excel documents via ClosedXml github.com/VerifyTests/... This took me way longer than expected. Mostly in the area of forcing excel documents to produce repeatable deterministic binaries over multiple test runs.

what are peoples thoughts on this? github.com/SimonCropp/E... #dotnet

And yet another NPM supply chain attack hits. Details: socket.dev/blog/tinycol... Please #angular, #node, #js, #typescript, and other authors. Can we stop using `postinstall` scripts? Also, please #npm, can you disable all automatic scripting? And force 2nd factor auth, no exceptions anymore?

Two new extensions to Verify for helping with CSVs. Using Sep and CsvHelper github.com/VerifyTests/... github.com/VerifyTests/...

📦 Announcing NuSeal A library to protect your NuGet packages with custom licensing! NuSeal provides the infrastructure for creating and validating licenses. It validates the licenses during build time. #dotnet #csharp github.com/fiseni/NuSeal

📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else! www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

was there someone who build a type interception library using c# interceptors

Back on the market for a new job. 2025 is going well

been using udm=14 for a while! to my understanding, all it does is pre-select the "web" tab on search results, which, thankfully, is ai-free ^^. for now, anyway on firefox, this setting is at about:preferences#search. add a new search engine with the URL "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14"

disabling google AI overview www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyjZ...

new extension to Verify: github.com/VerifyTests/...

🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!

these kind of decisions, compounded over years, is one of the reasons the nuget codebase is overly complex github.com/NuGet/NuGet....

heads up Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1.0 has been unlisted "critical bugs". If u use it, IMO you should move back to 6.0.2 www.nuget.org/packages/Mic... here is the milestone if u want to get an idea of the problems github.com/dotnet/SqlCl...

well this is not good

can anyone do better than 22 dotnets installed?

does anyone actually use the using statements at the top of a class to determine what APIs a class is consuming? #csharp

Blogged: Verify.Cli - A new command-line tool for performing snapshot testing directly on a file without needing a unit test. david.gardiner.net.au/2025/07/veri... Built using @simoncropp.bsky.social 's Verify library. #dotnet #Testing #SnapshotTesting #VerifyTests

Finally here: Microsoft .Data.SqlClient 6.1! - huge perf improvements to async blob read - new Vector data type support - other perf and bug fixes #dotnet #sqlserver github.com/dotnet/SqlCl...

and for people using Verify with MSTest. there is a beta out that supports V4 www.nuget.org/packages/Ver...

@youssef1313.bsky.social just released a new preview version of #MSTest v4 and #MTP v2! If you haven’t tried it yet, now is the perfect time to explore what’s coming and share your feedback. Try it out and let us know what you think: github.com/microsoft/te... #dotnet #mstest #microsoft #testing

Testing complex data with Verify - Lars Furu Kjelsaas - NDC Oslo 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=plBm...

Blogged: Snapshot testing in .NET with Verify david.gardiner.net.au/2025/07/verify #dotnet #UnitTesting #SnapshotTesting

NuGet Package Deletion – Learnings & Prevention #dotnet #nuget github.com/NuGet/Home/d...

I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg

Now on Nuget, a Verify image comparer that uses ssimulacra2! github.com/Yellow-Dog-M...

new community extension to Verify that produces the memory structure for types github.com/Yellow-Dog-M... #dotnet

seems it is not implemented yet github.com/dotnet/cshar...

can anyone get c#14 extension constructors to work? learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet... for that sample i get "Method must have a return type"

Hey Microsoft... Why bother letting me choose a default browser in Windows... If you're just going to continuously try to ignore it when opening links in Teams, Visual Studio, etc? I shouldn't have to change anything to use the default - that's what default means!

or if anyone runs a podcast and wants to do an episode?

looks like i will have some free time tomorrow. anyone need help with any of the projects i contribute to, snapshot testing, .net polyfills, web perf improvements via Delta, etc?

Does anyone know of companies in that develops software 1) In London, 2) In C# and .NET and 3) With Continuous Deployment #ContinuousDeployment Asking again because I don't think they exist at all. Good practices aren't just rare, they're an endangered species.

I was redoing my blog, yet again, so I threw together a blog post to test it out talking about the Mdazor project I was working on. It's kinda like MDX but with Markdig and Blazor. thirty25.blog/blog/2025/07...

LOL github.com/NuGet/Home/d... github.com/AzureAD/micr...

would anyone consuming aspire find value in better support for snapshot testing via Verify?

FYI for #canberra peeps. if anyone wants to get into a GP quickly. bridging.health opened a few months ago in turner and is taking new patients. also does house calls south side

IMO Dells monitor management software is over-engineered 16 processes? Really

I just published a blog post about the OpenCLI initiative. I think it's time we had a way to standardize CLI automation! Feedback, suggestions, and thoughts are more than welcome. patriksvensson.se/posts/2025/0...

New version of WinDebloat. Removes copilot from Explorer and Notepad github.com/SimonCropp/W...

It's been a ton of work getting here but today I'm excited to announce the official commercial launch of AutoMapper and MediatR! More details here: www.jimmybogard.com/automapper-a... WHEW

Please help the community contributor who fixed slow async processing with large data in the SqlClient driver - just add this to your SQL data access library: <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient" Version="6.1.0-preview2.25178.5" />

how do i remove copilot and teams from the share dialog in windows?

Happy to be be able to contribute to the preview release of Microsoft .Data.SqlClient 6.1 - please help by trying it out before 6.1 arrives. NOTE: Some use cases have seen 50% perf improvement! #dotnet #sqlserver

168.3 million downloads. 3 years of paid licensing. I still need a day job. Companies are building products on top of ImageSharp and can’t be bothered to pay. This is what it’s like building OSS in .NET. #dotnet

The final preview of the 6.1 release of Microsoft .Data.SqlClient - the modern .NET driver for SQL Server/Azure SQL is now available. Please help the team - try it out. - Support the new Vector datatype (2025/Azure) - Again .NET Standard 2.0 support (my bad 😔 ) #sqlserver #dotnet

New version of WinDebloat released. Fixes some problems duplicate matches for teams and copilot Also disabled "Make me the default browser" for chrome and edge github.com/SimonCropp/W...

does anyone know if this behavior in c#14 extension methods is a bug or by design github.com/dotnet/rosly...

Directory.Build.props and Directory.Build.targets are invaluable tools for .NET developers. They let you centralize build settings and output paths across all projects, reducing clutter and config headaches. #dotnet #csharp