My automatic Entity Framework ordering project now does automatic index creation for the defined order github.com/SimonCropp/E...

I added support for custom index names to EntityFramework.OrderBy github.com/SimonCropp/E...

EntityFramework.OrderBy: Applies default ordering to EntityFramework queries based on fluent configuration. This ensures consistent query results and prevents non-deterministic ordering issues. github.com/SimonCropp/E...

lets see how this goes: Remove the Nuget Gallery "share on twitter" feature github.com/NuGet/NuGetG...

Morph: A .NET library that converts Microsoft Word DOCX documents into PNG images. github.com/SimonCropp/M...

i released a new version of naiad with better state diagram rendering github.com/SimonCropp/N...

I've written a new blog post on AI. I reluctantly learnt some of the concepts and tooling in this space and highlight these for newcomers. I felt I had to investigate rather than hate. I also discuss the flaws of AI, the impact of AI and the future of AI blog.jonathanchannon.com/2025-12-23-i...

still early days. but here is my attempt to implement a mermaid diagram renderer in .net github.com/SimonCropp/N...

A long‑anticipated development update on Catel 7 is finally here. geertvanhorrik.com/2025/12/28/c...

I added a dotnet tool for my Sql Server to Mermaid diagram project github.com/SimonCropp/D...

Generate Mermaid ER diagrams from SQL Server databases or Entity Framework Core models: github.com/SimonCropp/D...

getting closer

Scratching my own itch over winter break: building an alternative UI for GitHub Notifications to improve issue + discussion triage. First must-have: comments sorted in reverse chronological order so the newest context is always immediately visible without weird scroll issues.

“Trump-class battleships?” 🤣🤣 Trump’s narcissism reaches new heights of comedy.

Holiday project. trying to build a .net lib to render docx to png. current status: left is from word, right is from my lib.

i build a word diff launcher to help me snapshot test docx files github.com/SimonCropp/M...

i updated my dell software. and in their continued enshitification, they have added a tray icon, with no hover, no right, left, or double click actions. i had to work out what it was by the icon

Ask us anything! The post is already up, so you can start asking questions now, we'll start answering tomorrow.

Kind of scary when you think about it: nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/g...

are my assumption on .net new AssemblyLoadContext behavior correct? github.com/nunit/nunit3...

IMO if it takes more than 2 weeks to approve a very basic single line docs change, then your process has problems github.com/MicrosoftDoc...

Do I know anyone who works at Stripe? Please do some performance metrics on your UI, it's slower than a snail taking the scenic route.

do i know any devs who work at Dell? if so can we have a chat about how many processes should be required just to control a monitors KVM

If you're using github.com/VerifyTests/..., e.g. to protect your library's public API, also check out plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/17240... created by Mathias Koch.

I released a stable of my little ProjectFiles source generator github.com/SimonCropp/P...

why is this not a CVE? >Sanitize logs to avoid leaking sensitive data >Updated logging to sanitize sensitive values, reducing the risk of inadvertently exposing secrets or PII in logs. ot it is and i just cant find it? github.com/AzureAD/azur...

well this is just plain wrong learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet... the Dispose(true)+Finalize should only be used if u have un-managed resources. i deem this a cargo cult analyzer

@simoncropp.bsky.social FYI: Updated Verify.Tool to net10.0 , updated dependencies, and dropped unsupported tfms

😩 www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

I am also getting nuget publishing errors. anyone else?

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

anyone want review my source generator? github.com/SimonCropp/P...

Do you know anyone at Microsoft UK that can help a non tech person setup a Entra/Office subscription for a new school? I'll put you in touch. Many thanks

Even if you are not into event driven systems, you should watch this talk by @noctovis.bsky.social Thank you, @oskardudycz.bsky.social for making me aware of this. #EventDriven #EventVersioning youtu.be/6TCbJtPnits

This talk is a must-watch for people in the Event-Driven space. I saw @noctovis.bsky.social giving it live at this year's DDDEU, and I truly believe that she nailed the versioning topic 👇🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TCb...

new FluentValidation release: drop netstandard2.0, netstandard2.1, .net 5, .net 6 and .net 7. Minimum supported platform is now .net 8. github.com/FluentValida...

What do people think of snapshot testing email device rendering via a cloud service? github.com/VerifyTests/...

I have used many variants of the "temp directory that is cleanup up on dispose" testing pattern over the years. I decided to finally bundle it in Verify github.com/VerifyTests/... I am particularly happy with the "open in explorer and pause execution" debugging feature github.com/VerifyTests/...

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

One more reason to keep all my house appliances as dumb as possible. Annoyingly, it's increasingly hard to get "not-smart" versions of everything. Why would I want my treadmill or washing machine to fail without an internet connection? It's more than enough trouble that they need electricity.

What should Rider 2026.1 fix? I'm asking for a bit of community upvoting to know what issues you're most eager to get in to Rider 2026.1, which we're in the process of planning. How else were you planning on spending a wet Friday afternoon? www.reddit.com/r/Jetbrains/...

🎉 Sponsorships are now live on NuGet.org! 🤝 Easily support your favorite package authors 💰 Maintainers: it’s easy to get visibility for funding needs 🌱 NuGet Community grows stronger together Read the blog post: aka.ms/nuget/sponso... #NuGet #dotnet #OpenSource

i have some bandwidth tomorrow. anyone want to get on a call and discuss * .net polyfills? * snapshot testing? * any topic related to any of my other projects?

I love this place. I feel so lucky to have a fully #remotework and can go for a walk to visit the castle and other amazing places nearby. No $$$ can make up for this. Photo by Roman Szymański, our local photographer.

Better support for snapshot testing of Expression trees github.com/VerifyTests/...

well this is a bizarre one github.com/dotnet/sdk/i...

It's Patch Tuesday and ASP.NET Core has a doozy, with a CVSS score of 9.9, our highest ever. Let's examine why. The bug enables http request smuggling, which on its own for ASP.NET Core would be nowhere near that high, but that's not how we rate things... * Thread- (1/7)

I think my data-binding library for creating Excel spreadsheets is almost ready for a 1.0 github.com/SimonCropp/E... Already using it in anger at work. Spreadsheet code that would have taken a few hours to build now takes a few minutes.

In my experience: if a feature is not documented, it may as well not exist. The corollary of this is: The cheapest way to create a feature is to add that documentation

Send me libraries that deal with network serialization 👀 We need to design a nice protocol to send/receive requests/responses/WebSocket events between processes in MSW. Looking for inspiration. Retweet appreciated!