Rafael Rivera

Forward engineer by day, reverse engineer by night. Le Cordon Bleu. Windows Dev MVP alum. My brain is protected by Beefbrain Shield Pro.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@bradtravelers Condolences to you, Joe, Martin, the whole gang.

[Brad Wright 🇨🇦 @bradtravelers]

Martin and his team were doing amazing work and I wish the world got to see it. I wish I got to see it, too.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@BaronDestructo Sorry man. Am speechless.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@dubeg_ Community effort. I volunteer heavily on it and a bunch of other Microsoft projects. I'd love for that to change into something official; the free work is catching up with me.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

We just added windows-reactor-setup, a crate that makes it easier for you to integrate with Reactor and lets you pick the deployment model. Feedback welcome. https://t.co/a3wDlditXJ

(We're still iterating on the self-contained footprint and overall developer ux.)

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

Reactor is a new experimental UI library for Rust targeting WinUI 3 to deliver native, efficient Windows experiences.

App::new().render(|_| text_block("Hello, Reactor world!").font_size(24.0))

No XAML needed.

https://t.co/XiVMIijU1K

[Joseph Mallozzi 🏴‍☠️ @BaronDestructo]

Sadly, it's true. Amazon has elected not to move forward with the new Stargate series.

There's not much I can add beyond confirming what's happened. But I will say this...

Creator Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show that offered a fresh jumping-on point for new viewers while deeply respecting existing canon. It was a series that avoided the pitfalls of several modern remakes and reboots by fully embracing the core of its predecessors: action, adventure, exploration, wonder, heart, humor, and found family. And based on that creative vision, the new Stargate series was greenlit in November of 2025.

As of today, officially, that original vision is no more. We'll never get the opportunity to introduce you to that world and those characters - or reintroduce you to, and check in with, some familiar faces from the past.

My heart breaks. For the incredibly talented writers who worked tirelessly to bring this show to life. For Martin who maintained an unwavering positive outlook throughout despite the challenges, and who always strove to make a show that would honor the fans while welcoming a new audiences. And for the long-suffering Stargate fandom who waited so long and came so close to getting a show they truly would have loved.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@bettersafetynet Signing has no bearing on Smart screen. Rough, I know.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@TrayhopeR @arukaihatsusha Oh you mean the declarative stuff? Not sure what the numbers look like for that to be honest. But there was definitely an appetite for "anything not XAML" 😂

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

Reactor is a new experimental UI library for Rust targeting WinUI 3 to deliver native, efficient Windows experiences.

App::new().render(|_| text_block("Hello, Reactor world!").font_size(24.0))

No XAML needed.

https://t.co/XiVMIijU1K

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@TrayhopeR @arukaihatsusha It remains the #1 issue in the WinUI repository.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@sundhaug92 @matvelloso @david_whitney It exists in many forms but the do-it-yourself tooling is still all over the map and it's absolutely miserable to get working properly. And then once it's up nothing really plugs into it.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@matvelloso @david_whitney (I don't disagree with either of you though in terms of resource allocation and focus.)

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@matvelloso @david_whitney I think there's a bit of chicken/egg problem here; by that I mean Microsoft, Azure, et al did such a miserable job making Windows containers available to all that demand plummeted as folks gave up. Makes me really sad; the tech is already inbox for windows devcontainers <sobs>.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@stevesi Dunno man, you set the bar high with the surface skateboard.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@AdamGell Going to guess somewhere around $4000-5000 per unit to cover the extra engineering here.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

All signs thus far indicating RTX Spark is just a slightly slower DGX Spark. Not necessarily a bad thing--could bring in better and long-term support for GB10.

One thing to keep an eye 👁️ on is NVFP4--it's supposed to make things great but in reality it's slow/broken.

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@tomwarren Xbox... themed coasters. cc: @bdsams who would be in for 12.

[Karan Dhillon @karand]

@WithinRafael Indeed. Correcting link for Patina repo (its not part of the Microsoft org): https://t.co/UAcEJl70o3

Also, on the 25th I will be moderating a Q&A session for Patina. Submit your questions: https://t.co/y90e9bzi29

[Rafael Rivera @WithinRafael]

@mkristensen Can you help with https://t.co/veGJcmpBW8? Visual Studio 2026 still not supported by on-prem Azure DevOps...

[Marc-André Moreau @awakecoding]

#PowerShell 7 is coming inbox with Windows Server vNext #PSConfEU