Lex Li

Engineering manager, podcast producer, blogger, book author, and technology advocate. #ringUp

[Lex Li @lextm]

If you are doing anything about #XAML and wonder where the developer experience goes next, you might want to take a look at #DevFlow. #CLI and #AI are changing the landscape, and free you from closed tooling. #dotnet #csharp #maui #wpf #unoplatform #mewui

[Lex Li @lextm]

👀

[Damian Edwards @DamianEdwards]

New version of `dotnet-outdated` is out with support for C# file-based apps! Thx to @stuartblang for the quick turnaround ❤️
#dotnet

[Lex Li @lextm]

The space is crowded with key new players like MewUI, Jalium UI, and a GPU-first one from Wiesław. For long .NET dev had too few serious UI choices. Now we are seeing many: native controls, C# markup, NativeAOT, small deployment size, GPU-first rendering, and cross-platform.

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Initial work on theming support for my GPU-first UI framework and composition substrate for .NET, it uses similar to WinUI rendering api based on DrawingContext running on top of WebGPU.

[Lex Li @lextm]

Or we should re-define the management roles to really follow the trends.

[Peng Lyu @njukidreborn]

In current trends, we probably don’t need to be managers if technical and career mentorship is what we are mostly passionate about.

The system is self correcting, and there will be mistakes, but I’m personally positive.

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Having some fun implementing GPU-first UI infrastructure for .NET that includes renderer, scene graph, layout, virtualization, text, vector engine, retained rendering, compute acceleration, WebGPU backend, not 2D libraries dependencies fully rendered on GPU including text.

[Luke Parker @LukeParkerDev]

did you know the entire opencode team used to do C#?

much to think about

[Peng Lyu @njukidreborn]

I'm here to claim my contribution: merging my PM @pierceboggan 's PR to make this happen in @code

[Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 @migueldeicaza]

This is what we have been up to since last October:

[Lex Li @lextm]

@PaulMaddison121 @MattParkerDev https://t.co/0n6Ff27Qdx Jalium UI actually chose Razor syntax for code embedding

[Visual Studio Code @code]

We've just shipped a new @code release! 🚀

This week's highlights:
🤖 Share integrated browser tabs as context
📝 New Markdown preview experience
…and much more!

[David Fowler @davidfowl]

We shipped Aspire 13.3 today!

https://t.co/NSuQGxrLvw

- A new skill to aspirefy your existing application
- Now the agent can see your browser logs
- You can aspire deploy and any Kubernetes cluster (and aspire destroy)

#aspire @aspiredotdev

[Rick Strahl @RickStrahl]

Blogged: Using .NET Native AOT to build Windows WinAPI Dlls

Something I had missed with AOT: you can create native DLLs with it. Took it for a spin to create small, standard WinAPI style DLLs that can be called from legacy applications.

https://t.co/R6DCY2ybkn

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

@SkiaSharp v4 and @UnoPlatform day one support for powerful new API for mesh, particles and shaders rendering, this opens up new uncharted possibilities for .NET apps.

[Lex Li @lextm]

Debugger/profiler agents are going to crash bugs faster

[Visual Studio @VisualStudio]

VS Debugger Agent now runs a guided, runtime‑aware loop: analyzes the issue, sets smart breakpoints, watches your repro live, validates its hypothesis, and applies the fix when you approve. Less guessing, more verified fixes.
Blog: https://t.co/oB7teg9oOI

[Lex Li @lextm]

@RickStrahl There are at least one more cross platform WPF option coming https://t.co/4Vj5lWdHFI and if open sourced then you can consider it.

[Lex Li @lextm]

@wieslawsoltes Honestly, this is hard to ignore when privacy is supposed to be the baseline. As that's an EU company and compliance is the key to build trust, then they need to disclose this clearly and fix the gap ASAP. Silent defaults and unclear controls are exactly what undermine confidence

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Full audit https://t.co/r9CRLHiEx5

[Pierce Boggan @pierceboggan]

The @code team will see you at Build!

Especially excited for my session with @njukidreborn "What we learned shipping VS Code weekly" on observations + tips from how our team has changed with agent-first development!

[Wiesław Šoltés @wieslawsoltes]

Just released DevToolsUno - an in-app diagnostics package for Uno Platform applications. It attaches directly to your application, window, or root FrameworkElement and gives you a dedicated diagnostics surface for inspecting the live UI. https://t.co/jUbETZCgsg