Engineering the Scalable Vector Extension in .NET
by Kunal Pathak
posted on: October 10, 2024
Let's take an in-depth look at how the team implemented the Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) for .NET.
Implementing ASP.NET Core Automatic Span (Activity) Linking for Internal Redirects with Middleware on .NET 9
by Steve Gordon
posted on: October 08, 2024
Today, I’ll continue a current theme for my content based on my experiences implementing OpenTelemetry instrumentation in practice for .NET applications. In this post, I want to focus on a minor enhancement I recently added to a project that enables span links between request traces on ASP.NET Core during internal redirects. NOTE: This code relies […]
Replacing Exceptions-as-flow-control with the result pattern
by Andrew Lock
posted on: October 08, 2024
Working with the result pattern - Part 1
.NET 9 Release Candidate 2 is now available!
by .NET Team
posted on: October 08, 2024
Try out the latest features in .NET 9 Release Candidate 2 across the .NET SDK, libraries, runtime, ASP.NET Core, SignalR, .NET MAUI, and more!
Introducing Microsoft.Extensions.AI Preview – Unified AI Building Blocks for .NET
by Luis Quintanilla
posted on: October 08, 2024
We are excited to introduce the Microsoft.Extensions.AI package available in preview today. This new package provides a unified abstraction layer that enables you to integrate AI services into your .NET applications.
.NET and .NET Framework October 2024 servicing releases updates
by Tara,Rahul
posted on: October 08, 2024
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for October 2024.
Allow incoming ping requests on Windows machines
by Gérald Barré
posted on: October 07, 2024
Sometimes you need to allow ping requests for monitoring purposes. By default, it could be disabled on Windows machines. To enable it, you can use the following command:Shellcopynetsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Ping" protocol=icmpv4 dir=in action=allowDo you have a question or a sugg
An Efficient Dictionary for IPAddress Tracking using .NET 9 with AlternateLookup and IAlternateEqualityComparer
by Steve Gordon
posted on: October 02, 2024
In this post, I will introduce and demonstrate enhancements to collections in .NET 9 and C# 13 for low-allocation code paths. Specifically, I will demonstrate using a custom IAlternateEqualityComparer and the AlternateLookup on a Dictionary used for efficiently tracking IP address information, keyed on the bytes of IP addresses. My use case, the basis for […]
Major updates to NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders
by Andrew Lock
posted on: October 01, 2024
In this post I describe the recent major changes to NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders, a NuGet package for adding security headers to your apps.…
Announcing the stable release of the official OpenAI library for .NET
by .NET Team
posted on: October 01, 2024
Discover the stable release of the official OpenAI library for .NET, empowering developers to integrate cutting-edge AI models, including GPT-4o & o1, into their .NET applications.