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Calvin A. Allen
@codingwithcalvin.net
Architect / Agentic Systems Designer at Centric Consulting.

Ex-New Relic
Ex-Microsoft MVP

Building @dtvem.io
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We managed *48* posts this year (out of 50), for a 96% successful posting rate!

@trailheadtech.bsky.social definitely led us in “most community posts per company” (is that a metric?…yeah it is now)
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Thanks for a fantastic 2025 C# Advent!

See you next year!

#csadvent #csharp #dotnet
December 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I really wish I could get this nuget account fixed. I’m waiting to publish a custom SDK _AND_ an Otel library
December 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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#CSAdvent post 2 for December 25, 2025!

"String Interning" by @flash0ver.bsky.social

github.com/Flash0ver/do...

#dotnet #csharp
github.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#CSAdvent post 1 for December 25, 2025!

"Creating Your Own MSBuild SDK - It's Easier Than You Think!" by @codingwithcalvin.net

codingwithcalvin.net/creating-you...

#dotnet #csharp
Creating Your Own MSBuild SDK - It's Easier Than You Think!
An MSBuild SDK is basically a NuGet package that automatically imports .props and .targets files into your project. That's it. That's the whole thing.
codingwithcalvin.net
December 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Getting a @nuget.org account fixed is a pita…
December 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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#CSAdvent post 2 for December 24, 2025!

"Mastering Deployment: An Easy Guide About Modern Docker Workflow for Depoying .NET 10 application" by Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri (www.linkedin.com/in/naga-sant...)

www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/mast...

#dotnet #csharp
Mastering Deployment: An Easy Guide About Modern Docker Workflow for Depoying .NET 10 application
Master .NET 10 deployment with Docker! This guide simplifies containerization, ensuring consistent performance across all environments. Learn to build production-ready images.
www.c-sharpcorner.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#CSAdvent post 1 for December 24, 2025!

"Evolving Intelligence: Evolutionary Algorithms and Neural Networks in C#" by Piotr Kolodziej (www.linkedin.com/in/piotr-kol...)

trailheadtechnology.com/evolving-int...

#dotnet #csharp
Evolving Intelligence: Evolutionary Algorithms and Neural Networks in C# - Trailhead Technology Partners
Simulate an evolution of creatures that evolve to survive in a world where only the corners of the map promote reproduction.
trailheadtechnology.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Think I’m going to give @honeycomb.io a go in some projects I want to use OTEL in
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’m building an SDK so I can finally use SDK-style projects for my Visual Studio extensions.
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Watch this space for another visual studio extension release announcement coming in the next couple days hopefully. My buddy Claude and I are having a great time pairing on these things it is fantastic and quite a bit of fun I must say.
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#CSAdvent post 1 for December 23, 2025!

"The .NET Cross-Platform Showdown: MAUI/WinUI vs Uno vs Avalonia (And Why Avalonia Won)" by @biozal.bsky.social

dev.to/biozal/the-n...

#dotnet #csharp
The .NET Cross-Platform Showdown: MAUI vs Uno vs Avalonia (And Why Avalonia Won)
I've been writing .NET code since the first beta. Over three decades of professional development,...
dev.to
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Quote post with a robot that’s not Star Wars or Transformers
December 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Migrated my blog to Astro and now hosting it on Cloudflare
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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#CSAdvent post 2 for December 22, 2025!

"Api Versioning - A deep dive" by @irina.codes

irina.codes/api-versioni...

#dotnet #csharp
Api Versioning - A deep dive
irina.codes
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Grrr…cannot get this thing to connect to Capella for some reason (NetFx4.8), but same code works fine with net8.0
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ugh, I despise reddit...

Post #CSAdvent article link as "CS-Advent" user. Not even to the CSAdvent site, straight to the blog post.

Closed/deleted - "No blatant self-promotion"

Uhhh....did you actually read anything? Isn't this what "link" style posts are for?
December 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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#CSAdvent post 2 for December 21, 2025!

"Over the River and Through the Woods" by @timpurdum.dev

timpurdum.dev/post/2025/12...

#dotnet #csharp
Over the River and Through the Woods
timpurdum.dev
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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#CSAdvent post 1 for December 21, 2025!

"Functional Programming with C# -The Mondas Were Here the Whole Time!" by Simon Painter (www.linkedin.com/in/simon-pai...)

www.thecodepainter.co.uk/blog/2025122...

#dotnet #csharp
Functional Programming With C# - The Monads Were Here the Whole Time!!
Not only does C# support Monads….but they were always here….
www.thecodepainter.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This could be a big one! :D

@madskristensen.net @visualstudio.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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#CSAdvent post 2 for December 20, 2025!

"Bringing the DOOM to Uno Platform" by Martin Zikmund (www.linkedin.com/in/mzikmund/)

mzikmund.dev/blog/bringin...

#dotnet #csharp @platform.uno
Bringing the DOOM to Uno Platform
Let's answer the most pressing question in software development: Can Uno Platform run DOOM?
mzikmund.dev
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM