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Mike Irving
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Cross-platform Software Developer, Speaker. Microsoft MVP. Co-organiser of Dot Net North and Macc Tech. Based in Macclesfield, often in Manchester #MVPBuzz
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Mike Irving @mikeirvingweb.bsky.social · 19d
Want to use .NET 10, but not yet ready to embrace Visual Studio 2026?

Check out my latest blog on .NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022

www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#VisualStudio #DotNet #MVPBuzz
.NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022
.NET 10 is here, and you'll likely want to use it. It is recommended that you upgrade to Visual Studio 2026, but how do you use it if you're sticking with VS2022?
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macctech.bsky.social
For last week's event, we ran ticketing via Luma.

Didn't attend? You can subscribe to our events calendar at luma.com/MaccTech

#Macclesfield #Bollington #Cheshire
Macc Tech · Events Calendar
View and subscribe to events from Macc Tech on Luma. A meetup for Macclesfield's Tech Community. A place for the tech enthusiasts of Macclesfield to learn, share ideas, and network.
luma.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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dotnetnorth.bsky.social
Coming up at Dot Net North, Joshua Crowe on building an extensible CLI toolkit in C#. Small, high-leverage internal tools with workflow logic, a state machine, type-safe command parsing and routing. If you're tired of messy scripts, this one's worth a look. 🛠️
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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macctech.bsky.social
Thank you to all who came to our first #MaccTech of 2026 this week, to our speakers Chris & Tom, and to LOVELIVE for hosting us

Info, Slides: www.macctech.co.uk/events/20260...

#Macclesfield
Intro slides on laptop, ready to begin Chris presenting, view from side of audience Tom presenting, view from back of audience Tom presenting, aside screen
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
Want to use .NET 10, but not yet ready to embrace Visual Studio 2026?

Check out my latest blog on .NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022

www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#VisualStudio #DotNet #MVPBuzz
.NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022
.NET 10 is here, and you'll likely want to use it. It is recommended that you upgrade to Visual Studio 2026, but how do you use it if you're sticking with VS2022?
www.mike-irving.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
Want to use .NET 10, but not yet ready to embrace Visual Studio 2026?

Check out my latest blog on .NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022

www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#VisualStudio #DotNet #MVPBuzz
.NET 10 support in Visual Studio 2022
.NET 10 is here, and you'll likely want to use it. It is recommended that you upgrade to Visual Studio 2026, but how do you use it if you're sticking with VS2022?
www.mike-irving.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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macctech.bsky.social
Macc Tech will return on Wednesday 28th January at LOVELIVE, Macclesfield

RSVP free at luma.com/rclvr0sp

#Macclesfield #Bollington #CheshireEast #TechCommunity
Macc Tech: Fiction, Games, Audio Entwined · Luma
We’re back for 2026 with our first event at LOVELIVE in Macclesfield. Join us for a series of talks and a chance to meet, mingle and share ideas, with…
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January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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I'm working on my '.NET 10 Breaking Changes' presentation for Tuesday Evening's ".NET Conf Local" @dotnetnorth.bsky.social event in #Manchester

RSVP Free at www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

#DotNet #DotNetConf #MVPBuzz
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation. Timeline and First Slide shown. Slide reads ".NET 10 Breaking Changes, Mike Irving - Microsoft MVP", with a picture of a robot in a spaceship, and the .NET Logo
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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dotnetnorth.bsky.social
Next event 🚨 DotNetNorth does .NET Conf

🗓️ Tuesday, Jan 13 · 6:00 PM
📍 Bonded Warehouse, 18 Lower Byrom Street
🎫 Tickets are FREE!
🍕 Pizza + drinks included
🍺 Pub afterwards for a chat

www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...
DotNetNorth does .NET Conf, Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
We will be recapping and reviewing some of the interesting announcements from .NET Conf. Aden Earnshaw \- What's New in Aspire Mike Irving \- \.NET 10 Breaking Changes R
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January 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
I'm working on my '.NET 10 Breaking Changes' presentation for Tuesday Evening's ".NET Conf Local" @dotnetnorth.bsky.social event in #Manchester

RSVP Free at www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

#DotNet #DotNetConf #MVPBuzz
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation. Timeline and First Slide shown. Slide reads ".NET 10 Breaking Changes, Mike Irving - Microsoft MVP", with a picture of a robot in a spaceship, and the .NET Logo
January 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Happy New Year 2026 🥳

I am hoping it is a good year to come.

ICYMI, here's my 2025 look back blog post:

My Year in the Tech Community

www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#TechCommunity #DotNET #MVPBuzz #PublicSpeaking
My Year in the Tech Community
I've travelled far in 2025: presenting, event staffing, and even travelling to the USA for MVP Summit! Read my look back at a year in the tech community.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Happy New Year 2026 🥳

I am hoping it is a good year to come.

ICYMI, here's my 2025 look back blog post:

My Year in the Tech Community

www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#TechCommunity #DotNET #MVPBuzz #PublicSpeaking
My Year in the Tech Community
I've travelled far in 2025: presenting, event staffing, and even travelling to the USA for MVP Summit! Read my look back at a year in the tech community.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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It's time for my annual retrospective blog post: "My Year in the Tech Community"

👀 www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#MVPBuzz #dotNET #AI #TechCommunity
My Year in the Tech Community
I've travelled far in 2025: presenting, event staffing, and even travelling to the USA for MVP Summit! Read my look back at a year in the tech community.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
It's time for my annual retrospective blog post: "My Year in the Tech Community"

👀 www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b...

#MVPBuzz #dotNET #AI #TechCommunity
My Year in the Tech Community
I've travelled far in 2025: presenting, event staffing, and even travelling to the USA for MVP Summit! Read my look back at a year in the tech community.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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macctech.bsky.social
🎄 Season’s Greetings!

We’re working on an event for January 2026. Details to follow soon 🤶
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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dotnetnorth.bsky.social
🎄 Festive Social 2025

This month we're taking a break from talks for a festive social at Society. Chat with fellow .NET and Umbraco developers over food and drinks with multiple vendors to choose from.

📍 Society, Manchester
🕕 Tuesday 2 December 18:00
Three alpacas sit at a restaurant table surrounded by smiling people, with burgers, chips, and pints of beer in front of them. Warm festive fairy lights create a bokeh effect in the background, giving the scene a cosy, celebratory atmosphere.
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
Travelling into Manchester for the last regular Dot Net North event of the year: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

Dark already, and windy, but I’m looking forward to it 🚂

In December we have a social: www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth/...

#TechCommunity #DotNet #DotNet10
Take a Note of UI in .NET 10, Tue, Nov 11, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Take a Note of UI in .NET 10 is your ambitious whistle-stop tour through the A to almost Z of first-party Microsoft application user interface technologies that are support
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November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I’m up early travelling to Manchester

I’m staffing / helping out at ‘Umbraco in the City’. Hoping to be inspired and learn lots too.

@umbmanchester.bsky.social #umbraco
Umbraco in the City. Manchester. (logo)
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone that came to Chester Devs last night, for my presentation of .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

A lovely audience, a great turnout, pizza and beer too 🍕🍺

#DotNet #IoT #CSharp #MVPBuzz #Chester
Mike showing "Magic Moments" from the Hedgehogs Room filling up, pre presentation Complimentary Pizza Mike, mid presentation
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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dotnetnorth.bsky.social
💻 Take a Note of UI in .NET 10

This month a whistle-stop tour through Microsoft's UI tech in .NET 10: ASP NET Web API, Blazor, MAUI, WinForms, WPF, WinUI + see Visual Studio 2026 & GitHub CoPilot in action!

🗣️ Peter Bull
📍 Spektrix, Manchester
🕕 Tue 11th Nov 18:00
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I'll be delivering my talks ".NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!" at Chester Devs on the evening of Tuesday 4th November 🦔

To attend, please RSVP over at Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/net-iot-an...

#Chester #DotNet #MVPBuzz
.NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! - Mike Irving
Using C# / .NET Technologies and IoT to curate and automate video footage of garden hedgehogs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
mikeirvingweb.bsky.social
I'll be delivering my talks ".NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!" at Chester Devs on the evening of Tuesday 4th November 🦔

To attend, please RSVP over at Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/net-iot-an...

#Chester #DotNet #MVPBuzz
.NET, IoT and Hedgehogs! - Mike Irving
Using C# / .NET Technologies and IoT to curate and automate video footage of garden hedgehogs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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New Blog: A quick look at Dev Tunnels www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b... #MVPBuzz #DotNet #VisualStudio
A quick look at Dev Tunnels
Visual Studio Dev Tunnels can be a great way of sharing and debugging pre-published Web Applications and APIs.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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New Blog: A quick look at Dev Tunnels www.mike-irving.co.uk/web-design-b... #MVPBuzz #DotNet #VisualStudio
A quick look at Dev Tunnels
Visual Studio Dev Tunnels can be a great way of sharing and debugging pre-published Web Applications and APIs.
www.mike-irving.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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platform.uno
Dear .NET community

Announcing our official collaboration with Microsoft!

We’re stepping up our contributions to .NET, helping advance the ecosystem as a whole.
Announcing Uno Platform and Microsoft .NET team Collaboration
Announcing the partnership between Uno Platform and Microsoft’s .NET team: deeper collaboration, key contributions to .NET MAUI, SkiaSharp, and more.
platform.uno
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM