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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 50m

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 7d

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

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weralabaj.bsky.social @weralabaj.bsky.social · 1d

One more reason to keep all my house appliances as dumb as possible. Annoyingly, it's increasingly hard to get "not-smart" versions of everything.
Why would I want my treadmill or washing machine to fail without an internet connection?
It's more than enough trouble that they need electricity.

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 1d

that episode gave me nightmares as a child. it was excellent

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Matt Ellis @citizenmatt.bsky.social · 2d

What should Rider 2026.1 fix? I'm asking for a bit of community upvoting to know what issues you're most eager to get in to Rider 2026.1, which we're in the process of planning. How else were you planning on spending a wet Friday afternoon?
www.reddit.com/r/Jetbrains/...

From the Jetbrains community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the Jetbrains community

www.reddit.com

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 2d

nice to hear. is it oss? i could do a review of your setup

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NuGet @nuget.org · 3d

🎉 Sponsorships are now live on NuGet.org!
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💰 Maintainers: it’s easy to get visibility for funding needs
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Read the blog post: aka.ms/nuget/sponso...
#NuGet #dotnet #OpenSource

Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org - .NET Blog

Announcing Sponsorship on NuGet.org - An easy way to recognize package maintainers and grow the NuGet community stronger!

aka.ms

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 5d

i have some bandwidth tomorrow. anyone want to get on a call and discuss

* .net polyfills?
* snapshot testing?
* any topic related to any of my other projects?

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weralabaj.bsky.social @weralabaj.bsky.social · 7d

I love this place. I feel so lucky to have a fully #remotework and can go for a walk to visit the castle and other amazing places nearby. No $$$ can make up for this.

Photo by Roman Szymański, our local photographer.

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 11d

Better support for snapshot testing of Expression trees
github.com/VerifyTests/...

GitHub - VerifyTests/Verify.ReadableExpressions: Adds Verify support for scrubbing Expression Trees using ReadableExpressions

Adds Verify support for scrubbing Expression Trees using ReadableExpressions - VerifyTests/Verify.ReadableExpressions

github.com

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 11d

that doesnt help in this situation.

simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 12d

well this is a bizarre one github.com/dotnet/sdk/i...

Cant use ValueTuple when targeting both `net462` and `net10.0` when using net10 rc2 sdk · Issue #51267 · dotnet/sdk

Cant use ValueTuple when targeting both net462 and net10.0 when using net10 rc2 sdk Error: Class1.cs(3,19): Error CS8179 : Predefined type 'System.ValueTuple`2' is not defined or imported Removing ...

github.com

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 12d

It's Patch Tuesday and ASP.NET Core has a doozy, with a CVSS score of 9.9, our highest ever. Let's examine why.

The bug enables http request smuggling, which on its own for ASP.NET Core would be nowhere near that high, but that's not how we rate things...

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Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2025-55315: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability · Issue #371 · dotnet/announcements

Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2025-55315: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability Executive summary Microsoft is releasing this security advisory to provide information about a vulnerability i...

github.com

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 18d

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 18d

I think my data-binding library for creating Excel spreadsheets is almost ready for a 1.0

github.com/SimonCropp/E...

Already using it in anger at work.
Spreadsheet code that would have taken a few hours to build now takes a few minutes.

GitHub - SimonCropp/Excelsior: Excelsior is a Excel spreadsheet generation library with a distinctive data-driven approach.

Excelsior is a Excel spreadsheet generation library with a distinctive data-driven approach. - SimonCropp/Excelsior

github.com

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 19d

In my experience: if a feature is not documented, it may as well not exist.

The corollary of this is: The cheapest way to create a feature is to add that documentation

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Artem Zakharchenko @kettanaito.com · 24d

Send me libraries that deal with network serialization 👀

We need to design a nice protocol to send/receive requests/responses/WebSocket events between processes in MSW. Looking for inspiration. Retweet appreciated!

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · 26d

loving the Mermaid diagram support. Is that consumable as a stand alone nuget?

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ErikEJ @erikej.bsky.social · 26d

Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio - a collection of tools to improve developer UX in Visual Studio 2026 and 2022
#dotnet #sqlserver #visualstudio
buff.ly/bqxUxJZ

Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio

In this blog post I will introduce you to a new free and open source Visual Studio extension SQL Project Power Tools, that I maintain.

erikej.github.io

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Patrik Svensson @patriksvensson.se · 26d

So apparently my client has decided that we should (1) start using Cursor, and (2) show up at the office four days a week.

After more than 6 years there, I’m thinking this might be my cue to eject.

Anyone looking for a coder for a remote gig (or hybrid in Stockholm)?

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 26

ok i have smoke tested github.com/SimonCropp/D... in approx 15 solutions. seems to work ok.

i am sure there are some edge cases i have missed, and will fix them as they come up.

but i think it is good to be consumed by more than me.

GitHub - SimonCropp/DeterministicIoPackaging: Modify System.IO.Packaging files to ensure they are deterministic. Helpful for testing, build reproducibility, security verification, and ensuring package...

Modify System.IO.Packaging files to ensure they are deterministic. Helpful for testing, build reproducibility, security verification, and ensuring package integrity across different build environme...

github.com

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 26

nice. looks like fun

simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 26

yeah it is horrible

so what will u be working on?

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 26

me... yak shaving xlsx files so they are deterministic for snapshot testing 😩

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 24

will take a look at this tomorrow

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simoncropp.bsky.social @simoncropp.bsky.social · Sep 24

doh. i wanted to have it more complete before letting u know

i actually started it a fee days before u mentioned u wanted it. crazy coincidence

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