Joe Finney
@thejoefin.com
Making apps which help you get to the stuff you love. WinDev MVP
www.JoeFinApps.com
www.JoeFinApps.com
Sometimes Claude doesn't build the best UI...
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Sometimes Claude doesn't build the best UI...
Hey @bdsams.com you should be a guest on @inotifypodcastchanged.com! Talk Win Dev stuff, I'm sure you have a lot to share
January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Hey @bdsams.com you should be a guest on @inotifypodcastchanged.com! Talk Win Dev stuff, I'm sure you have a lot to share
Local AI stuff is pretty cool for 100% on device translation! Cool stuff coming in Text Grab! The OCR and Translation is all happening on the NPU!
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Local AI stuff is pretty cool for 100% on device translation! Cool stuff coming in Text Grab! The OCR and Translation is all happening on the NPU!
Happy New Year! My apps are 75% off all January! Kick off the new year right!
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Happy New Year! My Windows apps are 75% off in January!
Simple Icon File Maker Pro for $1.25 Open source on GitHub HERE Text Grab for $2.49 Open source on GitHub HERE Ink Calendar & Journal for $2.49 And the Free apps are still free :) Trdo – …
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January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Happy New Year! My apps are 75% off all January! Kick off the new year right!
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Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9? | by Joseph Finney
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Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9?
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn’t understand why the build of –self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than –self-contained…
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December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9? | by Joseph Finney
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#dotnet
Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9?
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn't understand why the build of --self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than --self-contained true. Copilot and…
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn't understand why the build of --self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than --self-contained true. Copilot and…
Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9?
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn't understand why the build of --self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than --self-contained true. Copilot and Claude were not helpful so I did some searching and could not find the answer... until I searched GitHub and found several open issues discussing. According to this issue…
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December 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Are your .NET 10 Framework Dependent (not self-contained) EXEs 5x larger than they were on .NET 9?
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn't understand why the build of --self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than --self-contained true. Copilot and…
While building the unpackaged binaries for Text Grab I couldn't understand why the build of --self-contained false was not producing EXEs that were any smaller than --self-contained true. Copilot and…
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Text Grab v4.11 what’s new and what’s next?
The release train never ends. In this latest version there are a couple of key features which are laying the ground work for the next bigger. The three big features are: Calculation Pane in the Edit Text Window Regular Expression (RegEx) Manager Zooming…
The release train never ends. In this latest version there are a couple of key features which are laying the ground work for the next bigger. The three big features are: Calculation Pane in the Edit Text Window Regular Expression (RegEx) Manager Zooming…
Text Grab v4.11 what’s new and what’s next?
The release train never ends. In this latest version there are a couple of key features which are laying the ground work for the next bigger. The three big features are: Calculation Pane in the Edit Text Window Regular Expression (RegEx) Manager Zooming on the Fullscreen Grab Something I've wanted in Text Grab for awhile now is the ability to do basic math operations.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Text Grab v4.11 what’s new and what’s next?
The release train never ends. In this latest version there are a couple of key features which are laying the ground work for the next bigger. The three big features are: Calculation Pane in the Edit Text Window Regular Expression (RegEx) Manager Zooming…
The release train never ends. In this latest version there are a couple of key features which are laying the ground work for the next bigger. The three big features are: Calculation Pane in the Edit Text Window Regular Expression (RegEx) Manager Zooming…
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🦙📢 #WindowsDev the #WindowsCommunityToolkit just released v8.2.251219! An incremental update with a bunch of great fixes from our community! Update today! #WinUI #dotnet #XAML #UnoPlatform #WinAppSDK github.com/CommunityToo...
Release v8.2.251219 · CommunityToolkit/Windows
What's Changed An incremental update of various fixes atop the 8.2 release: 8.2.251219. For changes since 8.1, see the full 8.2 release notes here. Below are changes since 8.2.250402. Bug Fixes Fi...
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December 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
🦙📢 #WindowsDev the #WindowsCommunityToolkit just released v8.2.251219! An incremental update with a bunch of great fixes from our community! Update today! #WinUI #dotnet #XAML #UnoPlatform #WinAppSDK github.com/CommunityToo...
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 14: A look back at 2025. Have a listen:
Episode 14: A look back at 2025
Joe and Tamás look back at what happened in 2025, and where we are...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 14: A look back at 2025. Have a listen:
Text Grab v4.11 is out on GitHub! Major features in this release are the Calculations Pane and the RegEx manager!
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Release v4.11 Calc Pane and RegEx Manager · TheJoeFin/Text-Grab
v4.11 brings several new major features to Text Grab!
Calculation Pane in Edit Text Window
Perform calculations in the Edit Text Window
Between a calculator and Excel
RegEx manager in Find ...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Text Grab v4.11 is out on GitHub! Major features in this release are the Calculations Pane and the RegEx manager!
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Always cool new things coming to the Windows Community Toolkit Labs! Adorners on items on a canvas in XAML!
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🦙📢 #WinUI #XAML Adorners packages from #WindowsCommunityToolkitLabs now available on NuGet to try out! 🎉🎉🎉
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Always cool new things coming to the Windows Community Toolkit Labs! Adorners on items on a canvas in XAML!
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Trdo 1.5 brings the ability to favorite songs and view a list of the favorited songs! I love making tiny yet powerful apps!
December 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Trdo 1.5 brings the ability to favorite songs and view a list of the favorited songs! I love making tiny yet powerful apps!
Reoccurring and planned activities in the Latest Outfit!
Do you go on regular runs or rides? I run every Tuesday evening and now Outfit makes it easy to plan your outfits for those regular activities! Tap the "Later" button Pick the date and time Tap "Reoccurring" to have it repeating or "Plan" as…
Do you go on regular runs or rides? I run every Tuesday evening and now Outfit makes it easy to plan your outfits for those regular activities! Tap the "Later" button Pick the date and time Tap "Reoccurring" to have it repeating or "Plan" as…
Reoccurring and planned activities in the Latest Outfit!
Do you go on regular runs or rides? I run every Tuesday evening and now Outfit makes it easy to plan your outfits for those regular activities! Tap the "Later" button Pick the date and time Tap "Reoccurring" to have it repeating or "Plan" as a one off. Pick the frequency of the activity, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Tap "Save" when you're happy with it! Get Outfit HERE: Happy Outdoor Fitness!! Joe
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December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Reoccurring and planned activities in the Latest Outfit!
Do you go on regular runs or rides? I run every Tuesday evening and now Outfit makes it easy to plan your outfits for those regular activities! Tap the "Later" button Pick the date and time Tap "Reoccurring" to have it repeating or "Plan" as…
Do you go on regular runs or rides? I run every Tuesday evening and now Outfit makes it easy to plan your outfits for those regular activities! Tap the "Later" button Pick the date and time Tap "Reoccurring" to have it repeating or "Plan" as…
Playing around with using Figma Sites to have simple sites for my apps: trdo.net
Trdo - A simple internet radio player for Windows
Created with Figma
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December 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Playing around with using Figma Sites to have simple sites for my apps: trdo.net
Released another preview build of Text Grab 4.11
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A lot of big enhancements coming in this version and preview 2 brings .NET 10!
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A lot of big enhancements coming in this version and preview 2 brings .NET 10!
Release v4.11.0 Preview 2 · TheJoeFin/Text-Grab
New big features
Calculation Pane in Edit Text Window
Regex manager in Find & Replace
Regex in Edit Text Window bottom bar
Zoom in Fullscreen Grab with scroll
Pan zoomed Fullscreen Grab by moving ...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Released another preview build of Text Grab 4.11
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A lot of big enhancements coming in this version and preview 2 brings .NET 10!
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A lot of big enhancements coming in this version and preview 2 brings .NET 10!
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 13: UWP Apps with Daniel Paulino. Have a listen:
Episode 13: UWP Apps with Daniel Paulino
This week our guest is Daniel Paulino, builder of multiple popular UWP...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 13: UWP Apps with Daniel Paulino. Have a listen:
For some reason Text Grab is behaving like Win+Shift+F is now is reserved hotkey... when did that happen? Did I miss a blog post? @jenmsft.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For some reason Text Grab is behaving like Win+Shift+F is now is reserved hotkey... when did that happen? Did I miss a blog post? @jenmsft.bsky.social
Finally got around to updating the MagickCrop logo and adding Trdo on my website joefinapps.com
JoeFin Apps
Apps enabling you to focus on the important things
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November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Finally got around to updating the MagickCrop logo and adding Trdo on my website joefinapps.com
Lil rainy in Seattle this weekend, who would’ve guessed
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Lil rainy in Seattle this weekend, who would’ve guessed
The Surface Flex keyboard really does enable different more flexible ways of working.
November 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Surface Flex keyboard really does enable different more flexible ways of working.
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INotifyPodcastChanged Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey and hosts Joseph Finney & Tamás Deme
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
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INotifyPodcastChanged | Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey
This week our guest is Ginny Caughey, a Microsoft MVP of 22 years and an expert on enterprise application development. You can find Ginny on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/gcaughey.bsky.social an...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
INotifyPodcastChanged Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey and hosts Joseph Finney & Tamás Deme
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
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#podcast #devcommunity #windowsdev #dotnet #mvpbuzz
@bdsams.com you mentioned on the Sams Report that you made an app, is this app in the world or still in development?
November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@bdsams.com you mentioned on the Sams Report that you made an app, is this app in the world or still in development?
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey. Have a listen:
Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey
This week our guest is Ginny Caughey, a Microsoft MVP of 22 years and an...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of INotifyPodcastChanged: Episode 12: Enterprise Apps with Ginny Caughey. Have a listen: