Announcing .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 .NET 11 Release Candidate 2 is available with improvements across libraries, runtime, SDK, MSBuild, NuGet, F#, #ASPNETCore, .NET MAUI, and Windows Forms. hubs.li/Q04Bmtvp0 #dotnet

Should I break down my Blazor page into multiple components? There are many good reasons to do this, but there are performance implications. Find out how to easily spot bottlenecks while building your site. hubs.li/Q04Bmq080 via @Blazrlytics

Before your next push or deployment, automate nine .NET project checks with the Spargine Dev Tool. This article shows how to add these checks to your workflow and catch issues earlier. hubs.li/Q04BfTGv0 #dotnet #MVPBuzz @RealDotNetDave

What’s next for ASP .NET Core & Blazor in .NET 11? Dan Roth shares the roadmap, priorities, and opportunities shaping the next chapter of .NET web dev. Buckle up: hubs.li/Q04y_SV80

Microsoft eating their own dogfood.... Adam Ratzman shows how the Aspire team used Blazor & .NET to build a killer CLI & dashboard. Watch: hubs.ly/Q04yH4270

Stop throwing enterprise graph DBs at your AI apps. Michael Washington supercharges RAG by loading lightweight JSON graphs straight into C# objects. Get fast, in-memory context without the Neo4j-sized bloat. youtu.be/uVNGzw46WV8

Stop duct-taping APIs to your codebase. Luis Quintanilla unpacks .NET AI Essentials: the native building blocks you actually need to transition from raw models to real AI agents. Watch here: youtu.be/Chbnpnj6pOI

Stop making one AI do everything. Brady Gaster demos Squad: an open-source runtime where Copilot agents (QA, Sec, DevRel) hold standups, remember context, and work in parallel. Not RAG—a literal AI dev team. youtu.be/xX_riXtF5So

The Spargine October release is here! New .NET 10 APIs, expanded benchmarks, and performance improvements across 340 methods—with benchmarked gains up to 87.52×. Explore the updates and contribute! hubs.li/Q04y_SSl0 via @RealDotNetDave #dotnet #MVPBuzz #OSS

Blazor owns the browser. So what's .NET MAUI’s plan for the web? Prepare to be genuinely shocked. Watch David Ortinau demo wild new MAUI features that were literally impossible just a few months ago. youtu.be/b9siFlZE6XQ (hubs.li/Q04yhF0b0)

Building distributed applications with Akka .NET? Learn how .NET Aspire can launch, orchestrate, and help you debug realistic multi-node clusters locally—including service discovery, health checks, and multiple replicas. hubs.ly/Q04yH46v0

GitHub Copilot suggests .NET optimizations. Do they actually run faster? This article benchmarks the changes and shows why performance claims need measurements before code ships. hubs.li/Q04yhBH10 #dotnet #MVPBuzz #GitHubCopilot @RealDotNetDave

Agents aren't just LLMs with duct-taped tools. Rocky Lhotka cuts the BS: a harness, LLM, and directives power RockBot. Master memory, MCP, & A2A. Stop theorizing, start building. youtu.be/1aWmRFXcTlQ

Still think Blazor can't scale? Update your priors. Shaun Walker destroys the outdated myths, proving new render modes & optimizations make Blazor a beast for modern web apps. Watch the breakdown: youtu.be/KPsjztZL-rk

ICYMI: .NET Foundation members: watch for an email from [email protected] in the first week of October. Click the link and set a password to activate your member account. Details: dotnetfoundation.org/news-ev…

Advanced Bot Detection For Everyone (Scott Galloway) StyloBot is an open‑source, self‑hosted bot detection and response engine designed to identify and respond to automated traffic in real time, with optional integration into your application stack. hubs.li/Q04yhB9z0

Do you need better visibility into your app’s HTTP traffic? Learn how Spargine’s HTTP listeners capture request events, diagnostics, and execution times to simplify troubleshooting. hubs.li/Q04y3rMc0 #dotnet #MVPBuzz @RealDotNetDave

Performance Improvements in .NET 11 Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 11. hubs.li/Q04xX2nL0

Build AI-driven Blazor UIs that bridge design systems with agent skills—turning natural language into complete, styled apps using @Syncfusion. Watch Shriram Sankaran show how: youtu.be/hsiscAgILvg

Open-source C#/.NET challenge: independently implement ENTITY Protocol 1.0 from a sealed clean-room conformance kit. No BTG Python runtime/SDK implementation is included. Vector + live interoperability testing. Apache-2.0. hubs.li/Q04xWRVW0