Update on the Critter Stack roadmap for March 2026, focusing on recent features, AI's impact, and future plans for Marten, Wolverine, and Polecat.
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, Windows, web dev, AI, and software engineering news and tutorials.
Explores four methods for seeding initial data in EF Core, including explicit insertions, data-only migrations, and entity configuration.
Explains data validation options in the Wolverine .NET framework, covering Data Annotations and Fluent Validation integration.
Summary of recent Azure, .NET, GitHub, and Visual Studio blog posts covering SDK releases, updates, and Copilot features.
Details the restructuring of the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators source generator package into three packages, aiming for a stable 1.0 release.
Introducing Botello, an open-source .NET library that captures MSBuild logs as OpenTelemetry traces for AI analysis and observability.
A retrospective on the Marten .NET library's growth over five years, covering adoption drivers like commercial support and documentation improvements.
Explains the new C# 15 feature 'Collection Expression Arguments' for passing constructor parameters like capacity or comparers within collection initializers.
Weekly roundup of updates from .NET, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Visual Studio blogs, covering new releases, features, and AI tools.
Updates to the .NET Toolbox, a free, open-source collection of client-side tools for .NET developers, including new features like an Options Generator and SRP Analyzer.
A technical guide on implementing AES-GCM encryption for property serialization using System.Text.Json in .NET.
A deep dive into using the System.Diagnostics.Metrics source generators in .NET for creating strongly-typed, boilerplate-free telemetry code.
Optimizing a new project with the Critter Stack (Marten & Wolverine) by enabling advanced features for performance and resiliency.
Explores using F# FSX scripts for flexible program configuration, comparing it to static formats like YAML or TOML.
A technical series translating distributed systems patterns into practical C#/.NET implementations for production software.
A curated summary of recent technical blog posts from Microsoft, .NET, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Visual Studio, covering updates and new features.
A tutorial on building an interactive Color Picker MCP App using C# and .NET, demonstrating the new UI capabilities of the Model Context Protocol.
A daily roundup of top IT and developer news, including updates on .NET, AI agents, Visual Studio, web development, and Windows tools.
Introduction to creating and monitoring custom metrics in .NET applications using the System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs and dotnet-counters.
