by DeeDee Walsh, on Oct 25, 2026, 6:14:39 PM
Remember getting budget to move your application to .NET 8? The business case, the meetings, the explanation of why something that still worked needed upgrading? You picked Long-Term Support. Sensible …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Oct 14, 2026, 3:02:02 PM
Why putting modern lipstick on a 20-year-old desktop layout is harder than it looks, how Roslyn is policing AI-generated code, and the new NuGet flag every team should turn on …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 26, 2026, 7:25:42 PM
Microsoft's first .NET 11 release candidate is supported for production use as the platform moves toward its Nov. 10 launch. Most RC1 coverage is about C# 15, which RC1 makes …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 12, 2026, 4:13:56 PM
Why That “Boring” .NET Servicing Drop Matters Most engineers treat monthly runtime servicing posts like terms-of-service agreements: scroll, acknowledge the existence of life and immediately close the tab. Usually, that’s …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 9, 2026, 5:54:27 PM
The real headline of .NET 11 is that the runtime, language, and SDK teams have quietly shipped some of the most pragmatic, blue-collar plumbing fixes in years. Updated Sept 14, …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 5, 2026, 8:06:40 PM
Visual Basic 6 survived Y2K, the dot-com crash, several generations of Windows, the cloud migration wave, and the end of Windows 10 support. Plenty of VB6 applications still run important …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Aug 27, 2026, 9:34:23 AM
GAP analyzes 1,105 inquiries from 120+ countries and publishes the full counts and methodology AUSTIN, Texas, August 27, 2026. GAPVelocity AI, the AI modernization business of Growth Acceleration Partners, today …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Aug 19, 2026, 6:50:24 PM
On July 14, the Polly project announced it was adopting the Open Source Maintenance Fee (OSMF). Polly is the core resilience library that handles retries, circuit breakers, hedging, timeouts, and …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jul 28, 2026, 7:12:37 PM
You’re modernizing. Step one: choose a target platform and prepare to defend it until 2036. When a CTO axes a 400,000-line VB6 monster or a Clinton-era PowerBuilder setup, no one …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Jun 24, 2026, 2:49:01 PM
Breaking changes, dependency debt, and where the hours go. Here's a preview for teams planning ahead. With .NET 11 shipping in November 2026 and .NET 8 hitting end-of-life the same …
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