by 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 20, 2026, 12:15:00 AM
.NET 11 Preview 5 turns end-of-life and known-CVE status into a build warning. That's an important shift that draws a line between the codebases that participate in modern lifecycle hygiene …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on May 17, 2026, 1:00:00 AM
.Preview 4 is where the rubber meets the road for .NET 11. We’ve officially moved past the experimental phase and into the things getting real territory. The underlying machinery of …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 27, 2026, 5:10:04 PM
What to Upgrade, When, and Why If you think you're current on .NET, I have bad news for you - or maybe it's good news if you love change. Microsoft …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 18, 2026, 2:25:06 PM
Originally published April 18, 2026. Updated August 8, 2026 for .NET 11 Preview 6 — corrected syntax, added serialization and performance detail, and revised the availability guidance. Why This Matters …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Apr 18, 2026, 2:20:08 PM
Microsoft released .NET 11 Preview 3 this week, and while most coverage will focus on the developer-experience improvements, there are four changes worth flagging specifically for teams running or planning …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 16, 2026, 6:25:09 PM
Microsoft shipped .NET 11 Preview 2 on March 10, 2026, exactly one month after Preview 1. While Preview 1 gave us the architectural bones like Zstandard compression and CoreCLR on …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 8, 2026, 2:40:42 PM
A Practical Framework for Choosing Your Target Platform Microsoft released .NET 10 in November 2025, and .NET 11 Preview 1 followed in February 2026. If you’re making platform decisions right …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Mar 6, 2026, 4:33:53 PM
What Preview 1 Means for Legacy Modernization Teams Microsoft shipped .NET 11 Preview 1 on February 10, 2026, kicking off the development cycle for what will be a Standard Term …
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