VS Code agents, Dapper, SignalR
Coverage includes VS Code agent tooling, Dapper concurrency and stored procedure pitfalls, SignalR basics, MAUI guidance, and IIS cookie fixes.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 Agent Plugins in VS Code
youtube.com
Useful if you’re trying to understand where VS Code agent tooling is headed beyond plain chat and completions.
- 2 ConsoleLogStreaming
sipkeschoorstra.medium.com
A neat utility idea for watching distributed app console output as it happens.
- 3 Introducing the Azure DocumentDB Blog
devblogs.microsoft.com
DocumentDB gets its own home, with a clear pitch toward MongoDB users and migration scenarios on Azure.
Editor's note
I pulled together another intentionally mixed batch today, from VS Code agent tooling to some very practical Dapper and IIS lessons. The Dapper concurrency piece stands out because it tackles lost updates without leaning on EF Core, and Rick Strahl’s write-up on ASP.NET Identity cookies after IIS restarts is exactly the kind of production issue worth understanding.
Today's articles
Agent Plugins in VS Code
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Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree
Topics: GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Code
Read articleConsoleLogStreaming
sipkeschoorstra.medium.com
Streaming console output from distributed applications in real time
Topics: .NET Core
Read articleIntroducing the Azure DocumentDB Blog
devblogs.microsoft.com
A dedicated home for MongoDB developers, MongoDB migrations, and modern document database development using Open Source on Azure
Read articleCreate Multi-platform Apps with .NET MAUI and the MAUI Community Toolkit
visualstudiomagazine.com
Microsoft Senior Content Developer Alvin Ashcraft explains how to use .NET MAUI, the MAUI Community Toolkit and MVVM Toolkit to speed up cross-platform app development with practical patterns for XAML...
Topics: .NET MAUI
Read articleC# 15 Quietly Expanded — And It’s a Bigger Deal Than You Think
medium.com
C# 15 ships with .NET 11 in November 2026. Its previews are already live — and two features are quietly reshaping how we write C# every…
Topics: C#
Read articleConcurrency in Dapper Without EF Core
medium.com
A practical guide to avoiding lost updates in ASP.NET Core using LastUpdated timestamps
Topics: ASP.NET Core Dapper EF Core
Read articlePython for .NET devs: data types, classes, objects, records and interfaces
code4it.dev
A quick comparison of data types, classes, objects, records, and interfaces in C# and Python, designed for .NET developers learning Python.
Topics: C#
Read articleFrom Zero to Deployment: How .NET Apps Really Work in the Real World
medium.com
Modern software development is built on layers of abstraction that work together to transform human-written logic into real-world…
Topics: .NET Core
Read articleA simple introduction to SignalR
serkanozbeykurucu.medium.com
Real time communication has quietly become something users just expect. Chat apps, live dashboards, alerts that show up the second…
Topics: ASP.NET Core SignalR
Read articleLost ASP.NET Identity Cookies on IIS Application Pool Restarts
weblog.west-wind.com
Last week I finally updated my blog and moved it to .NET 10 from the ancient WebForms based engine I built 20 years ago. The app is deployed onto a Windows server running IIS and I ran into a snag rel...
Topics: ASP.NET Core Authentication .NET 10
Read articleWhy I Left Visual Studio for VS Code as a .NET Developer
between-coding-and-life.medium.com
The IDE did everything for me. Then AI did it better.
Topics: GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Visual Studio Code
Read articleDapper at Scale: The Stored-Procedure Lessons That Cost Me an Afternoon
medium.com
Generating a good stored procedure is one problem. Living with a stored-procedure-only data layer across fourteen repositories is another…
Topics: Dapper SQL Server
Read articleBuilding a Real-Time AI API with Claude & ASP.NET Core
odhavanivipul92.medium.com
SSE streaming so users see answers as they’re generated, Minimal API endpoints, and tool use so Claude can call your own C# methods
Topics: ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
Read articleClaude & Codex Agents in VS Code
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Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree
Topics: GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Code
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