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2026-04-13 dotnet-11 ef-core

EF Core 11 Adds Native SQL Server Vector Search with DiskANN Indexes

EF Core 11 Preview 2 supports SQL Server 2025 VECTOR_SEARCH() and DiskANN vector indexes directly from LINQ. Here is how to set up the index, run approximate queries, and what changes from the EF Core 10 VectorDistance approach.

2026-04-08 csharp dotnet

C# 15 Union Types Are Here: Type Unions Ship in .NET 11 Preview 2

C# 15 introduces the union keyword for type unions with exhaustive pattern matching and implicit conversions. Available now in .NET 11 Preview 2.

2026-04-06 dotnet-11 csharp

.NET 11 Runtime Async Replaces State Machines with Cleaner Stack Traces

Runtime Async in .NET 11 moves async/await handling from compiler-generated state machines into the runtime itself, producing readable stack traces, correct breakpoints, and fewer heap allocations.

2026-09-01 comparison github-copilot ai-agents

Copilot Memory vs Repository Custom Instructions vs AGENTS.md: Which One the Model Actually Reads

Instructions files are deterministic and always sent. AGENTS.md sits at the bottom of the documented repository precedence list. Copilot Memory is a separate store Copilot writes for itself, read by only three surfaces, and it is not in the precedence list at all. Here is the support matrix and the rule for deciding where each convention belongs.

2026-09-01 comparison dotnet dotnet-11

Framework-dependent vs self-contained vs Native AOT for a .NET 11 container image

Framework-dependent on a chiseled aspnet image is the right default for an ASP.NET Core service on .NET 11, because the runtime layer is shared across services and a runtime CVE is fixed by a base image bump. Self-contained trimmed and Native AOT buy a 2x to 5x smaller image and a much faster cold start, and cost you that. Real published sizes, the layer-sharing math, and the .NET 11 base image inference bug that breaks the AOT path.

2026-09-01 migration xunit xunit-v3

Migrate a test project from xUnit v2 to xUnit v3 (2.9.3 to 4.0.0)

A step-by-step migration from xunit 2.9.3 to xunit.v3 4.0.0: package swaps, the OutputType Exe change, IAsyncLifetime returning ValueTask, the Xunit.Abstractions removal, and the CI filter syntax that silently stops matching.

2026-09-01 comparison csharp csharp-14

Returning a Task directly vs async/await passthrough in a C# repository method: which should you use?

Eliding async/await in a repository passthrough saves about 6 ns and 72 bytes, and costs you a stack frame, try/catch semantics, and safe disposal. Keep return await unless the method is a pure passthrough on a measured hot path.

2026-09-01 ai-agents github-copilot llm

VS Code 1.135 Ships /rubber-duck, and It Deliberately Uses a Different Model

The experimental /rubber-duck command in VS Code 1.135 hands the agent's plan, code, and tests to a model from another family for review. GPT-5.4 critiques Claude, and the cross-family choice is the whole point.

2026-08-31 comparison agent-skills mcp

Agent Plugins 1.0 vs Vendor-Specific Plugin Formats: What the Shared Standard Actually Covers

Agent Plugins 1.0.0 standardizes exactly two component types: skills and MCP servers. Slash commands, hooks, subagents, rules, LSP servers, permission config and secrets all stay vendor-specific. Here is the field-by-field matrix across Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and Codex, and which layout to author in.

2026-08-31 comparison automapper mapperly

AutoMapper vs Mapperly vs hand-written mapping in 2026

Mapperly is the default for new .NET code: it matches hand-written speed, survives Native AOT, and catches unmapped members at build time. AutoMapper still wins on ProjectTo. Benchmarks and license thresholds included.

2026-08-31 github-copilot code-review ai-agents

Copilot Code Review Defaults to Balanced Effort on September 28

GitHub's August 27 and August 28, 2026 changelogs remove the 20,000 line review cap, start reviewing bot-authored PRs, and flip the default review effort from Lite to Balanced on September 28. All three push AI credit consumption up in the same month.

2026-08-31 errors flutter android

Fix: Firebase Auth sign-in does not persist in a Flutter Android release build

Firebase Auth restores the Android session from a private SharedPreferences file with no network call, so a release-only sign-out is never broken persistence. It is a different google-services.json, a rejected token refresh, App Check, or your own catch block.

2026-08-31 errors flutter dart

Fix: The method 'getInvocation' isn't defined for the type 'DartObjectImpl'

build_runner fails to compile because source_gen 3.1.0 or 4.0.0 calls an analyzer API removed in analyzer 8.4.0. Upgrade the generator that pins source_gen below 4.0.1.

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