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An overview of .NET Aspire, the cloud-oriented framework for building scalable distributed applications, covering orchestration, components, and tooling.

Learn how to convert megabytes (MB) to kilobytes (KB) using the simple formula of multiplying by 1,024. Includes practical examples and tips for managing digital storage.

In C#, you can randomly select items from a list using Random.GetItems, a method introduced in .NET 8. Learn how it works with practical examples.

Learn how to publish a .NET 8 container as a tar.gz archive using the ContainerArchiveOutputPath property with dotnet publish.

Learn how to register view handlers and services from within a .NET MAUI library using the builder pattern and MauiAppBuilder extension methods.

Fix the C# error where sizeof cannot be used with Point outside an unsafe context. Two solutions: enabling unsafe code or using Marshal.SizeOf instead.

Use UnsafeAccessorAttribute in .NET 8 to access auto-generated backing fields of private auto-properties in C# without reflection.

Learn how to create a 2 column Flexbox layout in React Native using flex-wrap, with adjustable column counts and spacing between elements.

.NET 8 includes new CreateFromDirectory and ExtractToDirectory overloads that let you create and extract ZIP files directly to and from a Stream, without writing to disk.

Benchmarking GetGenericTypeDefinition in .NET 8 vs .NET 7 shows nearly 10x faster performance. See benchmark code and results using BenchmarkDotNet.