🎉 50 Million Downloads — still can't believe it.

Honestly, I never imagined that the libraries I build in my spare time would reach this milestone. MahApps.Metro, gong-wpf-dragdrop, IconPacks, ControlzEx and all the others — they started as passion projects, and they still are.
Thank you to everyone who uses them, reports issues, sends PRs, or just drops a kind message. You're the reason I keep going. 🙏

👉 https://www.nuget.org/profiles/punker76

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.NET and .NET Framework April 2026 servicing releases updates
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.NET 11 Preview 3 is now available!
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Early April Releases for the Critter Stack

As active members of the Critter Stack community know, I’ve been increasingly concerned at our frequent release cadence, as that has been something we have been criticized for in the past. At…

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.NET 11 Preview 3 is now available! - .NET Blog

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📰 .NET 11 Preview 3 is now available!

Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 3 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more!

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.NET 11 Preview 3 is now available! - .NET Blog

Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 3 across the .NET runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, container images, and more!

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