One year ago today, Devolutions committed $3M to support Avalonia's open-source development.

Today, we’re sharing exactly how that sponsorship has changed the trajectory of our framework.

https://avaloniaui.net/blog/year-one-devolutions

📰 AI-Powered MSBuild Investigation with the Microsoft Binlog MCP Server

Diagnose MSBuild build failures and performance issues with AI using the new Microsoft Binlog MCP Server - 15 specialized tools that let your AI assistant investigate binary logs.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/msbuild-binlog-mcp-server/ #dotnet

can't remember if i shared this fun computer thing i made

it's a lil toy for interactively exploring 1-bit dither — including my beloved Atkinson dither from the MacPaint era — by playing with it like it's a board game

try it here, but note there's zero instruction and the UI is full of secrets: https://www.inkandswitch.com/tangents/dither-explorer/

or, more fun, watch me explain how it works by saying words and moving my hands a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZcmWhTeOM&list=PLCC8lmauZTzeEP7mIsOOI4HKeeyBN2rIy&index=5&t=114s

trip out, have fun <3

Let's talk about extracting information from MSBuild-based projects, like C# projects (.csproj).

I have no particular reason to do this; I just think it's cool. However, this might be useful to extract information from your build system without needing to run a full build, or as an alternative to having more complicated MSBuild logic to create an output file.

Starting in .NET 8 you can run:

```
dotnet build -getProperty:Foo
```

Instead of running a build, this will output the value of the "Foo" property. For example:

```
> dotnet build -getProperty:TargetFramework
net9.0
```

You can ask for multiple properties, in which case dotnet will return a JSON object:

```
> dotnet build -getProperty:TargetFramework,OutputType
{
"Properties": {
"TargetFramework": "net9.0",
"OutputType": "Exe"
}
}
```

#msbuild #dotnet #csharp

Avalonia XPF turns 4 today.

4 years ago, we committed the very first lines of code that would make WPF cross-platform.

Since then, countless organisations have used XPF to modernise existing applications, reach new platforms, and extend the life of their WPF apps.

https://avaloniaui.net/xpf