Howdy, I’m Michael Stonis.

Michael Stonis is a mobile software developer with a passion for creating user-friendly and innovative applications for enterprises. He has nearly two decades of experience in .NET MAUI, Xamarin, and C#. He’s focused on building high-quality, performant mobile solutions.

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.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting

.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting A Library Hiding in Plain Sight Sometimes the best tools are the ones you walk past every day without noticing. System.Threading.RateLimiting is one of those tools. It shipped as part of the ASP.NET Core rate limiting middleware, and most developers assume it only works in that context. They would be wrong.

MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI

MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI Overview Displaying PDFs in mobile applications is a surprisingly common requirement. Whether it is user manuals, invoices, reports, or legal documents, chances are good that at some point in your app’s lifecycle you will need to show a PDF. In .NET MAUI, the typical approach has been to use a WebView and let the browser handle the rendering. While this works, it comes with its own set of challenges: performance issues with larger documents, limited control over the viewing experience, and the additional complexity of handling web-based solutions for what should be a native task.