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Copilot on a Credit Budget
GitHub Copilot now bills by the token instead of by the prompt. Here is what an agent session actually costs, how to work it out for any …
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Michael Stonis
I am the founding partner of Eight-Bot and a 9x Microsoft MVP. My work centers on .NET MAUI, C#, and AI-assisted development — helping enterprises build high-performance, cross-platform apps and make the “AI pivot” with Agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In the past, I was a partner at Prosch Consulting (now Occam Technologies) and an ITGC Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Development
Lights Out on Offshoring
Offshore development answered a real shortage for twenty years. Every tradeoff that made it painful just evaporated, and the firms selling …
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Development
A Decade of Change
My tenth Microsoft MVP award, twenty years of .NET, and why I am not interested in picking a side in the AI fight.
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Development
Software's Flat-Pack Era
Software used to be a craft you earned over years. Now it comes flat-pack, and the people who can still tell good work from garbage are the …
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Maui
KumikoUI Updates - Action Buttons, Per-Column Edit Triggers, and Custom Fonts
A look at the three KumikoUI features that shipped this past week, covering interactive action buttons, per-column edit triggers, and a new …
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Maui
MintedTextEditor - A Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUI
Introducing MintedTextEditor, a fully canvas-drawn rich text editor for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for formatting, images, …
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Maui
KumikoUI - A Free, Open-Source DataGrid for MAUI
Introducing KumikoUI, a fully canvas-drawn, open-source DataGrid for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for sorting, filtering, …
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Development
GitHub Copilot in VS Code - Quick Wins for Getting Started
Practical tips for getting real value out of GitHub Copilot in VS Code without overcomplicating it
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VConSharp - Virtual Conversations for .NET
Introducing VConSharp, a .NET library for creating and managing vCons (virtual conversations) with support for signing, analysis, and …
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Maui
XAML in 2026: Time to Move On
A look at why XAML may not be the right choice for .NET MAUI development in 2026 and what alternatives exist
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TychoDB - A Simple Document Database for .NET
TychoDB - A lightweight JSON document database that brings CosmosDB-like APIs to mobile and desktop .NET applications using SQLite
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.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting
Make concurrency control clean and predictable with System.Threading.RateLimiting.
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Maui
MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI
Blazing-fast native PDF rendering—no sluggish WebView, no licensing fees, just pure PDF magic.
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Maui
Componentizer4k - In-Page Navigation for .NET MAUI
Tired of CarouselView pain? Componentizer4k makes multi-step workflows feel like MVVM magic.
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Maui
What is This Sheet? A Bottom Sheet Component for .NET MAUI
Beautiful Material Design bottom sheets with minimal setup and configuration needed.
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Maui
Quick Tip - Accessing The Service Provider in .NET MAUI
Access services anywhere in .NET MAUI
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