How to run .NET tools without the SDK
I have renamed ndnx to ndx.
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Fridathon: unstructured learning or hacking you can opt-in to do on any random Friday.
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Bitcent: The 10⁻¹⁰ Dollar Unit for AI Pricing
xAI APIs use a "curious" unit for pricing. Let's look at why this unit ($10^{-10}$) makes sense for the AI era and why we should call it the "bitcent". [Read More] -
Streamlining Remote C# Scripts with .NET 10 runfile
TL;DR: Run remote scripts instantly with the ref format [host/]owner/repo[@ref][:path]. dnx runfile kzu/run:clean.cs [Read More] -
SponsorLink is dead: long live OSMF
After another year with ~no traction for SponsorLink, its time to try something different: OSMF, the Open Source Maintenance Fee. [Read More] -
dotnet actions: C# scripting to the rescue
What a monumental release for .NET scripting is .NET 10! The long journey that started with C# 9 top-level programs has finally culminated in a full-fledged scripting experience that leverages the entire .NET ecosystem in .NET 10: [Read More] -
VSCode shipping cadence: AI coding is real
I started playing with the MCP C# SDK soon after it came out, and soon realized that there was a gap in functionality: setting the log level in the MCP server-specific output pane in VSCode was not invoking my MCP server’s corresponding log-level change handler. [Read More] -
SmallSharp 2.0: The End of ConsoleApplication128
SmallSharp 2.0: The End of ConsoleApplication128 [Read More] -
How to use Grok 4 without SuperGrok subscription
Grok 4 was just announced and it looks incredible. So you want to try it out, but are hesitant to shell out $300/year for the subscription just to try it out. [Read More] -
Consuming VSIX metadata from C#
Sometimes it’s useful to render VSIX manifest metadata in logs, or some UI in your extension. You could just duplicate the values in your code, but that’s error-prone and tedious. [Read More] -
Typed chat completions with OpenAI and .NET 9
How to combine OpenAI structured outputs with .NET 9 ability to export JSON schemas to provide a strong-typed API for chat completions. [Read More]