Tag: Visual Studio

The IDE Wars Are Over: How Visual Studio 2025 and Modern Developer Tools Changed Everything

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Remember when developers would argue passionately about whether Visual Studio, VS Code, JetBrains, or Vim was the “right” choice? Those debates feel almost quaint now. After two decades of watching IDE evolution—from the heavyweight Visual Studio 2003 that could barely run on 512MB of RAM to today’s AI-powered development environments—I can confidently say we’ve entered… Continue reading

The .NET Renaissance: How C# 13 and .NET 9 Are Redefining What Modern Development Looks Like

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After two decades of building enterprise applications on the Microsoft stack, I’ve witnessed every major evolution of .NET—from the original Framework through the tumultuous transition to Core, and now to the unified platform that .NET 9 represents. What strikes me most about this release isn’t any single feature, but rather how it crystallizes Microsoft’s vision… Continue reading

.NET 9: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to the Modern .NET Ecosystem

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After two decades of building enterprise applications on the Microsoft stack, I’ve witnessed every major evolution of .NET—from the original Framework through the tumultuous transition to Core, and now to the unified platform we have today. .NET 9, released in November 2024, represents the maturation of a platform that has finally delivered on the promise… Continue reading