Pete Vickers

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! - Visual Studio Blog Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here – and it marks one of the most ambitious steps forward we’ve taken with the IDE. This release brings AI woven directly into the developer workflow, performance impr...

Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is now available for download. Check out the announcement and try it out for yourself!

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@dotnetnorth.bsky.social Summer social at The Wharfe in Manchester

Predicting Risk on the UK Strategic Road Network, Tue, Jul 29, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup Data science's dirty little secret is that there's never enough data to train your model. But Gary Short wasn't bothered by that - whilst solving a problem he developed a m

Don't forget @dotnetnorth.bsky.social @bsky.social this evening we have @gary short talking about Predicting Risk on the UK Strategic Network. Sign up at bit.ly/3UBuf1U

Incredibly proud that @dotnetnorth.bsky.social has just reached 4000 members. We originally started as a Windows Phone group with about 20 members. Thanks to all our members, speakers, hosts and my fellow organisers.

@dotnetnorth.bsky.social - Great attendance for 2 talks from Steve Futcher and Luce Carter at Spektrix

Sweet Chocolatey Kernels!, Tue, Apr 15, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup Two talks for the price of zero. We have a double header for you **Semantic Kernel and MongoDB** \- Luce Carter **Sweet like Chocolatey** \- Steve Futcher Luce's talk: Le

Join us tonight at @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for Sweet Chocolatey Kernels! meetu.ps/e/NZmxq/xHc6...

Double header at Dot Net North this month! @lucecarter.bsky.social on Semantic Kernel + MongoDB AI integration, and @stevefutcher.bsky.social making software installs smoother with Chocolatey. Tickets are free, and there's pizza + drinks!

📅 Tue 15th April, 18:00
📌 Spektrix, 196 Deansgate

Dave Manton for @dotnetnorth.bsky.social talking about Domain Driven Design to packed house at BrightHR.

A folded t-shirt with a logo and "Uno Platform" branding, a pair of "Microsoft Azure" black socks with blue spots, and some GitHub "Mona the Octocat" and "Microsoft" logo stickers.

Spoiler Alert: Tonight's @dotnetnorth.bsky.social Raffle Prizes include Socks! 🧦

Raffle Prizes: @jetbrains.com licences, Microsoft Azure socks, @platform.uno t-shirts

+ free for all: stickers from GitHub and Microsoft, Dot Net North beer mats

Great presentation Jim - Thanks for coming up to see us @dotnetnorth

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Thank you @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for hosting me and letting me geek out on how copilots and other LLM based apps work, and show off my Star Wars copilot powered by @getpieces.bsky.social.

All set up for tonight's @dotnetnorth.bsky.social for Dotnetnorth does.NET Conf roundup

I will be speaking @dotnetnorth.bsky.social tomorrow evening on Uno Platform Hot Design. 4 other speakers on.Net Conf. Sign up at www.meetup.com/dotnetnorth

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Announcing GitHub Copilot Free!

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Just looking at an ipad case with keyboard on @amazonuk. Not a bad customer review - then I noticed EVERY review was 'Amazon Vine Customer Review of Free Product'. Don't feel I can buy it as I can't trust the reviews. Fakespot gives it an 'F' too.

Great turnout for @DotNetNorth hosted by @BrightHR_. @RikGarner talking about GitHub Copilot

OK @HP, just how close to the router does the printer need to be?😀

Not the best attempt at a scam I have ever seen :)

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