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Working at Avalonia UI. Formerly Microsoft & Xamarin. Views are my own, as are the ViewModels. Neurodiverse | Him/He

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I do love doing these, but at least one community question will inevitably lead me to share something we didn’t intend to discuss publicly yet 🫣

01.08.2025 07:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the AvaloniaUI community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the AvaloniaUI community

A perfect example of how some corners of the FOSS world have lost the plot.

Supporting open-source doesn’t mean you’re entitled to everything we ever build, forever, for free.

When we create something new, we get to decide how it’s shared.

www.reddit.com/r/AvaloniaUI...

18.04.2025 07:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Calling a licence change a β€œrug pull” is moronic.

The code isn’t taken away, and previous versions remain under their original terms.

Whenever a developer uses that phrase, it’s hard not to roll my eyes.

09.04.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Build optimized websites quickly, focus on your content | Docusaurus An optimized site generator in React. Docusaurus helps you to move fast and write content. Build documentation websites, blogs, marketing pages, and more.

We use Docusaurus: docusaurus.io

You can checkout the repo here: github.com/AvaloniaUI/a...

The API reference is also Docusaurus but with some custom bits to take the output from Sandcastle and make it work.

Code is here: github.com/AvaloniaUI/a...

05.04.2025 09:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The team at UXDivers always deliver the most incredible work!

27.03.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Started in Sydney and worked my way up the coast to Brisbane.

Stopped along the way at various places, with the photo being from Port Stevens.

26.03.2025 12:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Waiting to fly home from my vacation, and have had an absolutely lovely time in Australia.

I hope it won’t be too long before I can pop back.

26.03.2025 10:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You could always add license keys to v4 πŸ‘€

24.03.2025 04:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Once it arrives, make sure to download the Smart-ID app. It makes it much easier than messing about with the card reader.

14.03.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible achievement when you consider that we don’t have anyone focused on marketing.

This growth is primarily driven by word of mouth.

Turns out that creating a great solution beats any amount of ad-spend, conference stands or flashy videos.

14.03.2025 11:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Estonia is a great place to do business!

Good luck with whatever you’re creating.

14.03.2025 11:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday I started using Latex for some documents. It’s been ~18 years since I last used it πŸ’€

I was surprised that the majority of the team had never used it. It’s an incredibly powerful way to author documents.

I would have figured that developers would love it.

07.03.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Slacks idea of uptime and mine are very different.

- I couldn't search messages
- I couldn't send messages
- I couldn't sign in on my laptop
- All our integrations stopped working

They don't consider that an outage....πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

27.02.2025 06:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Always happy to call out entitled assholes.

I’ve zero patience for angry morons trying to create drama.

20.02.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Improving our website for Accelerate!

Updating the 'getting started' page to direct folks to the best development experience.

The completely unbiased update ranks the development options from 'enlightened' to 'feral' 🀣

We absolutely adore @jetbrains.com Rider, and it might be rather obvious ❀️

16.02.2025 09:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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GitHub - jonathanpeppers/lols: Performance test: LOLs per second Performance test: LOLs per second. Contribute to jonathanpeppers/lols development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/jonathanpepp...

31.12.2024 21:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was playing with Mac Catalyst recently (using .NET technologies) to see how it performed compared to Avalonia in the classic LOLs per second test.

Holy hell, it's terrible.

Avalonia performed 6x better in average LOLs per second than one of the Mac Calayst-based solutions. πŸ‘€

31.12.2024 12:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had a dream that I had a Vision Pro. Woke up thinking β€œI should buy a Vision Pro”.

I went and read some of the experiences of those that bought them. I think I’ll save the money πŸ‘€

So many report that they don’t use it anymore!

29.12.2024 08:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The more I use Blazor, the less I like it.

This evening's regret stems from the difficulty of saving a cookie. It works locally but fails in production.

I find myself using Javascript more and more, defeating the point of Blazor entirely.

19.12.2024 15:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman in a witch costume is screaming in the dark with her mouth open . ALT: a woman in a witch costume is screaming in the dark with her mouth open .

The worst thing about the Wicked movie is that it's been almost a week, and I can't get the songs out of my head.

19.12.2024 08:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Build with Us: Avalonia Careers Avalonia is looking for passionate folks to help us build the future of cross-platform UI. Explore career opportunities and join our innovative team!

I'm reviewing CVs as we're hiring for next year.

I love it when candidates share personal details in their CVs.

I just saw one mention being married with a daughter. It won't affect their chances, but it adds a human touch that makes their application more memorable.

avaloniaui.net/careers

09.12.2024 13:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

The success story is only possible thanks to the incredible work of the team πŸ™

02.12.2024 08:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was a post I've been wanting to write and publish since the end of Q1.

Very excited to see how things turn out in 2025.

02.12.2024 06:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday I went to a lovely Japanese restaurant in Milan, that had incredible theming.

Had to wait two months to get a reservation, but was totally worth it.

01.12.2024 06:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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She’s a lovely cat, but she loves to shout during meetings.

29.11.2024 17:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been working to finish this year's community update blog post.

I’m looking forward to sharing how things have evolved at @avaloniaui.net.

We’re heading into 2025 with an incredible roadmap and in a strong position πŸš€

29.11.2024 09:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just submitted my first refund request on Steam, and it’s for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

The issues with MSFS 2024 make it unplayable. Genuinely can’t believe that it’s been released in the state it’s in.

21.11.2024 17:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No need to book. It’s in the first carriage. All you need is a valid ticket ❀️

19.11.2024 16:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Italian trains are next level ❀️

Enroute to have lunch with Steven (original creator of @avaloniaui.net) to discuss some important topics!

19.11.2024 09:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the weekend in the mountains.

Feeling nice and relaxed, having avoided looking at anything work related.

18.11.2024 07:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0