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Brandon Minnick

@codetraveler.io

.NET Developer | Independent Consultant | .NET MAUI Developer | Formerly @Microsoft + @XamarinHQ + @AWS

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Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 10 - Brandon Minnick - NDC London 2026 This talk was recorded at NDC London in London, England. #ndclondon #ndcconferences #developer #softwaredeveloper Attend the next NDC conference near you:…

Correcting Common Async/Await Mistakes in .NET 10 - Brandon Minnick - NDC London 2026

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#dotnet #ndc #async #csharp #dotnet10

25.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the shoutout, Alvin! πŸ™Œ

25.02.2026 23:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Revoking `InternalsVisibleTo` for the .NET MAUI Toolkits in `Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40` Has Broken `CommunityToolkit.Maui` and `CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup` Β· Issue #34048 Β· dotnet/maui Description Lead Maintainer for the .NET MAUI Community Toolkits here! In Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40, InternalsVisibleTo was revoked for the .NET MAUI Community Toolkits in this PR: #33442 I ...

🚨 MAUI Community Toolkit PSA 🚨

A breaking change in Microsoft.Maui.Controls v10.0.40 breaks the MAUI Toolkits.

I am working with the .NET MAUI Engineering team to release v10.0.41 next week which'll resolve the breaking change.

πŸ‘‡More Info

github.com/dotnet/maui/...

13.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, February 2026
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, February 2026 YouTube video by .NET Foundation

🚨 LIVE: MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨

Join us for the latest on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit:
βœ… [BindableProperty]
βœ… Regression in v14.0.0 for DefaultPopupSettings
βœ… Anchor for Popup v2
βœ… ... and more!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiSX...

05.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And yes, you can absolutely use `[ObservableProperty] in your ViewModel to generate code that binds to a `[BindableProperty]` in your View! πŸ’―

31.01.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bindable properties - .NET MAUI .NET MAUI bindable properties provide a property system that supports data binding, styles, tempaltes, and values set through parent-child relationships.

Hey Kerry!

`[BindableProperty]` replaces `BindableProperty.Create(...)` that we create in our Views, specific to .NET MAUI.

Don't confuse it with [ObservableProperty], that generates NotifyPropertyChanged code in our ViewModels.

MAUI Bindable Properties:
learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/...

31.01.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Introducing Bindable Property Source Generators I am excited to announce two new source generators introduced in CommunityToolkit.Maui v14.0.0 : * [BindableProperty] * [AttachedBindableProperty<T>] These new source generators make it easier tha...

πŸŽ‰ Bindable Property Source Generators πŸŽ‰

I am SO freaking excited to debut two new Source Generators available in the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit:
βœ… [BindableProperty]
βœ… [AttachedBindableProperty<T>]

We now write the boiler-plate code for Bindable Properties you!

codetraveler.io/2026/01/29/i...

30.01.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Learn Parallel Programming in C# - Dometrain Master modern multi-threading in C# using the latest parallelism features

πŸŽ‰ Parallel Programming in C# πŸŽ‰

I'm excited to announce my new course on Dometrain!
βœ… Parallel.Invoke()
βœ… Parallel Tasks
βœ… Parallel LINQ
βœ… Channels
βœ… ... and more!

Check it out today!
πŸ‘‰ dometrain.com/course/from-...

29.01.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ NDC London 2026 πŸŽ‰

It's a great day to lead a workshop on async/await in C#!

πŸ‘‰ github.com/TheCodeTrave...

26.01.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bring Glassmorphism to .NET MAUI Apps with Liquid Glass UI Learn how to apply Liquid Glass UI in .NET MAUI to create sleek, frosted glass designs with depth and modern aesthetics for cross-platform apps.

Bring Glassmorphism to .NET MAUI Apps with Liquid Glass UI

www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/l...

#dotnetmaui #appdev #ios #liquidglass #ref #syncfusion #ux #xaml #csharp

30.12.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New course alert πŸŽ‰

It's taken me over 2 years of creating courses to finally go back to my roots.

Want to learn how to build .NET apps on #AWS? This is the course for you. In it, you'll learn about the core services you need to care about to build on AWS.

#dotnet

dometrain.com/course/getti...

11.12.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, December 2025
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, December 2025 YouTube video by .NET Foundation

🚨 WE ARE LIVE 🚨

Come join us for this month's .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup!
βœ… [BindableProperty]
βœ… MediaElement Android Service Update
βœ… CollectionView.SelectionChanged in Popup

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJP9...

04.12.2025 21:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - CommunityToolkit/Maui: The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .N... The .NET MAUI Community Toolkit is a community-created library that contains .NET MAUI Extensions, Advanced UI/UX Controls, and Behaviors to help make your life as a .NET MAUI developer easier - Co...

❀️.NET 10 + .NET MAUI Community Toolkits ❀️

We've updated every library for .NET 10!
βœ… CommunityToolkit.Maui v13.0.0
βœ… CommunityToolkit.Maui.Markup v7.0.0
βœ… CommunityToolkit.Maui.Camera v5.0.0
βœ… CommunityToolkit.Maui.MediaElement v7.0.0
βœ… CommunityToolkit.Maui.Maps v4.0.0

github.com/CommunityToo...

13.11.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - TheCodeTraveler/AsyncAwaitBestPractices: Extensions for System.Threading.Tasks.Task and System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask Extensions for System.Threading.Tasks.Task and System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask - TheCodeTraveler/AsyncAwaitBestPractices

πŸŽ‰ New AsyncAwaitBestPracties v10.0.0 πŸŽ‰
βœ… Add Support for .NET 10

The async/await library you know and love, now compiled and optimized for .NET 10

github.com/thecodetrave...

11.11.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Become an Expert with Async/Await in C# | NDC London 2026 Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? And that .NET adds a try/catch block to our code, potentially hiding thrown exceptions? It's true!

Did you know that the .NET compiler turns our async methods into a struct? Join @codetraveler.io "Become an Expert with Async/Await in C#" at #NDCLondon! #Earlybird offer ends Friday, 3 October!

ndclondon.com/workshops/be...

02.10.2025 08:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, October 2025
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit Monthly Standup, October 2025 YouTube video by .NET Foundation

🚨 .NET MAUI Community Toolkit Standup 🚨

We are live!!

Come join us and chat about what we're working on next!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEm...

02.10.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play's 16 KB Page Size Requirement - .NET Blog Learn about the upcoming 16 KB page size requirement for Google Play and how to ensure your .NET MAUI apps are ready for the November 2025 deadline.

Preparing Your .NET MAUI Apps for Google Play’s 16 KB Page Size Requirement | by Gerald Versluis

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#dotnetmaui #dotnet #android #googleplay #xaml #csharp #mobiledev #appdev

29.09.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
{ WHY KIRO }

Go from vibe coding to
viable code

{ WHY KIRO } Go from vibe coding to viable code

This is a good marketing hook / piece of copy:

#AI #kiro

17.07.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰ Hey Q! Make Me A Cool Web App πŸŽ‰

What if I told you I didn't write any code for this app? That's right - it was built by providing prompts to the Amazon Q Developer CLI!

Check out this blog post to learn how to use it to make awesome web apps for you:

πŸ‘‰ codetraveler.io/2025/07/11/h...

11.07.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Building serverless apps with .NET? Want to quickly provision resources locally for testing?

Discover how the streamline your development workflow with .NET Aspire, LocalStack and the AWS CDK

And you can even deploy all of that, to LocalStack running on your machine.

#aws #serverless #dotnet

08.07.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love tiny desk!! πŸ’―

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See all the AI tools available for .NET devs tinyurl.com/dotnetaidev in 4-hours on July 7.

25.06.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!!! Incredible!

25.06.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What is everyone using for time tracking and invoicing nowadays? I remember Harvest was big. Preferably a free service.

#DeveloperCommunity

24.06.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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West Coast, Best Coast 😎

24.06.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Simplify your local AWS Lambda development with .NET Aspire
Simplify your local AWS Lambda development with .NET Aspire YouTube video by James Eastham

Great video by @jameseastham.co.uk showing off our AWS Lambda support for .NET Aspire. Making it easy to local develop and debug your .NET Lambda functions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph9w...

18.06.2025 17:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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GitHub - MicrosoftDocs/mcp Contribute to MicrosoftDocs/mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.

Oooooo, @microsoftlearn.bsky.social have released an MCP server for MS Docs - github.com/MicrosoftDoc...

17.06.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go.

If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

02.06.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Available for hire as a Senior Developer Advocate (contract/fractional).

I’ve built global dev communities from the ground up. I write, speak, and create video content that resonates.

Need help launching your product, growing adoption, or building community that doesn’t feel forced?

Let’s talk.

29.05.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0