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Screenshot of github.com: C# now beats Rust on WASM size

C# now beats Rust on WASM size (github.com)

131 points by sumnole 5 days ago | 108 comments

GitHub repository for NetWasm, a tool that compiles C# and .NET CIL to small standalone WebAssembly with WASI, using AOT compilation with a built-in runtime and precise GC.

webassembly csharp dotnet wasi

Screenshot of github.com: Capcom RE:Dox, open source serialization/deserialization for game engines

Capcom RE:Dox, open source serialization/deserialization for game engines (github.com)

12 points by vblanco 24 days ago | 2 comments

GitHub repository for REDox, Capcom's open-source high-performance token-based structured data engine for .NET, a core component of its REX game engine.

capcom dotnet serialization game-engines

Screenshot of devblogs.microsoft.com: Performance Improvements in .NET 11

Performance Improvements in .NET 11 (devblogs.microsoft.com)

330 points by soheilpro 1 month ago | 100 comments

Stephen Toub's annual Microsoft .NET Blog post detailing the performance improvements in .NET 11 across the runtime and libraries.

dotnet dotnet-11 performance csharp

Screenshot of nickkossolapov.github.io: I built a Game Boy emulator in F#

I built a Game Boy emulator in F#(nickkossolapov.github.io)

328 points by elvis70 5 months ago | 74 comments

Blog post by Nick Kossolapov describing how he built Fame Boy, a Game Boy emulator in F# with sound that runs on desktop and web.

fsharp game-boy emulation chip-8

Screenshot of domenic.me: Windows native app development is a mess

Windows native app development is a mess (domenic.me)

407 points by domenicd 7 months ago | 385 comments

Domenic Denicola's blog post arguing that building native Windows desktop apps today is a confusing mess, explaining why developers turn to Electron.

windows native-apps dotnet win32

Screenshot of devblogs.microsoft.com: .NET 10

.NET 10 (devblogs.microsoft.com)

545 points by runesoerensen 11 months ago | 473 comments

Microsoft .NET Blog post from the .NET Team announcing the release of .NET 10 on November 11, 2025.

dotnet csharp microsoft release-announcement

Screenshot of jellyfin.org: SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it

SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it (jellyfin.org)

339 points by HunOL 11 months ago | 155 comments

A Jellyfin server team blog post explaining SQLite concurrency limitations and how Jellyfin addresses database locking issues.

sqlite concurrency jellyfin database-locking

Screenshot of devblogs.microsoft.com: Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs

Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs (devblogs.microsoft.com)

346 points by soheilpro 1 year ago | 287 comments

Microsoft .NET Blog post announcing that .NET 10 lets developers run a single C# file directly with `dotnet run app.cs`, without a project file.

csharp dotnet dotnet-10 microsoft

Screenshot of velzie.rip: Show HN: Porting Terraria and Celeste to WebAssembly

Show HN: Porting Terraria and Celeste to WebAssembly (velzie.rip)

323 points by coolelectronics 1 year ago | 43 comments

Blog post describing a year-long effort to port the games Terraria and Celeste to run in the browser via WebAssembly, with links to playable versions and repos.

webassembly terraria celeste dotnet

Why F#?(batsov.com)

419 points by bozhidar 1 year ago | 386 comments

Bozhidar Batsov's blog post explaining why he started using F#, the ML-family functional language for .NET, coming from OCaml and Java.

fsharp dotnet functional-programming ocaml

Screenshot of github.com: Visual Basic 6 IDE recreated in C#

Visual Basic 6 IDE recreated in C#(github.com)

356 points by porterde 1 year ago | 136 comments

GitHub repository for AvaloniaVisualBasic6, a recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language written in C# with Avalonia.

visual-basic-6 csharp avalonia ide

Screenshot of jetbrains.com: Rider is now free for non-commercial use

Rider is now free for non-commercial use (jetbrains.com)

716 points by kretaceous 2 years ago | 352 comments

JetBrains Rider product page for the .NET and game development IDE, now marked as free for non-commercial use.

jetbrains-rider jetbrains dotnet ide

Screenshot of mono-project.com: Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team

Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team (mono-project.com)

1387 points by itherseed 2 years ago | 459 comments

Mono Project homepage, the cross-platform open source .NET framework, with a notice about its history and Microsoft's stewardship ending.

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Screenshot of forum.handbrake.fr: HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder

HandBrake 1.7.0 – The open source video transcoder (forum.handbrake.fr)

357 points by neustradamus 2 years ago | 82 comments

HandBrake forum announcement post for the 1.7.0 release, with upgrade notices about pending encodes, .NET 6 desktop runtime, and a link to release notes.

handbrake video-transcoding release-notes dotnet

Screenshot of blog.washi.dev: How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary?

How small is the smallest .NET Hello World binary?(blog.washi.dev)

366 points by susam 3 years ago | 182 comments

Blog post by Washi exploring how to minimize a .NET executable to the fewest bytes that still prints "Hello, World!" via the CLR.

dotnet clr pe-format binary-size

Screenshot of github.com: Jellyfin: Free software media system

Jellyfin: Free software media system (github.com)

534 points by majkinetor 3 years ago | 341 comments

GitHub repository for Jellyfin, a free GPL-licensed software media system written in C#/.NET for self-hosted media streaming.

jellyfin media-server csharp dotnet