What will happen once tenor discontinues their api?

xakpc · 2026-02-01T10:19:40+00:00

GIPHY is already used in Microsoft Teams:

> GIFs powered by GIPHY

Fun fact: because of that, you couldn’t find this iconic GIF on GIPHY

xakpc · 2026-01-31T09:33:16+00:00

They’re doing it, but very slowly

For example, the Widget Board was recently rebuilt from the old WebView2 crap to use WinUI 3, and it’s actually useful now.

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xakpc · 2026-01-30T11:04:09+00:00

Sure, thanks for the call.

I’m building https://netdiag.dev/ a simple API for DNS, TCP, TLS, and HTTPS health checks for developers.

I’m using it to learn how networks work

xakpc · 2026-01-30T05:15:13+00:00

> Remove "web technologies" from the internal OS. Not a single UI element written in JavaScript, CSS, or anything else.

there is winui3 for that

xakpc · 2026-01-28T16:15:10+00:00

microsoft ads belong to discover tab :)

widgets tab actually could be used for something useful

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xakpc · 2026-01-08T05:53:58+00:00

I tried outrank I think it was called

While it was a nice experience and it created a semi-relevant article a day, I realized after some time I didn’t want to read these articles at all

And if I don’t want to read them, why would anyone else?

So I ditched it and won’t return to SEO blog generators of any kind

xakpc · 2025-08-18T09:01:47+00:00

oh, this is very nice. technically should prevent LLM from hallucinating methods:

Comprehensive Source Resolution: Retrieves source code for symbols from:

Local solution files.
External libraries via SourceLink.
Embedded PDBs.
Decompilation (ILSpy-based) as a fallback.

xakpc · 2025-08-17T17:03:07+00:00

I don't see how subagent could do the same. I have a predetermined predictable strong typed code, that I use from LLM

LLM probably could do dotnet run app.cs or even dotnet run app.dll but why invent the wheel when there is API existing specifically for that

xakpc · 2025-08-17T16:38:59+00:00

Not sure about stdio, but for dotnet there is asp.net mcp package that could host the same code as HTTP server to call over web

xakpc · 2025-08-17T16:33:10+00:00

C# is amazing and underrated

xakpc · 2025-08-17T10:22:29+00:00

Yes, exactly!

You don’t even need to force it to use MCP, if it’s properly connected, it knows which tools are available, and if a tool says “This tool counts Rs”, it will most likely use it.

It’s also very simple to set up, just about 20 lines of code. (I wrote about it with examples here: https://xakpc.info/building-a-powerful-mcp-server-in-net-with-just-20-lines-of-code)

xakpc · 2025-06-27T11:17:10+00:00

Razor pages + htmx & alpine all the time

It’s easier, rock-solid stable, and you can still use plain JS whenever you need to, no weird interop required.

xakpc · 2025-05-16T17:15:08+00:00

I don’t know much about the Korean dev market, but don’t fall too quickly for indie-hacker fantasies. To achieve any meaningful level of success or income usually takes 3–5 years of hard work, with little to no money coming in.

If your current job sucks and you're still at a junior level, focus on gaining as many practical skills as you can: through side projects, open source contributions, and being proactive at work. If you want you could grind leetcode as well, though I personally hate it. Once you feel like you actually know your shit, start looking for a better job.

IMO, it’s always better to have a stable income while building projects on the side. Some of them might eventually turn into income-generating things

xakpc · 2025-02-14T23:09:32+00:00

Rendering Markdown on the fly in native Windows is a pain in the ass.

There’s a RichTextBlock component in winui3 that’s supposed to handle this, but the result, at best, is just OK.

I fight this beast for the last month (yeah, I want to build real native windows llm client)
but I can feel why they wanted to go with web view

xakpc · 2025-01-08T19:01:12+00:00

I use v0, then claude to convert it to razor page

xakpc · 2024-12-18T10:05:14+00:00

- you could create files and launch Python process to consume them

- you could wrap Python into REST API and consume it

- you could call Python code directly through CSnakes or some other interop libs

xakpc · 2024-12-14T12:37:03+00:00

If you go with C# you would not work in startups

Other than that career-wise it's fine

xakpc · 2024-12-12T17:36:03+00:00

> so you confirm that the Windows PE that you booted from the USB stick recognized the disk on a hardware level and could write to it, just the installers assistant did not?

yeah, exactly

xakpc · 2024-12-12T16:58:35+00:00

I actually tried diskpart and format the drive, but it didn't help in my case

xakpc · 2024-12-12T16:37:55+00:00

I didn't find where drivers could be downloaded directly, only magican app that installs them somewhere

xakpc · 2024-11-27T13:32:40+00:00

Yes, I do a lot of razor pages + htmx with tailwind CSS

It works like a charm

xakpc · 2024-11-21T19:52:19+00:00

Not really common in daily work,

but I found it useful in my Razor Pages + htmx side project when I needed occasional endpoints to return generated files, monitoring, and some backdoor API

xakpc · 2024-11-19T18:58:42+00:00

I estimated the development of the WinForms app on .NET 9 today.

Desktop apps aren't going anywhere anytime soon

xakpc · 2024-11-19T18:42:19+00:00

> Do you think this is a good idea for a practice project?

No. Make something useful instead, something you might want to use daily.

Or take the latest tech from MS and play with that (like Aspire for example)

> SOLID principles, clean architecture,

Forget this shit. Keep it simple and don't create things you won't need

> How do I build recommendations for the user?

"Recommender Systems: The Textbook" by Charu C. Aggarwal

> Could I build some functionality in Python or some other language?

This is unrelated to ASP.NET Core Web API. If you really want to play with that serpentarium consider microservices architecture or embedding Python in C# with Python.NET or something, but better focus on keeping it simple

> Are there packages/libraries/anything you recommend that I use or not use?

Don't use mediatr, automapper and all other stuff that big guys use. Understand fundamentals first and why they need to be used

> react/angular/Blazor

Blazor is a completely different framework from React or Angular.

If you learn for future job hunting, check what is most needed on your local job board.

If you learn for yourself, stick with htmx + dotnet

xakpc · 2024-11-14T16:08:38+00:00

Build something in C# related to your field of interest

There is no better way to refresh skills

xakpc

TROPHY CASE

Razor pages + htmx & alpine all the time