Alongside .NET 6, Visual Studio 2022 is now GA. It is the first 64-bit version of the IDE. I tested it by opening a solution with 100 projects. In VS 2019, this would cause “Out of Memory” crashes or massive lag. In VS 2022, it used 5GB of RAM and stayed buttery smooth. IntelliCode also […]
Read more →Visual Studio 2022 GA: 64-bit
VS 2022 is finally 64-bit. We can open 10GB solutions.
Read more →Azure Bicep: Private Registry Support
You can now publish Bicep modules to an Azure Container Registry (ACR), just like Docker images. This solves the “shared module” problem in enterprises. This enables a central platform team to version and distribute approved infrastructure patterns (like secure storage accounts) to app teams.
Read more →React 18 Alpha: Automatic Batching
React 18’s best feature might be the one you don’t have to code for: Automatic Batching. Previously, React only batched updates inside event handlers. Now, updates inside Promises, timeouts, and native event handlers are all batched. This is a free performance upgrade.
Read more →Docker Desktop Licensing: What Now?
Docker Desktop is no longer free for large enterprises. This caused panic. Your alternatives are: Rancher Desktop: Uses containerd and k3s. Podman: Daemonless, rootless. WSL 2 Native: Run purely inside Linux.
Read more →C# 10: Constant Interpolated Strings
A small but welcome quality of life improvement in C# 10. You can finally use string interpolation for `const` strings, as long as the inputs are also strings. This is fantastic for attributing Controllers or defining consistent routing constants without resorting to `static readonly`.
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