Allan Ritchie

@redth.bsky.social is back from vacation and finally ready to work again. @allanritchie.com has too many things to show now. We’ll be talking AI, some iPhone Duo, & App Device Bridging open source to help battle Apple approval slowness. Today @ 2PM - https://youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

GitHub & Reddit: OP - "here's this wonderful thing for free", users be like "let's complain about this and other things"

OSS still matters when building components in an AI world. We now have 1 of the largest control libs for Blazor & MAUI shinylib.net/controls & the most feature rich CameraView to date: shinylib.net/controls/cam... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

The most complete DocumentDB implementation in .NET. 10 Providers, LINQ, Diffs, No Schemas, Calculations, Vectors, AI Tools, Observable, Temporal - ALL WITH FULL AOT SPEED! shinylib.net/documentdb/ #dotnet

Using .NET Orleans? Want a queryable grain state layer without kicking all the grains to life? Give this a try: shinylib.net/documentdb/o... #dotnet

The attached post 👇 is absolutely true for those companies that approached AI in a mindless way. The fact is that pretty much everybody is using AI. The "you'll be left behind if you don't adopt AI" thing is stale. Everybody's adopted AI. 1/10

Today 2PM EST, @redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com tackle the pain of CI + mobile releases with new features for .NET MAUI Sherpa. Come hang with the old guys from Gone .NET 👉 www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Building an AI chat app from scratch? That's like assembling IKEA furniture in a canoe, eh. Shiny.AiConversation — voice, text, wake word, TTS & chat history with your AI in 1 NuGet. shinylib.net/blog/2026/05... #dotnet #dotnetmaui #canadajoke

@redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com will be talking about integrating AI directly into your .NET applications using all of the new and awesome toys they'll be showing off. Who says you're too old to play with toys if these grumpy old dudes can do it!? Friday @ 2PM EST youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Shiny DocDB v4: AI Tools that let your LLM talk to your db like it's ordering a coffee at Tim's. All operations, field-level access control, AOT, & readonly by default because AI with full access is more reckless than driving in a Montreal roundabout. shinylib.net/blog/2026/04...

We politely generated all your AI tool boilerplate so you don't have to. Shiny.Extensions.DependencyInjection — source-generates AITools from your services interfaces. Full type safety, AOT-safe. Sorry not sorry, eh. shinylib.net/blog/2026/04... #dotnet #ai #canadianjokes

Writing AI tool definitions by hand is like shovelling snow in April — unnecessary suffering. Shiny Mediator auto-generates AI functions from your .NET contracts. 1 attribute, 0 drama. Fully AOT-safe. More time for beer eh! shinylib.net/blog/2026/04... #dotnet #ai #canadianjokes

Just like universal healthcare, Shiny Health works for everyone 🇨🇦 One API. iOS + Android. Steps, heart rate, blood pressure, calories — 12 metrics, zero platform #ifdefs. Sorry for making it this easy. shinylib.net/health #dotnet #dotnetmaui #canadianjokes

Looking for a great ChatView? How about an Image Editor? A Bottom Sheet? We've got more options than a Timmies drive-thru menu — and unlike that double-double, these are free to try. Check us out: shinylib.net/controls/ #dotnet #dotnetmaui #canadianjokes

Shiny .NET MAUI Shell - Now with AI navigation for your entire app - Read about here: shinylib.net/blog/2026/04... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Join @redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com as they use the last slivers of AI availability to finish their AI dancing droid. They're using super new stuff like MAUI for MacOS AppKit & Shiny BLE (also native mac). Come watch them build (or fail) today at 3:30pm EST - youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Jon has been off on vacation, Allan got lazy, then a rabbit came & dropped off chocolates. Anyhow, they're back this week. Doing some Starwars+AI+BLE which may turn into an AI murder bot... let's hope not! Fri April 17 - 12:30pm EST youtube.com/@GoneDotNet #dotnet #ai

Went from zero UI tests to 48 automated tests in one session using MauiDevFlow and AI. No external servers, just an in-process agent and a CLI. More productive than a beaver with a Home Depot gift card. allanritchie.com/blog/maui-ui... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

.NET MAUI Shell is great, but what if navigation was type-safe, source-gen, & fully testable? Shiny MAUI Shell takes it to the next level /w DI support & no manual wiring. Smoother than a fresh sheet of ice after the 1st period. allanritchie.com/blog/shiny-m... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Full CRUD access to device contacts in .NET MAUI — LINQ queries, native translation, both platforms. Easier than finding a Tim Hortons in Ontario. allanritchie.com/blog/shiny-c... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

A DocumentDB implementation that started with SQLite. Now supports MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL. Same LINQ API, same AOT support — just pick your backend. More versatile than a Canadian apologizing in three languages. Sorry. allanritchie.com/blog/shiny-d... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Shiny Client v4 is here, eh. Windows support for BLE, HTTP Transfers, and Locations. .NET 10. Improvements across the board. This release has more power than a zamboni with a turbo kit. allanritchie.com/blog/shiny-c... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Built a native Mermaid diagram renderer for .NET MAUI. No WebView, no extra dependencies, fully AOT-safe. It's like the Zamboni of diagram controls — just smooths everything out while everyone else watches. shinylib.net/maui/mermaid... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

Tired of building calendar UIs from scratch in .NET MAUI? Yeah, sorry, but that's just unnecessary suffering eh. Shiny.Maui.Scheduler gives you 3 new views - Calendar, Agenda, & Event List - AOT-safe & fully customizable shinylib.net/maui/schedul... #dotnet #dotnetmaui

@stonis.bsky.social You had a good question about using mauidevflow for automated UI testing. It's actually pretty easy to have AI generate the tests while using mauidevflow to perform the automation. I did a basic sample here: github.com/shinyorg/won...

Tired of the basic relational SQLite db support you get on #dotnetmaui - why not try out our new SQLite document DB? It's faster, smarter, & super feature rich - no need for migrations either - shinylib.net/data/documen... #dotnet

We've always been behind with our documentation, but we have a lot of libraries. As of today - we now have great documentation - check out all of our new libraries at shinylib.net #dotnet #dotnetmaui

We have lunched Shiny Mobile v4 - Lots of bugfixes for Bluetooth LE, BLE Hosting, GPS, HTTP Transfers & more - we also offer Windows support on many of our popular libraries now. Come check it out at shinylib.net/client/relea... #dotnetmaui #dotnet

We'll be playing "Jonny on the spot" this week by testing Jon's AI bossypants. He'll be given an app & be forced to use Allan's libraries (and Allan doesn't do documentation). Come troll/cheer on Jon... err...copilot FRIDAY - 2PM EST - youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Tune in this Thursday for some amazing .NET MAUI demos that will blow your mind with @allanritchie.com, @redth.bsky.social, @davidortinau.com and myself! And of course, you in the chat??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY74...

i just released v1.0 of EfOrderBy been using it in production for over a month github.com/SimonCropp/E...

Jon & Allan have been on an absolute tear the past few weeks. Come Join The TOOLING POWER HOUR this week for demos of: * MacOS for .NET MAUI * Web for .NET MAUI (yes really) * More Sherpa * A SQLITE Document DB /w Geofencing Friday @ 2PM EST - youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Terminal, AppleTV, MacOS, & Linux for .NET MAUI - Yes really - Most controls, layouts, and even some Essentials github.com/GoneDotNet/m... github.com/Redth/Maui.TUI github.com/Redth/Maui.Gtk Live Demo: www.youtube.com/live/15Ss-j9... #Dotnet #dotnetmaui #maui #mobile

This week, Jon will be the "Jonny on the spot" for once (Allan already has his boots on ready to grill). He'll demo the ultimate mobile dev tool he made. We'll also be continuing to noodle on ideas for the new .NET project. Friday 2pm EST @ youtube.com/@GoneDotNet #dotnet #maui #mobile

Why can I still not debug & hot reload a hosted blazor webassembly project with @aspire.dev - I don't even care about service discovery at the moment. Even some OSS help doesn't seem to help. Anyone have a working solution? #dotnet

I'm VERY excited to see these #dotnetmaui XAML improvements becoming a reality! Check out XAML C# Expressions and give us your feedback! github.com/dotnet/maui/...

@redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com go full nerd this week implementing source generators with unit testing because why not? Do you think Allan will implement this or will he just berate AI to do his bidding? Find out at 2PM EST Friday on YouTube www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Happy 2026! @redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com are back. Allan is out for a bit of redemption this week as 2025 ended in tech demo fail. Come join the non-failing programming fun on Gone .NET this Friday at 2pm EST - www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

@redth.bsky.social is back this week (queue party music) just in time to troll @allanritchie.com before Xmas as they do some Aspire with database creation & seeding.Allan is also going to talk about a library that he hasn't stopped talking about Today @ 1pm EST - youtube.com/@GoneDotNet

Happening now! Live premier of the launch of @uxdivers.bsky.social open-source, FREE, .NET MAUI app popups! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpr7...

This looks fantastic: www.nuget.org/packages/Roo... - Source generated ORM for sqlite, mssql, and postgres!

Upgrading your .NET MAUI project from .NET 9 to .NET 10 has never been easier. Enjoy your coffee, hands off the keyboard and let GitHub Copilot do all the heavy lifting! In this video, you'll learn how. youtu.be/byfphP8pj3o

Let's see if I can make a believer out of Allan for the .NET MAUI Aspire integration! It will be live, so please join!

@redth.bsky.social is out for the next few weeks, so you're stuck with @allanritchie.com jokes. Can @jfversluis.dev save us? He'll be showing off .NET MAUI+Aspire. Can Gerald possibly convince Allan to "drink the koolaid" where Jon failed? Join us Nov21 @ 9am EST youtube.com/@GoneDotNet #dotnet

@redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com are back on the YouTube talking .NET 10 updates. They'll also be drawing things on a map to finish off the GPS tracking application. It's more exciting than it sounds! Friday @ 11am EST - www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet #dotnet #dotnetmaui #aspire #orleans

.NET MAUI is coming to Linux and the browser, powered by Avalonia. After years of community requests, we are delivering: – Linux desktop – WebAssembly – up to 2× faster performance on macOS Try the live demo and register your interest for early access: avaloniaui.net/blog/net-ma...

Join @redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com as they finish up a GPS tracking application that is setup to scale. We're also working with all the cool bits like Aspire, Orleans, & MAUI. Catch us on the YouTube www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet at 11:30am EST Today - Friday Nov 7

Join @redth.bsky.social & @allanritchie.com at 2pm EST today (Friday Oct31) on the YT www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet as they roll their faces across keyboards to make some GPS work with .NET Aspire, Orleans, & MAUI. They may even talk a little... they do that... especially Jon, not Allan at all :D

Come join @redth & @allanritchie911 today as they do some .NET Aspire, Orleans, & a little GPS magic with mobile! Friday, Oct 17 - 10:30am EST - www.youtube.com/@GoneDotNet