Michael Stonis

Michael Stonis

@stonis.bsky.social

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Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

MintedTextEditor 0.4.0 is out! The fully custom-drawn rich text editor for .NET MAUI now has find & replace, a right-click/long-press context menu, universal undo, more formatting and styling, localizable UI, and basic screen-reader support. github.com/TheEightBot/...

github.comGitHub - TheEightBot/MintedTextEditor: A Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUIA Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUI. Contribute to TheEightBot/MintedTextEditor development by creating an account on GitHub.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

You Can Just Build It Yourself The DataGrid took me years. With an LLM it took days. Paid software that drove whole industries is now something a good developer can rebuild in a week, and people are starting to do exactly tha… https://ston.is/blog/development/build-it-yourself/

ston.isYou Can Just Build It YourselfThe DataGrid took me years. With an LLM it took days. Paid software that drove whole industries is now something a good developer can rebuild in a week, and people are starting to do exactly tha…
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

Copilot on a Credit Budget GitHub Copilot now bills by the token instead of by the prompt. Here is what an agent session actually costs, how to work it out for any model in 30 seconds, and how to pick one without guessing. https://ston.is/blog/development/copilot-credit-budget/

ston.isCopilot on a Credit BudgetGitHub Copilot now bills by the token instead of by the prompt. Here is what an agent session actually costs, how to work it out for any model in 30 seconds, and how to pick one without guessing.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

Lights Out on Offshoring Offshore development answered a real shortage for twenty years. Every tradeoff that made it painful just evaporated, and the firms selling it are saying so on their own earnings calls. https://ston.is/blog/development/lights-out-on-offshoring/

ston.isLights Out on OffshoringOffshore development answered a real shortage for twenty years. Every tradeoff that made it painful just evaporated, and the firms selling it are saying so on their own earnings calls.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

MintedTextEditor - A Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUI Introducing MintedTextEditor, a fully canvas-drawn rich text editor for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for formatting, images, tables, HTML import/export, and theming. https://ston.is/blog/maui/minted-text-editor/

ston.isMintedTextEditor - A Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUIIntroducing MintedTextEditor, a fully canvas-drawn rich text editor for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for formatting, images, tables, HTML import/export, and theming.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

KumikoUI - A Free, Open-Source DataGrid for MAUI Introducing KumikoUI, a fully canvas-drawn, open-source DataGrid for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, editing, and much more https://ston.is/blog/maui/kumiko-ui/

ston.isKumikoUI - A Free, Open-Source DataGrid for MAUIIntroducing KumikoUI, a fully canvas-drawn, open-source DataGrid for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, editing, and much more
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting https://ston.is/blog/dotnet/dotnet-hidden-gems-system-threading-ratelimiting/

ston.is.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting.NET Hidden Gems: System.Threading.RateLimiting A Library Hiding in Plain Sight Sometimes the best tools are the ones you walk past every day without noticing. System.Threading.RateLimiting is one of those tools. It shipped as part of the ASP.NET Core rate limiting middleware, and most developers assume it only works in that context. They would be wrong.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

MauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI https://ston.is/blog/maui/native-pdf-viewer/

ston.isMauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUIMauiNativePdfView - A Native PDF Viewer for .NET MAUI Overview Displaying PDFs in mobile applications is a surprisingly common requirement. Whether it is user manuals, invoices, reports, or legal documents, chances are good that at some point in your app’s lifecycle you will need to show a PDF. In .NET MAUI, the typical approach has been to use a WebView and let the browser handle the rendering. While this works, it comes with its own set of challenges: performance issues with larger documents, limited control over the viewing experience, and the additional complexity of handling web-based solutions for what should be a native task.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

I ported a bunch of controls, added documentation and started on some exciting new controls for Aurora Controls. This is a @SkiaSharp based control set for #dotnet_maui that provides some useful and some fun controls. I use them on every project. github.com/TheEightBot/...

github.comGitHub - TheEightBot/AuroraControls.Maui: Aurora Controls For MauiAurora Controls For Maui. Contribute to TheEightBot/AuroraControls.Maui development by creating an account on GitHub.
Michael Stonis
@stonis.bsky.social

Componentizer4k - In-Page Navigation for .NET MAUI

ston.isComponentizer4k - In-Page Navigation for .NET MAUIComponentizer4k - In-Page Navigation for .NET MAUI Overview When building a workflow for a mobile application, it’s not uncommon to need to be able to go through a multi-step process. In .NET MAUI, I often see people use something like the CarouselView control to switch between these components. While that works, it becomes cumbersome because the carousel control is intended for use where you have an indefinite amount of similar items. If you need to manage multiple controls where each control has a unique view model, that is where the Componentizer shines. You can think of it as an in-page way to navigate between subcomponents or workflows of your page with familiar APIs and MVVM-focused features.

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