Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi

Azure Dev Summit | Lisbon 13 - 16 Oct 2025 Azure Dev Summit is a 4-Day Event for Software Developers, 13-16 Oct in Lisbon, Portugal.

I'll be coming to Lisbon this October for the Azure Dev Summit to speak about the future of web development with .NET. I hope that you'll be able to join me! Early Bird pricing ends this week. azuredevsummit.com

My post was not written by AI. I love using AI, but I think blog posts are personal and should have the voice of the author.

Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire: A Step-by-Step Guide - .NET Blog Discover how to build a full-stack application with React and Aspire, integrating a React front-end with an ASP.NET Core Web API and persisting data to a database.

New blog post on Aspire + React devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/new-a...

Azure Dev Summit | Lisbon 13 - 16 Oct 2025 Azure Dev Summit is a 4-Day Event for Software Developers, 13-16 Oct in Lisbon, Portugal.

Exciting conference in Europe! Explore azuredevsummit.com — a cloud-centric event with an incredible agenda (beyond just AI!), hands-on workshops, and top-tier speakers. Don’t miss the Early Bird pricing — ends this week!

It’s a hot day in North Florida. It’s hard to work cuz my home office is a condition sun room (no insulation) so the AC can’t keep up with the heat. I’m hoping it will cool off soon!

Thanks for the info!

I just installed proxmox, for the first time, on a mini pc. Hoping that this will end up working well for me.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia on way back to US to face criminal charges: Sources Mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on the way back to the United States to face charges of transporting undocumented migrants within the U.S., sources say.

Some big news abcnews.go.com/US/mistakenl...

That looks like a good option, I’ll take a closer look. Thanks!

Thanks, that looks like a good option but for my use it’s a bit big.

@damianedwards.com I have a mini pc running Minecraft. My kids want me to bring it on vacation. Can you suggest a small screen that I should consider to get?

[Bug]: MSI packages install extremely slow after KB5051987 · Issue #68 · microsoft/Windows-Sandbox Windows Sandbox version 0.4.31.0 Windows build number 26100.3194 Other software No response Steps to reproduce the bug Open Windows Sandbox Download .NET 8.0 desktop runtime (e.g. https://download....

If you use Windows Sandbox and experience long install times, try this workaround github.com/microsoft/Wi...

A prompt to make chatgpt into your personal task manager

Here is a prompt to make chatgpt into your personal task manager gist.github.com/sayedihashim...

Here is a prompt for an interactive multiplication game for kids learning multiplication.

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Here is a prompt to play blackjack with gpt

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.NET AI Template Now Available in Preview - .NET Blog Announcing the first preview of the .NET AI Template, for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI. Get started building amazing AI apps with .NET.

Excited to share some new work with you all - Announcing Preview 1 of a new .NET AI Chat Web App Template. 🎉

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Yes, one of the few features that I implemented myself!

Understood, but the bug is currently assigned to the Blazor team for investigation. They will move it to VS if needed.

@danroth27.bsky.social looks like a blazor issue

.NET AI Template Now Available in Preview - .NET Blog Announcing the first preview of the .NET AI Template, for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the .NET CLI. Get started building amazing AI apps with .NET.

Just published: new AI Chat Web App template

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Yes, I’m going to find something. I was excited about a Costco trip with no other shoppers. Hopefully next year Super Bowl will start earlier in the day.

Looks like you are correct, now my whole evening plans have been ruined!

Today starting at 6:30 PM ET will be the best time all year to shop at Costco. I’m expecting the stores to be basically empty.

HTTP File updates for Request Variables and more - Visual Studio Blog Learn how to use Request Variables and the new $shared environment in Visual Studio 2022 (17.12+). Improve API testing by chaining requests and sharing variables across environments. Read the full blo...

New blog post on HTTP file updates in @visualstudio.bsky.social at devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...

How to configure YAML schema to make editing files easier | Red Hat Developer Discover the benefits of providing a YAML schema and how to make it consumable for all of your users, making it easier to edit YAML files.

This page shows how to add a schema declaration in a yml file developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/11.... After adding it completions should appear. If it’s not working please file an issue developercommunity.visualstudio.com/cpp/report

I hope you’re doing ok. When I go through tough times I remind myself that good things come from bad scenarios. Even in the worst situations, when you get through it there will be some good from it too. Wishing you well.

One thing that I learned in the last few weeks, when emailing execs, you have to pay very close attention to each word. Their replies may be concise, but all the info is there you just have to look for it.

Yes!

I talked about this with Dan Roth a while back but I can’t remember the details. I’ll try to look into it tomorrow.

Here’s a pic of one of the pool tables