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A big potential for the pub to make use of that fame!

They could offer a hashed version of the menu.
Offer personalized salt for increased safety.
And offer protection against brute-force attacks during dangerous times! :-))

Nullable Reference Types in F# 9 - .NET Blog Read about latest F# 9 feature, Nullable Reference Types

A long read dedicated to Nullable Reference Types in F# 9 was just published: devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/nulla...
It talks about history of nullability in F#, applicability of the new feature as well as new ways of dealing with null values in F# code.

The F# 9 changes have started being written as an isolated blog as it was for F# 8, so the showcase is already written up and existing.

It has to wait for a deep dive on related features (e.g. why+how they came to be) - we are definitely supportive of story arc ideas for community driven features.

Announcing .NET 9 - .NET Blog Announcing the release of .NET 9, the most productive, modern, secure, intelligent, and performant release of .NET yet. With updates across ASP.NET Core, C#, .NET MAUI, .NET Aspire, and so much more.

(just a messenger):

- There is a shared .NET 9 announcement devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/annou...

- It links to "What's new" section in the docs (not blog)

- Feature deep-dive blog posts are about to come AFTER the main .NET 9 release (unlike before). This is the place for community showcase.

Breaking change: In-box BinaryFormatter implementation removed and always throws - .NET Learn about the .NET 9 breaking change in serialization where the in-box BinaryFormatter implementation was removed and always throws exceptions.

I love how the breaking changes docs phrases it:

Binary Formatter always throws.
Type of change: This change is a behavorial change.

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet...

EXCLUSIVELY HERE:

We are publishing a long read on Nullable Reference Types in F# later this week.

Starting with history of nullability in F# until now and language features designed to avoid nulls in the first place.

Followign w/ NRT and related F# changes- declaration,handling,type inference.