Damian Hickey
@damian.social
Architect | SOD/EDA | DDD | SaaS | Chief Architect & Engineering Director @DuendeSoftware | Recovering OSS contributor. Mostly. NET and dable in other ecosystems. Rugby.
Hey, I wrote a thing - check it out! Some good stuff in the latest version of MCP for security
Duende Software@duendesoftware.com · 3w agoThe new Model Context Protocol (MCP) RC is stateless! 🚀 No more tracking sessions or sticky load balancers. Deploying MCP servers just got easier. Plus, 6 new SEPs are hardening OAuth security. Read the full architectural breakdown here: duendesoftware.com/blog/2026073... #MCP #AI
Today I'm releasing AotAnywhere, a package which enables cross platform publishing support for dotnet NativeAOT. Before this package you had to use multiple different runners, with AotAnywhere you can publish for all targets from any single host. This is continuing the great work of @migeel.sk
Pretty sure F1 would be far more interesting with a Dacia or two ploddin' around the circuits.
We've published guidance on the high-severity #aspnetcore Data Protection vulnerability, CVE-2026-40372 (Elevation of Privilege) Read our guide to: * Determine if your applications are affected * Get mitigation steps 👉️ duende.link/twe5wp #dotnet
Update Guidance for CVE-2026-40372 - ASP.NET Data Protection
Guidance on the high-severity CVE-2026-40372 vulnerability in Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection. Learn how attackers can use it, check if your application is affected, and find the critical steps…
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playwright on .net is a tire fire github.com/microsoft/pl...
[Feature] More intuitive setup and installation of Playwright · Issue #2286 · microsoft/playwright-dotnet
I'm a fan of PowerShell, but I think having to add Microsoft.Playwright.NUnit or a similar package, then build your project, then execute a PowerShell script that you can find in the bin/something....
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Recevied multiple spurious "vulnerability" reports from the crowd at @vuldb.com . Incorrect product ( what is Duende IdentityServer 4 ??) , no mentions of specific nuget package IDs, no mention of versions, no supply of system under test configuration, no mention of which...
Still rocking a 2080ti since 2018. Gonna get at least a decade out of this one.
Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 5mo agoNvidia just announced DLSS 5, calling it the “most significant breakthrough in computer graphics” since the introduction of real-time ray tracing in 2018. DLSS 5 uses “real-time neural rendering” and is coming to RTX 50 series GPUs later this year www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...
The thing that stood out for me on that Atlassian slack screen shot was the karma bot replying to every message with a social score. What a dystopian 'mare.
Haven't done an OSS project in quite some time; scratched an itch with this one. An HTTP caching handler (for .NET HTTP Client) based on HybridCache. Am kicking the tyres on this so let's see if it works/sticks. github.com/damianh/http...
GitHub - damianh/http-hybridcache-handler: Caching HttpHandler based on RFC 9111 that uses HybridCache
Caching HttpHandler based on RFC 9111 that uses HybridCache - damianh/http-hybridcache-handler
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Here's how it works at MS. If you are shit at .NET and computers, you get demoted to the azure team. If you are shit at that, you get demoted to the SqlClient team.
Using OpenCode? This is a *nice* plugin. tryweave.io . Dev'd by @pgermishuys.bsky.social . 🫡
Data sovereignty has been a thing forever. Technology sovereignty is the thing, now.
"I'm so forward looking I can't remember what I achieved last year" lmao
Seems that none of the stores in Netherlands have had any stock of Guinness for several weeks now. Christmas is RUINED.
Claims and scopes describe user information in OpenID Connect. Let's see how Duende IdentityServer handles consent, different client types, required vs. optional scopes, and what happens when a client doesn't get everything it asked for. duende.link/97aeqlj 👀 #dotnet #aspnetcore
Duende Software - Identity and Access Management for .NET
We help companies using .NET to build identity and access control solutions for modern applications.
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Completed Halo CE split screen with daughter last week. Guess we'll be doing it again. :)
We're happy to start sponsoring the Spectre.Console project! It is a #dotnet library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications by giving you access to standard components you may find in a CLI experience. Go check it out! duende.link/sp3ctr3
Been fun digging into Passkeys lately. Starting a 4-post series... #dotnet #aspnetcore #identity duende.link/p455k3y
Duende Software - Identity and Access Management for .NET
We help companies using .NET to build identity and access control solutions for modern applications.
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I'm hiring! Looking for an #aspnetcore dev, ideally with identity/oidc experience. Role is support, tech presales, advisory, docs, ... East coast US ideally for timezone overlap in the team Small team and company, big ambition. Reach out if you're interested! duendesoftware.com/careers/cust...
Customer Success Engineer
Duende software looking to fill Customer Success Engineer position
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If there are only 12 months between STS and LTS what's the point? This means we'll be producing packages supporting four SDKs 8, 9, 10 for a period leading into 11. A brief period yes, but still.
