RemoteZip: Read entries from a remote zip over HTTP range requests, without downloading the whole archive github.com/Papyrine/Rem... I know there are a few implementations of this floating around. but most seem abandoned and/or do not work the way i needed them to

GitHub - Papyrine/RemoteZip: Read entries from a remote zip over HTTP range requests, without downloading the whole archive.

Read entries from a remote zip over HTTP range requests, without downloading the whole archive. - Papyrine/RemoteZip

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Introducing the Open Source Maintenance Fee for Polly thepollyproject.org/2026/07/14/p...

appreciate any feedback on this approach to web api versioning github.com/Papyrine/Scr...

github.com/Papyrine/Scr... A query framework to enable c# linq in Blazor Wasm apps backed by a EntityFramework backend.

GitHub - Papyrine/Scry: A C# query framework for Blazor Wasm apps backed by a EntityFramework backend.

A C# query framework for Blazor Wasm apps backed by a EntityFramework backend. - Papyrine/Scry

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How do you keep performance gains without fooling yourself? The final post in my performance and benchmarking series covers useful regression gates, benchmark variance, noisy CI runners, and why human judgment still matters. www.planetgeek.ch/2026/07/20/k... #dotnet #performance

Introducing the Open Source Maintenance Fee for Polly thepollyproject.org/2026/07/14/p...

.NET 11 Preview 6 is now available!

.NET 11 Preview 6 is now available! - .NET Blog

Find out about the new features in .NET 11 Preview 6 across runtime, SDK, libraries, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, C#, Entity Framework Core, F#, and container images.

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Blogged: Forking an open source project - codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2026/07/11/f... If you have experience on forking an OSS project and would be able to weigh in with thoughts about my plans, I'd be very grateful...

Forking an open source project

Introduction and motivation Some of the projects I work on – notably V-Drum Explorer and At Your Service – use MIDI to interact with hardware devices. I use a couple of packages for thi…

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I have added a pinned issue to the top of the Text Grab repo for adding the OSMF to the project. Curious if I'll get any user feedback. github.com/TheJoeFin/Te...

Issues · TheJoeFin/Text-Grab

Use OCR in Windows quickly and easily with Text Grab. With optional background process and notifications. - Issues · TheJoeFin/Text-Grab

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this is a nice addition to .net github.com/dotnet/runti... StringStream (a Stream that wraps a string)

API Proposal: StringStream (a Stream that wraps a string) · Issue #46663 · dotnet/runtime

Background and Motivation I've discovered over the years that providing string-based content via a Stream is a common requirement. The conventional wisdom (as indicated by highly-voted Stack Overfl...

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This is such a great episode! All #opensource devs should listen to this! #dotnet

Richard Campbell@richcampbell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Open source users often want a simple way to give back. RobMensching.com explains how the Open Source Maintenance Fee creates a sustainable funding model for projects like WiX Toolset—while keeping the source available on GitHub. Listen: www.dotnetrocks.com/details/2010 #OpenSource #Sustainability

Looking for my next role starting Sept 2026. Former CTO, Head of Software Engineering, Lead Engineer & Software Architect with strong .NET/Azure expertise. I enjoy hands-on technical leadership at the intersection of tech, business & people. Central Switzerland • Hybrid/Remote. DM me!

Added some new diagram types to my documentation diagram tool, Beck usepennington.github.io/beck/ First up, class diagram

Morph now has a demo Blazor site that does rendering of docx into png/pdf/txt/html/md All client side in the browser morph.papyrine.org here is an example render from docx (left as png for preview) to pdf (right) #dotnet

GeoConvert blazor wasm app now has a proper url geoconvert.papyrine.org

Projects that have adopted the Open Source Maintenance Fee? opensourcemaintenancefee.org/consumers/li... Do you know of any others?

Projects that require a Maintenance Fee

Instructions how to pay the Maintenance Fee to an Open Source Project.

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thoughts on my attempt in .net at a fair world map projection ? papyrine.github.io/GeoConvert/ its a Goode Homolosine but with a cutout to avoid slicing Greenland #dotnet

i built a blazor wasm mermaid renderer papyrine.github.io/Naiad/

when using this form github.com/resources/ev... how is "Company's GitHub Handle" used? eg is it publicly disclosed?

Support Open Source Maintenance with GitHub Sponsors

Pay the Open Source Maintenance Fee through GitHub Sponsors to support maintainers, fund security audits, and keep critical open source projects healthy.

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Another security feature I would like to see: add a warning to every nuget package where any owner does not have 2FA enabled

NuGet@nuget.org · 2mo ago

We’re strengthening NuGet security with clearer standards for package ID characters, reducing name confusion and protecting developers from malicious packages. Learn more: github.com/NuGet/Announ... #NuGet #Security #DotNet

so the UK is going to have a phone curfew for 16-17 year olds. so they will be able to join the military but not use their phones at night? makes sense

so .net foundation voting is happening. and i am wondering if the foundation has any material impact on the .net community?

GeoConvert now has more export options papyrine.github.io/GeoConvert/

Just renewed @sixlabors.com ImageSharp license, @james-jackson-south.me done a stellar job maintaining it, worth every penny. #dotnet #OSS

i went into more detail as to my reasoning about why build time license checking in sponsorcheck github.com/SimonCropp/S... #dotnet

wow do i dislike coding interviews. been coding c# for 25 years. some asks me to “call a method that accepts a func” while watching me , and suddenly my brain is like “how do i even use a keyboard”

Anyone else want world/region/country maps delivered via nuget? github.com/Papyrine/Map...

GitHub - Papyrine/MapBundle: Offline map data — country borders, major cities and waterways — for .NET apps, shipped as FlatGeobuf in NuGet packages.

Offline map data — country borders, major cities and waterways — for .NET apps, shipped as FlatGeobuf in NuGet packages. - Papyrine/MapBundle

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does anyone know anybody at GitHub/microsoft that can help with a stuck Sponsors profile?

i built a little blazor web assembly app to showcase my map conversion library papyrine.github.io/GeoConvert/

in a world of supply chain attacks it worries me to see microsoft releasing a nuget (with 5M dowloads a day) and there are no release notes, not tag on the repo, and no milestone www.nuget.org/packages/Mic...

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions 8.19.0

A package containing thin abstractions for Microsoft.IdentityModel.

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