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Publishing a .NET MAUI app to Google Play and the App Store

Reaching the stores is the last mile of every mobile app. With .NET MAUI you start from the same project, but each platform has its own rules. One project, two signing and publishing paths. Android: s...

02 ott 2026

NIS2: If You're Only Thinking About Servers, You're Looking in the Wrong Direction.

1. Mapping NIS2 Requirements (Legislative Decree 138/2024) onto MDM FeaturesThe Italian decree imposes precise obligations in terms of risk management and incident reporting. Let's see how MDM (Mobile...

20 mag 2026

Privacy Policy

Privacy PolicyPursuant to EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) – www.digitalsolutions.itLast updated: May 20251. Data ControllerThe data controller is Passaro Francesco Paolo, operator of the personal blog w...

15 mag 2026

Edge AI and solutions

Edge AI and solutions Edge AI means running artificial intelligence models where the data is born: in the factory, in the shop, on a vehicle, in a field. Less latency, less bandwidth, more control ove...

10 ott 2026

Arduino with on-board AI

Arduino with on-board AI Today a microcontroller costing a few euros can recognise a gesture, a keyword or an unusual noise, with no connection and a battery that lasts for months. That is TinyML. Fro...

10 ott 2026

IoT and artificial intelligence

IoT and artificial intelligence An IoT device becomes truly useful when it stops sending numbers and starts reporting situations: an unusual vibration, abnormal consumption, a person in a restricted a...

10 ott 2026

Migrating from WPF to Avalonia: what really changes

WPF only runs on Windows. When an application must also reach macOS or Linux, Avalonia is the most natural destination: XAML and concepts are similar, but not identical. First secure the logic, then r...

09 ott 2026

.NET MAUI: permissions and device APIs

.NET MAUI exposes device features through APIs shared by every platform: location, camera, files, connectivity, device information. Before using them, though, you need permissions. The app must keep w...

30 set 2026

Microsoft Agent Framework: agents and workflows in .NET

The Microsoft Agent Framework is Microsoft's open-source framework, for .NET and Python, dedicated to AI agents. It comes from the merger of two projects: Semantic Kernel, solid and designed for enter...

25 set 2026

Secure IoT: device identity and firmware updates

An IoT device stays installed for years. Security is not added at the end: it is designed together with the hardware. The device accepts only the manufacturer's firmware and can always roll back. An i...

24 set 2026

Navigation in .NET MAUI with Shell and parameters

Shell provides the navigation structure of a MAUI app: tabs, flyout menu and route-based navigation, similar to web addresses. Objects travel between pages without being turned into strings. The app s...

24 set 2026

Synthelion 1.2.5

Why Synthelion?Every token sent to a model costs money and time. Synthelion removes the words that carry no meaning — articles, prepositions, conjunctions, auxiliary verbs — and reduces inflected word...

22 set 2026

CollectionView in .NET MAUI: fast, flexible lists

With ListView deprecated in .NET 10, CollectionView is the control for displaying lists of data. It is more flexible and more efficient, because it recycles cells while scrolling. Only the data the us...

21 set 2026

PCB design: the most common mistakes in the first prototype

A board's first prototype is rarely perfect, but many problems are always the same and can be prevented. Five checks that avoid a needless second revision. Undersized power rails The peak consumption ...

20 set 2026

Multi-agent systems (MAS) in .NET: when you need them and how to design them

A multi-agent system (MAS) splits a complex task across several AI agents, each with its own role, instructions and tools: one gathers information, one writes, one checks. It is the same principle as ...

19 set 2026

DesireeIA

The evolution of local AI models has redefined how organizations approach data privacy and application performance. DesireeIA is a local Large Language Model (LLM) inference engine designed specifical...

16 set 2026

Edge AI or cloud? How to choose where models run

There is no answer that is always right. There is a right choice for each case, and often it is a mixed architecture. The answer is often hybrid: inference at the edge, training in the cloud. The four...

12 set 2026

Containers for .NET apps without a Dockerfile

Writing and maintaining a Dockerfile for every .NET project is no longer necessary: the SDK can build the image by itself, using the project's information. The SDK builds the image with no Dockerfile ...

09 set 2026

Stilo

Stilo is a WYSIWYG HTML editor developed with C#/Blazor, born from the concrete need for a complete document editor that can be easily integrated into .NET projects. Developed in spare time, Stilo com...

28 ago 2026

EF Core: ten tips for faster queries

Entity Framework Core is productive, but a few habits can turn a fast page into a slow one. Here are the tips we apply in every project. The same information, with far less work for the database. 1. R...

28 ago 2026

EF Core 10: LeftJoin, named filters and vector search

Entity Framework Core 10 ships alongside .NET 10 as a long-term support release. Here are the new features that simplify everyday code the most. Each filter has a name and can be disabled alone, leavi...

25 ago 2026

Passkeys in ASP.NET Core Identity: signing in without passwords

Passwords get reused, stolen and guessed. Passkeys, based on the WebAuthn and FIDO2 standards, replace the password with a pair of cryptographic keys: the private key stays on the user's device, prote...

13 ago 2026

Razor Pages: when they are the right choice

In ASP.NET Core you can build web interfaces with MVC, Razor Pages or Blazor. Razor Pages is often underrated, yet it is the easiest model to maintain for many real projects. The redirect after saving...

10 ago 2026

OpenAPI 3.1 in ASP.NET Core 10: documenting your APIs

An OpenAPI document describes your APIs in a way people and tools can read: automatically generated clients, tests, gateways, developer portals. ASP.NET Core generates it straight from the code. The d...

04 ago 2026

BenchmarkDotNet: measuring the performance of .NET code

Measuring time with a Stopwatch in a loop gives numbers distorted by the JIT, caches and the garbage collector. BenchmarkDotNet handles warm-up, repetitions and statistics for you. Warm-up and repetit...

29 lug 2026

Configuration in .NET: the Options pattern and validation at startup

Reading configuration with strings scattered around the code leads to typos discovered only in production. The Options pattern turns a configuration section into a typed, validated class. With Validat...

17 lug 2026

Dependency Injection in .NET: lifetimes and keyed services

The dependency injection container built into .NET covers the vast majority of cases. Knowing its lifetimes and newest features well avoids bugs that are hard to track down. A service must never depen...

14 lug 2026

async/await in C#: best practices, Task and ValueTask

Asynchronous code makes applications responsive and scalable, but a few recurring mistakes can cause hangs, lost exceptions or worse performance than synchronous code. Each layer awaits the next and p...

11 lug 2026

Stilo

Stilo combines visual editing, report generation, and features for barcodes, QR codes, and labels—all with zero licensing costs and a strong focus on performance.What Stilo OffersHTML-oriented WYSIWYG...

09 lug 2026

Caveman.PrivacyGuard

Protecting Data in the AI Era: A Guide to Caveman.PrivacyGuardWith the mass adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence systems within enterprise software, develope...

09 lug 2026

Caveman

🚀 Caveman v1.0.3Caveman is an ultralight and fully self-contained .NET library designed to optimize text for Large Language Models (LLMs), drastically reducing token consumption and associated costs,...

09 lug 2026

Span and ReadOnlySpan in C# 14: implicit conversions

Span<T> and ReadOnlySpan<T> represent a contiguous region of memory without copying it: they are the foundation of high-performance .NET code. C# 14 makes them "first-class citizens" with ...

29 giu 2026

How the evolution of Caveman 1.3.0 gave birth to Synthelion

Anyone developing in the world of Artificial Intelligence and LLMs sooner or later runs into the same, identical wall: context management. Tokens cost money, slow down responses, and in the more compl...

24 giu 2026

Caveman 1.3.0

In the landscape of building applications based on Language Models (LLMs), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems, and AI Agents, we clash daily with an invisible yet extremely costly enemy: the...

23 giu 2026

AgenticCode

🤖AgenticCode A true AI desktop coding assistant: here's how we revolutionized Kodiin!We talk a lot about data sovereignty and local AI agents. But what really happens when an artificial intelligence ...

18 giu 2026

Native AOT in .NET 10: instant startup and compact binaries

With Native AOT the application is compiled to machine code at publish time. No installed runtime is needed, startup is almost instant and memory usage drops: ideal for container services, serverless ...

17 giu 2026

C# 14: null-conditional assignment with ?.

For years the ?. operator has let you read a member only if the object is not null. With C# 14 you can also use it to assign: the assignment happens only if the object exists. If the receiver is null,...

11 giu 2026

C# 14: extension members explained with examples

Extension methods have existed since C# 3, but they only let you add methods. C# 14 introduces extension blocks, which also let you define extension properties and static extension members on an exist...

05 giu 2026

Caveman New Updates June 2026

The .NET Ecosystem for AI Renews Itself: Discovering Caveman 1.0.3 and Caveman Privacy Guard 1.2.1In the landscape of modern software development, especially when working closely with Artificial Intel...

03 giu 2026

.NET 10: an overview of the new LTS release

.NET 10 is an LTS (Long Term Support) release: it receives updates and security fixes for three years. For business applications it is the natural foundation for upcoming projects. Official support wi...

02 giu 2026

🦾The free AI era is over: companies see the bill and hit the brakes

The end of "politically priced" AI For two years, the big labs burned investor capital to offer below-cost computing power, creating usage habits that now must be paid for at full price. Global AI spe...

02 giu 2026

Caveman PrivacyGuard 1.2.1 -- New Release

The new release of Caveman.PrivacyGuard has been publishedCumulative summary of all changes from v1.0.2 to v1.2.1.v1.2.1 (2026-06-02) — Critical Bugfix Hotfix🛑 FixedCritical: False Positives on Germa...

US bans Nvidia chip shipments to Chinese companies: escalation in the tech war

The US government has extended the export ban on the most advanced Nvidia AI chips to Chinese companies operating outside China as well. The goal is clear: limit Beijing's technological advancement in...

Nvidia launches the new RTX Spark chip: artificial intelligence arrives on everyone's PC

Nvidia has officially unveiled the new RTX Spark, a revolutionary processor designed to bring high-level artificial intelligence directly to personal computers. This announcement marks an important tu...

Real-Time Streaming in .NET 10: Say Goodbye to Polling with Server-Sent Events (SSE)

In modern web development, the need to update the user interface in real time is now standard. Historically, the simplest (but least efficient) approach has been HTTP Polling, in which the client bomb...

Cloud Computing: The Complete Guide for 2026

Cloud computing is no longer a technology of the future or a simple alternative to company servers: in 2026, it has established itself as the invisible yet essential infrastructure of the global econo...

30 mag 2026

Design Patterns in C#: which ones actually matter in 2026?

For decades, the Gang of Four (GoF) was the sacred text of software engineering. Learning design patterns was a rite of passage: a rigid checklist (Singleton, Factory, Strategy, Observer...) applied w...

29 mag 2026

The Retrieval-Augmented Generation Revolution: A Complete Guide to GraphRAG

In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have transformed the way we interact with information. However, models still struggle with so-called "hallucinations" and lack up-to-date or private knowl...

24 mag 2026