Nick Randolph

Agents + AI tooling lends itself to not only human driven agent development but also to autonomous AI dev.

@DecentCloud_org @AzureSupport Well, I guess it's lowered my expectations.... of Azure. Degraded service means impact on my ability to do my job. I don't expect a 3 day wait for an update on whether or not I can expect my build to run....

@AzureSupport @thenickrandolph Status pages exist to manage expectations, not share actual status

@AzureSupport Any update on the degraded service of Azure Pipelines? Status site (status.dev.azure.com) suggests next update on 5/3 - this can't be serious? 3 hours degraded service is bad enough, 3 days is not going to fly.

@AzureSupport 3 days for a scheduled update.... Given the degraded (paid!!) service, I would expect hourly updates.

We hear your concern and completely understand the impact this has on your workflows. The date shown on the status page indicates the next planned update, not that the issue will last that long. The Azure DevOps engineering team is actively engaged and working toward recovery, and we’ll share updates as soon as they’re available. Thank you for raising this and for your patience while we work through it. ^LK

@samidip Get building using #AI with this update from @UnoPlatform . Leverage the MCP tooling that allows your AI agent build, launch, interact and screenshot your app, significantly leveling up it's ability to get things right the first time

Uno Platform 6.5 Release now out 🎉 ✅ Better Hot Design UX ✅ MCP Tools in Antigravity ✅ Unicode support across platforms ✅ WebView2 enhancements ✅ Performance, Stability & a lot more! Elevated productivity for .NET developers: platform.uno/blog/uno-platf…

Web apps are universal. From informational dashboards to entire line-of-business systems, rich interactive experiences are now routinely delivered as web content, reachable from any device with a browser and continuously updated without redeployment. At the same time, native mobile/desktop apps remain essential. They offer performance, platform integration, offline capabilities, and access to device features that the browser alone cannot always provide. Historically, there was a sharp divide: web content lived in the browser, and native apps had to re-implement functionality to bring those experiences to devices. That divide is rapidly disappearing. Let's discuss WebView, a free control offered by Uno Platform.

@7plus why are most of your ads for gambling apps? And seriously @rickyponting and @glennmcgrath11 are you telling me that you're so desperate for money that you'd be involved in promoting gambling via ads for gambling apps. #noethics #fail

🤖🚀 New post! Exploring how MCPs + AI agents + @unoplatform can change the way we build cross-platform .NET apps — from project creation to AI-assisted UI. Read here 👉 nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/uno-mcps/ #dotnet #AI #UnoPlatform #MCP

@DanJSiegel @schneidenbach yeh but you get more clicks, likes, and followers if you claim some architectural pattern is bad/corrupt/flawed/oppressive ....

@schneidenbach Or is it that it has more to do with having testable components to more quickly identify logic errors. I would say when you separate your View and ViewModel logic this actually prevents many bugs because ViewModels are much easier to test than tightly coupled View logic.

"separation of concerns" is a term invented by software engineers who secretly love complexity

Just created a fully functional time tracking @UnoPlatform app using @Copilot inside of #vscode Make sure you follow the getting started guides to ensure correct setup of the extension and corresponding MCPs - this allows AI to "see" the app its creating

@sandeepattech @UnoPlatform Uno allows you to use AI where you feel most comfortable - use chat in your IDE of choice to generate whole apps, or use the Agent mode in Hot Design for more visual oriented changes whilst your app is running!

@thenickrandolph @UnoPlatform That’s impressive. Generating full XAML from a simple prompt really shows how far agent-driven UI workflows have come — especially for cross-platform apps like Uno.

Check out Agent mode in Hot Design for an @UnoPlatform app - simple prompt is able to generate the entire page XAML.

@edandersen @samidip @SimonHolman @UnoPlatform platform.uno/discord

@thenickrandolph @samidip @SimonHolman @UnoPlatform Do you might if I join the discord

We lost another one :-( Just a few more .NET Aspire releases and we’ll win ‘em back! 💪

@samidip @SimonHolman @edandersen I second that. Plenty of the actual @UnoPlatform team are on here and other social platforms, so reach out if you need help! Also don't forget we have a discord server where there is an entire community of Devs willing to help out

@SimonHolman @edandersen Please do .. Cross-plat can have rough edges, but engineering has been working hard on tooling .. here to help.

@Dorizzdt @edandersen @UnoPlatform Not to mention the team are on most social media platforms, various tech conferences and meetups.

plus you have a herd you can run with when shit hits the fan. one thing I found going into the others is when I need to reach out and ask "WTF does this mean" I get crickets an ai telling me "you're so right.." Uno has a discord of people willing to literally screen share and help.

Cross platform project coming up. Needs Windows, iOS, Android and later iPad. Must be able to render PDFs natively in the app. What shall we use - Avalonia, Uno or React Native (vanilla, not Expo as there is no Windows support)

@lush_amorelli @Dorizzdt @edandersen @UnoPlatform Interested as to where the assumption came from? @UnoPlatform has always been a cross platform technology, so if we can somehow negate this assumption somehow, let us know.

@Dorizzdt @edandersen @UnoPlatform Oh, it's not - interesting...

Windows App SDK v2-experimental 2 just dropped. Here's what's new: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_18e1… #WinUI

💻 Is #VibeCoding just the new outsourcing? From meme to method, AI-assisted dev is reshaping how we build software. Fast prototypes, low-code tools and agent-mode IDEs. 🔗 nicksnettravels.builttoroam.com/vibe-coding/ #AI #LowCode #DevTools #GitHubCopilot #PromptEngineering #TechTrends #FutureOfWork

@SimonHolman @Windows Yes, well Mac does set a very low bar.

@thenickrandolph @Windows I don’t get that. My apps start on the monitor I open them on. Multi monitor on Mac is much worse than Windows in my experience.

How is multi-monitor support in @windows still so bad - basic UX example: I have taskbar on each monitor. On my non-primary monitor, I click on an app to start it. The app starts on my primary monitor. I don't care for excuses about remembering last state - this is BAD UX.