Visual Studio 2022 64-bit: First Impressions

For the first time, Visual Studio is 64-bit (devenv.exe). This removes the 4GB memory limit that has plagued developers of large enterprise solutions. We successfully loaded a solution with 1,600 projects. Performance Specs **Memory Usage**: Can now exceed 4GB (we saw 8GB usage on giant solutions). **Find in Files**: 3x faster using the new indexing […]

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Dapr v1.0: Building Microservices for Any Cloud

Dapr v1.0 is production-ready. It solves the hardest parts of distributed systems: State management, Service Invocation, and Event-driven messaging. This guide implements the “Virtual Actor” pattern using Dapr actors. Virtual Actors Actors are single-threaded units of state and logic. Dapr handles their lifetime (activating them when a message arrives, deactivating them after timeout). Output Bindings […]

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