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Retiring Legacy .NET Projects: Risk, Cost, Forward Motion

Published on 10/13/25 11:30 am by Martin Stühmer

In every mature .NET landscape, legacy projects represent both heritage and hazard. They once powered entire business models — now they silently consume time, budget, and attention. The decision to retire or modernize them isn’t about technology fashion. It’s about sustaining the organization’s capacity for value creation.

TUnit — A Pragmatic Evaluation for .NET Teams

Published on 10/9/25 11:30 am by Martin Stühmer

TUnit brings compile-time test discovery and native AOT support to .NET testing — but is it ready for enterprise adoption? A pragmatic analysis of performance gains, tooling maturity, and migration timing for teams evaluating alternatives to MSTest, xUnit, and NUnit.

Still Waiting for the Final Piece: C# 14 Comes Close

Published on 10/6/25 9:00 am by Martin Stühmer

C# 14 introduces the new ‘Extension Everything’ syntax—an elegant step toward more expressive code, yet one that still can’t quite match VB.NET’s classic ByRef magic. A humorous reflection on what’s almost, but not fully, possible in .NET 10.

The Generous Gift? Microsoft Extends .NET STS Support to 24 Months

Published on 9/30/25 11:30 am by Martin Stühmer

Microsoft has extended .NET STS support from 18 to 24 months. A genuine gift to developers or just catching up with reality? Let’s analyze what this means for your development planning.

.NET 10 RC 1: Architectural Impact and C# 14

Published on 9/10/25 9:00 am by Martin Stühmer

.NET 10 RC 1 is knocking at the door, marking the first release candidate and offering the .NET community a detailed preview of what’s to come in the next LTS cycle. While not the final release, RC 1 is “go-live” supported and represents the feature-complete platform that will soon become .NET 10 LTS. In this article, I’ll try to give a rough overview of the architectural impact of .NET 10 RC 1, focusing on the latest C# 14 features, under-the-hood performance improvements, and strategic considerations for the upcoming LTS.