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Allan Ritchie

Software engineer, architect, and open source maintainer with 25+ years of experience. Author of .NET libraries with over 40 million downloads. Co-host of Gone .NET.

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  • Shiny.Maui.ContactStore — Device Contact Access That Does It All

    Mar 26, 2026

  • Shiny.DocumentDb v3 — One API, Four Databases

    Mar 26, 2026

  • Shiny MAUI Shell — A Library That Takes Shell to the Next Level

    Mar 25, 2026

  • Shiny.SqliteDocumentDb v2.0.0 — Table-Per-Type, Custom Ids, Diffing, and Batch Insert

    Mar 22, 2026

  • Introducing Shiny.Music — Cross-Platform Music Library Access for .NET MAUI

    Mar 1, 2026

  • Introducing Shiny.Spatial — A Dependency-Free Spatial Database and GPS Geofencing for .NET

    Mar 1, 2026

  • Introducing Shiny.SqliteDocumentDb — Schema-Free JSON Documents in SQLite

    Feb 22, 2026

  • Introducing Shiny.Maui.TableView — Settings-Style Pages for .NET MAUI, Without the Platform Pain

    Feb 21, 2026

  • CarPlay & Android Auto with .NET MAUI

    Feb 20, 2026

  • .NET MAUI on Apple TV & macOS (AppKit) — Yes, Really

    Feb 12, 2026

  • The Importance of Open Source Libraries in the Age of AI

    Feb 11, 2026

  • Shiny Mediator & AOT - Zero Reflection, Full Speed

    Feb 10, 2026

  • Shiny Mediator vs MediatR vs FastEndpoints

    Feb 9, 2026

  • What's New in Shiny Mediator 6

    Feb 8, 2026

  • Shiny Mediator - Getting Started

    Feb 7, 2026

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