Azure Developers - .NET Aspire Day 2024. Join us on September 18th as we dive deep into building world-class cloud native applications with .NET and Azure. Stephen Toub - MSFT Partner Software Engineer. Each year, summer arrives to find me daunted and excited to write about the performance improvements in the upcoming release of .NET. Daunted, because these posts, covering .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6, .NET 5, .NET Core 3.0, .NET Core 2.1, and .NET Core 2.0, have garnered a bit of a reputation I want to ensure the next iteration lives up to. And excited, because theres such an abundance of material to cover due to just how much goodness has been packed into the next .NET release, I struggle to get it all written down as quickly as my thoughts whirl. And so, every year, I start these posts talking about how the next release of .NET is the fastest and best release to date. Thats true for .NET 9 as well, of course, but the statement that .NET 9 is the fastest and best release of .NET to date is now a bit… mundane. So, lets spice it up a bit. How about… a haiku? As the falcon flies, .NET 9 speeds joy into Developers hearts. Or, maybe a limerick: In the coding world, theres a star, .NET 9, the best by far. With speed thats supreme, Its every coders dream, Taking development to a new par. A little gimmicky? Maybe something more classical, a sonnet perhaps: In realms of code where brilliance finds its way, .NET 9 shines with an unmatched array. Its speed and grace, a marvel to behold, Transforming tasks to treasures, fast and bold. Developers, with joy, embrace its might, Their projects soar, efficiency in sight. No longer bound by limits of the past, In .NET 9, their dreams are built to last. Its libs, a symphony of pure delight, Turning complex to simple, dim to light. With every line of code, a masterpiece, In .NET 9, dev burdens find release. Oh, wondrous .NET 9, you light the way, In your embrace, our futures bright as day. Ok, so, yeah, I should stick to writing software rather than poetry (something with which my college poetry professor likely agreed). Nevertheless, the sentiment remains: .NET 9 is an incredibly exciting release. More than 7,500 pull requests (PRs) have mer
