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May 30, 2026Industry News

Microsoft Build 2026: What It Means When Your Document Workflows Become Tools an Agent Can Call

Microsoft Build 2026 highlights for .NET developers: AI agents move to production with Azure AI Foundry, MCP tools, and multi-agent orchestration. Learn why document workflows built with IronPDF, IronOCR, and IronXL are the reliable tools your agents should call.

May 24, 2026Company News

Inside Jeff Fritz's beginner .NET workshop: a clean approach to PDF reporting

Microsoft MVP Jeff Fritz recently taught a five-hour beginner workshop covering Blazor, ASP .NET, and Aspire and his approach to adding PDF reporting is worth a closer look. A walkthrough of the pattern, the choices, and why it works.

May 24, 2026Industry News

.NET 11 Preview 4: An Engineering Review

Iron Software's engineering team reviews .NET 11 Preview 4: Process API, Runtime Async, MAUI on CoreCLR, and the rough edges before GA.

May 24, 2026Industry News

Microsoft Agent Framework: An Engineering Perspective

Microsoft Agent Framework review: the successor to Semantic Kernel and AutoGen for building AI agents in .NET, with tools, workflows, and known limitations.

May 17, 2026Modern .NET

API Versioning Is a Last Resort: Notes From an Iron Team

A .NET library team's take on Milan Jovanović's case against premature API versioning, with the four compatibility rules that apply to REST APIs and NuGet packages.

May 7, 2026Company News

From Smoke to Soil: An Update on Our Biochar Project in Northern Thailand

Why 1% of every Iron Suite licence is now funding 50 biochar kilns in Northern Thailand, and what happens when they fire up on June 1

May 7, 2026Modern .NET

Aspire 13.2: What .NET Service Devs Need to Know

Sharing some notes on the Aspire 13.2 release from the engineering team here at Iron Software.

April 29, 2026Modern .NET

.NET 11 Preview 3: A Developer's Review

A developer's review of .NET 11 Preview 3: C# 15 union types, Runtime Async V2 and JIT improvements, ASP.NET Core Zstandard, and MAUI updates.

April 26, 2026Modern .NET

.NET 11 Preview 2: Runtime Async Matures, SDK Gets Leaner, and ASP .NET Core Gets Observability Right

Our developers break down .NET 11 Preview 2: Runtime Async V2, native OpenTelemetry for ASP .NET Core, smaller SDK installers, and what it all means for .NET developers in practice.

March 31, 2026Modern .NET

Building Vector Search in .NET with PgVector, A Developer's Guide

Build semantic search in .NET using pgvector and PostgreSQL. Learn how to generate embeddings, store vectors, and implement fast, scalable document search.

March 29, 2026Company News

IronBarcode Hits 2 Million NuGet Downloads

IronBarcode has reached 2 million NuGet downloads. Explore the milestones, key features, and engineering improvements that earned the trust of .NET developers worldwide

March 16, 2026Company News

Visual Studio 2026 March Release Party

Learn what’s new in the Visual Studio March 2026 release and how Iron Software libraries help .NET developers take advantage of the latest updates.

March 1, 2026Modern .NET

.NET 11 Preview 1: Big Runtime Wins, Bigger Direction Questions

Iron Software Team's breakdown on Microsoft's .NET 11 Preview 1.

March 1, 2026Company News

Microsoft Selected Us as a .NET 10 Launch Partner. Here's What That Means

Microsoft selected Iron Software as a .NET 10 launch partner for APAC. Here's what that means for our tools and the developers who use them.

March 1, 2026Company News

`LeadByExample()`: Jeff Fritz on Failing in Public, Mentorship Over Visibility, and Helping Without Keeping Score

Jeff Fritz shares lessons on public failure, mentorship, developer leadership, security risks, and learning in public in this LeadByExample() interview.

February 22, 2026Modern .NET

Milan Jovanović Creates PDF Documents in ASP .NET Core - And IronPDF Is His Library of Choice

Learn why .NET expert Milan Jovanović relies on IronPDF for HTML-to-PDF generation in ASP. NET Core

January 21, 2026Company News

IronOCR Hits 5 Million NuGet Downloads, Thank You, Developers!

IronOCR hits 5 million downloads! See how developers worldwide rely on our offline, high-accuracy OCR library for secure, real-world applications

January 18, 2026Company News

Iron Software 2025: Year In Review

Iron Software’s 2025 Year in Review: 10 years of .NET innovation, faster performance, PDF association membership, mobile barcode scanning, OCR gains, and community growth.

January 7, 2026Company News

Iron Software's First Environmental Initiative in South East Asia: Funding 50 Biochar Kilns to Clear the Skies

Iron Software launches its first environmental initiative in Southeast Asia, funding 50 biochar kilns in northern Thailand to reduce air pollution, support farmers, and improve air quality in Chiang Mai.

December 25, 2025Company News

LeadByExample(): Kate Kirwin on Building Opportunity, Backing Yourself, and Shifting Tech From Fear to Possibility

In Iron Software's LeadByExample(), Kate Kirwin discusses building She Codes Australia, measuring real impact, leading without mastery, and navigating change in tech.

December 21, 2025Company News

Iron Software at .NET Conf Thailand 2025: WebAssembly, AI-Powered Development, and the Road to .NET 10

At .NET Conf Thailand 2025, Iron Software broke down WebAssembly, AI workflows, .NET 10 upgrades, performance benchmarks, and how developers can modernize confidently.

<code>LeadByExample()</code>: Jakub Chodounsky on Pragmatic Engineering, the YOLO Mindset, and Why Best Practices Aren't Always Best

December 3, 2025LeadByExample

`LeadByExample()`: Jakub Chodounsky on Pragmatic Engineering, the YOLO Mindset, and Why Best Practices Aren't Always Best

Hatch CTO and newsletter creator Jakub Chodounsky shares pragmatic engineering lessons, the YOLO mindset, and when best practices hurt more than help.

December 1, 2025Company News

Celebrating the 2025 Iron Software Partner Awards

Discover the 2025 Iron Software Partner Awards honoring implementation, consulting, and reseller partners building secure, compliant PDF workflows worldwide.

December 1, 2025Company News

IronPDF in the News: Our Role in AI Compliance and Documentation

Discover how IronPDF helps enterprises capture AI-generated conversations, digital replicas, and audit trails as tamper-proof, PDF/A-compliant legal records.

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