.NET Now: From Windows-Only, to Everywhere, to AI

Many developers outside the .NET ecosystem still picture the platform the way it looked in the .NET Framework era: Windows-only, tied to Visual Studio, heavy on ceremony. That picture has been out of date for roughly a decade. In this session, we'll look at where C# and the broader .NET platform are in 2026, covering everything from functional concepts in the language to source generators on the platform. We'll explore how those shifts should reshape the way we design systems today, and where AI-augmented coding fits into the picture.