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by littlecranky673 hours ago |
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upvoteby farlight2 hours ago|
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I've been using .NET almost exclusively on Linux since it was called .NET Core 2.0, and development platforms other than Windows do feel like second class citizens. Any time you venture into anything remotely advanced, the tooling is usually Windows only.

"Everything" expects you to use MSSQL, even if today there's ok official support for PostgreSQL and SQLite. Most "thought leaders" of various sorts are on Windows and expect you to use it. This pervades throughout the ecosystem.

Can't see this ever changing as it's not in MS' interest to turn other operating systems into good .NET development platforms.

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upvoteby qingcharles2 hours ago|
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I can't even remember the last time I used MSSQL with .NET. I'm embarrassed that I worked on projects now that were paying huge sums for licenses when .NET works so absolutely well with every other DB.

These days I just use EF with Sqlite on 99% of my projects.

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upvoteby aksss2 hours ago|
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I'm sure you know more about this than me, but EF works fine with SQLite for a project I work on. There are limitations, but I think there's a difference between the idea of EF deliberately not implementing some features for SQLite and SQLite itself not having support for some EF features (which is the reality I'm familiar with).

SQL Server is the flagship database project on the Microsoft side and that team surely has some imperative to facilitate the EF vision. It simply must be less of a priority for the PostgreSQL and SQLite maintainers to do so. Is that really a valid dig on the .net ecosystem, though?

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upvoteby atraac3 hours ago|
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He didn't say you can't use Linux or MacOS, he said there's still a culture of being Windows and Microsoft only across .NET shops. As an ex .NET dev I can confirm, the community is quite close minded, language is awesome.
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upvoteby IneffablePigeon2 hours ago|
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I think it's changing a lot recently. Our eng team of ~150 has been fully macos for several years now and we've deployed to Linux for ten.
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upvoteby DANmode2 hours ago|
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This.

The community is being diluted by…a different demographic!

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upvoteby masfoobar16 minutes ago|
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> As an ex .NET dev

Just curious.. what language(s) are you using now?

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