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- .NET MAUI Community Standup | Rust, SkiaSharp Everywhere, AI/ML Live Processing
David Ortinau 
Nick Kovalsky 
Gerald Versluis Nick Kovalsky joins the standup to showcase Rust integration in .NET MAUI apps, SkiaSharp rendering across platforms, and real-time AI/ML live processing with camera feeds — pushing the boundaries of what's possible in cross-platform .NET.
Read more - Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1
David Ortinau announces SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1, a major upgrade bringing two and a half years of Skia engine improvements. The release also marks Uno Platform stepping up as co-maintainer alongside the .NET team, with new features including variable fonts, color font palettes, and SKPathBuilder.
Read more - Pin Clustering in .NET MAUI Maps
David Ortinau introduces pin clustering for the .NET MAUI Map control, shipping in .NET MAUI 11 Preview 3. A single property enables automatic grouping of nearby pins, with support for separate clustering groups via ClusteringIdentifier and a ClusterClicked event for custom tap handling.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup | Introducing maui-labs
The team introduces maui-labs, an official home for the growing collection of experimental work being built for .NET MAUI developers — more platforms, more rendering options, and more experiments.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup - March 2026 David Ortinau Gerald Versluis
Allan Ritchie 
Jonathan Dick Join this .NET MAUI DemoFest standup to see Jon Dick and Allan Ritchie bring MAUI to more platforms while sharing practical AI-assisted workflows. If you want fresh ideas you can apply right away, this episode is a great place to start.
Read more - MauiBootstrapTheme — Bootstrap CSS Theming for .NET MAUI Controls
David Ortinau brings Bootstrap CSS theming to stock .NET MAUI controls. Apply familiar Bootstrap styling to your MAUI app's built-in controls without custom renderers or handlers.
Read more - 5 Years of Work in 2 Weeks
David Ortinau recounts how AI-assisted development with GitHub Copilot compressed years of work into days. The result: MAUI Sherpa, MauiDevFlow, PolyPilot, .NET MAUI Terminal, .NET MAUI Linux, macOS/tvOS targets, Bootstrap Themes, and .NET MAUI Skills — all built in two weeks.
Read more - IconFont.Maui.BootstrapIcons — 2,078 Icons for .NET MAUI
David Ortinau packages Bootstrap Icons as a drop-in icon font for .NET MAUI with 2,078 icons and strongly-typed glyph constants. Reference any icon by name in XAML or C# without managing raw Unicode values.
Read more - .NET MAUI Community Standup: Live from MAUI Day London David Ortinau
Paul Anderson Gerald Versluis 
Mark Allibone 
Matt Goldman 
Steven Thewissen 
Stéphane Delcroix 
Tony Edwards The MAUI Day crew and supporters join us live from the Microsoft Paddington office in London to chat about all things current and future for .NET MAUI.
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