.NET Aspire Blog Posts

What's New in Aspire 13.2

A list of the new features, updates, and breaking changes in Aspire 13.2

Running Multiple Instances of an Aspire AppHost Without Port Conflicts

Aspire 13.2 introduces isolated mode, letting you run multiple instances of the same AppHost in parallel without port conflicts.

How I taught AI to read Aspire docs - David Pine — @IEvangelist

How I added list_docs, search_docs, and get_doc to the Aspire MCP server to help AI agents build better Aspire apps.

Replace Helm Charts and Terraform with Aspire

Open-source Feature Flag management platform supporting fast experimentation, safe progressive deployment, and A/B testing. Integrated with AI tools, deploy privately in 5 minutes.

Top 10 Things Every .NET Developer Needs to Do in 2026

want to share 10 actionable steps that will help you grow as a .NET developer in 2026. These are practices I follow myself and recommend to every developer I work with.

Aspire for JavaScript developers

Aspire 13 brings first-class JavaScript and TypeScript support with Node.js, Vite, service discovery, observability, and production-ready Docker publishing.

What If Your Identity Provider Goes Down?

Designing authentication resilience when Azure Entra ID is unavailable, using dual auth strategies, role-based authorization, and .NET Aspire.

Aspire Integrations, Batteries Included

Learn how Aspire integrations simplify modern app development by streamlining configuration, connections, local development, and deployment across databases, messaging systems, observability tools, and AI services.

Python is First Class in Aspire 13

Aspire 13 introduces first-class Python support for microservices, FastAPI apps, data pipelines, and ML workloads, with debugging, venv, uv, and Docker built in.

Simplifying Cloud-Native Development with .NET Aspire

An exploration of how .NET Aspire simplifies cloud-native application development, written by Karan Raj.