System.IO.Pipelines is a new library that is designed to make it easier to do high performance IO in .NET. It’s a library targeting .NET Standard that works on all .NET implementations. 

A Super-Simplified Explanation of .NET Garbage Collection 

You'll often hear the terms framework and platform used interchangeably. This can be very confusing. You'll hear that .NET Core is a platform. Then you'll read that .NET Core is cross-platform. Next, you'll learn that .NET Core is a framework. And it doesn't help that framework is part of the name of the original full .NET Framework.

In this post, I explain the difference between frameworks and platforms and explain why sometimes you'll see .NET being referred to as a framework and other times see it referred to as a platform. 

Java was the choice of the finance industry by quite a margin—41% versus 27% for the second most popular language in finance , .NET . 

Swift vs .NET Core

Is C# now the next cool language to learn? With its versatility, new features and being OSS, it just might. Find out how .NET Core has made C# the next big thing

A web site that helps you discover awesome .NET open source and community resources  

User authentication in Asp.NET MVC using Cassandra and HectorSharp

A LRU cache is a container that ensures its maximum capacity is never exceeded by using a Least Recently Used strategy to discard elements.

My guess is that this could be part of a long-term strategy to retire the full .NET Framework , rather than bringing any real value to .NET Core or desktop applications.