I have a lot of nostalgia for the product and will miss it. Working with Xamarin before there was a Xamarin.Forms, it and its predecessor Xamarin Studio made it possible to support a few different operating systems in the embedded system and mobile space with one code base.

Were it not for it, a *nix geek like me never would have become as comfortable with the Microsoft ecosystem as Iâ(TM)ve become (even with a decade spent working on Windows CE). Only Microsoft knows how many developers this is going to impact today, but even now many of our younger new hires chose developing in VS for Mac, warts and all, because they felt more at home on a Mac. Hopefully VS Code will really evolve into something useful for MAUI, or I think a lot of mindshare will be lost going forward.

As it stands, I think itâ(TM)s time for me to take another look at Jetbrains Rider. Praise from its fans notwithstanding, it never seemed worth the hassle before, but maybe now is the time to compare it to VS Code.

/agreed. > 50% protein by weight. It's practically a super food. Now, I've got to wonder how palatable it is. I like seaweed. Seems like it should be ok.