Welcome to the AStar Development website!
Welcome to the AStar Development website. This site is not real, AStar Development is not a real company - this site is just a playground for me.
That said, there are a plethora of NuGet packages published under the AStar Development banner and all are fully supported - all I ask is a little patience in resolving any issues reported.
That said, there are a plethora of NuGet packages published under the AStar Development banner and all are fully supported - all I ask is a little patience in resolving any issues reported.
Thanks in advance.
This version of the site is still under construction. The enhancements include:
- Moving to the Microsoft Fluent UI Blazor library.
- Using AI to help write the code. No, I am not incapable of writing code (after 30+ years in the industry, I am pretty sure I can create "Hello, World!!"), this is just a good opportunity to
see what AI can do. As you have probably seen elsewhere, AI can be very useful, in many areas including:
- AI can help with boilerplate code generation
- It's useful for exploring new frameworks and libraries
- Great for getting different approaches to solve problems
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After initially spending 1+ hour with ChatGPT5 trying to get something as simple as the user's firstname from the EntraId claims and failing to get anything remotely useful out of it, I
swapped to Claude 4 Sonnet AI and had the code I wanted generated for me with a single request. This led me to the simple conclusion that:
- I am not sure if Claude 4 Sonnet AI is a better than ChatGPT, but the initial trial was successful and was a good example of how AI can be used to help write code when you have the correct model / LLM.
- I will continue to use ChatGPT5 initially and, when that fails (or I simply want a different answer), I will use Claude 4 Sonnet AI to develop this site - we will see which wins over time... it is fair to say that a) I have my suspicions and b) your mileage may vary...
- The "decision" to focus on ChatGPT5 is largely based on my less-than scientific research which suggests ChatGPT5 is the current leader in code-generation, we will see if the research is reflected in the code generated here...