Dave Marini delves into the history of asynchronous programming on the .NET platform, tracing through the early days of the Asynchronous Programming Model to today’s async/await patterns.

This article introduces the TAP and the associated .NET language changes that streamline asynchronous programming and extend the multithreading enhancements in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.

OpenAI has launched a new API option, Flex processing, for cheaper, slower jobs that leverage its o3 and o4-mini reasoning AI models.