13 engineers on Hacker News describe using .NET Framework first-hand: 1 endorse it, 4 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“it was only platform to support .Net Framework. Once we migrated to .Net Core and could run it on Linux, we did so”
regret · production · stackskipton · 2024-05-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“At work we have a core piece of our online ordering system that has been running on .NET Framework 4.8.”
regret · production · jackmott42 · 2022-08-31 · source ↗ · wrong label?“still don't like having to port even relatively modern .NET framework code at this point”
regret · production · sbelskie · 2020-12-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“the only way I could get the thing working was to delve into the bowels of visual studio and a bulk of the .net framework”
regret · personal · VaedaStrike · 2013-11-04 · source ↗ · wrong label?“This also holds true for the .NET Framework class libraries.”
endorse · personal · MichaelGG · 2010-11-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I was still working on .NET 1.1 until I want to say 2006/7, when we moved to .NET 2.0.”
neutral · production · 2 yr · bartread · 2025-10-24 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I have a Windows VM (on KVM) for older projects that run on .NET full.”
neutral · production · rvdginste · 2022-12-23 · source ↗ · wrong label?“The only thing we use .NET Framework applications for is Windows services”
neutral · production · junto · 2018-12-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?“still compile against the full net471 framework - for now.”
neutral · production · outadoc · 2018-12-14 · source ↗ · wrong label?“a local version of the server on .net 4.x and windows. Same binary.”
neutral · production · daxfohl · 2018-12-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?“My employer is starting the transition from .NET to .NET Core”
neutral · production · citruspi · 2016-12-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?“The .Net framework was another matter. That took time.”
neutral · production · crag · 2013-03-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?“After installing this iso mounter, it asks me to install .NET framework.”
neutral · personal · hippich · 2012-12-26 · source ↗ · wrong label?