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Universal Hubs: one SignalR-style hub over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Allan Ritchie of Shiny introduced Shiny.UniversalHubs, which serves the same BLE Hubs contract over Wi-Fi as well. One hub implementation and one contract work on both transports, and the client chooses which one to prefer. For .NET MAUI developers building multiplayer or nearby-device apps, it shows a concrete way past Bluetooth's range and bandwidth limits.

Shiny.Net.Http: Background File Transfers for Mobile .NET Apps

Shiny.Net.Http is a library that keeps file uploads and downloads running in the background on iOS, Android and other platforms, even when the app is suspended or killed. Its queue survives restarts and supports retries, pause and resume. It is a practical alternative to hand-written retry loops for mobile teams.