# F# Weekly #18, 2026 - Game Boy Emulator in F#

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**Created:** [May 3, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-18-2026-game-boy-emulator-in-f/5118 "2026-05-03T07:47:44Z")
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#### Post date: [May 3, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-18-2026-game-boy-emulator-in-f/5118/1 "2026-05-03T07:47:44Z")

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Welcome to F# Weekly,

A roundup of F# content from this past week:

**Microsoft News**

- [Welcome to SkiaSharp 4.0 Preview 1](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/welcome-to-skia-sharp-40-preview1/)
- [Building an AI-Powered Conference App with .NET's Composable AI Stack](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/building-ai-conference-app-dotnet-composable-stack/)
- [Governing MCP tool calls in .NET with the Agent Governance Toolkit](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/governing-mcp-tool-calls-in-dotnet-with-the-agent-governance-toolkit/)
- [Combining API versioning with OpenAPI in .NET 10 applications](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/api-versioning-in-dotnet-10-applications/)
- [High-Performance Distributed Caching with .NET and Postgres on Azure](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/high-performance-distributed-caching-dotnet-postgres-azure/)
- [VSTest is Removing its Newtonsoft.Json Dependency](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/vs-test-is-removing-its-newtonsoft-json-dependency/)
- [PowerToys 0.99 is here: new monitor controls, easier window management, and Dock upgrades](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/powertoys-0-99-is-here-new-monitor-controls-easier-window-management-and-dock-upgrades/)
- [Visual Studio April Update – Cloud Agent Integration - Visual Studio Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-april-update-cloud-agent-integration/)
- [Visual Studio Code 1.118](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_118)

**Videos**

- [Functional programming in F# — Fad or Fabulous | Ken Bonny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knYPFk56viY)
- [.NET MAUI Engineering Team Live Stream: AI-Powered .NET MAUI Development with MauiDevFlow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrpjCJw1CY)
- [Blazor Community Standup: Blazor virtualization gets flexible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd_a7uTuzmE)
- [On .NET Live — Make your first NuGet library with .NET 10 and AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l-LmbE0WCM)

**Blogs**

- [Nick Kossolapov: I built a Game Boy emulator in F#](https://nickkossolapov.github.io/fame-boy/building-a-game-boy-emulator-in-fsharp/)
- [Urs Enzler: Event Sourcing — Read Models to the Rescue](https://www.planetgeek.ch/2026/04/28/event-sourcing-read-models-to-the-rescue/)
- [Roman Deneau: What if your pattern matching could call functions?](https://rdeneau.gitbook.io/safe-clean-architecture/appendices/outreach/active-patterns)

> **[Fer (@lferc.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/lferc.bsky.social/post/3mkrowvozd22t)**
>
> My friend Nick wrote a Game Boy Emulator with #fsharp and here is his journey https://nickkossolapov.github.io/fame-boy/building-a-game-boy-emulator-in-fsharp/

**Highlighted projects**

- [nickkossolapov/fame-boy](https://github.com/nickkossolapov/fame-boy) — A Game Boy emulator written entirely in F#
- [fable-compiler/Fable.Beam](https://github.com/fable-compiler/Fable.Beam) — F# to Erlang/BEAM transpiler, opening the door to F# on the Erlang ecosystem
- [vykrum/Hywe](https://github.com/vykrum/Hywe) — Active design sandbox for weaving spatial topology and flow-based hierarchies via design computation, built with F# and WebAssembly
- [Savelenko/FSharp.Control.Fold](https://github.com/Savelenko/FSharp.Control.Fold) — Represent folding of data structures and streams as composable values via F# applicative computation expressions
- [Azizs2162/fyper](https://github.com/Azizs2162/fyper) — Build type-safe Cypher queries for Neo4j in F# using plain records, query expressions, and automatic parameterization

**New Releases**

- [FSharp.Data 8.1.11](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Data/8.1.11)
- [Fable.Core 5.0.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Fable.Core/5.0.0)
- [WebSharper 10.1.1.670](https://www.nuget.org/packages/WebSharper/10.1.1.670)
- [dotnet-repl 0.3.259](https://www.nuget.org/packages/dotnet-repl/0.3.259)
- [Equinox.EventStore 4.1.3](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Equinox.EventStore/4.1.3)
- [Oxpecker 2.0.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oxpecker/2.0.1)
- [Oxpecker.ViewEngine 2.0.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oxpecker.ViewEngine/2.0.1)
- [Oxpecker.OpenApi 2.1.2](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oxpecker.OpenApi/2.1.2)
- [Thoth.Json.Core 0.9.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Thoth.Json.Core/0.9.0)
- [Fable.Python 5.1.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Fable.Python/5.1.0)
- [XstarS.GuidModule 2.14.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/XstarS.GuidModule/2.14.0)
- [FSharp.Control.Fold 2.0.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Control.Fold/2.0.0)
- [Conjecture.FSharp 0.27.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Conjecture.FSharp/0.27.1)
- [Giraffe.ViewEngine.Style 0.2.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Giraffe.ViewEngine.Style/0.2.0)
- [Farse 0.11.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Farse/0.11.0)
- [Parquet.Net 6.0.0-pre.8](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Parquet.Net/6.0.0-pre.8)
- [NBomber 6.4.0-beta.3](https://www.nuget.org/packages/NBomber/6.4.0-beta.3)
- [DSharpPlus 5.0.0-nightly-02585](https://www.nuget.org/packages/DSharpPlus/5.0.0-nightly-02585)
- [Expecto 11.0.0-alpha9](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Expecto/11.0.0-alpha9)
- [Terminal.Gui 2.0.2-develop.16](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Terminal.Gui/2.0.2-develop.16)
- [SwaggerProvider 4.0.0-beta03](https://www.nuget.org/packages/SwaggerProvider/4.0.0-beta03)
- [Orleans.FSharp 2.0.0-alpha.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Orleans.FSharp/2.0.0-alpha.1)
- [Agent.NET v1.0.0-rc.8](https://github.com/JordanMarr/Agent.NET/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.8)

> **[Jordan Marr (@jordanmarr.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/jordanmarr.bsky.social/post/3mkj2dlnius2u)**
>
> Agent.NET rc.8 is released!
> It adds a couple nice-to-have features that clean up the code nicely, and updates to the latest stable MAF versions.
> 
> https://github.com/JordanMarr/Agent.NET/releases/tag/v1.0.0-rc.8 #fsharp

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