# F# Weekly #3, 2026 – Most token-efficient static language?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.fsharp.org/t/f-weekly-3-2026-most-token-efficient-static-language/5040 "2026-01-17T16:15:51Z")\
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Welcome to F# Weekly,

A roundup of F# content from this past week:

**News**

- [Which programming languages are most token-efficient? - Martin Alderson](https://martinalderson.com/posts/which-programming-languages-are-most-token-efficient/)
- [How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI - .NET Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/how-to-build-android-widgets-with-dotnet-maui/)
- [How We Synchronize .NET's Virtual Monorepo - .NET Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/how-we-synchronize-dotnets-virtual-monorepo/)
- [.NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-and-dotnet-framework-january-2026-servicing-updates/)
- [Copilot Studio Extension for Visual Studio Code Is Now Generally Available - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/copilot-studio-extension-for-visual-studio-code-is-now-generally-available/)
- [Copilot Memories - Visual Studio Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/copilot-memories/)
- [Announcing Agent Academy: Operative | Power Platform Developer Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powerplatform/announcing-agent-academy-operative/)
- [Aspire for JavaScript developers | Aspire Blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspire-for-javascript-developers/)
- [December 2025 (VS Code version 1.108)](https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_108)

> **[jkone27 (@jkone27.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/jkone27.bsky.social/post/3mcknn7nins2n)**
>
> \#fsharp mentioned finally in a #dotnet @fireship.bsky.social video 🦔💚 https://youtu.be/MFsYaRnrcPQ?si=a9XVyD-e0mnOyzHR yessss

**Videos**

- [.NET in 100 Seconds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFsYaRnrcPQ)
- [Blazor Community Standup - Planning the future of Blazor in .NET 11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZZD_sXNg8)
- [.NET AI Community Standup Topic: Let's talk about the new .NET AI Stack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH-_J8gLZn4)
- [On .NET Live | Orleans Deep Dive: Routing, Placement & Balancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87AlzE53bxA)

**Blogs**

- [Inferring Memory Lifetimes | SpeakEZ Technologies](https://speakez.tech/blog/inferring-memory-lifetimes/)
- [Arity On The Side of Caution | SpeakEZ Technologies](https://speakez.tech/blog/arity-on-the-side-of-caution/)
- [Dimensional Type Safety Across Execution Models | SpeakEZ Technologies](https://speakez.tech/blog/dimensional-type-safety/)
- [Gaining Closure | SpeakEZ Technologies](https://speakez.tech/blog/gaining-closure/)

> **[SpeakEZ.tech (@speakeztech.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/speakeztech.bsky.social/post/3mcg4cnyal22f)**
>
> We're introducing a new approach to memory management in Fidelity: the compiler tracks data flow, determines where values escape their scope, and infers lifetimes automatically. Explicit arenas when you need them, inference when you don't. #fsharp...

**Highlighted projects**

- [nietras/Sep: World's Fastest .NET CSV Parser. Modern, minimal, fast, zero allocation, reading and writing of separated values (`csv`, `tsv` etc.). Cross-platform, trimmable and AOT/NativeAOT compatible.](https://github.com/nietras/Sep)
- [lamg/migrate: Declarative migrations for SQLite databases](https://github.com/lamg/migrate)
- [tonyx/Sharpino: A little F# event-sourcing library.](https://github.com/tonyx/Sharpino)
- [JordanMarr/FSharp.DurableExtensions: Extensions for Azure Durable Functions for strongly typed activity calls.](https://github.com/JordanMarr/FSharp.DurableExtensions)
- [rdipardo/Fornax.Seo: A SEO meta tag generator for Fornax](https://github.com/rdipardo/Fornax.Seo)
- [JordanMarr/Agent.NET: A composable AI agent framework for .NET.](https://github.com/JordanMarr/Agent.NET)
- [fs-fio/FSharp.FIO: 🪻 A Type-Safe, Purely Functional Effect System for Asynchronous and Concurrent F#](https://github.com/fs-fio/FSharp.FIO)
- [fsprojects/TickSpec: Lean .NET BDD framework with powerful F# integration](https://github.com/fsprojects/TickSpec)

**New Releases**

- [FSharpPlus 1.9.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharpPlus/1.9.1)
- [Oxpecker.OpenApi 2.1.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Oxpecker.OpenApi)
- [XParsec 0.3.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/XParsec)
- [FSharp.DurableExtensions 2.0.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.DurableExtensions)
- [Hedgehog 2.0.3](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hedgehog)
- [Hedgehog.NUnit 1.0.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hedgehog.NUnit)
- [CCFSharpUtils 0.1.8](https://www.nuget.org/packages/CCFSharpUtils)
- [Sharpino.Templates 1.2.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Sharpino.Templates)
- [Fornax.Seo 1.5.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Fornax.Seo)
- [FSharp.Compiler.Service 43.10.102](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Compiler.Service)
- [FSharp.Core 10.0.102](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Core)
- [FsLambda.Templates 1.0.14](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FsLambda.Templates)
- [FSharp.ReactiveWpf 0.0.9](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.ReactiveWpf)
- [FAkka.WebSocket 1.557.10.101002](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FAkka.WebSocket)
- [TickSpec.Unofficial 0.5.0](https://www.nuget.org/packages/TickSpec.Unofficial)
- [Hedgehog.Stateful 1.0.0-beta1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Hedgehog.Stateful/1.0.0-beta1)
- [ARCtrl 3.0.0-beta.16](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ARCtrl/3.0.0-beta.16)
- [AgentNet 1.0.0-alpha.2.1](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AgentNet/1.0.0-alpha.2.1)
- [FSharp.FIO 0.0.38-alpha](https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.FIO/0.0.38-alpha)

> **[Bozhidar Batsov (a.k.a. Bug) (@batsov.net)](https://bsky.app/profile/batsov.net/post/3mcjs5evjrc2q)**
>
> The data above is from this article https://martinalderson.com/posts/which-programming-languages-are-most-token-efficient/

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