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Re:.NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool ... by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday July 31, 2025 @07:46AM (#44744652)
> I still don't understand what a "tool" is

A dotnet tool is this: "A .NET tool is a special NuGet package that contains a console application. You can install a tool..."

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/global-t...

it's actually very similar to the node.js / NPM equivalent, which came first:

https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-packages-g...

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