Cloud
Azure SDK Release (March 2025) (Hector Norzagaray) - Many languages are supported and now Rust is part of it. There also some new bits for Node and Python.
Azure Developer CLI (azd) - April 2025 (Kristen Womack) - New features in the CLI, bug fixing and new possibilities in the website to search templates!
Databases
- Are You Azure SQL Database Curious? (Karen Lopez) - What?! Didn't know about that free tier. I could definitely use that; great news!
AI
Does AI really make you more productive? (Salma Alam-Naylor) - I trust AI as much as I trust any code found after googling.Meaning it might works but to I need to understand what it is doing. There is no trust, is always gambling.
Microsoft partners with Anthropic to create official C# SDK for Model Context Protocol (Mike , Maria) - New SDK is already available and it works!
Programming
.NET Aspire - Microsoft's Attempt at Infrastructure as Code (darren horrocks) - This is a quick intro to .NET Aspire, perfect to learn what it is without going deep into the details.
Making Software Like LEGO: How Aspire Brings the Pieces Together (David Fowler) - I really liked that image with the construction blocs. And also it seems my hobbies didn't change much in the past fifty years.
Podcasts
Forking around (with the Linux Desktop) and Finding Out with Justin Garrison (Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman) - Interesting discussion about Linux desktop and everything they can do. More people should know about that
359. Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want with Courtney Carver (The Greg McKeown Podcast) - Episode with the author of the book Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want. It seams simple but must be hard to apply in today's word.