Reading Notes #635

This week Reading Notes, covers various topics in programming and databases. Discover the latest ASP.NET Core release, the importance of clear error messages, and coding with voice commands. Learn about new features in Azure EasyAuth and Microsoft Entra Authentication for Azure PostgreSQL. We also bid farewell to Azure Data Studio as it moves to VS Code extensions.

 
Let's get started!

Programming

• ASP.NET Core on .NET Framework servicing release advisory: ASP.NET Core 2.3 (Daniel Roth) - Learn more about this new release.

• The Importance of Good Error Messages (jdanton1) - I cannot agree more with the idea! How many of us have lost hours trying to figure out what was the error because the description wasn't clear!

• From pain to productivity: How I learned to code with my voice (Salma) - I watched a few of Salma's streams where she was struggling with those tools. This post shares the entire story, the different tools, and her progress.

• Giving Granular Controls to Azure EasyAuth | Microsoft Community Hub ( Justin Yoo) - EasyAuth is like the name suggests pretty simple to setup and use, but also more minimalist than other solutions. This OSS package changes everything making it more versatile.

Databases

• Microsoft Entra Authentication for Azure PostgreSQL (Arun S) - Learn how ease security enforcement (ex: password rotation) by centralizing the account with Entra.

• Azure Data Studio Retirement | Microsoft Community Hub (carlosrobles) - I used in love Azure Data Studio and I'm a little bit sad to see it go away but I think it's for the best since all the functionality will be now available in vs code extension

Miscellaneous

• A case for getting dressed every day (Salma) - I agree one hundred percent with her it's so true.

Sharing my Reading Notes is a habit I started a long time ago, where I share a list of all the articles, blog posts, and books that catch my interest during the week. 

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Reading Notes #634

Each week, I read a myriad of topics that pique my curiosity and spark new ideas. From AI advancements and low-code solutions to tutorials on enhancing accessibility and performing database operations in .NET MAUI, this week's reading notes offer an eclectic mix of insights and practical knowledge. 

Dive in and explore the fascinating links that kept me captivated over the past few days! 

AI

• AI mistakes are very different from human mistakes (Mark Downie) - Very interesting thoughts. Looking forward to seeing how we adapt and integrate new security practices to avoid those new potential mistakes

• How To Extract Data From Web Page Using Power Automate (Matthew Devaney) - Cool project leveraging low-code and AI.

Programming

• Easily Bind SQLite Database and Perform CRUD Actions in .NET MAUI DataGrid (Jayaleshwari N) - A detailed tutorial with all the required code to do it. Super clear.

• How to build a copy code snippet button and why it matters (Salma Alam-Naylor) - Follow this developer as Salma builds a nice Copy button to improve the accessibility of blog. Really good idea!

Miscellaneous

• Using Tools (Safely) with LLMs (Mark Heath) - This is a nice C# tutorial that explains how to extend the capabilities of your AI without compromising security.

Sharing my Reading Notes is a habit I started a long time ago, where I share a list of all the articles, blog posts, and books that catch my interest during the week.

If you have interesting content, share 

~frank

Reading Notes #633

This edition of Readings Notes covers the synergies between C# and Rust, open-source software licensing challenges, and securing the software supply chain. It also feature a beginner’s guide to programming C# in Visual Studio Code. Finally, we delve into the evaluation process of AI models for GitHub Copilot. 

Enjoy the read!

Programming

• Why Every C# Developer Should Explore Rust (Chris Woodruff) - Even though I heard of Rust I don't think I ever wrote a single line. This post gives a brief list of ideas where we could make a combo c#-rust, and where to get started. Hmmm.

• .NET OSS Projects: Better to Re-license or Die? (Aaron Stannard) - What are the options when a free OSS project changes its license? Nice post that provides an overview of a recent change like this.

• Protecting the Software Supply Chain: The Art of Continuous Improvement (Melissa Sussmann) - This post lists the tools available to help us keeping our app secured and clean.

• How to Program C# in Visual Studio Code (Claudio Bernasconi) - It cost nothing and it is simple to start coding in C#, from .NET as this tutorial shows.

Miscellaneous

• How we evaluate AI models and LLMs for GitHub Copilot (Connor Adams, Klint Finley) - This is an interesting post that shares the methods used to test the different models before they can be included. Testing a model is different than testing a regular piece of code, what are they looking for, and what's important?

Sharing my Reading Notes is a habit I started a long time ago, where I share a list of all the articles, blog posts, and books that catch my interest during the week.

If you have interesting content, share 

~frank