Reading Notes #630

This week, ReadingNotes shares some insightful blog posts that caught my attention. From embracing a positive mindset and integrating local AI models with .NET Aspire, to leveraging Docker for cloud-native development and exploring AI-powered Blazor Kanban, there's plenty to dive into. Happy reading!

Programming

• Beyond Containers: Unveiling the Full Potential of Docker for Cloud-Native Development (Giri Sreenivas) - Docker is known for revolutionizing container tools, but it is more than that. This post covers all of Docker's capabilities.
  
  
  

AI

• Using Local AI models with .NET Aspire (Aaron Powell) - This new integration with Ollama in .NET Aspire is super useful and simple.

• AI-Powered Blazor Kanban: Integration with Microsoft Extension Packages (Arun Kumar Ragu) - I'm always intrigued to see how other dev uses AI in their app, and this post is a treat! All the code is there with explanations.

LowCode

• Friday Fact: You need to be logged in to open a workflow in Logic App Standard Designer inside Visual Studio Code (Sandro Pereira) - This is a nice tip that will definitely improve the experience of many. I forgot there was an extension in VSCode and have been going to the portal. I'll have to try it out.

Miscellaneous

• This Is The Most Fun Way To Make Your Life Awesome (Eric Barker) - From time to time, I feel like I'm seeing the glass half empty. This post shares ways to see it half full instead.

• How making an impulsive purchase made me realise I haven’t been OK since my dad died (Salma Alam-Naylor) - Salma is a great content creator and a very smart woman. And an example of determination.

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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~Frank

Reading Notes #629

This edition of ReadingNotes covers new AI tools, WSL updates, .NET 9 features, and debugging tips with GitHub Copilot. Plus, insightful podcasts on .NET Aspire, productivity tools, and frontend engineering. 

Happy reading and listening!

Programming

• Dramatically faster package restores with .NET 9's new NuGet resolver - .NET Blog (Jeff Kluge) - A major operation to make our experience better. This post shares how I was done.

• Blazor WebAssembly debugging with Visual Studio (Mark Downie) - Marvelous! New and improved! Who wouldn't be happy about that?

• Using Dependabot to Manage .NET SDK Updates - .NET Blog (Jamie Magee) - Dependabot is one of those tools that when you start using it you wonder how you were doing it before. The new update now supports the SDK, lovely.

AI

• Evaluate the quality of your AI applications with ease - .NET Blog (Wendy Breiding) - Interesting new tools. Add 3 packages to your project and a few lines of code to get started.

• Transform your debugging experience with GitHub Copilot - Visual Studio Blog (Wendy Breiding) - An interesting new tool in Visual Studio where Copilot, our AI pair programmer, can join us to help while debugging.

Podcasts

• David Fowler: Architecture of .NET Aspire - Episode 322 (Azure & DevOps Podcast) - .NET Aspire described from the inside. Learn more about what it is, and what planned for it.

• 95. From Dev Containers to OpenTelemetry: Mastering .NET Productivity - with Alex Thissen (Betatalks the podcast) - There are so many great tools that so many of us don't know yet are effraid to start using. Learn a bit more about them in this episode.

• 96. The Evolving Craft of Frontend Engineering: Balancing Complexity and Simplicity - with Stefan Judis (Betatalks the podcast) - The web frontend is not the same as a few years ago. There are many frameworks and eengineers are trying to make them structured but also performant and light.

Miscellaneous

• What’s new in the Windows Subsystem for Linux in November 2024 (Craig Loewen) - The RedHat distro joins the possibly in WSL, an improved administration and 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 

Reading Notes #628

For this week reading notes, I have some exciting blog posts and podcast episodes. Covering topics including .NET scaffolding, Visual Studio updates, the Builder Pattern in C#, and OpenAPI in .NET 9. Plus, tips on validating identity with GitHub, improving Azure Identity, and podcast highlights on GitHub Universe and presentation skills. 

Cloud

• Better Azure Identity authentication support and performance during local development with .NET Aspire (Anthony Simmon) - A cool demo/tutorial with all the code snippets and explanations.

Programming

• dotnet scaffold - Next Generation Content Creation for .NET - .NET Blog (Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi) - Yay! Scaffolding CLI and it looks well done too! It's time to try it and if you are interested it's an OSS project.

• Making you more productive with Visual Studio v17.12 - Visual Studio Blog (Mads Kristensen) - Mad's blog post are always synonym of fun and happiness as it means Visual Studio has new cool features that ease or day and make us more productive. I love that that simple copy error message one.

• The Builder Pattern in C# [2024] - This is a very nice post that explains clearly with code different scenarios where that pattern would make sense.

• OpenAPI document generation in .NET 9 (Mike Kistler) - This is a great new feature in NET9 when building APIs. The post shares how to update existing APIs to get it. I'm looking forward to migrating my stuff.

Podcasts

• 435: GitHub Universe Recap + M4 is here with a NEW Mac mini!!! (Merge Conflict) - Cool summary and nice news for iOS user about xCode.

• How to prepare for a nerve-wracking presentation (Modern Mentor) - Good strategies for new or experienced speakers.

Miscellaneous

• Validate your identity on Bluesky with your GitHub account (Mark Downie) - That's a neat trick, sir!

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 it!

~Frank