Welcome to another edition of my weekly reading notes! This week's collection brings together some fascinating developments across the tech landscape. From the intricacies of building cross-platform .NET tools to impressive AI breakthroughs like Warp's stellar performance on SWE-bench, there's plenty to explore. I've also discovered some thought-provoking content about leadership, product management, and the art of meaningful communication. Whether you're interested in the latest AI tools, looking for career insights, or simply want to stay current with industry trends, this week's selection has something valuable for every developer and tech professional.
Programming
- Using and authoring .NET tools (Andrew Lock) - Interesting post that shares the behind-the-scenes when you're building a tool for multiple targets and the challenge that it represents. Those also share the new ways of .NET 10
AI
Warp scores 75.8% on SWE-bench Verified! (Suraj Gupta, Daniel Peng) - New Warp update, great performance.
Spec-driven development with AI: Get started with a new open source toolkit ( Den Delimarsky) - A new tool that looks very promising. A multi-agent specification driven and compatible with Visual Studio Code. Worth trying it
Google Gemma3 270M : The best Smallest LLM for everything (Mehul Gupta) - Interesting... It makes sense to have a tiny model available on our phone; smaller devices and much simpler tasks.
Podcasts
Design at GitHub with Diana Mounter (.NET Rocks!) - Very interesting, discussion about so many things: career, the balance between design and engineering, GitHub, and so much more.
How to Lead with Value with Dr. Morgan Depenbusch (How to Lead with Value with Dr. Morgan Depenbusch) - I really enjoyed this episode about the little things we can do to shift the way we interact with others.
746: How to Make Small Talk with Executives, with Lorraine K. Lee (Coaching for Leaders) - A very rich episode to start improving the way we see and use small talk.
Miscellaneous
- The two-ear Product Manager: Why balanced listening is your superpower (Bart Wullems) - This post shares great insight about how to become a better product manager. It's a good read, I strongly suggest it to everyone.
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~frank