Here's a fresh collection of links and quick takes from my recent reading, and this one has a nice mix worth your time. The big highlight for me is seeing both Syncfusion and Infragistics bring their component libraries to Blazor under the MIT license, but there's also plenty on serverless Azure, Docker sandboxes, and the practical realities of going AI-first at work.
Grab a coffee/tea and let's get into it.
Open Source
Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion (Daniel Roth) - Amazing graphics components that will now be free under the MIT license.
Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics (Daniel Roth) - Voila! Both giant component companies now offer amazing components for Blazor for free under the MIT license
Cloud
Serverless Compute Operations with Azure Functions (Mark Heath) - Shirt post announcing an Azure function Pluralsight course.
Everything released in October 2026 for Azure Developer CLI - Azure SDK Blog (Kristen Womack) - Lots of nice improvements in those releases.
Programming
- Docker Sandboxes: Where Should Your Code Live? - I like that Docker sandboxes can adapt to different scenarios. I will have to try the clone one.
Miscellaneous
- From Cloud-First to AI-First: Productivity-Maxxing or Token-Maxxing? (Dewan Ahmed) - Using AI globally and safely at work requires governance and some agreement on roles and permissions... Just like a migration. This post summarizes sessions that help with planning and that approach