Reading Notes #661

This week post collects concise links and takeaways across .NET, AI, Docker, open source security, DevOps, and broader developer topics. From the .NET Conf call for content and Copilot prompts to Docker MCP tooling, container debugging tips, running .NET as WASM, and a fresh look at the 10x engineer idea.

Suggestion of the week

• .NET Conf 2025 - Announcing the Call for Content - .NET Blog (Jeffrey T. Fritz) - It's now open! .NET Conf has been one of my favourite conferences for years. The call for content is now starting get all the details in here.

AI

• 5 Copilot Chat Prompts .NET Devs Should Steal Today - .NET Blog (Wendy Breiding) - Five things that every developer should know; simple but very impactful

• How Docker MCP Toolkit Works with VS Code Copilot Agent Mode (Hamida Rebaï) - Learn more about this nice MCP tool that can be integrated and help you manage your code.

Open Source

• Levelling Up Security with the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund (Martin Costello) - Cool open source project program that definitely helps. Very happy for Poly

DevOps

• 5 Methods to Keep Docker Container Running for Debugging (James Walker) - A post that gives a lot of great tips to examine your container's health and find the cause of issue

Programming

• Running .NET in the browser without Blazor (Andrew Lock) - I never thought about it but it's true we can execute .NET code as WASM without Blazor. This tutorial shows you all the code.

Miscellaneous

• Are you chasing the 10x engineer dream — or building a 10x team? (Anastasija Uspenski) - The legendary 10x developer is it really the solution? This post shares why it's probably not

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

Reading Notes #653

Welcome to Reading Notes #653 another packed edition of insights, tools, and updates from the tech world! This week's roundup dives into legendary engineering wisdom, AI controversies, and the latest innovations in Docker, Azure, and VS Code. Whether you're exploring MCP, refining your scripting skills, or gearing up for the newest Azure Developer CLI release, there's something here for every developer.

Let’s get into it!

Cloud

• Azure Developer CLI (azd) - June 2025 (Kristen Womack) - Love that tool, great updates, so many new features and improvements in this version, very looking forward to try all of them, turning them all

AI

• Publishing AI models to Docker Hub (Kevin Wittek) - Running model locally is a lot of people are looking forward to it, so this is good news can't wait to try it

• Build Agents using Model Context Protocol on Azure - MCP is still a thing and can definitely be used in your app, and helps your agents. Learn more about how to get started in the doc.

• The Complete MCP Experience: Full Specification Support in VS Code (Harald Kirschner, Connor Peet, Tyler Leonhardt) - Sweet, looking forward to try it with the URL shortener mCP server that I created but notification scaling everything is looking very exciting

• How to Build, Run, and Package AI Models Locally with Docker Model Runner (Vladimir Mikhalev) - Nice new model feature integrated within docker..

• AI Toolkit for VS Code June Update (junjieli) - Nice update to a great extension, learn more about it

• What humans and Github Co-Pilot have in common (John Hilton) - This controversial tool, is it good or bad? I like the way the author of this post answers that question.

Programming

• Run C# Scripts With dotnet run app.cs (No Project Files Needed) (Milan Jovanović) - Really cool and light way to use C#. Nice post with real scenarios.

Miscellaneous

• Why Legendary Engineers Build Systems, Not Just Code (Peter Smulovics) - So true! It's all a question of time, but maybe not where (or when) you think.

~frank