This week's reading notes cover a nice mix of AI, programming, and databases, with a few pieces that stuck with me longer than I expected. On the AI side there's a new kind of model, a book about Nvidia and Jensen Huang that I thoroughly enjoyed, and an experiment where coding agents chose Azure SQL. On the .NET side, Stephen Toub is back with his annual performance post, and I finally found the Swagger vs. Scalar comparison I'd been looking for.
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AI
Introducing System One Models & Jev - The release of a new type of model JEV looks interesting, at least on paper.
A summer of AI optimization (Daniel Lemire) - Every medal has two sides; this is the story of the bright one.
Programming
Docker at WeAreDevelopers: Partner & Customer Sessions (Leon Jones, Eli Aleyner) - WeAreDevelopers event occurred 23-25sept and there were many interesting sessions .Will some of them be available online? Or maybe I need to remember for next year.
Performance Improvements in .NET 11 - .NET Blog (Stephen Toub - MSFT) - It always takes me more than one sitting to read those benchmark posts from Stephen, but it's always nice.
Device Bound Session Credentials in ASP.NET Core (Maarten Balliauw) - An interesting experimental feature to improve the security of our browsing sessions.
How to Port a Jekyll Blog Theme to Python: Lessons From Actually Doing It - Cool project, very nicely done.
Swagger vs. Scalar: A comparison for ASP.NET Core developers - I've been looking for a post like this, eventhought writing it at some point. It's great to see a side-by-side implementation: code, UI, all of it.
7 Document Automation Tasks Every .NET Application Should Handle Server-Side - I really like that it's ONE unified package that lets us do all that. No office installation required, and on top of that, it works on Linux. Bravo!
Databases
- Coding agents are picking Azure SQL Database - Azure SQL Dev Corner (Anna Hoffman) - That's a neat experiment, having an AI persona create a project that requires a database and analyzing the results.
Books
Author: Stephen Witt
I enjoyed learning about Nvidia's backstory and the entire semiconductor/chip industry. Jensen Huang is clearly a smart man with a keen sense for business.