Reading Notes #682

This week’s Reading Notes bring together programming tips, AI experiments, and cloud updates. Learn to build Python CLI tools. Untangle GitHub issue workflows. Try running AI models locally. Catch up on Azure news. And explore ideas around privacy and cloud architecture. Short reads. Useful takeaways.

Programming

• Make a CLI command from your Python package (vast cow) - Nice way to create a CLI. It looks very simple.

• Programmatically Setting GitHub Issue Types (Den Delimarsky) - This post shares a cool workaround to work with types in GitHub

• 5 Minimal API myths and the real truth (David Grace) - Nice post, I really like minimal API, and it's true that people are asking themselves a lot of questions. Here you will find many great answers.

• How does Aspire expose resource connection info to the Azure Functions runtime? (Safia Abdalla) - This post explains how to connect Azure resources.

AI

• Private AI Coding: OpenCode + Model Runner - A very interesting post about how we can use local models in open code, looking forward to trying that.

• All the Azure news you don’t want to miss from Microsoft Build 2025 | Microsoft Azure Blog (Alysa Taylor) - Well, it's all in the title, and yes, this post is packed with news because Build is one of the biggest Microsoft events.

Miscellaneous

• Who Decides Who Doesn’t Deserve Privacy? (Troy Hunt) - A very interesting post about privacy. We should also think about all that when designing systems and applications.

~frank

Reading Notes #639

Welcome to Reading Notes #639, a curated selection of intriguing articles across programming, AI, cloud computing, and more. Dive into new productivity features in Visual Studio, the latest front-end development trends, .NET AI evaluations, and essential learning techniques. 

Grab your coffee and enjoy the read!

Cloud

• Some observations while writing my first Azure Function (Tim Deschryver) - I really like those types of posts where we follow the journey of the author going through learning or completing tasks.

Programming

• Great new productivity features in Visual Studio - Visual Studio Blog (Mads Kristensen) - Wow, there are so many cool features! I personally love the new line wrap and horizontal scroll bar—little details that make a big difference.

• Is this the next step in the evolution of front end dev? (Salma Alam-Naylor) - I never used those frameworks, but I'm curious now and will have to try.

• What are Custom Integrations in .NET Aspire? (Kalle Marjokorpi) - This second post in a series shows how to configure the identity server name Curity. It's implemented in a .NET Aspire solution and looks very well structured.

AI

• Unlock new possibilities for AI Evaluations for .NET - .NET Blog (Wendy Breiding (SHE/HER)) - That looks like a cool plugin for Azure DevOps Pipeline

• Announcing new models, customization tools, and enterprise agent upgrades in Azure AI Foundry | Microsoft Azure Blog (Asha Sharma) - So many models and plenty of new features, that's a great update!

Miscellaneous

• 5 Learning techniques you should know (Marco Siccardi) - Learning how to learn is a concept that in underrated. This post shares 5 accessible tips with big impact.

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