This week’s reading notes cover a wide range of topics, from local AI workflows and Docker agent fleets to data privacy, SQL tips, and developer tooling updates. There’s also an interesting look at how AI may be reshaping platforms like GitHub, alongside practical articles and podcasts packed with ideas for developers and tech enthusiasts alike.
Programming
The new Run dialog: faster, cleaner, and more capable (Clint Rutkas) - Nice boost to performance for Run dialog (currently only in the insider version)
Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub (Mitchell Hashimoto) - I didn't realize it was that bad! It's true that I spend less time there, but did AI cause all those outages (by generating peaks of traffic)
Run Gemma 4 with Ollama locally, and keep the Aspire LLM Insights (sparkles and all) (Erik Lieben) - Oh yes! Interesting tutorial that explains how to hook local AI to Aspire (a dev tool)
Data
- Things I Think I Think... Data Privacy - Data is the new gold, the new oil, now more than ever. This post shares an opinion of our future.
AI
AI Agent Fleet for CI/CD: How Docker Ships Faster (Manuel de la Peña) - This is a nice post that describes a new tool that's great and also provides good tips on how to write your skills.
Generate Images Locally with Docker Model Runner (Ignasi Lopez Luna) - I have a very similar setup, and I love having a local AI for my little tasks
Burn Through Your Backlog With My /triage Skill (Matt Pocock) - This post explains a skill triage to help you in your repos. There is also a video version.
Databases
- Why COALESCE might be the most useful SQL function you’re not using right ( Lukas Vileikis) - If you don't know, coalesce this post for you. If you don't know any other alternative, this post is for you. If you're not sure when to use what this post is also for you
Podcasts
Docker AI, what’s new with MCP, Agents, Sandboxes, and more (DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling) - Michael Irwin from Docker is on this episode and they go through alllll the recent releases and some major upcoming stuff, rellay interesting episode
Making opinionated AI tooling decisions with Nimbalyst's Greg Hinkle (Hanselminutes with Scott Hanselman) - Interesting discussion around Nimbalyst, an AI tool that has a few pretty cool tricks up its sleeves
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.
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~frank