Reading Notes #674

This week: Cake v6.0.0 is out, Docker Desktop adds helpful debugging tools, and .NET 10 brings a ton of changes worth exploring. Plus some thoughts on working with AI coding assistants and a great cybersecurity podcast.

AI

• Treat Your AI Assistant Like an Overconfident Junior Developer (Marko Crnjanski) - I really like that I meant, I think it's pretty close to reality, and this post contains a lot of good tips.

• AI Vision: Turning Your Videos into Comedy Gold (or Cringe) (Frank Boucher) - A cool demo in Python that leverage AI Vision to watch your video and generate a funny roast.  

DevOps

• Cake v6.0.0 released - Great news! I will have to upgrade my pipeline. Hopefully, the upgrade will be smooth.

• Docker Desktop 4.50 Release (Deanna Sparks) - Nice update, and oh wow! I'm looking forward to try that debug, that's great news

Programming

• Get Ready for .NET Conf 2025! (Jon Galloway) - 3-day event and all about that net dispose chair, what is happening each day, so a good way to plan your listening

• ReSharper 2025.3: Day-One C# 14 Support, Visual Studio 2026 Compatibility, and Major Performance Gains | The .NET Tools Blog (Sasha Ivanova) - Great to see that those tools are ready for .NET so quickly

• Announcing .NET 10 - .NET Blog (.NET team) - There are so many changes. This post list a lot of things that just change with that .NET 10, and I really looking forward to watch in that video and read a more specific article to see demos and try it myself

Podcasts

• 116. The Evolution of Cybersecurity - with Paula Januszkiewicz (Betatalks the podcast) - What a great episode! Yes, about Cybersecurity but also about how to talk about a topic and share.

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Reading Notes #307

Cloud

• Azure WebJobs vs. Azure Functions (Simon Timms) - This post answer a question that is often asked... What's The difference...
• How to Create a Logic App Connector in an ARM Template | Vincent-Philippe Lauzon's on WordPress.com (Vincent-Philippe Lauzon) - Here it is guys, the definition of the CosmoDb connector for ARM.

Programming

• DevOps for Data Science – DevOps Maturity (Buck Woody) - This post is the fist of an interesting series.
• Different code styles for different code blocks in ReSharper and Rider (Maarten Balliauw) - Pretty cool comparison.

Miscellaneous

• Extreme Remote Work: The Pros And Cons Of Teamwork Beyond Borders (Tanya Accone) - Are you working in has remote or does your team has remote member? If yes, you should read this post.
• The Value of Continuous Delivery (DAVE NICOLETTE) - This is a really good post that talk/ question why cd.

Reading Notes #262

Cloud

• AzCopy 5.1.1 Release (Michael Curd) - New version more secure.
  
• Azure Portal UI now generally available including a preview of new APIs experience ( Anton Babadjanov) - Looking forward to doing more in the new blade of ApI Managemennt.
  
• Azure Region Pairs Explained (Chris Pietschmann) - This post clarifies an important architecture point that could affect our solution monthly fee.
  
• Free Training! Azure Day is coming to Montreal January 17th 2017 (Stéphane Lapointe) - Nice free training for Montreal people.
  
• Invoke Azure LogicApp over HTTPS with HTTP triggers (Christos Matskas ) - This tutorial that explains how to play with Azure Logic App to manage http calls.
  
• Using Key Vault Secrets in PowerShell (Chris Clayton) - Great tutorial that explains clearly how to use keyvault in our deployment.

Programming

• 4 Easy Steps to Custom Sections In web.config (Eric Sanner) - Good little tutorial to help us keeping our web.config clean.
  
• Cloud Scale, means Out, not Up (Chris Pietschmann) - Nice clarification post. So many people still use one term when talking about the other.
  
• Free Intermediate ASP.NET Core 1.0 Training on Microsoft Virtual Academy (Scott Hanselman) - Because you saw the beginner course or just because you want more... Fantastic!
  
• ReSharper Interactive Tutorials | ReSharper Ultimate Blog (Alexey Totin) - I just started to use Resharper, and I find it.... huuuuuuuge! I found this nice tutorial that help to get started... enjoy!
  
• Securing Web Applications - Simple Talk (Vishwas Parameshwarappa) - Security should be in our priority in this time of APIs and IoT.... Excellent post to get started with multiple security breaches and how to fix them.
  
• Tuples In C# (Mahesh Chand) - Tuples are one feature introduced in .Net 4.0 that can simplify our life a lot. Learn how in this post.

Databases

• SQL Server Extension for Visual Studio Code (Robert Green) - Awesome!

Miscellaneous

• Identity vs Permissions (Dominick Baier) - Good post that demystifies some point between two distinct but very often mixed concept.