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.

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~frank

Reading Notes #660

This week’s notes cover GenAI vs agentic AI, fresh Docker and Aspire news, how to run WordPress in containers, and building apps with React and .NET. Plus a few podcasts worth a listen.

Enjoy!

AI

• GenAI vs. Agentic AI: What Developers Need to Know | Docker (Michael Irwin, Yiwen Xu) - Interesting post that compares the two recent AI types and how they can be used for development, and of course, with containers

Open Source

• Does it Make Sense to Run WordPress in Docker? (Lukas Mauser) - Looking at different options to run  WordPress? Check out this blog post. All the code to do it in a docker container is shared and also details the reasons why you should do it or not

Programming

• Building a Full-Stack App with React and Aspire: A Step-by-Step Guide - .NET Blog (Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi) - A great tutorial that goes into all the details, mixing .NET, React, and containers. It explains how to use Aspire to wrap this all in a simple solution

• Aspire 9.4 is here with a CLI and interactive dashboard features - .NET Blog (Maddy Montaquila) - You release of .NET aspire with many features (I love the externalURL), the great CLI is finally GA, and unfortunately it happens (the release) while David Fowler was in PTO 😉🤣

Podcasts

• Stop fixing wellness symptoms, fix the work (Modern Mentor) - Important wisdom, it's simple and impactful

• Is AI ready for DevOps? (Agentic DevOps) - Great new podcast about AI for DevOps, and it starts by asking if it's ready... What do you think? ;)

• My Favorite AI Terminal, Prompt Injection, and More (Agentic DevOps) - Interesting conversation about terminals and what it can become when AI is integrated. Nice evolution of Warp.

Miscellaneous

• Docker Unveils the Future of Agentic Apps at WeAreDevelopers (Michael Irwin) - Cool ideas and services that are now integrated with docker compose I'll have to try that

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