Top Links
- Announcing the WinApp VS Code Extension — Run, Debug, and Package Windows Apps in VS Code (Chiara Mooney)
- Giving Copilot more C++ context using custom instructions in VS Code (Sinem Akinci)
- SQL MCP Server as an App Service (Jerry Nixon & Helen Zeng)
- Developing internal skills for recurring documentation processes like release notes (Tom Johnson)
- Betatalks, the Podcast Episode #129 – Why Developers Still Matter in the Age of AI – with Tim Corey (Rick van den Bosch & Oscar van Tol)
- Microsoft Agent Framework – Building Blocks for AI Part 3 (Jeremy Likness)
Web and Cloud Development
- Azure IaaS: Defense in depth built on secure-by-design principles (Narayan Annamalai)
- Publishing Plans, Rate Limits, and FinOps for 3,837 API Providers (Kin Lane)
- Fixed-Height Cards: More Fragile Than They Look (Kevine Nzapdi)
- Disable HTTP caching by default in ASP.NET Core APIs (Gérald Barré)
- Build a Web-Based Production Planning Spreadsheet in React (Sumathi Uthayakumar)
- Links to CSS colour palettes (Julia Evans)
- Building Conversational Pivot Tables in React with AI (Manikandan Murugesan)
Windows Development
- How do I inform Windows that I’m writing a binary file? (Raymond Chen)
- WinDev Helper Release v2.9.0 (Alvin Ashcraft) – Handling the updates from winapp CLI v0.3.1. Get it on the VS Code extension marketplace here.
.NET and Visual Studio
- Pattern matching in C#: Advanced scenarios you didn’t know (Ali Hamza Ansari)
- How to use GitHub Copilot Agent Skills in Visual Studio (Bart Wullems)
AI
- AI Unit Testing Validation: AI Can Generate Tests – But Who Validates Them? (Eli Lopian)
- We Gave Agents IDE-Native Search Tools. They Got Faster and Cheaper. (Denis Shiryaev)
- Moving Beyond Prompts: A Practical Introduction to Spec-Driven Development (sutandan)
- Putting Claude up against our test suite (Oren Eini)
- OpenClaw v2026.5.4 Release (Peter Steinberger)
- White House Considers Vetting AI Models Before They Are Released and OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill To Fund ‘AI Literacy’ In Schools (BeauHD)
- AI won’t speed up software delivery — nothing has (Matthew Burns)
- Building an AI Agent for Azure Infrastructure Validation (ranjsharma)
- Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades (Sarah Perez)
- Microsoft’s OpenClaw team takes on the personal assistant challenge (Mary Jo Foley)
- Your AI agents are now employees. It’s time to treat them that way. Meet Loop. (Brooke Lynn Weenig)
- Special Embrace? VS Code Adapts to Claude Code’s Ecosystem (David Ramel)
- Say Hello to the Internet of AI (Om Malik)
- How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale (OpenAI Team)
- How AI Swarms Are Disrupting Democracy (Marco Camisani Calzolari)
Python
- PyTorch vs. TensorFlow: Choosing the Right Framework in 2026 (Evgenia Verbina)
Design, DevOps and Methodology
- How to utilize testing to ensure a successful cloud migration (Pat Wright)
- Connect Any Git or Mercurial Repo to Pulumi with Custom VCS (Michael Fallihee)
- The Tension Between Velocity and Comprehension (Travis Lowdermilk)
- From Azure DevOps to GitHub Enterprise: Why Now Is the Right Time to Make the Move (Gregor Suttie)
- The Dark Factory Pattern for Infrastructure: Running Pulumi Lights-Out (Engin Diri)
- Build and Deploy Logic App Workflows Using Visual Studio Code and CI/CD Pipeline (Devi Priya)
- Architecture to Resilience: A Decision Guide (varghesejoji)
- Democratizing Machine Learning at Netflix: Building the Model Lifecycle Graph (Saish Sali, Nipun Kumar & Sura Elamurugu)
- Breaking the code: Multi-stage ‘code of conduct’ phishing campaign leads to AiTM token compromise (Microsoft Defender Security Research & Threat Intelligence Teams)
Mobile and Game Development
- Integrating Haptic Feedback in .NET MAUI (Leomaris Reyes)
- Get started with Avalonia in Rider (JetBrains Rider Docs)
- Firebase Phone Number Verification is generally available! (Micah Baker)
- Building a GenUI Sales Analytics App in Flutter with Bring Your Own (BYO) AI Model Provider (Flutter Gems)
Screencasts and Videos
- Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup (AIDailyBrief)
- SQL Server Database Migration using Azure Arc Explained | Data Exposed: MVP Edition (Anna Hoffman & John Morehouse)
- Random.Code() – Catching MIssed Return Values From Immutable Collections, Part 2 (Jason Bock)
- CLI vs MCP: What Tools AI Agents Use to Get the Job Done (Frank La Vigne)
Dometrain Course
Podcasts
- The Presentation Podcast Episode #245 – Inside the Creative Process: Designing a Partnership Pitch Deck (Troy Chollar)
- Merge Conflict Episode #513 – Agents Over Chat: The Future of Developer Workflows (James Montemagno & Frank Kreuger)
- Big Technology Podcast – Did Apple Get AI Spending Right?, Microsoft & OpenAI’s New Reality, Where’s Stargate? (Alex Kantrowitz)
- Only Malware in the Building – Mythbehavior under investigation. (Selena Larson, Keith Mularski & Dave Bittner)
- The Happy Engineer Podcast – The One Question That Changes an Engineering Career | Marc Champagne on Mental Fitness (Max Ahumada)
- Python Bytes Podcast Episode #478 – Iodine tablets and potable water (Michael Kennedy)
- Google Cloud Security Podcast Episode #275 – Google Cloud Next 2026: The AI Earthquake, “SOC-home” Syndrome, and the Ragged Edge of Reality (Anton A. Chuvakin)
- Syntax Podcast Episode #1001 – Managing Deadlines + Stress (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski)
- When Telling a Manager “You Don’t Have a Role” Backfires — A Lesson in Agile Coaching Humility | Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast (Vasco Duarte & Peter Merel)
- Grammar Girl Podcast – Decoding the colon: AP vs. MLA style. Plus, words with no known origin. (Mignon Fogarty)
- Meta Cast – When Your Words Sound Smooth But Mean Nothing (Bob Galen & Josh Anderson)
- InfoQ Podcast: Roq: Leveraging Quarkus to Build Static Sites at the Speed of Go (Andy Damevin)
- The Stack Overflow Podcast – What (un)exactly do you mean by semantic search? (Phoebe Sajor)
Community and Events
- Only-in-2026: A Guide to Can’t-Miss Live Sporting Events in Philly and We the People: 20 Ways Philly Is Highlighting Underrepresented Voices for America’s 250th (Visit Philly)
- Meet the Finalists: JetBrains x Codex Hackathon (Dominique Rolink)
- Register now for OpenClaw: After Hours @ GitHub (Lee Reilly)
Database
- A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships (Steve Jones)
Sharepoint, Teams and Microsoft 365
- Hands-on webinar: Study and Learn agent in M365 Copilot (Mike Tholfsen)
PowerShell and Terminal
Writing
- Mastering Point Of View In Writing (Writers Write)
Tools
General
- Astronomers May Have Detected an Atmosphere Around a Tiny, Icy World Past Pluto (BeauHD)
- Copyright vs. Trademark vs. Patent – If You Create, Build, or Brand Anything, This Matters (Lino Tadros)
- Apple introduces a new Pride Collection (Apple)
More Link Collections
- Daily Reading List – May 4, 2026 (#776) (Richard Seroter)
- AWS Weekly Roundup: What’s Next with AWS 2026, Amazon Quick, OpenAI partnership, and more (May 4, 2026) (Esra Kayabali)
- Reading Notes #696 (Frank Boucher)
- The latest AI news we announced in April 2026 (Google Keyword Team)
- Hit Subscribe Digest (Lyndsey Silker)
