Top Links
- Introducing the New .NET MAUI Bottom Sheet Control (Naveenkumar Sanjeevirayan)
- THAT Conference 2025 (Clark Sell)
- Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 – create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 9 (Erik EJ)
- .NET and .NET Framework January 2025 servicing releases updates (Tara Overfield)
- AutoGen v0.4: Reimagining the foundation of agentic AI for scale, extensibility, and robustness (Microsoft Research)
- Join us at VS Live! 2025 Las Vegas (Jim Harrer)
Web & Cloud Development
- Initialize ASP.NET Core TagHelpers with Shared Data (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
- HTTP Logging in ASP.NET: how to automatically log all incoming HTTP requests (and its downsides!) (Davide Bellone)
- Demystifying Azure with 10 Commonly Confused Services (John Kilmister)
- ASP.NET Core user delegated access token management (Damien Bowden)
- Managing Schedules with the Blazor Scheduler 2: Managing Schedules and Occurrences (Peter Vogel)
- Podman Error: no context directory and no Containerfile specified (Bart Wullems)
- Introducing Azure CLI 1.4.0: Unlocking New Capabilities for Azure Load Testing (Saloni Agrawal)
- Improve the user experience of your application using (rx)resource (Tim Deschryver)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- Advanced Animations with .NET MAUI (Héctor Pérez)
- Why does Avalonia UI exist? (Avalonia UI Team)
Visual Studio & .NET
- Reading compilation options and the C# version in source generators: Creating a source generator – Part 12 (Andrew Lock)
- Xceed software partners with Fluent Assertions to elevate developer tools and community support (Xceed)
- The Importance of PDF Signing in .NET C# (Bjoern Meyer)
- Error Handling and Graceful Shutdowns in Socket Programming (Chris Woodruff)
- Akka.NET v1.6 Roadmap and Features (Aaron Stannard)
- .NET 8/9 – Testing Different Build/Deployment Modes – Part 2 and .NET 8/9 – Testing Different Build/Deployment Modes – Part 3 (Mark Pelf)
AI
- Copilot Agentic AI Dev Environment Opens Up to All (David Ramel)
- 3 takeaways from red teaming 100 generative AI products (Blake Bullwinkel & Ram Shankar Siva Kumar)
- Microsoft Partner Blog | Tapping into the power of AI with Copilot+ PCs (Jill Armour)
- Joe Biden signs executive order to speed AI data center construction (Justine Calma)
- ChatGPT can now handle reminders and to-dos (Kylie Robison)
Design, Methodology & Testing
- Build an Open Source Kubernetes GitOps Platform, Part 1 (John Dietz)
- Why Some Developers Will Never Improve – And tips to never become one of them (Software Surplus)
- The SOLID Principles: Writing Scalable & Maintainable Code (Ryan Lai)
- Getting started with GitLab: How to manage users (Abubakar Siddiq Ango)
- Decisionator v0 (Eleanor Berger)
- Top 5 Testing Challenges Developers Will Face in 2025 (and How to Solve Them) (Eli Lopian)
- Photoshop Launches Live Co-Editing in Private Beta (Louise North)
- Microspeak: The walk-on topic (Raymond Chen)
- Obsidian for Beginners: The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need! (Vladislav Guzey)
- Git security vulnerabilities announced (Taylor Blau)
Screencasts & Videos
- Build AI Agents & Apps FAST with Azure AI Foundry! | Sip and Sync with Azure (Priyanka Vergadia & Govind Kamlamneni)
- Copilot Control System explained (Microsoft Mechanics)
- Phi-4:14B-fp16 vs. Llama3.3:70b-q8_0 The Ultimate AI Model Showdown (Frank LaVigne)
- Keep Your PC Awake with Windows PowerToys (Windows Developer)
Podcasts
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – CTO Series: Navigating Growth, A Playbook for Scaling Engineering Teams With Toni Ala-Piirto and Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – CTO Series: How Open Strategy and Agile Practices Drive Success at NorthCode With Ismo Aro (Vasco Duarte)
- SharePoint agents in the wild – New episode of The Intrazone podcast (Mark Kashman)
- Kubernetes Podcast from Google – Device Management in Kubernetes, with John Belamaric (Abdel Sghiouar & Kaslin Fields)
- Coffee and Open Source Podcast – Tanmai Gopal (Isaac Levin)
Community & Events
- Join the Conversation: Call for Proposals for Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2025! (Jay Gordon)
- Partnering with Axios expands OpenAI’s work with the news industry (OpenAI Team)
- Stack Overflow Jobs Expands As Traffic Dwindles (Sue Gee)
- Farewell to an Era: Is CodeProject.com Really Shutting Down? (Mark Pelf)
- Introducing the Creative Cloud Developer Champion Program (Erin Finnegan)
- Meta To Cut 3,600 Jobs, Targeting Lowest Performers (msmash)
- Microsoft’s former head of Windows and Devices design to lead Amazon Devices & Services design (Todd Bishop)
Database
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
- How to Install Microsoft 365 on Android and How to Install Microsoft 365 on Windows (Kenelle Moore)
- Microsoft won’t support Office apps on Windows 10 after October 14th (Tom Warren)
- Reduce eye strain with Dark Mode in Excel for Windows (Sharon910)
Miscellaneous
- Free Upgrade to Windows 11
(For a Limited Time Only) (Margaret Farmer) - Python Assert: Definition and Best Practices (Stackify Team)
- Simple Icon File Maker Can Open a Folder (Joseph Finney)
- Parallels is testing x86 emulation on Apple silicon Macs (Wes Davis)
The Geek Shelf
From Zero to Hero: Blazor | Dometrain Bundle (Jimmy Engstrom) – Referral Link
