Top Links
- Secure and Intelligent: Queryable Encryption and Vector Search in MongoDB EF Core Provider (Rishit Bhatia & Luce Carter)
- Implementing A2A protocol in NET: A Practical Guide (Mariyam Ashai)
- Exploring Marshal Methods in .NET MAUI (Leomaris Reyes)
- .NET MAUI Community Standup – Run .NET MAUI on Linux with Avalonia (David Ortinau, Gerald Versluis, Tim Miller & Javier Suarez)
- 31 Days of Vibe Coding – Day 8: When to Restart vs When to Keep Going (Jeff Blankenburg)
- .NET Rocks! – Uno and .NET 10 with Sam Basu and Jerome Laban (Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell)
Web and Cloud Development
- Azure.AI.Translation.Text v2.0.0-beta.1 Release (Azure SDK)
- Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?) (Sunkanmi Fafowora)
- Introduction to Dev.to API (chapterchase)
- Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them? (Lea Verou)
- React has finally solved its biggest problem: The joys of useEffectEvent (Jack Herrington)
- DevExpress Blazor AI Chat — Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol Integration (Dmitry Tokmachev)
- PDF Redaction in JavaScript: A Practical Guide to Protecting Sensitive Data (Arun Kumar Chandrakesan)
- ASP.NET Core Pitfalls – Content Type Mismatch (Ricardo Peres)
- Building Better Buttons (Chris Ferdinandi)
- Adding Hardcover.app Data to Eleventy (Raymond Camden)
- OWASP Top 10 2025: What’s changed and why it matters (Fernando Diaz)
Windows Development
- How can I find out where the Windows caret is? (Raymond Chen)
.NET and Visual Studio
- C# Is TIOBE Language of 2025 (Mike James)
- PostSharp 2026.0 Generally Available: Support for .NET 10, C# 14 and Extension Blocks (Gael Fraiteur)
- A Complete Guide to Converting Markdown to PDF in .NET C# (Bjoern Meyer)
- Debugging NServiceBus in Visual Studio Code (Particular Docs)
AI
- How I learn about generative AI (Pamela Fox)
- Model Context Protocol Nov 2025 Specification Update: CIMD, XAA, and Security (Will Johnson)
- Introducing Dragon HD Omni: Azure Speech New Voice Type Now in Preview via Microsoft Foundry (GarfieldHe)
- CodeLab: Building a RAG Application With Couchbase Capella Model Services and LangChain (Laurent Doguin)
- Using Prompt AI to Help Setup Data Analysis (Steve Jones)
- Reduced RAG: Stop Stuffing Context Windows and Start Extracting Signals (Scott Galloway)
- AI and the Next Economy (Tim O’Reilly)
- Build AI Tooling in Go with the MCP SDK – Connecting AI Apps to Databases (Abhishek Gupta)
- The Real Cost of Vibe Coding (Tim Green)
- AI isn’t “just predicting the next word” anymore (Steven Adler)
- Steam, Steel, and Infinite Minds (Ivan Zhao)
Python
- Foundational Data Analysis using Python and SQL Server (Eduardo Pivaral)
- Microsoft Agent Framework for Python v1.0.0b260107 Release (Evan Mattson)
Design, DevOps and Methodology
- Code is a liability (not an asset) (Cory Doctorow)
- Kubernetes v1.35: A Better Way to Pass Service Account Tokens to CSI Drivers (Anish Ramasekar)
- Swiping left on writing authentication code yourself (Oren Eini)
- What I Got Wrong About “Hard Work” in My 20s (Daniel Lemire)
- How to stop forgetting your wins and actually get promoted (Sara Nguyen)
- Pivoting Your Career Without Starting From Scratch (Joas Pambou)
Mobile and Game Development
- Now In Android #123 (Daniel Galpin)
- I Built a Game Engine from Scratch in C++ (Here’s What I Learned) (Melvin Cheah)
- Modern Networking in iOS with URLSession and async/await – Part 2 (ProMobileDev)
- Hundreds of products now powered by Raspberry Pi (Rosie Hattersley)
- How to Build an AI-Powered Flutter App with Google Antigravity: A Hands-On Tutorial (Anna Muzykina)
- Build a Sprint Management Dashboard in .NET MAUI with Interactive Charts (Hariram Subramanian)
Screencasts and Videos
- IoT Coffee Talk on the first day of CES 2026 (IoT Coffee Talk Crew)
- Microsoft Copilot Studio for Beginners 2026 – Complete Guide (Frank La Vigne)
- AI at CES is Not Just Cheesy Gadgets Anymore (AIDailyBrief)
- Founded & Funded – Microsoft EVP of Core AI Jay Parikh on how AI is fundamentally changing software (S. Somasegar)
- What’s new in Fabric Data Warehousing – 2025 roundup | Data Exposed (Anna Hoffman & TIno Tereshko)
- Handle Arrays with Angular Signal Forms (Deborah Kurata)
Dometrain Course
Podcasts
- The Changelog Podcast Episode #672 – From GitLab to Kilo Code (Sid Sijbrandij, Adam Stacoviak & Jerod Santo)
- What’s New in React 19.2: Compiler, Activity, and the Future of Async React – JavaScript Jabber Episode #670 (Charles Max Wood)
- Grammar Girl Podcast – Rare books, burned letters, and Johnson’s dictionary, with John Overholt (Mignon Fogarty)
- Software Engineering Radio Episode #702 – Derick Schaefer on Modern CLIs (Robert Blumen)
- PPP 489 | Blindspots That Derail Project Managers and How To See Them, with author Marty Dubin (Andy Kaufman)
- AI & I Podcast – Reid Hoffman Makes Five Predictions About AI In 2026 (Rhea Purohit)
- Syntax Podcast Episode #968 – Habits and Changes We Want to Make in 2026 (Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski)
- From Requirements Chaos to Story Mapping Success—How Planning Transforms Agile Teams | Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast (Vasco Duarte & Carmela Then)
Community and Events
- Microsoft: Devs Are Choosing Immersive Learning as AI and Modern .NET Accelerate (David Ramel)
- Accelerate Your Security Copilot Readiness with Our Global Technical Workshop Series (Ren Woods)
- CES 2026 tech you can already buy (Cameron Faulkner)
- What surprised us the most at CES 2026 (Verge Staff)
- Now everyone can chat on Stack Overflow (Kate Smith)
Database
- Lessons Learned From Real-World NoSQL Database Migrations (Felipe Cardeneti Mendes)
- Exploiting SQL Server Date Correlation Optimization: How Tampered Backups Enable Cross‑Database Data Leaks (Fabiano Amorim)
- Public Preview: Cosmos DB Mirroring in Microsoft Fabric with Private Endpoints (Mark Brown)
- Mastering SQL Server Indexing: What Every .NET Developer Needs to Know (David Ramel)
- Parameter Sensitivity Training Part 1 (Erik Darling)
PowerShell and Terminal
- Agentic Terminal – How Your Terminal Comes Alive with CLI Agents (Sachin Joglekar)
Writing
- How To Write Epic Beginnings (Writers Write)
General
- Dell admits consumers don’t care about AI PCs (Tom Warren)
- Windows 11 finally has a MacBook killer chip, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme just posted monster scores on Geekbench (Mayank Parmar)
- Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized (Sarah Perez)
- Election Deniers Think the Venezuela Attack Is All About 2020 (David Gilbert)
- TIOBE Index for January 2026: C Pushes Ahead as the Chase Group Shifts Again (Liz Ticong)
- 5 money mistakes to avoid according to Scott Galloway (Jeremy Salvucci)
More Link Collections
- Daily Reading List – January 7, 2026 (#695) (Richard Seroter)
- Things That Caught My Attention Last Week – January 5 (Peter Ritchie)
- Android Weekly Issue #708 (Android Weekly Team)
- iOS Dev Weekly Issue #737 (Dave Verwer)
- Our top articles for developers in 2025 (Colleen Lobner)
