Top Links
- There’s still time to save & register for one, three, or four days! (TechBash Team)
- The Absolute Guide to Electronic Signatures (Shirley Dilip)
- Take the #CloudSkillsChallenge to #BuildIntelligentApps (Sherry List)
- RunAs Radio – Large Language Models for IT Pros with Seth Juarez (Richard Campbell)
- Teams Toolkit update – October 2023 (John Miller)
Web & Cloud Development
- Include OS release and package metadata in Docker images when using FROM scratch (Josh Duffney)
- RazorSlices – Razor Views with ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
- Node.js 21 is now available! (Node.js Team)
- How To Make A Budgeting App In C# With Blazor (Nick Cosentino)
- Blazor with TailwindCSS (Steven Giesel)
- Updates to Docker images in .NET 8: Exploring the .NET 8 preview – Part 10 (Andrew Lock)
- How to Create and Deploy PDF Forms in ASP.NET Core C# (Bjoern Meyer)
- Fix missing tokens when using downstream APIs and Microsoft Identity in ASP.NET Core (Damien Bowden)
- Using the Elastic APM Agent with ASP.NET Core (Henrique Dalcin Dalmas)
- When a form is actually… oh it’s a form (Jon Hilton)
- Manage your Postman Collection’s items with the Postman API (David Espi Hernandez)
- ServiceWorkers vs. Network Filtering (Eric Lawrence)
- Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 3 of 3) (Ian McCloy)
- What Is OpenTelemetry? (Jess Lulka)
- Want to Design Better Sites for Modern Users? Make Them Faster (Suzanne Scacca)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
- How to Add WPF UI Controls to Your Desktop Application (Manpreet Kaur)
Visual Studio & .NET
- C# Overtaking Java in Popularity Index (David Ramel)
- Understanding the Unit of Work Pattern in C# (Code Maze)
- Metalama 2023.3 is Generally Available (Gael Fraiteur)
- .NET 8 is on the Way! 7 Features that will blow your mind (ByteHide)
- Rider 2023.3 EAP 3: Improvements To Global Usings Support, and More. (Sasha Ivanova)
Design, Methodology, AI & Testing
- 5 reasons to simplify your agile planning tool configuration with GitLab (Melissa Ushakov)
- Mastering Azure OpenAI Services: A Comprehensive Learning Path for Aspiring AI Engineers (Lee Stott)
- Important Patterns Lurking in Your Persistence Tooling (Jeremy D. Miller)
- Diagrams: A New Web App for Visualizing Your Ideas (Alan Mendelevich)
- Crafting Unique AI Personas: Harnessing the Power of Logit Bias in Large Language Models (Anthony Puppo)
- Source Code Security Best Practices (Claudia Fernandes)
- New Customization Capability in Amazon CodeWhisperer Generates Even Better Suggestions (Preview) (Donnie Prakoso)
- Surveying employees about AI at work (Eric Knudsen)
- Tile banner for Chocolatey GUI (Jan Karger)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- Better Multi-Threading in Flutter (Mahdi Shahbazi)
Screencasts & Videos
- New Azure SQL Database free offer | Data Exposed (Anna Hoffman)
- Azure Cache for Redis: Geo-Positioning | Open at Microsoft (Ricky Diep & Roberto Perez)
- What I Wish I Knew… about a career in tech (Nick Ryan)
- Coffee and Open Source Conversation – Sarah Guthals (Isaac Levin)
Podcasts
- Unhandled Exception Podcast – .NET and Podcasting – with Jamie Taylor (Dan Clarke)
- Smashing Podcast Episode 66 with Ethan Marcotte: What is a Tech Union? (Drew McLellan)
- Xbox Podcast: Phil Spencer on Activision Blizzard King + Xbox (Joe Skrebels)
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – When Comfort Stagnates Progress for an Agile Team, the Problem Avoidance Anti-pattern | Michael Schmidt (Vasco Duarte)
- The Rework Podcast – Inspiration is Perishable (Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson & Kimberly Rhodes)
- Design Details 463: Design Medley, Vol. 1 (Brian Lovin & Marshall Bock)
- Selling Digital Products Online | Multithreaded Income Episode 8 with Margaret Reffell (Kevin Griffin)
- Python Bytes Podcast #357 – Python 3.7 EOLed, We Hadn’t Noticed (Michael Kennedy)
Community & Events
- Webinar – Scott Sauber – Test Driven Development with Blazor (Khalid Abuhakmeh)
- Your curated GitHub Universe agenda: AI, ethics, and productivity (Ashley Willis)
- Web Components at TPAC 2023 (Rob Eisenberg)
- Roblox says employees must return to office because the metaverse still isn’t good enough (Jay Peters)
- Unleash Your AI-Powered Startup at Imagine Cup 2024 (Lee Stott)
- LinkedIn lays off approximately 668 roles amid organizational restructuring and Microsoft pay guidelines leaked: Eye-popping figures for new hires revealed (Priya Walia)
Database
- Improve Query Performance when SQL Server Ignores Nonclustered Index (Mehdi Ghapanvari)
- Free SQL Server Training: Batch Mode For Row Store Demo In SQL Server 2019 Part 1 (Erik Darling)
- SQL Server Backups are Not a High-Availability Solution (Kevin3NF)
- SQL SERVER – Login Experience with DEFAULT_DATABASE and MUST_CHANGE (Pinal Dave)
- Fabulous Stuff in Fabric – Part 1: Cloning Tables (Koen Verbeeck)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
Miscellaneous
- ‘Dev Drive’ Storage Now Available for Developers in Windows 11 (David Ramel)
- Releasing Windows 10 Build 19045.3633 to Release Preview Channel (Brandon LeBlanc)
- Microspeak: The As-Appropriate (AA) interviewer (Raymond Chen)
- Windows 11 is now used by 400 million devices, leaked Microsoft data shows (Tom Warren)
More Link Collections
- The Morning Brew #3804 (Chris Alcock)
- Daily Reading List – October 17, 2023 (#184) (Richard Seroter)
The Geek Shelf
C# 12 and .NET 8 – Modern Cross-Platform Development Fundamentals: Start building websites and services with ASP.NET Core 8, Blazor, and EF Core 8, 8th Ed. (Mark J. Price) – Referral Link
