Interesting links of the week 2024-25

Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (June 10, 2024 - June 16, 2024). Enjoy!

Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure - Other Software Dev - Tech and Science - Leadership - Project Management / Agile - Social Media - Non-Tech / Random - Videos - Podcasts - GitHub Repos

Here are some posts I’ve written in the past week

• TIL 22: How to Count Words in Powershell
• Blog throwback: How did you get started in software development?
• Blog throwback: When the going gets tough or, how to improve your life as a developer
• Surround yourself with amazing people
• The Six Books You Should Read in the Second Half of 2024

My Favorite Links from the Week

• See list above 👆 😁
• Microsoft Leadership Principles - J.D. Meier
• Comparing Unit Testable Code with Maintainable Code - Steve Smith

Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure

• Conquering the Top Words Challenge in C#: A Tale of Regular Expressions and LINQ Magic - Adron Hall
• The origin story of the Windows 3D Pipes screen saver - Raymond Chen
• Mastering Azure Cosmos DB: A Comprehensive Guide from Prototype to Production - Sandeep S. Nair and Saranya Sriram
• Aspiring Links for Week Ending June 14, 2024 - Peter Ritchie
• Does an HttpClient await the Header and the body? - Steven Giesel
• C# Version String Formatting - Rick Strahl
• Setting up NGINX load balancer for .NET WebApi - Oskar Dudycz
• Find Differences Between Collections With the LINQ Except Method in C# - Martin Chege
• Introducing collection expressions in C#12 - Andrew Lock
• Building Generative AI apps with .NET 8 - Jordan Matthiesen and Luis Quintanilla

Other Software Development

• Top 12 Git commands every developer must know - Kedasha Kerr
• How to Write Unit Tests in Python – with Example Test Code - Damilola Oladele
• Algorithms — Binary Search - Henrique Siebert Domareski

Technology and Science

• Tim Cook Admits Apple May Never Be Able to Make Its AI Stop Lying - Victor Tangermann
• Superstar Comic Book Artist Calls Out DC Cover Artist for Alleged Use of A.I. Art - Brian Cronin
• These 4 Classic Linux Tools Have Better Modern Alternatives - Bobby Jack
• How to Run a Linux Desktop Using the Windows Subsystem for Linux - Christian Cawley

Leadership

• Key Strategies for Building High-Performance Teams in Tech - Alvaro Lorente
• Generative AI Is Not Going To Build Your Engineering Team For You - Charity Majors
• There’s a 6-Month Statute of Limitations on “The Last Person.” - Brent Ozar
• The Four Kinds of Research-and-Development Teams - Ted Neward
• Tech Works: How Can I Make Myself More Productive? - Jennifer Riggins

Project Management / Agile

• Why we should care about process - Dave Ogle

Social Media

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

Non-Technology / Random

• Reverse Dictionary - For when you have a definition, but not the word.

Videos

• How They Work: Self-Driving Robot Lawn Mowers! - Adam Savage
• The Search for Adam’s Favorite Mechanical Pencil - Adam Savage
• Are we all breathing badly? - The Royal Society

Podcasts

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

GitHub Repos

• https://github.com/waliarubal/Jaya
• https://github.com/mikefarah/yq
• https://github.com/glzr-io/glazewm

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