Interesting links of the week 2025-24

Here are the best and most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (June 2, 2024 - June 8, 2025). Enjoy!

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

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

• Copilot Helped Me Create an AI Learning Plan

My Favorite Links from the Week

• Calibrating Your Care - Matt Blodgett
• How many hours do we really need to work each week? The answer isn’t what you think it is. - Jory MacKay
• My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts - Thomas Ptacek
• Years of evidence - Jason Fried
• Where the current focus on productivity is wrong - Rob Bos

Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure

• Why is enumerating over List faster than IList? - Steven Giesel
• Domain-Driven Design in .NET: A Practical Guide with Hotel Booking Example - Mucahid Uslu
• Catch Up on Microsoft Build 2025: Essential Sessions for .NET Developers

Other Software Development

• Developer Joy: A Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity - Trisha Gee and Holly Cummins
• Debunking the “Filter Early, JOIN Later” SQL Performance Myth - Milan Jovanović
• API Caching Done Right - Derek Comartin
• Test Planning – What Makes A Good Plan? - Gil Zilberfeld

AI

• Less TODO, more done: The difference between coding agent and agent mode in GitHub Copilot - Andrea Griffiths
• Yet Another GenAI Nightmare: Seven Shadow AI Pitfalls to Avoid - Jason Bloomberg
• Research: Gen AI Makes People More Productive—and Less Motivated - Yukun Liu, Suqing Wu, Mengqi Ruan, Siyu Chen and Xiao-Yun Xie
• AI and the Rise of Judgement Over Technical Skill - A. Kohlhofer
• MCP: What It Is and Why It Matters—Part 3 - Addy Osmani
• Vibe Coding: Fad, Future or Folly? - Liz Acosta
• What humans and Github Co-Pilot have in common - Jon Hilton
• GenAI is the new Offshoring - Steve Smith
• When the AI Ghost Vanishes - Adron Hall
• Why we hate AI

Technology and Science

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

Leadership

• Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend
• Don’t Let Bad Time Management Undermine Your Leadership - Elizabeth Grace Saunders
• The problem with shadow development - Kelli Korducki
• Leaders, stop accidentally scaring your team - Wes Kao
• 10 Best Leadership Lessons from Satya Nadella - J.D. Meier

Project Management / Agile

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

Social Media

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

Non-Technology / Random

• Nothing this week; more coming soon

Videos

• Azure Update - 6th June 2025 - John Savill
• Revolutionizing Workflow with Microsoft Copilot Tools - David Giard
• Adam Savage on Being His Own Brand vs the Non-Beret Guy From MythBusters - Adam Savage

GitHub Repos

• https://github.com/ljantzen/olog
• https://github.com/sammancoaching/CoffeeShop-TestDesign-Kata
• https://github.com/SimonCropp/WinDebloat

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