Interesting links of the week 2025-39
Here are the most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (September 15, 2025 - September 21, 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
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
My Favorite Links of the Week
- It’s striking so quickly the industry forgets that lines of code isn’t a measure of productivity - Mark Seemann
- Being good isn’t enough - Josh Seid
- Thinking Like an Architect - InfoQ
- Vibe Coding is Creating a Generation of Unemployable Developers - HackerNoon
- No Pain, No Gain - Stay SaaSy
Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure
- Add .NET Aspire to an existing .NET app - C# Corner
- Logging Like a Pro — Serilog + OpenTelemetry in .NET - Nisar Ahmed
- Migrating from XUnit v2 to v3–Troubleshooting - Bart Wullems
- Top 10 Azure Mistakes and Pitfalls to Avoid - Blue Boxes
- Prompt Files and Instructions Files Explained - .NET Blog
- The Hidden Azure Security Risk You Can’t Afford to Ignore - Programming With Wolfgang
- Migrating from XUnit v2 to v3 - What’s new? - Bart Wullems
- .NET STS releases supported for 24 months - .NET Blog
- How to add unit testing to Minimal APIs routes using xUnit - Round The Code
- Application Insights Code Optimizations for .NET Apps - .NET Blog
Other Software Development
- Running The World’s Largest Machine Part 1 - The Building Blocks - Simple Thread
- Why is working faster not working? - Agile Otter Blog
AI
- Prompt Engineering Is Requirements Engineering - O’Reilly
- AI and Developer Productivity - CODE Magazine
- Americans want AI to stay out of their personal lives - The Verge
- What’s good for humans is good for AI ❤️ - Luca Rossi
- AI developer certifications tech companies want - InfoWorld
- Let’s kill vibe coding and bring back prompt engineering - LogRocket Blog
- Don’t Break Your Brand with AI - JD Meier
- Vibe coding has turned senior devs into ‘AI babysitters,’ but they say it’s worth it - TechCrunch
Technology and Science
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Leadership
- Getting it Done Even When You Don’t Feel Your Best - The Growth Equation
- The Death of Product Management - Joe Smiley
- 3 Resilience Tips for Mental Toughness - Sources of Insight
Project Management / Agile
- When you can’t say “Agile” - Humanizing Work
Social Media
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Non-Technology / Random
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Videos
- Azure Update - 19th September 2025 - John Savill
- A MythBusters Episode Changed This Industry - YouTube
GitHub Repos
- james-gould/azure-keyvault-emulator - An emulator for Azure Key Vault that can be run locally for development and testing purposes


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