Interesting links of the week 2025-41
Here are the most interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (September 29, 2025 - October 5, 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
- Matt Blodgett: Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast - Matt Blodgett
- What is “good taste” in software engineering? - Sean Goedecke
- Agile is Out, Architecture is Back - Craig Adam
- Distracting software engineers is way more harmful than most managers think - Weave
- Flow State to Free Fall: An AI Coding Cautionary Tale - O’Reilly
Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure
- Dockerfile for a .NET 9 Web API Application - no dogma blog
- FluentValidation Deep Dive: Complex Rules, Rule Sets, and Enterprise Architecture in .NET - Developer’s Voice
- Azure Boards integration with GitHub Copilot (Private Preview) - Azure DevOps Blog
Other Software Development
- Spelungit: When git log –grep isn’t enough - Phil Haack
- In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information - Tom Burkert
- DataGrip Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use - The DataGrip Blog
- Which Should You Use: VARCHAR or NVARCHAR? - Brent Ozar Unlimited®
- 6 API Injection Attacks You’re Probably Not Testing For - Nordic APIs
AI
- AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds - Futurism
- What are popular AI coding benchmarks actually measuring? - nilenso blog
- The death of programmers, again. Is Vibe Coding the new VB? - Lewis Cunningham
- Microsoft is Bringing “Vibe Working” to Office Apps - Thurrott.com
- Microsoft is giving Copilot AI faces you can chat with - The Verge
Technology and Science
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Leadership
- Is it time to look for a new job? And how do I start? - Amivora
- Boring is good - Scott Jenson
Project Management / Agile
- Scrum or Kanban? (And Why That’s Not Really The Question) - Humanizing Work
- Why Time-Boxed Decisions Keep Agile Teams Moving - DZone
Social Media
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Non-Technology / Random
- Nothing this week; more coming soon
Videos
- Azure Update - 3rd October 2025 - John Savill
- Would Underwater Car Get the Same Results Today? - YouTube
- Jimmy Bogard on Monetizing Open Source Software [EPISODE 877] - YouTube
GitHub Repos
- mikeleppane/envx - A powerful and secure environment variable manager for developers, featuring an intuitive Terminal User Interface (TUI) and comprehensive command-line interface.
- james-gould/azure-keyvault-emulator - An emulator for Azure Key Vault. Compatible with the Azure Client SDK, runnable with Docker or .NET Aspire.
- emilybache/PhoneAlert-Refactoring-Kata - For practicing refactoring a long method and removing duplication.
- robconery/Viper.Net - A lightweight configuration manager for .NET, based on the Go project.
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