Tired of counting commas to know which value goes with which SQL column, I built my first VS Code extension: Rainbow SQL Each column and its values share a color. www.frankysnotes.com/2026/10/i-bu...
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c5m.ca/RN-716 Reading Notes #716 is out! This week: open-source Blazor controls, GitHub performance tuning, AI model routing, Docker Sandboxes, VS Code tips, and a few thoughtful takes on coding and security. #ReadingNotes #AI #DotNet #DevOps
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Last week I wrote about learning APIs with REST Client in VS Code. Here's the video version: the same workflow, live, from the token request to GraphQL queries www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Rs...
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🚀 Premier meetup de la saison MSDEVMTL demain soir ! On dévoile le programme de l'année, puis Tyler Green et Kevin Mudiandambo (Tilt) présentent leur approche de la télémétrie .NET : App Insights, KQL, alertes et IA. 🗓️ Mar. 29 sept., 18 h · McGill 🗣️ En français www.meetup.com/msdevmtl/eve...
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La télémétrie chez Tilt Comment savoir ce qui se passe réellement dans votre application une fois qu'elle est en production ? Dans cette présentation, nous partagerons not
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Reading Notes #715 is out! This week: a new kind of AI model, Stephen Toub's .NET 11 performance deep read, Swagger vs. Scalar side by side, and a great book on Nvidia's rise. Plus coding agents picking Azure SQL c5m.ca/RN-715 #dotnet #AI #aspnetcore #azuresql
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When I had a pile of new APIs to ramp up on, I stopped bouncing between tools and kept everything in a .http file in VS Code with REST Client. Tokens from .env, named requests to chain calls, JSONPath filters, dynamic dates, GraphQL. No copy-paste. How I do it: www.frankysnotes.com/2026/09/how-...
How I Learn APIs Quickly Using VS Code REST Client
How I use the REST Client extension in VS Code to test REST and GraphQL APIs without leaving my editor
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Foreign key constraints in SQL Server: yes or no? 🥊 The eternal debate is back in this week's Reading Notes, along with Azure Service Bus tips and how to pick a cheaper AI model. c5m.ca/RN-714 #SQLServer #Azure #AI
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📚 Reading Notes #713 is out! This week: measuring AI's real impact on teams, GitHub's multi-model HydraFusion, why sandboxing matters for AI security, the VS Code origin documentary, and thoughts on Measure What Matters by John Doerr. 🔗 c5m.ca/RN-713
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Not sure what Kepler is or how to use it? We built a full tutorial series covering tasks, actions, the Agent Graph, and running agents in parallel without losing the thread. Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Or jump in now: gitkraken.com/kepler #CodeFlow #GitKraken #Kepler
📚 Reading Notes #712: dark mode toggles, .NET Conf 2026 dates, reproducible AI eval with Docker, YOLO mode, and Azure Service Bus migration patterns. 🔗 c5m.ca/RN-712 #dotnet #Azure #AI
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Proud moment: this is part of my first public work in my new Developers Lead role The EcoStruxure Building Data Platform starter pack is now on GitHub, with Python, Node.js, and .NET quickstarts for REST, GraphQL, live stream, and telemetry. github.com/SchneiderEle...
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Developer starter pack for the EcoStruxure™ Building Data Platform with guides and runnable Python, Node.js, and .NET examples for consuming and providing building data over REST, GraphQL, and stre...
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A new Reading Notes is out! 📚 c5m.ca/RN-711 Reading Notes #711 covers Azure deployment, local vs cloud AI, GitHub Copilot, .NET localization, MCP, Docker, and open source Plus, a reminder that keeping our brains sharp still matters in the age of AI #AI #DotNet #DevOps #oss #ReadingNotes
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☕ Un petit défi pour vos neurones… c5m.ca/pause Un mot de 5 lettres ➡️ PAUSE Changez une seule lettre à chaque étape. Chaque mot doit être valide. 🤔 Trouverez-vous le chemin le plus court ? 👉 À vous de jouer !
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La pause : une échelle de mots. Partez d'un mot et atteignez PAUSE en changeant une lettre à chaque coup.
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New Reading Notes are out! 📚 c5m.ca/RN-710 This week's highlights bring together interesting reads, ideas, and tools from across the tech world. A little AI, developer tools, software development, and plenty of things worth checking out. Happy reading! #ReadingNotes #AI #DevTools #Development
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Fresh Reading Notes are here! 📚 c5m.ca/RN-709 This week's highlights cover AI, .NET, APIs, DevOps, security, and developer tools, with practical articles and resources to help you stay current and build better software. #dotnet #AI #DevOps #APIs #ReadingNotes
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Excited to join Schneider Electric as Launchpad Developers Lead – Foresight EcoSystem 🚀 DevRel means: • Helping developers succeed • Improving developer experience • Amplifying developer feedback • Connecting community, product & engineering Looking forward to the journey! #DevRel
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Happy Monday! 🚀 Reading Notes #708 is out! c5m.ca/RN-708 This week's highlights cover AI-powered development, .NET, DevOps, and practical tools to help you build better software. As always, I've picked the articles, blog posts that taught me something new or made me think #ReadingNotes
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Reading Notes #707 is out! 🚀 This week's highlights explore API security, AI in our workflows, testing, code review, and the tools helping us build more robust software. 👉 c5m.ca/RN-707 #dotnet #AI #Security #DevTools #ReadingNotes
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Reading Notes #707 is out! 🚀 This week's highlights explore API security, AI in our workflows, testing, code review, and the tools helping us build more robust software. 👉 c5m.ca/RN-707 #dotnet #AI #Security #DevTools #ReadingNotes
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Reading Notes #706 is now available! c5m.ca/RN-706 This week includes practical articles on AI agent security, cleaner C# development, Azure DevOps with SQL, and a few podcast recommendations. I hope you discover something useful to improve your workflow or spark a new idea.
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Reading Notes #702 📚 Highlights include SQL Server + Ollama embeddings, AI coding agents, Azure Container Apps troubleshooting, observability tools, and content creation lessons. 🔗 c5m.ca/RN-702
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Reading Notes #701 is out c5m.ca/RN-701 A collection of ideas on AI, software development, architecture, and the future of technology. A few notes challenged assumptions, others sparked new ones
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Reading Notes #700 is out 🎉 700 weeks ago, I started collecting interesting links and notes. Back then they lived in a wiki on a USB key. This week: AI agents, Microsoft Foundry Local, Docker's Gordon, Aspire, and other discoveries from the week. c5m.ca/RN-700
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Good Monday! ☕️ Reading Notes #699 is out! 🔥 • Blazor Web Workers in .NET 11 • NuGet package pruning • Markdown vs. HTML for AI (it's complicated) • First OSS contribution tips • Merge Conflict on AI agents 👉 c5m.ca/RN-699 What caught your eye this week? 👇
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This week's reading notes cover AI, .NET, open-source & social hacks! From Blazor background tasks to Markdown vs. HTML for AI output.
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New Reading Notes are up! This week's roundup explores AI sandboxing, programming updates, DevOps insights, and thought-provoking podcasts. Check it out! c5m.ca/RN-698
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New Reading Notes are out! This edition covers local AI with Docker and Aspire, GitHub outages, SQL COALESCE tips, privacy discussions, and a bunch of interesting AI tooling news and podcasts. c5m.ca/RN-697
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A vision model noticed a partial logo on my t-shirt. I never mentioned it. It connected the dots on its own. 6 open-source demos from my AI Agents Conference talk: image prompts, video search, no-code automation, and more. All the code is free to clone. Blog post here: link.reka.ai/8zjyat
🗞️ Fresh Reading Notes! (#696) -> The rise of async AI agents & deploying to production Git 2.54 features & .NET 10 OpenAPI versioning 🎧 Podcasts: GUI vs CLI debate + generational work perspectives Read the full breakdown here: c5m.ca/RN-696
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New reading notes are out c5m.ca/RN-695 : AI updates, Copilot changes, model selection tips, and a look at more secure dev environments with MicroVMs. Plus a few thoughtful reads on streaming and the people behind the work
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