"cli is better than mcp. It consumes less tokens" But a cli* is just a tools discovery tool? The agent explores the cli's api surface before calling the right combo of args. *cli not common and part of the training materials

Beobank has launched a new app only for making payment via Wero? Couldn't they just update their main app?

In this post, @davidfowl.com shows us how Aspire turns a development team's scattered tribal knowledge into an explicit, incrementally adoptable app model that humans, scripts, and AI agents can all use. devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/dev-l... #AspireDev

Agents can write code all day, but running and iterating on it? Different story🫠 Aspire 13.2 adds structure and a real feedback loop for agents with code, not Markdown. @maddy.fm is here to share how Aspire gives your agent some bumpers 🎳 🔗 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/agent...

I'm linking my keytrace.dev: did:plc:ju25t3hqce5ifzr3nabbctjp

Keytrace - You be you, everywhere.

Link your GitHub, domain, and other accounts to your internet handle. Cryptographically signed, user-owned, and portable.

keytrace.dev

"MCP is dead" is the new "RAG is dead" But MCP might die first

npmx is now in alpha: this is our story, as told by our team and friends

Announcing npmx: a fast, modern browser for the npm registry

Today we're releasing the alpha of npmx.dev – a fast, modern browser for the npm registry, built in the open by a growing community.

npmx.dev

📣 It's happening! 📣 Come meet the new Aspire at #AspireConf on March 23. Join our livestream at 9am PT for a packed day of sessions for all developers, no matter your skill, language, or stack. Save the date: aspire.dev/aspireconf?c... #Python #TypeScript #JavaScript #dotnet #AI #AspireDev

I've been helping a lot with @npmx.dev lately. Part of that is setting up a PDS for new to the atmosphere users have a frictionless way to create an account with the .npmx.social ending and join in on npmx's social features. In 10 days we have - 108 active accounts - 92ish are new accounts for npmx

Ça c'est le genre d'évaluation que j'aurais aimé avoir.

ploum@ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 7mo ago

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not. And what I learned in the process. https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

We've released fixes for 5 CVEs affecting the Svelte ecosystem. Please upgrade your apps! Read the post to learn if you're affected: svelte.dev/blog/cves-af...

CVEs affecting the Svelte ecosystem

Time to upgrade

svelte.dev

🎁 Aspire 13.1 just dropped… and it quietly fixes a lot of stuff: • Real HTTPS in local dev • Built-in AI agent support • New ASP.NET + React starter • Dashboard finally shows what you need Holiday shipping, but make it better 👀 devblogs.microsoft.com/aspire/aspir... #aspire #devtools #ai

Continuing my series dissecting APIs and the thinking behind them. Today: balancing abstraction vs. control. Great APIs let you start simple and grow into complexity as you need to. Exploring this through minimal APIs' SSE support: blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/24/a... #dotnet #aspnetcore

Anatomy of an API: three ways to stream with ServerSentEvents()

A blog post exploring why minimal API’s TypedResults.ServerSentEvents() has three different overloads, what each one does, and how to avoid mixing them up when you’re streaming data to clients.

blog.safia.rocks

ECMAScript excitement 😉 Congrats to Eemeli Aro @mozilla.org on advancing Import Text to Stage 2 at TC39 today 🎉 It uses an import attribute for easy loading. import text from "path/to/file.txt" with { type: "text" }; github.com/eemeli/propo...

GitHub - eemeli/proposal-import-text: A TC39 proposal for importing text

A TC39 proposal for importing text. Contribute to eemeli/proposal-import-text development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

📣 OTel Unplugged is headed to Brussels in February 2026! A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog. buff.ly/vC9kqtZ

OTel Unplugged EU at FOSDEM 2026

OpenTelemetry is coming to FOSDEM! When we put out our community survey, you requested more meetups and we have heard you! We’re happy to announce that we are bringing back OTel Unplugged, the…

opentelemetry.io

Why I 🧡 the web. drawafish.com Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

I scored 11/28 on jsdate.wtf and all I got was this lousy text to share on social media. Never trust Javascript logic

new Date("wtf")

How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?

jsdate.wtf

Sam Rose@samwho.dev · last yr.

I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high. jsdate.wtf

🤗 Mellum is now open source on @hf.co! It’s a focal model that is small, efficient, and made for one thing: code completion. ⚙️ Trained from scratch by JetBrains. 🌱 First in a growing family of dev-focused LLMs. 🔗 jb.gg/hi_mellum

Change how you present your coding demos with #DemoTime for #VSCode! Script your presentations to run flawlessly - insert code, highlight, execute commands, and advance through your demo like a pro. Say goodbye to demo-day jitters! #CodingDemo #DevTools #DeveloperTips demotime.elio.dev

My app for finding 🦋 accounts you may want to follow has had a make-over: it now displays names and bios, and allows adding an "app password" for direct follow buttons in the listing bsky-follow-finder.theo.io