Top Links
- Introducing Docker Hub MCP Server: A New Way to Discover, Inspect, and Manage Container Images (Shelton Graves)
- Windows App SDK 1.8.0 Experimental 4 (1.8.250702007-experimental4) Release đ§Ș (Roy MacLachlan)
- GitHub Copilot Vibe Coding Workshop (Justin Yoo)
- Announcing TypeScript 5.9 Beta (Daniel Rosenwasser)
- Behind the scenes of dotnet run app.cs: Exploring the .NET 10 preview – Part 2 (Andrew Lock)
- EPISODE 20 – Scott and Mark Learn To⊠Vibe Coding and Being Productive (Scott Hanselman & Mark Russinovich)
Web & Cloud Development
- Simplify Your .NET Development with Aspire (Joseph Guadagno)
- Build Interactive Chat UIs in React: Supercharge Your App Experience [Webinar Show Notes] (Carter Harris)
- How to Use Angular CDK Layout and Flex for Responsive Websites (Dany Paredes)
- Vertical vs. Horizontal Bar Charts: Optimize Your Data Visualization with Blazor Charts (Durga Gopalakrishnan)
- React Router: New Governance and React Server Component APIs (Loraine Lawson)
- Introducing Skia Graphite: Chrome’s rasterization backend for the future (Michael Ludwig & Sunny Sachanandani)
- Go 1.24.5-1 and 1.23.11-1 Microsoft builds now available (Davis Goodin)
WinUI, .NET MAUI & XAML
Visual Studio & .NET
- Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14.8 Release Notes (Microsoft Learn)
- Functional Programming in C#âExploring Advanced Topics (Assis Zang)
- Adding SVG Graphics to PDF Documents in C# .NET (Bjoern Meyer)
- Smarter, workspace-aware code completions for C++ in VS Code (Sinem Akinci)
- .NET and .NET Framework July 2025 servicing releases updates (Tara Overfield & Victor Israel-Bolarinwa)
- Self-Healing Akka.NET Clusters (Aaron Stannard)
- AutoMapper and MediatR Roadmaps (Jimmy Bogard)
AI
- How to Measure the ROI of AI Coding Assistants (Jennifer Riggins)
- An introduction to Microsoft.Extensions.AIâPart I – (Bart Wullems)
- MCP, Microsoft Graph, and Copilot connectors in GitHub Copilot agent mode (Brian T. Jackett)
Design, Methodology & Testing
- How UI Automation Helps with Unit Testing and Accessibility (Matt Cowles)
- Allow Beyond Compare for Merge Conflicts | GitHub Desktop | GitHub Issues (ThoughtDrive)
- How to Have GitLab CI/CD for a .NET Aspire Project (Frank Boucher)
- McDonaldâs Automation Framework: Unlocking Efficient and Effective Test Automation (Swarna Devarapalli & Suneel Rallapalli)
- Merge Editor: Optimize Labels for Various Git Merge Conflicts | VS Code | GitHub Issues (Henning Dieterichs)
- How to Easily Install Windows Registry Keys and Entries (Renato Ivanescu)
- Reaching Every System Architecture with the Right App Packaging Format (Alex Marin)
- Git security vulnerabilities announced (Taylor Blau)
Mobile, IoT & Game Development
- Build a Responsive Flutter Expense Tracker Dashboard with Dynamic Charts (Kompelli Sravan Kumar Kompelli Lakshman)
Screencasts & Videos
- Stop Using the Flux Pattern for Every Single Blazor App! | Coding After Work (Jimmy Engstrom)
- Custom Tracing with .NET Aspire | On .NET (Jeff Fritz)
- Build Biosensing AIâNative Apps w/ BCI + Azure AIâŻFoundry & Agents Service | Sip and Sync with Azure (Priyanka Vergadia & Govind Kamtamneni)
- How to style Power Apps canvas apps after using Plan Designer | The Low Code Revolution (Elaiza Benitez & Rich Burdes)
- The Problem with MCP Servers (And How Postman Fixes It) (Postman Team)
- Using agent mode to go from idea to code | Visual Studio (Jessie Houghton)
Podcasts
- Developer Tea – Perfection Is Fragile, and You Should Avoid It (Jonathan Cutrell)
- Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast – The Hidden Cost of Removing Scrum Masters from High-Performing Teams (Vasco Duarte & Pascal Papathemelis)
- Kubernetes Podcast from Google – HPC Workload Scheduling, with Ricardo Rocha (Abdel Sghiouar & Kaslin Fields)
- The Amp Hour #697 â LEDs Everywhere with Tim from Mitxela (Dave Jones & Chris Gammell)
- Getting Black Women Paid Podcast – Black Woman in Non-Profit and Academia: Why Start Asking for More? (ft. Dr. Maya Williams) (‘Tine Zekis)
- The AI Fix Episode #58 – An AI runs a shop into the ground, and AIâs obsession with the number 27 (Graham Cluley & Mark Stockley)
- RunAs Radio Episode #992 – Building Real Software using PowerApps with Luise Freese (Richard Campbell)
Community & Events
- In a blow to Google Cloud, Replit partners with Microsoft (Julie Bort)
- A walkthrough of the original Microsoft Building 3 (Raymond Chen)
Database
- Microsoft Introduced AI Integrations for SQL Server. (Brent Ozar)
- Security Update for SQL Server 2022 RTM CU19 (Harvey Mora)
- Announcing the release of SSMS 21.4.8 (mbarickman)
- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) v21.4.8 Release Notes (Microsoft Learn)
SharePoint, M365 & MS Teams
- From Threads to Workflows: Microsoft Teams Features That Boost Everyoneâs Productivity (Noga Ronen)
Miscellaneous
- Process Monitor 2.1 for Linux, Sysmon 1.4 for Linux, and SysinternalsEBPF 1.5 (Alex Mihaiuc)
- Grok is being antisemitic again and also the sky is blue (Amanda Silberling)
- Apple announces chief operating officer transition (Apple)
- Declutter your inbox with Gmailâs newest feature (Chris Doan)
- Your Windows release information toolbox (Chris Morrissey)
- Mastodon is improving profiles and getting ready for quote posts and Grok stops posting text after flood of antisemitism and Hitler praise (Jay Peters)
- I love Microsoftâs new 12-inch Surface Pro and itâs $685 for Prime Day (Todd Haselton)
More Link Collections
- Things That Caught My Attention Last Week – July 6 (Peter Ritchie)
- Daily Reading List â July 8, 2025 (#582) (Richard Seroter)
- The .NET News Daily Issue #235 (Jasen)
The Geek Shelf
Real-World Web Development with .NET 9: Build websites and services using mature and proven ASP.NET Core MVC, Web API, and Umbraco CMS (Mark J. Price) – Referral Link