Dew Drop – February 5, 2026 (#4598)
A daily digest of links covering AI tools, .NET, web dev, Windows, and cloud technologies, with updates on Visual Studio, Azure, and frameworks.
A daily digest of links covering AI tools, .NET, web dev, Windows, and cloud technologies, with updates on Visual Studio, Azure, and frameworks.
A tutorial on extracting clean shape perimeters from binary grids using greedy geometry algorithms, with a JavaScript implementation example.
Explores the differences between manual testing and automation, focusing on testability, tooling, and real-world challenges like infinite scroll.
A summary of a podcast interview discussing Selenium WebDriver, its comparison with Playwright, and best practices for test automation.
Explores the mathematical property that rounding up the gamma function of 1/n equals n, with a proof sketch and Python verification.
The author describes using an LLM (Codex) to rewrite the pycparser project, replacing its PLY-based parser with a hand-written recursive-descent parser.
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Introducing Mermaid View, an Obsidian plugin that adds first-class file support for Mermaid diagrams, allowing dedicated .mermaid files.
A deep dive into the LazyConstants preview feature in JDK 26, exploring its API, the concept of laziness in Java, and its evolution from stable values.
Kiro CLI now supports the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), enabling its AI agent to work within specialized IDEs like DataGrip for database tasks.
Mistral releases Voxtral Transcribe 2, a new family of audio-to-text models, including an open-weights real-time transcription model.
Mistral releases Voxtral Transcribe 2, a new family of audio-to-text models, including an open-weights real-time transcription model.
Martin Fowler shares fragmentary thoughts from a tech event, covering AI's impact on understanding code, LLMs as navigation tools, and the future of software libraries.
Explains how to distribute Go CLI tools like sqlite-scanner via PyPI using go-to-wheel, making them easily installable with pip/uv.
Explains how to distribute Go CLI tools like sqlite-scanner via PyPI using go-to-wheel, making them easily installable with pip/uv.
A blog post urging SQL Server DBAs to upgrade SSMS, highlighting new features like improved code completion and easier installation.
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A quick guide to disabling Bing search in the Windows 11 Start menu using a Registry edit.
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Author shares their experience and study strategy for passing Microsoft's AI-900 Azure AI Fundamentals certification exam.