Daily digest of IT/tech links covering .NET, AI, web development, and more for August 24, 2026.
A critique of KPIs in software development, arguing they hinder excellence and advocating for listening to people instead.
Testing smolvm 1.8.3 as a sandbox for untrusted Python & JavaScript, using hardware-isolated VMs with resource limits and no network.
A quote from Jeremy Morrell about extensible software on the web, highlighting LLMs lowering extension authoring costs and sandbox primitives for secure deployment.
Simon Willison discusses how AI coding agents change productivity metrics and the importance of conceptual integrity in software development.
Experimental release of GORM, a .po file editor, with fixes for warning detection and updated downloads.
A daily roundup of IT/tech links covering .NET, AI, web development, and developer tools.
Learn how to host the .NET Aspire Dashboard as a standalone container in Azure Web Apps, including gRPC configuration and environment variables.
Explains how NSX Gateway Firewall combines packet facts with platform context for security decisions, and clarifies the visual metaphor.
Explains why AI adoption metrics like token counts and Copilot usage don't prove productivity, and offers a framework for measuring real business outcomes.
An analysis of AI reasoning traces, how they are hidden, and the role of system prompts in reasoning effort.
Explores VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 as a coordinated feedback system, using the 'cloud nervous system' metaphor to describe its operational model and key components.
Apple TV's 'The Savant' finally gets a release window, with Jessica Chastain confirming the series will premiere in July.
A weekly newsletter covering web development news, tools, and tips, including Git history commands, Chrome's performance profiler, and the inert attribute.
Troubleshooting guide for vSphere Supervisor deployment stuck at installing Kubernetes Node Agent, focusing on vLCM compliance issues per Broadcom KB 393663.
A blog post announcing a 4-part Microsoft Reactor series for C#/.NET devs to build an AI agent harness, live coding a 'claw' agent with tools, memory, and deployment.
A curated digest of tech links covering .NET, JavaScript, AI, DevOps, and more for August 10, 2026.
Anthropic's system prompt for Claude Opus 5 addresses export control suspension and restoration, ensuring accurate responses.
GitHub Models service has been retired, causing GitHub Actions failures. The author shares how they replaced it with OpenAI API for their workflow.
Comparison of SQLite prototypes for storing compressed text revision histories using whole-blob vs chunked compression strategies.
