Guide to parameterizing Fabric linked services in Azure Data Factory for DevOps deployments across environments.
An article arguing for the importance of correctness in software, especially in critical systems like reporting and ETL, and discussing when it is essential.
Proposes a 'whiteboard before keyboard' design-first approach for AI coding assistants to prevent hidden design decisions and improve collaboration.
A personal reflection on SharePoint's 25-year evolution, from a developer's love-hate relationship to its role as the foundation of Microsoft 365.
Discusses the reliability challenges and lack of provable correctness guarantees in current AI systems, despite their productivity benefits.
A developer's experience switching from 1Password to Apple Passwords, comparing features, performance, and ecosystem integration.
An SRE reflects on how their perspective on generative AI's role in SRE work has shifted dramatically over the past year.
Argues for rigorous scientific studies on the impact and risks of using LLMs in software development, highlighting current lack of impartial research.
A curated list of articles and blogs about AI agents, software engineering changes, API latency, and developer experience.
A reflective analysis on SREs and generative AI, one year after a keynote at SRECon25, arguing the need for SREs to engage with AI.
A guide to proxying fetch() requests in Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers for logging, caching, and security.
A user's experience switching from IrfanView to mpv on Linux for viewing images and videos, highlighting its features and configuration.
Analyzes PyPI data to see if AI tools have increased software productivity, finding a significant boost in release frequency for new 'AI-native' packages.
GitHub introduces tools to disable pull requests as maintainers face a flood of low-quality, AI-generated submissions, sparking debate on open source sustainability.
Analyzes how AI is creating challenges for junior developers, arguing that advice to 'struggle harder' ignores systemic pressures.
Explains interior pointers in .NET garbage collection and how to handle them in a custom GC's mark phase.
Argues that using light mode in code editors and documents improves readability during presentations and screen sharing.
Review of HazeOver, a Mac utility that dims background windows to highlight the active one, solving a macOS UI problem.
Weekly web development newsletter covering Chrome soft navigations, Firefox setHTML, CSS centering, UX laws, and code golfing.
Explains how browsers handle newlines and tabs in URLs according to the WHATWG spec, removing them to make links work.
