Dew Drop – January 20, 2026 (#4586)
A daily tech link roundup covering VS Code updates, WebAssembly, .NET 10, AI development, Python guides, DevOps tools, and industry news.
A daily tech link roundup covering VS Code updates, WebAssembly, .NET 10, AI development, Python guides, DevOps tools, and industry news.
Explains a technique using reflection and dynamic methods to eliminate allocations when using foreach on an IEnumerable<T> in C#.
Guide to editing members in Microsoft 365 Groups and Distribution Lists using Outlook Web and Exchange admin center.
A software engineer explains their decision to avoid writing about dominant tech trends like LLMs, focusing instead on other important and enduring topics in the field.
A guide to screen sharing on Linux using the niri compositor, covering full monitor, window, and dynamic casting, plus region capture with OBS.
Critique of Apple and Google's failure to enforce their own policies against abusive content on Twitter/X, questioning the legitimacy of their app store monopolies.
Explores the AI-driven evolution of software engineering from autocomplete to autonomous agents, shifting the developer's role from coder to orchestrator.
A monthly tech newsletter featuring curated links on data engineering, AI, Kafka, and industry trends for 2025/2026.
A guide to creating a PowerShell function that mimics the Linux 'touch' command for creating and updating files.
Exploring how to create a generic, testable unit test runner in Fortran by extracting logic from the main program into reusable procedures.
A developer shares insights and design considerations for building a distributed actor framework, based on experience with Dapr, Orleans, and a custom Go project.
Explores NanoLang, a new programming language designed for LLMs, and tests AI's ability to generate working code in it.
Explores NanoLang, a new programming language designed for LLMs, and tests AI's ability to generate working code in it.
Discusses the critical need for secure account recovery workflows when implementing passkeys, highlighting Microsoft Entra's new preview solution.
Explores creative PostgreSQL optimization techniques beyond standard indexing and query rewriting, focusing on constraint exclusion and function-based indexes.
Explores creating a single binary that behaves as a native Windows program or a Linux program under Wine by detecting the runtime environment and using direct syscalls.
Explores strategies for implementing and testing complex data filtering logic, balancing correctness and performance between in-memory and database queries.
Argues that ugly, legacy code can hold valuable domain knowledge and be more practical to refactor than to rewrite from scratch.
A daily roundup of links covering .NET, web development, AI tools, Windows updates, and various software engineering topics and tutorials.
An overview of the GitHub Copilot SDK, showing how to embed AI coding assistance into custom applications using .NET, Python, Go, and JavaScript.