Dew Drop – March 2, 2026 (#4615)
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, web dev, cloud, Windows, and AI, with tutorials, news, and tool updates.
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, web dev, cloud, Windows, and AI, with tutorials, news, and tool updates.
A retrospective on using Interface Builder for iOS UI development at scale, its benefits, challenges, and the migration to SwiftUI.
Explores using WinGet with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and standardize Windows software deployments.
Highlights Handy, an open-source, offline speech-to-text tool for developers, emphasizing its local processing and multi-language support.
Explains integrating SignalR with Wolverine and Marten for real-time communication in the CritterWatch management console.
Introduces 'bat', a modern, feature-rich alternative to the 'cat' command with syntax highlighting and line numbering.
Puzzmo adds Bluesky integration for friend syncing, user labeling, and storing puzzle streaks on the decentralized social network.
Technical deep dive into integrating Puzzmo.com with the atproto protocol and Bluesky, covering follower sync, labelers, and data storage.
Explores new .NET 10 features for System.Text.Json, including duplicate property rejection and PipeReader integration for better performance.
A programmer defends PHP as a tool and argues that AI, like any technology, is just a human-made tool to be used appropriately.
Analysis of OpenAI's DoD contract language regarding the legal interpretation of 'lawful purposes' for autonomous weapons systems.
An update on the Knuckledragger theorem prover project, covering kernel changes, AI experiments, symbolic union, and future development plans.
A guide comparing strategies for providing context to AI models in workflows, analyzing tradeoffs in cost, latency, and observability.
Explains how to emulate external import maps for web dependencies using a simple injector script, enabling centralized JavaScript module management.
Analyzes the hidden costs and skill erosion of using AI for coding, emphasizing the need for human oversight.
Updated SQL Server diagnostic queries for March 2026, including versions for various SQL Server editions and Azure SQL.
Exploring the UMAP-MLX project, which achieves up to 46x speedups for UMAP using Apple's MLX, with performance benchmarks.
A technical architect explores using local LLMs as junior developers for a blog migration, analyzing their strengths and common pitfalls.
A developer discovers and details a JSON serialization bug in Adobe ColdFusion 2025 related to java.lang.Character escaping.
Explains the bash shell shortcut ~- as a handy alternative to $OLDPWD for referencing the previous working directory.