Dew Drop – February 11, 2026 (#4602)
A daily roundup of links covering .NET updates, web development, AI trends, and various software engineering topics and tools.
A daily roundup of links covering .NET updates, web development, AI trends, and various software engineering topics and tools.
A guide to implementing custom state validation for entities in EF Core using Data Annotations to catch errors before saving.
A daily tech reading list covering AI-generated code, tech debt, AI's impact on work, and updates on tools like Go 1.26 and Vertex AI.
A guide to using the ccusage tool to track and analyze your Claude Code token usage and cache efficiency from local logs.
Explores the need for new developer tools like Entire to manage AI-generated code, as traditional Git struggles with agent-written commits lacking context.
A reflection on the 'Beautiful Web' of homemade, authentic websites driven by passion and personal expression, contrasting with commercial web trends.
A review of Dot, a minimalist menu bar calendar app for Mac, highlighting its features, customization, and integration with major calendar services.
Updates to the .NET Toolbox, a free, open-source collection of client-side tools for .NET developers, including new features like an Options Generator and SRP Analyzer.
Introduces Showboat and Rodney, two new CLI tools designed to help AI coding agents demonstrate and test the software they build.
Introduces Showboat and Rodney, two CLI tools for AI coding agents to create automated demos and documentation of their work.
Explains how to set the correct Content-Type property when sending messages from BizTalk Server to Azure Service Bus, addressing version differences.
A developer argues that using adblockers is not equivalent to piracy, exploring the implied agreements and user control over web content.
A guide to deploying virtual machines on Azure Local using the Azure Portal, CLI, and Bicep for Infrastructure-as-Code.
A SQL expert details the strategy for designing an interactive conference session on solving query performance differences between development and production databases.
A daily link roundup for developers covering .NET, AI, web development, Windows, and tech industry insights from February 10, 2026.
A technical deep-dive into fixing a GExperts dialog bug causing infinite growth on multi-monitor setups with mixed DPI scaling.
A guide to troubleshooting missing Frontier Office Agents in Microsoft 365, explaining why they disappear and how admins can restore them.
Essential Git configuration settings to improve workflow, including rebase on pull, auto-setup remote, and better diff algorithms.
A daily tech reading list covering AI agents, software development trends, OpenTelemetry, low-code platforms, and new Google Cloud features.
Compares how Oracle and PostgreSQL uniquely identify SQL queries and execution plans, focusing on SQL_ID vs query_id and PLAN_HASH_VALUE vs query_hash.