Fragments: February 4
Martin Fowler shares fragmentary thoughts from a tech event, covering AI's impact on understanding code, LLMs as navigation tools, and the future of software libraries.
Martin Fowler shares fragmentary thoughts from a tech event, covering AI's impact on understanding code, LLMs as navigation tools, and the future of software libraries.
Explains how to distribute Go CLI tools like sqlite-scanner via PyPI using go-to-wheel, making them easily installable with pip/uv.
Explains how to distribute Go CLI tools like sqlite-scanner via PyPI using go-to-wheel, making them easily installable with pip/uv.
An introduction to CSS container queries, explaining their use case for component-based responsive design beyond viewport media queries.
A guide to implementing a lease-based leader election pattern in C#/.NET for distributed systems to prevent accidental multi-leader scenarios.
A blog post urging SQL Server DBAs to upgrade SSMS, highlighting new features like improved code completion and easier installation.
A daily tech link roundup covering .NET, AI, web development, Python, Windows, and developer tools from February 2026.
A guide to performing date and time arithmetic in bash scripts, covering numerical expressions and practical use cases like backup rotation.
A quick guide to disabling Bing search in the Windows 11 Start menu using a Registry edit.
A guide to implementing Conditional Access policies for securing Azure Virtual Desktop, covering architecture, policy configuration, and best practices.
A guide for tech leaders on using 'political capital' to drive organizational change and transformation effectively.
A daily tech reading list covering AI tools, APIs, agent systems, cloud platforms, and development trends for February 3, 2026.
Author shares their experience and study strategy for passing Microsoft's AI-900 Azure AI Fundamentals certification exam.
Explains how stacked pull requests can speed up development by enabling parallel work and avoiding large, hard-to-review PRs.
A developer explores using AI coding agents like Claude to automate software development, research, and experimentation, focusing on implementing AlphaGo from scratch.
Distinguishes reckless 'vibe coding' from disciplined, AI-assisted professional software engineering, proposing 'agentic engineering' as a better term.
Deno Sandbox is a new hosted sandbox product from the Deno team, part of Deno Deploy, allowing code execution via Python and JavaScript libraries.
Deno Sandbox is a new hosted sandbox service from Deno Deploy, allowing secure code execution with features like secret management and resource limits.
Apple's Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate introduces new agentic coding tools, integrating AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic to assist developers.
Author's session on SQL Server Contained Availability Groups selected for SQLBits 2026 conference, covering best practices and gotchas.