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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 17/09/2026
You'll be able to use Obsidian as a Markdown WYSIWYG editor for files outside your vault. Coming in 1.14.2.
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 15/09/2026
At my upcoming Masterclass on Wednesday, September 16, I'll diagnose why most SLO implementations fail and how to design good SLIs. Register now, and catch up on the previous sessions. Register: go.hny.co/3TY4Imq
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O11y Masters: Observability Engineering Masterclass with Liz Fong-Jones
A six-session live masterclass with Liz Fong-Jones, turning Observability Engineering into practice. Aug 3 – Oct 14, 2026.
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Visual Studio Code @vscode.dev · 16/07/2026
🚀 The latest VS Code release brings new capabilities for agent workflows. The workbench gets a fresh look with the experimental Modern UI preview. You can now run terminal commands directly from chat. For more complex tasks, agents can create sessions and delegate work across conversations.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 17/07/2026
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 30/06/2026
Interesting new open-weights model family for agentic coding: Ornith-1.0. Check benchmark claims, and the “self-scaffolding” idea: training the model to improve the harness/orchestration it uses to solve coding tasks. Simon article: simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/29/...
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Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding
This is an interesting new open weights (MIT licensed) model, the first model release from DeepReinforce. [...] with variants including 9B Dense, 31B Dense, 35B MoE, and 397B MoE. Built …
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MDN Web Docs @developer.mozilla.org · 15/06/2026
🆕 Introducing the MDN MCP server! Bring MDN's docs and browser compat data straight into your AI agent or IDE for accurate, up-to-date answers about the web platform. No more outdated guesses from training data. Learn more 👇 developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/introducing-mdn-mcp-server/
A headline Introducing MDN MCP server above a terminal window titled Light-dark CSS function for images, showing a prompt asking how to use the light-dark() CSS function for images and which browsers support it, with a note that the mdn tool was called 4 times, followed by an answer explaining that light-dark() takes two image values and works anywhere an image is accepted. The MDN logo appears on the right.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 11/06/2026
What's up, chat! Group chats are rolling out today in the new v1.124 update. This is our first feature built for communities, and there's more to come.
A group chat staffed entirely by the Bluesky team's pets, who are very excited to tell each other that group chats now exist.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 11/06/2026
Bluesky is getting ‘communities’
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Bluesky is getting ‘communities’
A new way to find people with common interests.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 17/05/2026
I created a simple @obsidian.md plugin for some text manipulation I do. Simple commands that run locally in your vault, providing ~80 text manipulation commands accessible from the Command Palette. Case / Format, Line sorting, filtering, encoding, etc. community.obsidian.md/plugins/text...
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Local Text Tools
Text manipulation commands: case conversion, line numbering, and more. Works with single and multiple selections.
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Brock Chapin @brrrock.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
new shiny thing for Windows bros: Microsoft Winget Config store your winget config in yaml then let DSC do it's idempotent sorcery developer.microsoft.com/blog/winget-... learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window... #microsoft #powershell #winget #msbuild #Windows
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WinGet Configuration: Set up your dev machine in one command - Microsoft for Developers
I’ve set up a lot of dev machines in my life. Traditionally, this takes a lot of time to get everything just right, but now there’s a faster way with WinGet Configuration files. Let me show you how to...
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Mary Grace Scary Face @emgeekay.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The Canadian Network on Cuba is shipping aid to Cuba and needs financial donations and non-perishable food items: canned food, beans, rice, powder milk, cooking oil, generators, etc., to be dropped off at the place where they will fill the container on March 7. canadiannetworkoncuba.ca/donate/
Help send urgently needed power supplies to Cuba. Send E-transfer to donate@canadiannetworkoncuba.ca. Or mail cheque to Canadian Network on Cuba, PO Box 99051 - 1245 Dupont St., Toronto, ON M6H 4H7.
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don-ho.bsky.social @don-ho.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Important Clarification: Notepad++ Security Incident (Indicators of Compromise provided by our former hosting provider is included): notepad-plus-plus.org/news/clarifi...
notepad-plus-plus.org
Important Clarification: Notepad++ Security Incident | Notepad++
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 28/01/2026
“what we make with a tool does not belong to the tool. A manuscript doesn’t stay inside the typewriter, a photo doesn’t stay inside the camera, and a song doesn’t stay in the microphone” 🌄
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 13/12/2025
One of the most underrated extensions in @vscode.dev is "Text Power Tools" by Dániel Tar. marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa...
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Text Power Tools - Visual Studio Marketplace
Extension for Visual Studio Code - All-in-one solution with 240+ commands for text manipulation: filter lines (grep), remove lines, insert number sequences and GUIDs, sorting, change case, converting ...
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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 23/10/2025
OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet browsers are vulnerable to AI sidebar spoofing attacks that mislead users into following fake AI-generated instructions.
bleepingcomputer.com
Spoofed AI sidebars can trick Atlas, Comet users into dangerous actions
OpenAI's Atlas and Perplexity's Comet browsers are vulnerable to AI sidebar spoofing attacks that mislead users into following fake AI-generated instructions.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 02/10/2025
Corpus of public statistics available to AI agents and tools with Google Data Commons MCP Server developers.googleblog.com/en/datacommo...
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Introducing the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server: Streamlining Public Data Access for AI Developers- Google Developers Blog
Data Commons announces the availability of its MCP Server, which is a major milestone in making all of Data Commons’ vast public datasets instantly accessible and actionable for AI developers worldwid...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 24/09/2025
Vibe Coding with 3x workspaces medium.com/@elliotgraeb...
medium.com
Agentic AI has changed my career
I don’t write code… or at least, I didn’t
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Sophie @localghost.dev · 08/08/2025
My website is for humans, and I don't want Google's AI ramen localghost.dev/blog/this-we...
localghost.dev
This website is for humans - localghost
I don't want Google's shitty AI-generated ramen
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 12/07/2025
🤔 E-commerce visibility redefined? On May 15, @OpenAI quietly added @Shopify to ChatGPT’s search, no announcement, just a doc update. 🛍️ Now Shopify stores show up with rich results: images, prices, reviews. 💡Non-Shopify merchants can apply (just don’t block OAI-SearchBot).
Shopify and OpenAl logos whit a summary text of the same post.
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Chris Blume @programmax.net · 24/06/2025
PNG is back! After over two decades, we released a new PNG spec. www.programmax.net/articles/png...
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PNG is back!Rec. 2020 and Rec. 709 comparison
After 20 years, PNG is back with renewed vigor! A new PNG spec was just released.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 06/06/2025
✨@firefox.com multi-account containers now sync between computers. 👌
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 05/06/2025
"If you don't know where you're going, you'll end up else." —Yogi Bera
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 28/05/2025
Chromebook deal $80: shop.pcworld.com/sales/lenovo...
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Lenovo 300E 11.6" Touchscreen Chromebook (2018) 4GB RAM 32GB Storage (Refurbished) | PCWorld
<p>Perfect for Work &amp; Play with 11.6" HD Display, Chrome OS, 4GB RAM, and Intel Celeron CPU</p>
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 27/05/2025
@svrooij.io Hi! your bsky profile link on your website is broken, just need to remove first part. Thanks for all your writing.
bsky.app
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 27/05/2025
Salesforce acquires Informatica for $8 billion
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Salesforce acquires Informatica for $8 billion | TechCrunch
Salesforce plans to utilize Informatica's data management infrastructure as architecture for its AI agents.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 26/05/2025
til diataxis.fr
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 30/04/2025
You can be verified by an organization at @bsky.app bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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A New Form of Verification on Bluesky - Bluesky
We’re introducing a new layer of verification — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. Additionally, independent organizations can verify accounts directly through our Trusted Verifiers feat...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 14/04/2025
AI companies cause most of traffic on forums pod.geraspora.de/posts/17342163
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Excerpt from a message I just posted in a #diaspora team internal f...
Excerpt from a message I just posted in a #diaspora team internal forum category. The context here is that I recently get pinged by slowness/load spikes on the diaspora* project web infrastructure (Di...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 13/04/2025
As long as Discover still means something... (more so because it's conveniently located on mobile, and yes, there are plenty of non-techies who stick with that and that's it) ... but now they're worried about bringing it to the desktop. Too late? searchengineland.com/google-to-ex...
searchengineland.com
Google to expand Discover to Google's desktop homepage
Google has been testing this for years, but kicked up its testing over the past several days.
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Adam Argyle @nerdy.dev · 11/04/2025
G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler. nerdy.dev/ex-googler
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G̶o̶o̶g̶l̶e̶r̶… ex-Googler. · April 10, 2025
My role at Google was eliminated.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 22/03/2025
Hear from the bear: "If the Largest Contentful Paint element on your website is an image then it's important to load this image quickly – not lazily"
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 17/03/2025
Free DB masterclasses March 18: Fundamentals of Query Tuning April 1: Fundamentals of TempDB April 8: Fundamentals of Columnstore May 6: Mastering Index Tuning May 13: Mastering Query Tuning May 20: Mastering Parameter Sniffing May 27: Mastering Server Tuning
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Free Webcast Tomorrow: Fundamentals of Query Tuning - Brent Ozar Unlimited®
It’s time for SQL Server Spring Training! I’m teaching 60-90 minutes of my most popular classes for free over the next few months. Tomorrow I’m doing Fundamentals of Query Tuning. It’s for folks who a...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 05/03/2025
Electronic Arts released the source for a bunch of old Command and Conquer games. github.com/electronicarts
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Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, inspiring a global community of players to explore new ways to play every day - Electronic Arts
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 01/03/2025
@bsky.app if you get to private groups, please use the same posts technology, as goos for discussions as for threads; instead of a separate simple anti accessible plain chat like everyone else and you in the private chats. 🙏 Looking forward to it.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 01/03/2025
Good new features getting in. I hope bookmarks and private groups don't take too long.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 28/02/2025
Google Sheets gets a Gemini-powered upgrade to analyze data faster and create visuals
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Google Sheets gets a Gemini-powered upgrade to analyze data faster and create visuals
Google is giving Sheets a Gemini-powered upgrade that is designed to help users analyze data faster and turn spreadsheets into charts using AI. With this update, users can access Gemini’s capabilities to generate insights from their data, such as…
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 28/02/2025
Mongo2Go is a managed wrapper around MongoDB binaries. It targets .NET Framework 4.7.2 and .NET Standard 2.1. and works with Windows, Linux and macOS. github.com/Mongo2Go/Mon...
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GitHub - Mongo2Go/Mongo2Go: Mongo2Go - MongoDB for .NET integration tests
Mongo2Go - MongoDB for .NET integration tests. Contribute to Mongo2Go/Mongo2Go development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 25/02/2025
An instrumental reflection on DTOs and mappings, why they are useful, and the problem they solve. As it's always as important, Derek Comartin also explains when to use them and when not. 📹"DTOs & Mapping : The Good, The Bad, And The Excessive": www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKFx...
youtube.com
DTOs & Mapping : The Good, The Bad, And The Excessive
YouTube video by CodeOpinion
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 22/02/2025
www.perplexity.ai/page/what-di... shared by @kentbeck.com
perplexity.ai
What Did Dijkstra Mean by Predocumentation?
Edsger W. Dijkstra's concept of predocumentation reimagined the role of documentation in programming, treating it as an integral, machine-readable component...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 09/02/2025
sherwood.news/tech/amazon-...
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GitHub @github.com · 08/02/2025
Open source has the potential to transform how we access and use information. Learn how we worked with the United Nations to build a more efficient system for searching through their library of documents. 🗂️ github.blog/open-source/...
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4 steps to building a natural language search tool
Empowering humanitarian action with open source: A natural language search tool for UN Resolutions.
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Eric Hanson esq @ericrhanson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"It's too hard" is a canard. We do lots of things that are hard. This is a choice.
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 06/02/2025
You can follow curated lists and feeds in Feedly. Very nice one! 👏
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 04/02/2025
.Any() vs .Count() > 0? in C# by @groogs.bsky.social stackoverflow.com/a/63569609/2...
.NET Framework
With ICollection:

.Count > 0 is best
.Count() > 0 is fine, but ultimately just calls ICollection.Count
.Any() is going to be slower, as it enumerates a single item
With non-ICollection (no .Count property)

.Any() is best, as it only enumerates a single item
.Count() > 0 is bad as it causes complete enumeration
.NET Core
.Count > 0 is best, if available (ICollection)
.Any() is fine, and will either do ICollection.Count > 0 or enumerate a single item
.Count() > 0 is bad as it causes complete enumeration
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 04/02/2025
Manage user secrets in .dotnet (Not only dotnet core). vifani.com/keep-your-se... by raffaelefanizzi.
vifani.com
Keep Your Secrets Secret: Part 1 - User Secrets
This is the first of a series of posts I will write about a topic I care a lot: secrets management. What is a secret First I want to clarify and give a definition about what is a secret. In software d...
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 21/01/2025
Programming Advice from @MarcusBuffett: 1️⃣If you (or your team) are shooting yourselves in the foot constantly, fix the gun 2️⃣ Assess the trade-off you’re making between quality and pace, make sure it’s appropriate for your context 3️⃣Spending time sharpening the axe is almost always worth it
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Jessica Kerr @jessitron.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
on my iPad, the drawing app (Paper) and the other drawing app (PowerPoint) both refuse to open without internet access. This is the world we have created for ourselves
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 14/01/2025
.NET API Catalog: The site apisof.net exposes which .NET platform APIs exist, which packages are needed to use them, whether they are obsolete, and which operating systems they are supported for. #dev #Dotnet
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.NET API Catalog
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The Verge @theverge.com · 13/01/2025
Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new non-profit organization
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Mastodon’s CEO and creator is handing control to a new non-profit organization
Mastodon says the decentralized network ‘should not be owned or controlled by a single individual.’
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Nils @nilsandrey.com · 09/01/2025
Testing requirements and the importance of observability in understanding the internal states of a system. www.infoq.com/presentation...
infoq.com
Production Comes First - an Outside-In Approach to Building Microservices
Martin Thwaites introduces outside-in testing, how to use Observability techniques in a local development to build applications that are easier to debug locally and run as a first class citizen.
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