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Welcome back to The Code Brew! 🚀 This week's must-read: a 2-billion-email breach just hit Have I Been Pwned. In .NET news, the countdown to .NET Conf 2025 is on, EF Core 10 is getting LeftJoin, and AutoMapper/MediatR have new releases. The other big theme is AI Agents, with GitHub, Vercel, and Builder.io all shipping new tools and guides. Dive in!

Welcome back to The Code Brew! 🚀 Security Warning: This week's top story is a critical .NET vulnerability. Read Andrew Lock's post on it now. The other huge theme is AI Agents, with major announcements from GitHub (Agent HQ) and Microsoft (.NET Custom Agents). In the .NET world, Wolverine 5 has officially landed. And for serverless fans, Vercel now supports the Bun runtime! Dive in.

Welcome back to The Code Brew! 🚀 This week is all about AI and .NET. GitHub just made Copilot faster and smarter, while in the .NET ecosystem, Wolverine 5.0 is here and NuGet.org is finally getting sponsorships! Don't miss this week's must-read from Dan Abramov on how to fix any bug. Dive in!

Grab your coffee, it's time for this week's Code Brew! The headline news comes from the React ecosystem with the much-anticipated launch of the React Compiler v1.0. In the .NET world, the release train continues with .NET 10 RC 2 now available, alongside new servicing updates. AI continues to be a hot topic, with major updates to GitHub Copilot's speed and capabilities. We've also curated fantastic reads on the CSS Masonry layout, context inheritance in TanStack Router, and a new Testing Vial concept that challenges traditional testing pyramids

Welcome to your weekly serving from The Code Brew! The two biggest stories are the launch of the React Foundation and a critical security flaw in GitHub Copilot named CamoLeak. In the .NET world, we're looking at the future with .NET 10's GC, plus practical tips on using CancellationTokens and improving API errors. This edition is also packed with changelogs from Vercel, a retrospective on 20 years of Git, and fascinating discussions from Hacker News, including the cautionary tale of a data center fire with no backups.

Welcome to your weekly serving from The Code Brew! The big news this week is a treat for all frontend developers: React 19.2 has officially been released! 🎉 Dive into the announcement from the React team to see what's new. The AI explosion continues at a breakneck pace. This week saw the announcement of models like Sora 2 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, and the developer ecosystem is racing to keep up. Vercel announced a massive funding round to build the AI Cloud, and for .NET developers, Microsoft has just launched the Microsoft Agent Framework (Preview) to make building AI agents simple. Looking for some mind-blowing engineering? The Netflix tech blog dropped an absolute gem, detailing how they supercharged their workflow engine to be 100x faster. We've also got a look at how Cloudflare is making its network faster and more secure with Rust. On the creative side, CSS-Tricks has a fantastic tutorial on recreating Gmail's slick Google Gemini animation. And to wrap things up on a more reflective note, Dan Abramov shares his thoughts on the nature of our online spaces in his post, Open Social. There’s so much more to explore. Let's get brewing!

Welcome to your weekly serving from The Code Brew! This week's top story comes with a bit of a shock: Microsoft has cancelled the .NET Eventing Framework, what Nick Chapsas called The Biggest .NET Feature. It's a major pivot, and we've got the links to help you understand what happened and what it means for the future. But it's not all about what's gone. Microsoft is also pushing forward, exploring native text-to-image AI capabilities in .NET and bolstering security with the rollout of Trusted Publishing on NuGet.org. We also have a fantastic guide from Milan Jovanovic on implementing distributed locking. The industry-wide conversation on AI continues, with Martin Fowler's Thoughtworks weighing in on the trend with their article, To vibe or not to vibe. On the security front, after last week’s npm attack, GitHub has released its official plan for a more secure supply chain. For the frontend folks, Josh Comeau is back with a must-read on the big gotcha with CSS @starting-style, and in a huge win for web standards, Browserslist now officially supports Baseline, making it easier to build for modern browsers. Finally, take a step back with Mark Seemann's timely reminder that productivity is not about lines of code. Grab your coffee, this week is packed. Let's get into it!

Welcome to the fourth issue of The Code Brew's Weekly Newsletter! This week, we're kicking things off with a question: what's the weirdest thing you could host a website on? How about a disposable vape? Yes, really. It’s a perfect reminder of the incredible creativity in our community. On a more serious note, the top story is a critical security alert: the Shai-Hulud npm attack has compromised over 40 packages. We've got the links you need to understand the impact. In other security news, GitHub is looking to the future with post-quantum security for SSH, and Cloudflare published a fascinatingly deep dive into their recent API outage. For our .NET developers, Microsoft just dropped a huge announcement: STS releases will now be supported for 24 months, a big win for stability and long-term planning. We also take a peek at the new null-conditional assignment operator coming in C# 14 and dive into Vertical Slice Architecture with Milan Jovanovic. The AI conversation is still buzzing, with Vercel explaining vibe coding and GitHub showing you how to integrate its new coding agent. And for the CSS wizards, we're asking: is it finally time to un-Sass? Plus, a look at the 'most hated' new CSS feature: trigonometric functions! Ready to dive in? Grab your mug, and let’s get to it.

Welcome to your third weekly serving from The Code Brew! The big news this week is boiling hot: .NET 10 has officially hit Release Candidate 1! 🚀 Microsoft dropped a massive blog post detailing all the incredible performance improvements you can expect. We've got the links to the announcement, the release notes, and community buzz from Reddit about what the next version of Visual Studio might require. On the frontend, Josh Comeau is back with a masterful guide to creating stunning color-shifting effects in CSS. We've also got more CSS goodness from CSS-Tricks on composition and color interpolation, plus a look at Pico, a minimal new CSS framework that's making waves. In the world of AI, the focus is shifting to agentic workflows. Check out GitHub's guide on getting started with the Copilot coding agent. On a more serious note, we're covering critical security alerts, including Vercel's response to an npm supply chain attack and a data leak notice from PostSharp. Finally, we're brewing up some career talk. Don't miss the fantastic Reddit discussion on a question we all face: How do you determine your value as a developer? That's just a taste of what's inside. Pour yourself a fresh cup and enjoy the links!

Welcome to the second issue of The Code Brew's Weekly Newsletter! This week, the conversation is buzzing around AI's evolving role in our workflows. We're seeing everything from debates on 'vibe coding' and the uncanny valley of AI-generated comments to practical tips for writing better instructions for GitHub Copilot. Is AI getting too predictable, or are we just getting started? Dive into articles from GitHub, Microsoft, and lively Reddit discussions to find out. For the .NET and C# enthusiasts, we've got a fresh pot of deep dives. Learn modern testing techniques with TimeProvider, explore how to set up a standalone Aspire dashboard, and get a look at the upcoming Wolverine 5.0. Plus, Nick Chapsas is back with a flurry of videos exploring the awesome, the weird, and the just plain terrible parts of C#. Of course, we haven't forgotten the rest of the stack. Check out TkDodo's thoughts on deriving client state from server state, a fascinating pure CSS state machine elevator from CSS-Tricks, and important security updates from Cloudflare regarding recent breaches. Grab your mug, and let's get brewing!

Welcome to the first issue of The Code Brew's Weekly! ☕ This edition is packed with insights for developers. We're kicking things off with a deep dive into the .NET ecosystem, covering everything from a new EF Core query visualizer and the nuances of collection expressions to a look at .NET MAUI with an MVU approach. The other major theme this week is AI, with fantastic articles on building your own coding agent, practical guides for GitHub Copilot, and a look at how Cloudflare and Netflix are leveraging machine learning. Beyond that, we've got handy tips on Git Worktree, creative CSS tricks, and top discussions from Hacker News and Reddit on career burnout, the future of C#, and why CORS is so important.