News
Microsoft and Google team up for version 2 of Angular framework
So version 2 of AngularJS will be a joint venture between Google and Microsoft built using Typescript. It's great to see some of these big players working outside of their silos.
Bidding farewell to Google Code
Google who is no stranger to shutting down popular services - see Google Reader - is shutting down Google Code. In the GitHub era it does seem to make sense but interesting none the less.
Amazon DynamoDB Update – Add GSI to existing tables
DynamoDB now has the ability to add Global Secondary Indexes to existing tables without down time. Previously all indexes had to be defined at table creation time.
Code
Reactive Extensions: The why
The first in a series of screencasts diving into C#'s reactive functional programming constructs.
Real-Time Analytics for NServiceBus Powered Systems using Elasticsearch
An interesting proof-of-concept on how to use NServiceBus (a messaging and inter-process communication platform for .NET) and how to get real-time visibility.
Announcing: RecycableMemoryStream
Running into memory performance issues? One culprit could be all of those MemoryStreams
and Microsoft just open-sourced a fix!
Community Projects
Amaranth, an Open Source Roguelike
A C# game with a strong architectural foundation that we can all learn a bit from (and also, have fun with)!
The Fringe of .NET
DotNetFringe is a new, independent .NET conference with a focus on OSS development and a great speaker line-up!