Reading List
This is a feed of links I've run across and found interesting or noteworthy. The images, content and opinions in them are owned by their respective authors.
Tales from the trenches: Building a distributed system with Aspire and Dapr
Nico Vermeir - youtube.com
Explore the challenges and successes of using .NET Aspire and Dapr for distributed systems in this insightful talk.
Aspire, Dapr, distributed systems, .NET, microservices, architecture
Build Robust Agentic Workflows with Dapr & Dapr Agents
Yaron Schneider - youtube.com
Learn to create AI-powered applications with Dapr and Dapr Agents, utilizing APIs for reliable workflows and integration with multiple LLM providers.
Dapr, Dapr Agents, AI applications, intelligent agents, workflows
Beyond the Stage: Taming Agentic Workflows with Dapr and OpenTelemetry
Kasper Borg Nissen, Mauricio Salatino, Julia Furst Morgado - youtube.com
A deep dive into combining Dapr and OpenTelemetry for observable, event-driven systems, focusing on AI workloads and complex scenarios like managing a pizza store.
Dapr, OpenTelemetry, event-driven systems, AI workloads, observability
Building Durable Multi-Agent AI Workflows with Dapr Agents
Jorge Arteiro, Yaron Schneider - youtube.com
Explore Dapr Agents for creating scalable, resilient AI-driven workflows using LLM reasoning and stateful architectures to manage autonomous agents effectively.
Dapr, AI Agents, workflows, automation, open-source
Azure Container Apps Introduction to Dapr
Balaone - youtube.com
Learn how Dapr simplifies distributed application development in Azure Container Apps, enhancing microservice communication with a step-by-step guide.
Dapr, Azure, Container Apps, microservices, distributed applications

Comparing throughput of Azure Functions vs Dapr on Azure Container Apps
Kai - dev.to
This post explores the performance comparison between .NET Azure Functions and ASP.NET Dapr on Azure Container Apps, focusing on messaging throughput and scaling.
azure, dapr, queues, scalability, software, coding, development, engineering, inclusive, community

Dipping into Dapr Agentic Workflows
Kai Walter - dev.to
Exploring Dapr workflows and agents to enhance task automation with N8N, achieving better scalability and flexibility in voice-to-task applications.
ai, agents, workflow, dapr, software, engineering
AI made me doubt everything about programming
Felienne Hermans - youtube.com
Felienne discusses the historical context of AI in programming and its implications for the future, challenging the prevailing belief in AI's unqualified benefits.
AI, programming, epistemology, history, DDD Europe
Deploy .NET Aspire Apps to Azure in Minutes | Simple Deployment Tutorial
Milan Jovanović - youtube.com
Learn to deploy .NET Aspire apps to Azure using Azure Developer CLI, simplifying the cloud deployment process with essential commands and best practices.
Azure, .NET Aspire, deployment, Azure Developer CLI, cloud
Automate evaluations | Microsoft Foundry
Mohammad Abuomar - youtu.be
Microsoft Foundry enhances coding agents with tracing, evaluations, and red teaming for production readiness, ensuring quality and safety for AI deployments.
Microsoft Foundry, AI agents, evaluations, red teaming, production-ready