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• GitHub Issues get a major update to bring it more in line with Azure DevOps

• Can you earn millions from GitHub Sponsors?

• What are High-Available architectures?

• Can you use cost savings as a proxy for carbon savings?

• How to prepare for the upcoming .NET 9 release

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GitHub Digest

An area that Azure DevOps had certainly some advantage in compared to GH; workitem management. You can create different types of workitems, add custom fields and even some logic.

GitHub issues had some form of this when you combine them with Project boards. On a project, you can define your own data types, have your own states etc.

But with the new version of Issues, GitHub tries to bring it more in line. You get custom types, you can create a hierarchy of items, the search is more refined and the UI is polished.

And the nice thing; it is a public beta, so apply to start experimenting with it in your own organisation.

As GitHub Copilot uses the collective amount of available data to suggest code constructions, it will find and suggest data from the public domain. You can block this, so you are safe from any copyright infringement, but maybe you want to make this choice yourself and on an individual basis.

With this new functionality, you will get an overview of the references it used to generate the suggestions. When available, it will also list the licenses that apply.

This gives you as the end user more control over the sources used and make a better decision.

An inspiring story from the creator of livewire and alpine.js and other open source software on how he was able to quit his job and earn a good living.

A part of his income comes through GitHub Sponsors, and there will be a lot of factors coming into play, but it shows what is possible.

Coding Corner

Creating high-available architectures is not an easy task. What does it mean to have a high available system, and what do you need to implement to achieve this?

The concepts and a comparison with Disaster Recovery are nicely explained in the below article.

We all heard that reducing cloud waste would also reduce carbon emissions. While it also has a cost-saving effect. But is it also the other way around? So saving cost, also reduces carbon emissions?

The author wrote an extensive piece that we might need to rethink using cost as a proxy KPI to carbon.

Azure Updates & Insights

When you work with containers, you will need to store them somewhere. One place is to use the Azure Container Registry. But did you know it can do more then just be a storage for your images?

.NET Nook

The next version of .NET is scheduled to be released next month so it is good to know how you can be prepared for the upgrade.

Do you know all these .NET terms? Blazor, Razor or whatabout UWP and WPF? Rocky gives you some clarity by explaining the .NET terminology.

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