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The Code Brew's Weekly Newsletter - Week 14

Welcome back to The Code Brew! ☕ Big releases this week: Node.js 24 LTS is out, and Claude Opus 4.5 has landed on Vercel. In the developer world, Josh Comeau explains CSS Subgrid, Andrew Lock dissects the .NET boot process, and we debate the merits of Minimal APIs. We also cover advanced TypeScript tips, sortable GUIDs, and the latest updates from Visual Studio. Dive in!

This Week’s Favourites

Brand New Layouts with CSS Subgrid - Josh Comeau blog

Result is the most boring sum type - Ploeh Blog

Omit for Discriminated Unions in TypeScript - TkDodo Blog

Dotnet, C#, Azure

Exploring the .NET boot process via host tracing - Andrew Lock Blog

Using sortable UUID / GUIDs in Entity Framework - Steven Giesel blog

Minimal APIs, CQRS, DDD… Or Just Use Controllers? - Code Opinion

November 2025 Insiders (version 1.107) - Visual Studio

Secure Your Traffic with Forced Tunneling in Azure Virtual WAN P2S VPN - Cloudtips blog

The False Comfort of the “Happy Path”: Decoupling Your Services - Milan Jovanovic Blog

AI

4 New AppSec Requirements in the Age of AI - Legit Security Blog

Intellect-3 model from Prime Intellect AI available on the Vercel AI Gateway - Vercel blog

.NET Day on Agentic Modernization Coming Soon - Microsoft Dotnet Blog

How GitHub’s agentic security principles make our AI agents as secure as possible - Github Blog

FLUX.2 Pro image model is now available on Vercel AI Gateway - Vercel blog

Why developers still flock to Python: Guido van Rossum on readability, AI, and the future of programming - Github Blog

Claude Opus 4.5 now available in Vercel AI Gateway - Vercel blog

Partnering with Black Forest Labs to bring FLUX.2 [dev] to Workers AI - Cloudflare blog

Misc

Sign in with Vercel now generally available - Vercel blog

Is psql’s scripting language Turing complete? Or: fibonacci in psql - Phil Eaton Blog

How we built the v0 iOS app - Vercel blog

Node.js 24 LTS is now generally available for builds and functions - Vercel blog

.fast, .you, .talk, and .to TLDs now available on Vercel Domains - Vercel blog

On Inheriting and Sharing Property Values - CSS Tricks Blog

Vercel Open Source Program: Fall 2025 cohort - Vercel blog

Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents - Github Blog

You can now configure advanced sampling rules for Vercel Drains - Vercel blog

Security through design: Creating the improved Firewall experience - Vercel blog

Workflow Builder: Build your own workflow automation platform - Vercel blog

Get better visibility for the WAF with payload logging - Cloudflare blog

Weekly Update 479 - Troy Hunt Blog

Intel is listening, don’t waste your shot - Brendad Gregg Blog

Self-driving infrastructure - Vercel blog

YouTube Videos

Keyed Services are awesome in .NET - Nick Chapsas Youtube

SQL Server 2025 Top Ten Features - John Savill Youtube

“Every Class Should Be Sealed in C#” - Nick Chapsas Youtube

Another .NET Open-Source Project is Gone - Nick Chapsas Youtube

Azure Update - IGNITE SPECIAL - 21st November 2025 - John Savill Youtube