--- title: Best Microsoft posts of 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Microsoft posts of 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft/best-of/2023 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft/best-of/2023 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Microsoft posts of 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Microsoft posts of 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Microsoft — 2023 1. 1 [](/posts/i-quit-google-chrome-after-15-years-here-s-where-i-ended-up-and-why-wwiihx9lv "I quit Google Chrome after 15 years: Here’s where I ended up and why") Article Community Picks · 3y I quit Google Chrome after 15 years: Here’s where I ended up and why Laptop Mag: I quit Google Chrome after 15 years and decided it was time to take a break from Google Chrome. Chrome is impressively intuitive and well laid out — something that not every browser can wear as a badge of pride. The last week and change have been an eye-opener of sorts. 326 65 2. 2 [](/posts/the-most-upvoted-visual-studio-code-feature-dkdoighky "The Most Upvoted Visual Studio Code Feature") Article This is Learning · 3y The Most Upvoted Visual Studio Code Feature A highly upvoted feature has been added to Visual Studio Code, allowing tabs to be released outside of the window. The feature is currently in preview and only available in the Insiders edition of vscode. 285 13 3. 3 [](/posts/did-you-know-shift-ctrl-alt-win-l-opens-linkedin-on-windows-gymftw8vd "Did You Know? Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Win+L Opens LinkedIn on Windows") Article Community Picks · 3y Did You Know? Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Win+L Opens LinkedIn on Windows In October 2019, Microsoft introduced a new keyboard design that included a dedicated "Office" key. The key is typically positioned between the right Alt and the Emoji key near the space bar. You can press Office+W to open Microsoft Word, Office+X to open Excel or Office+L to open the LinkedIn website. 176 30 4. 4 [](/posts/you-can-now-try-microsoft-loop-a-notion-competitor-with-futuristic-office-documents-uagzpjdcu "You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents") Article The Verge · 4y You can now try Microsoft Loop, a Notion competitor with futuristic Office documents Microsoft is now letting anyone preview Microsoft Loop, a collaborative hub offering a new way of working across Office apps and managing tasks and projects. The main interface looks a lot like Notion, a workspace app that is used by Adobe, Figma, Amazon, and many other businesses. Loop pages are like blank canvases where people can share and collaborate. 165 24 5. 5 [](/posts/modern-vs-code-extension-development-the-basics-bnnuz26tb "Modern VS Code extension development: The basics") Article Snyk · 3y Modern VS Code extension development: The basics Microsoft Visual Studio (VS) Code is currently the most popular source code editor. It can be used as a fully-fledged integrated development environment (IDE) All you need to do is add the right set of extensions from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Snyk Security is defined as a linter and programming language extension. 154 6 6. 6 [](/posts/monorepo-explained-l2jrzty90 "Monorepo Explained") Article Community Picks · 3y Monorepo Explained There are many great monorepo tools, built by great teams, with different philosophies. We chose these tools because of their usage or recognition in the Web development community. The tools we'll focus on are: Bazel (by Google), Gradle Build Tool (by Gradle, Inc), Lage (by Microsoft), Lerna. 153 5 7. 7 [](/posts/the-best-alternatives-to-github-copilot-in-2023-8oss5gtza "The Best Alternatives to GitHub Copilot in 2023") Article Community Picks · 3y The Best Alternatives to GitHub Copilot in 2023 GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered tool created by GitHub that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently. It uses machine learning to provide autocomplete-style suggestions and even complete code snippets to the developer as they work in their text editor. It can also suggest improvements to existing code and help with tasks like debugging and refactoring. 132 22 8. 8 [](/posts/microsoft-biogpt-3uugv9lh6 "microsoft/BioGPT") Article Pointer · 4y microsoft/BioGPT GitHub repository contains the implementation of BioGPT: Generative Pre-trained Transformer for Biomedical Text Generation and Mining. The license applies to the models as well as the pre-trained models. For more downstream tasks, please see below. 108 1 9. 9 [](/posts/developing-inside-a-container-zlbcajblj "Developing Inside a Container") Article Better Programming · 4y Developing Inside a Container The most well-known use case for Docker is deploying production services, such as application services or databases, in enterprise servers or cloud instances. Containers are lightweight and contain everything needed to run the application, so you do not need to rely on what is currently installed on the host. You can easily share containers while you work. 108 5 10. 10 [](/posts/top-github-alternatives-to-host-your-open-source-projects-yhavlkdf "Top GitHub Alternatives to Host Your Open Source Projects") Article It's Foss · 4y Top GitHub Alternatives to Host Your Open Source Projects The focus here is on GitHub alternatives that offer some sort of free service. GitLab GitLab is the number one choice to replace GitHub. SourceForge is a popular name on the list of GitHub alternatives. Launchpad is a software collaboration platform by Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu. 101 21 11. 11 [](/posts/visual-studio-ui-refresh-hek4wk4zf "Visual Studio UI Refresh") Article Visual Studio Blog · 3y Visual Studio UI Refresh The Microsoft Fluent design language provides a unified framework to create and deliver more productive, consistent, and accessible applications. The current visual language (which hasn’t been updated since Visual Studio 2012) has limitations for many customers. The new UI updates focus on three main pillars: cohesiveness, accessibility, and productivity. 99 7 12. 12 [](/posts/10-best-coding-and-programming-interview-books-in-2023-fdbxzbpc2 "10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023") Article gitconnected · 3y 10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023 10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023\. In the past, I have hared some of the best online courses to prepare coding interviews. These books are enough to crack even the toughest of the job interviews at Amazon, or Microsoft. They provide excellent coverage of all essential topics for programming job interviews. 74 1 13. 13 [](/posts/why-does-email-development-have-to-suck--aiogjl8os "Why Does Email Development Have to Suck?") Article Community Picks · 3y Why Does Email Development Have to Suck? An email is essentially just an HTML document, like a web page, except it's visualized in an email client, rather than a web browser. Both browsers and email clients rendered HTML pretty much the same way and had the same functionalities. While web standards evolved and browsers started implementing them, email clients didn't change much. 74 2 14. 14 [](/posts/stop-using-if-else-if-else-in-your-code-code-cop-005-nmon6at3n ""Stop Using if else if else In Your Code!" | Code Cop #005") Article Discover .NET · 3y "Stop Using if else if else In Your Code!" | Code Cop #005 74 8 15. 15 [](/posts/elon-musk-founds-new-ai-company-called-x-ai-sgy7kmctx "Elon Musk founds new AI company called X.AI") Article The Verge · 3y Elon Musk founds new AI company called X.AI The company, which a Nevada filing indicates was incorporated last month, currently has Musk as its director and Jared Birchall, the director of Musk’s family office, listed as its secretary. Musk has been openly opposed to OpenAI, the AI organization that he co-founded in 2015 but walked away from in 2018. 72 32 16. 16 [](/posts/3-ways-to-access-gpt-4-for-free-wm7352rlk "3 Ways to Access GPT-4 for Free") Article KDnuggets · 3y 3 Ways to Access GPT-4 for Free The GPT-4 API is not publicly available and can only be accessed by a limited number of individuals who pay a monthly fee of $20\. In this post, we will look at 3 platforms that allow users to test the top-of-the-line AI model for no charge. 71 4 17. 17 [](/posts/openai-is-offering-a-free-class-in-prompt-engineering-for-devs-lgtr0q8b0 "OpenAI is offering a free class in prompt engineering for devs") Article The Next Web · 3y OpenAI is offering a free class in prompt engineering for devs Elaine Burke is an award-winning journalist, editor and broadcaster covering science, technology and media. She previously served as editor of Silicon Republic and is currently the host of For Tech's Sake. A short course in prompt engineering has been developed in partnership with OpenAI and is available via the DeepLearning.AI website. 68 3 18. 18 [](/posts/web-application-architecture-the-latest-guide-5hnbi3mtp "Web Application Architecture: The Latest Guide") Article DZone · 4y Web Application Architecture: The Latest Guide Web Application Architecture is an underlying web application architecture that makes this process possible. Choosing the right design defines your company growth, reliability and interoperability and future IT needs. A web app architecture presents a layout with all the software components (such as databases, applications and middleware) and how they interact with each other. 67 3 19. 19 [](/posts/visual-studio-code-day-2023-het8oscis "Visual Studio Code Day 2023") Article Visual Studio Code · 3y Visual Studio Code Day 2023 Visual Studio Code Day 2023: An event for an editor? April 13, 2023 by Burke Holland, @burkeholland VS Code Day is a one-day "Virtually Live" event. The event kicks off with "Inside VS Code: How we build and ship it" - a keynote from Microsoft Technical Fellow Erich Gamma. 63 7 20. 20 [](/posts/microsoft-is-rewriting-core-windows-libraries-in-rust-qttxqdeis "Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in Rust") Article The Register · 3y Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in Rust Microsoft is rewriting core Windows libraries in Rust programming language. The more memory-safe code is already reaching developers. Microsoft showed interest in Rust several years ago as a way to address memory safety bugs. The Rust renovation of Windows began in 2020 with DWriteCore, the Windows App SDK implementation of Windows' DWrite engine. 53 10 21. 21 [](/posts/introducing-the-identity-api-endpoints-b9kfmst6c "Introducing the Identity API endpoints") Article .NET Escapades · 3y Introducing the Identity API endpoints ASP.NET Core Identity lets you store user accounts in your app, manage user details, enable two factor authentication, and associate third-party logins with users. These endpoints serve as API-friendly alternatives to the "default UI" that has been available for some time. 45 2 22. 22 [](/posts/docker-on-macos-is-slow-and-how-to-fix-it-z6prg2-be "Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it") Article Changelog · 4y Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it Docker on MacOS is slow and how to fix it. The only viable option to have a decent performance and a good DX are: VirtioFS. If you are VI/Emacs user, all you need is your editor and tools in a container, or if you want a minimal Linux GUI env, take some inspiration. 45 10 23. 23 [](/posts/earn-a-free-c-certification-from-microsoft-and-freecodecamp-0mmfnuntz "Earn a Free C# Certification from Microsoft and freeCodeCamp") Article freeCodeCamp · 3y Earn a Free C# Certification from Microsoft and freeCodeCamp Microsoft and freeCodeCamp have teamed up to bring you a new free professional certification: the Foundational C# Certification. This professional certification includes 35 hours of training from Microsoft and an online certification exam. By the end of this process, you'll have earned your own verified certification that you can add to your Résumé, LinkedIn, or CV. 42 1 24. 24 [](/posts/microsoft-typechat-typechat-is-a-library-that-makes-it-easy-to-build-natural-language-interfaces-us-apqt9uobz "microsoft/TypeChat: TypeChat is a library that makes it easy to build natural language interfaces using types.") Article Pointer · 3y microsoft/TypeChat: TypeChat is a library that makes it easy to build natural language interfaces using types. TypeChat is a library that makes it easy to build natural language interfaces using types. TypeChat replaces prompt engineering with Schema engineering. The project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines. 41 2 25. 25 [](/posts/the-truth-about-css-selector-performance-zez1we-vl "The truth about CSS selector performance") Article Community Picks · 4y The truth about CSS selector performance The way you write CSS selectors does play a role in how browsers render your web pages. This heavily depends on the web page, the size of the DOM tree, the amount of CSS rules, and whether the DOM changes often. 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