When developers hear “AI in the IDE”, the first thing that often comes to mind is a chat window. IntelliJ IDEA includes an AI chat, but JetBrains AI features also appear in many other parts of the development workflow. Some of those features are easy to miss because they are built into existing IDE actions: […] Link to …

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Agent Skills have become a key building block of the Agent Harness for AI-driven agentic development. They give AI agents additional capabilities and knowledge, enabling them to complete tasks in a way that aligns with your preferences. If you are new to Agent Skills, I recommend reading AI-Assisted Java Application …

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Crockford Base32, created by Douglas Crockford, is a human-friendly encoding method designed to represent binary data clearly, minimizing character confusion. It excludes easily mistaken characters, offers case-insensitive decoding, and avoids padding. Available in Spargine's DotNetTips.Spargine.Core, it simplifies …

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This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2026.07.29 registry release and the 2026-07-13, Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/whats-new-in-vcpkg-jul-2026

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What parts of building and shipping on Azure still take too many steps? Maybe you want a command that starts a project with your organization’s approved architecture and infrastructure. Maybe you need to connect deployments to an internal service catalog, run security checks before provisioning, or guide developers …

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Daybreak Red and Daybreak Blue from OpenAI, specialized cyber defense models from OpenAI, are now available on Amazon Bedrock to eligible customers. Both models run with zero-operator access enforced at the chip, keeping your code and vulnerability data secure. Link to article: …

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Optimize NLog performance in .NET with AsyncWrapper, BufferingWrapper, and high-throughput logging patterns. Includes benchmarks, async configuration, and production tuning tips. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/08/11/nlog-performance-asyncwrapper-buffering-and-highthroughput-logging-in-net

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We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server. The most recent release, Azure DevOps Link to article: …

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Today, we are excited to announce the seventh preview release of .NET 11! This release includes improvements across libraries, the .NET Runtime, SDK, C#, ASP.NET Core, .NET MAUI, Entity Framework Core, F#, and Windows Forms. Check out the linked release notes below and get started today. [cta-button …

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Welcome to our combined .NET servicing updates for August 2026. Let's get into the latest release of .NET and .NET Framework. Here's a quick overview of what's new in our servicing releases: Security improvements .NET has been refreshed with the latest update as of August 11, 2026. This update contains security and …

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If you've worked with Git submodules for any length of time, you probably have a love-hate relationship with them. They're genuinely useful for pulling a shared library, an SDK, or common build scripts into your project. But actually working with them usually means tabbing over to a terminal and trying to remember …

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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.133 (Insiders) Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.133-(insiders)

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ONESTRUCTION, with technical advisory from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, built Ishigaki-IDS, a foundation model specialized for construction and BIM workflows. This architectural case study shows how they combined synthetic data, a three-stage training pipeline, and verifiable rewards on Amazon EC2 to build …

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Photographers are among the most skeptical audiences for generative AI. Learn how Pixieset used Amazon Bedrock to launch an AI-generated alt text feature to millions of users in four months, reaching 35% adoption by automating the tedious image SEO work photographers avoid, without touching the creative craft they take …

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Learn how First Orion, a branded communications company, shifted from brittle script-based UI testing to AI-driven QA automation with Amazon Nova Act. By describing tests in plain English instead of maintaining selector-based code, they cut QA cycle times, freed engineering capacity, and caught regressions earlier. …

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MSIX uses a Garbage Collection (GC) design for staged package lifetime and destaging. Throughout this article: Remove refers to the Deployment operation requested by the caller. Deregister refers to removing a use Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/msix-package-lifetime

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Claude apps gateway is a self-hosted governance layer between Claude Code and Claude Desktop and Amazon Bedrock or Claude Platform on AWS. This post presents a production reference deployment covering end-to-end architecture, enterprise deployment patterns, cost, and implementation resources. Link to article: …

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WebStorm has always been at the forefront of technological advancements and developer experience enhancements. And with the arrival of the ACP, WebStorm becomes even more customizable, as developers can collaborate with their preferred agent to create software using their preferred technology. For instance, if your …

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OpenAI and AWS are making Daybreak cybersecurity capabilities available through Amazon Bedrock to support enterprise security workflows. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/daybreak-models-are-now-available-on-aws

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OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT to support free access, with clear labeling, answer independence, strong privacy protections, and user control. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/testing-ads-in-chatgpt

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