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Perhaps you have seen SET NOCOUNT ON; at the beginning of a stored procedure and wondered why it is there. By default, SQL Server uses SET NOCOUNT OFF;, which sends messages such as “(10 rows affected) Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/tsql-nocount
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In this edition of From the Captain’s Chair, we’re interviewing Mohammad-Ali A'râbi, author, public speaker, and software engineer. Link to article: https://www.docker.com/blog/from-the-captains-chair-mohammad-ali-arabi/
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We've built a new course to help you navigate the journey when you're the owner of an application built on a legacy .NET framework and it needs to be modernized. The whole concept of modernization is overwhelming! Security updates aren't being issued any longer! Dependencies are out of date because they're not being …
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IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 is here! This version brings updates designed to streamline your workflows and help you confidently adopt the latest innovations across the Java ecosystem. You can download this latest release from our website or update to it directly from inside the IDE, via the free Toolbox App, or using snap …
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Learn how OpenAI is making ChatGPT safer for teens with age-appropriate protections, learning tools, parental controls, and expert partnerships. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/why-teens-deserve-access-safe-ai
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Welcome to an overview of the most important fixes and usability improvements in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2. This release brings more than 1,300 bug fixes and usability improvements, and it addresses 140 freezes and other performance issues identified through internal diagnostics and user reports. Below is a recap of the …
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In this post, we show you how to build a voice ordering system that answers a phone number and takes the order from greeting to confirmation. The system uses Amazon Bedrock AgentCore to host and run the agent and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic for real-time speech, connected to a restaurant backend through the Model Context …
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With a debugger skill for AI agents, debug profiles for simplified debugger configuration, and support for C++26 reflection. CLion 2026.2 is now available. This latest version of the JetBrains IDE for C and C++ includes the following key features: You can download CLion 2026.2 from the link below, via the Toolbox App, …
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Recently, a customer building servers with the Azure Functions Model Context Protocol (MCP) extension reached out and asked: How do I handle tools that take longer than the client is willing to wait? This becomes especially relevant when tool calls move beyond simple request/response into multi-step workflows and …
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DataGrip 2026.2, the second major update of the year, is here! Let’s take a look at what’s inside. AI This release introduces three AI agent skills for working with databases: database-tools, database-connection-management, and database-text-to-sql. Together, they let AI agents explore and query connected databases, …
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WebStorm 2026.2 is now available! If you work on a large TypeScript codebase, this release is a meaningful upgrade. TypeScript 7 support ships out of the box for projects already using it, delivering faster type checking without requiring full project migration. GitHub Copilot is now natively integrated – with no …
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GoLand 2026.2 is all about helping you understand and improve your Go applications with less effort. This release introduces the new Go Optimization tool window, bringing profiling, escape analysis, and struct optimization into a single workflow. You can now profile regular Go applications without additional setup, …
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Organizations are increasingly looking for greater Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-administrator-join-our-private-marketplace-preview
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Last time, we found that a crash in a control panel extension was caused by pointer truncation. The code had a perfectly good 64-bit pointer in its hand, but somehow lo Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260716-00/?p=112539
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Learn what AI agents are, how they work, and what it takes to build and run them safely in production. Link to article: https://www.docker.com/blog/what-are-ai-agents/
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Learn module communication modular monolith C# patterns: in-process events, MediatR notifications, and contracts to keep your modules cleanly decoupled. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/07/16/module-communication-patterns-in-modular-monolith-c-inprocess-events-and-contracts
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Discover why Docker is co-hosting WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America and how AI agents are transforming software development and developer communities. Link to article: https://www.docker.com/blog/docker-wearedevelopers-world-congress-north-america-2026/
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The main message Advances in AI are already single-handedly changing how we interact with technologies. This moment might become the first interaction revolution in roughly 60 years, since the mouse-and-windowing paradigm crystallized in the 1970s and 1980s. For us at JetBrains, the most interesting part of this …
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Cars24 uses OpenAI-powered voice and chat agents to handle 1M+ monthly conversation minutes, recover 12% of lost leads, and bring agentic workflows to teams across the company. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/cars24
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I’m mostly out this week on a family vacation and this is the most ambitious blog post I’m going to be up to until I’m back:) Wolverine.HTTP (in 6.17.0 last week) added support for the HTTP QUERY method (RFC 10008) through a single new [WolverineQuery] attribute. In this post let’s walk through what it is, why you’d …
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