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Introduction When I started writing software professionally in 2015, the tech landscape looked completely different. Tools and frameworks kept evolving since then, but the process of building software barely moved for a decade. That changed in the last couple of months. Here's what has changed in how the Power Pages …
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Learn how C# enum flags work. Understand the [Flags] attribute, bitwise OR and AND, HasFlag(), and when to use a flags enum over a regular enum in .NET. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/28/c-enum-flags-combining-values-with-bitwise-operations
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As organizations move from single-agent prototypes to multi-agent production systems, the ability for agents to communicate reliably across platforms and organizational boundaries becomes essential. With the release of A2A Protocol v1.0 and updated support in the Microsoft Agent Framework, you can now connect and …
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GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio is becoming more agentic with every release. This update brings cloud agent integration front and center, letting you start remote coding sessions without leaving the IDE. Custom agents now support user-level definitions that travel with you across projects, C++ code editing tools for …
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Azure Service Bus is one of the most widely used messaging services for building event-driven applications on Azure. When you use Azure Functions with a Service Bus trigger in batch mode, your function receives multiple messages at once for efficient, high-throughput processing. But what happens when one message in the …
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In this post, we explore what it takes to migrate a traditional text agent into a conversational voice assistant using Amazon Nova 2 Sonic. We compare text and voice agent requirements, highlight design priorities for different use cases, break down agent architecture, and address common concerns like tools and …
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April continues the strong momentum for the SharePoint Framework and the broader Microsoft 365 extensibility ecosystem. Over the past month, we have been making steady progress across the SPFx roadmap, refining delivery plans, connecting with the community in person, and preparing the next wav Link to article: …
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Created 10 years ago, SkiaSharp has long been the backbone of cross-platform 2D graphics in .NET. It powers graphics rendering across mobile, desktop, web, and server targets with consistent, high-quality output using the open-source Skia engine. SkiaS Link to article: …
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In the world of modern .NET development, applications need to maintain high throughput, scale rapidly, and most importantly, deliver performance and responsiveness in all circumstances. This becomes increasingly difficult as functional complexity increases, data sources expand, and we contend with ever-evolving …
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Today, we are excited to announce the day zero availability of NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano Omni on Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. In this post, we walk through the model architecture and key capabilities of Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, explore the enterprise use cases it unlocks, and show you how to deploy and run inference using …
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Two valid ways of writing code. One place to own it. Quick version for AI-news-tired readers: press here There are two ways developers create code now: We don’t think one is better than the other. Our goal is to ensure both workflows can coexist inside JetBrains IDEs without hindering each other. In practice, this …
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Say you want to have the functionality of a reader/writer lock, but have it work cross-process. The built-in SRWLOCK works only within a single process. Can we build a reader/writer lock that works across processes? For convenience, let's say that you want to support a maximum of N simultaneous readers, for s Link to …
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TeamCity 2026.1 introduces a set of focused improvements that make your CI/CD more intuitive, intelligent, and enterprise-ready. Join us for a live walkthrough of the latest updates, including support for both the Kotlin DSL and YAML in pipelines. We’ll also introduce the new TeamCity CLI, which includes agent skills …
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Learn how to implement facade pattern in C# with a step-by-step guide covering subsystem identification, interface design, and dependency injection setup. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/28/how-to-implement-facade-pattern-in-c-stepbystep-guide
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Today is the day. Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026, in partnership with AMD, is a free virtual developer event focused on building modern, scalable applications with Azure Cosmos DB. The Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/welcome-to-azure-cosmos-db-conf-2026
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According to the 2025 Go Developer Survey, 46% of Go developers use the language to build websites and/or web services. It’s therefore unsurprising that the topic of web frameworks frequently pops up in conversation and is often the subject of healthy debate. The GoLand team enters the chat armed with data to answer …
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In this post I show some of the new features in Git 2.54 including simple rebases with git history, config-based hooks, and stats with git repo structure Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/new-features-in-git-2-54-easier-rebasing-hooks-and-statistcs/
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Every company, when evaluating new tools, technologies, or infrastructure, eventually runs into the same question: “Should we build this ourselves or buy a ready-made solution?” The default answer is often: “We can do it ourselves.” And technically, that’s true. But the real question isn’t whether it’s possible. It’s …
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Install trusted skills once, then use them across agents and projects. Two new features have just arrived in AI Assistant to address this issue: the skills manager and the skill repository. Together, they make skills easier to discover, trust, and reuse. Instead of keeping skills tied to one agent or project you can …
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