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It’s only a month since I’ve written an update on the Critter Stack roadmap, but it’s maybe worth some time on my part to update what I think the roadmap is now. The biggest change is the utter dominance of AI in the software development discourse and the fact that Claude usage has allowed us … Continue reading Critter …
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We're excited to announce the General Availability of PowerShell 7.6, the next Long Term Support (LTS) release of PowerShell. PowerShell 7.6 is built on .NET 10 (LTS), continuing the alignment between PowerShell and the modern .NET platform. PowerShell 7.6 includes reliability improvements across the Link to article: …
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Build a semantic search engine with Semantic Kernel in C#. Learn ITextEmbeddingGenerationService, VectorSearchOptions filter, and scored similarity search. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/18/build-a-semantic-search-engine-with-semantic-kernel-in-c
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Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this? They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic. If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an important heads-up. Token C Link to …
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If you've ever loaded a map with dozens — or hundreds — of pins, you know the result: an overlapping mess that's impossible to interact with. Starting in .NET MAUI 11 Preview 2, the Map control supports pin clustering out of the box on Android and iOS/Mac Catalyst. Link to article: …
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You can now run an AI agent on your local machine and send it messages—all from azd, no portal required. What's new? The azure.ai.agents extension adds two commands: Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azd-ai-agent-run-invoke
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Remember when we announced the Public Preview of DiskANN vector indexes back in November and mentioned that once you created the index, your table became read‑only? Yeahâ Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/diskann-vector-index-improvements
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.112 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.112
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.112 (Insiders) Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/external-blogs/vs-code-1-112-insiders
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Handling Long-Running Operations with Background Responses AI agents powered by reasoning models can take minutes to work through complex problems — deep research, multi-step analysis, lengthy content generation. In a traditional request-response pattern, that means your client sits idle waiting for a connection that …
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We all know this, even if we don't like to admit it: modern infrastructure can scale infinitely, but human understanding doesn't. We've all seen it happen - organizations going from managing dozens of servers to thousands of containers, from deploying weekly to deploying hundreds of times per day, from serving …
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In this post, we walk you through the process of using the Nova Forge SDK to train an Amazon Nova model using Amazon SageMaker AI Training Jobs. Link to article: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/kick-off-nova-customization-experiments-using-nova-forge-sdk/
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Today, we are launching Nova Forge SDK that makes LLM customization accessible, empowering teams to harness the full potential of language models without the challenges of dependency management, image selection, and recipe configuration and eventually lowering the barrier of entry. Link to article: …
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Docker Captains are leaders from the developer community that are both experts in their field and are passionate about sharing their Docker knowledge with others. “From the Captain’s Chair” is a blog series where we get a closer look at one Captain to learn more about them and their experiences. Today we are …
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Build MAF workflows in C# with sequential and parallel agent execution. Learn the content pipeline pattern using Microsoft Agent Framework with real code. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/18/maf-workflows-in-c-sequential-parallel-and-content-pipelines
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In this post, we show how to evaluate AI agents systematically using Strands Evals. We walk through the core concepts, built-in evaluators, multi-turn simulation capabilities and practical approaches and patterns for integration. Link to article: …
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This post shows you how to build an AI-powered A/B testing engine using Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon DynamoDB, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The system improves traditional A/B testing by analyzing user context to make smarter variant assignment decisions during the experiment. Link …
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Working with the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, Bark developed an AI-powered content generation solution that demonstrated a substantial reduction in production time in experimental trials while improving content quality scores. In this post, we walk you through the technical architecture we built, the key design …
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In this post, you will learn how to migrate from Nova 1 to Nova 2 on Amazon Bedrock. We cover model mapping, API changes, code examples using the Converse API, guidance on configuring new capabilities, and a summary of use cases. We conclude with a migration checklist to help you plan and execute your transition. Link …
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I keep seeing posts pushing back on the idea that coding isn’t the hard part. And I get why. A lot of the disagreement comes down to what people mean by coding. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software Architecture & Design, including this video showing everything in this… …
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