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We’re excited to share all DirectX Graphics Samples have been updated to use the latest DirectX 12 Agility SDK. What’s New: Agility SDK Integration: All samples now leverage the latest Agility SDK for improved compatibility and faster adoption of new DirectX capabilities. Enhanced Barrie Link to article: …
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Mobile security goes beyond verifying user identity. If an attacker steals a valid token, how will your backend distinguish a legitimate request from one reproduced in an emulator or cloned environment? This is a gap in traditional authentication flows when applied to the mobile environment. By linking each request to …
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Earlier this year, the TypeScript team announced that we've been porting the compiler and language service to native code to take advantage of better raw performance, memory usage, and parallelism. This effort (codenamed "Project Corsa", and soon "TypeScript 7.0") Link to article: …
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Introduction A command that many shells have had forever and that PowerShell has had for a long time as well is ‘cd -’ which means “change directory to previous folder”. This means you could do something like this: 1 2 3 4 5 6 cd c:\dev c:\dev cd c:\temp c:\temp cd - c:\dev This is quite handy in many situations. In …
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We’re expanding our AI offering with xAI’s Grok family of LLMs: Grok 4, Grok 4.1 Fast, Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning), and Grok Code Fast 1. With the addition of these models in the AI chat across all JetBrains IDEs, you now have even more flexibility to choose the model that best fits your workflow. How […] Link to …
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With Azure DocumentDB, Tata Neu delivers seamless authentication for millions of users, accelerates credit card onboarding across partners, unifies loyalty programs for hundreds of millions of members, and powers AI-driven support experiences across more than 60 brands. Link to article: …
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In Visual Studio 2026 we introduced Copilot Profiler Agent, a new AI-powered assistant that helps Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/delegate-the-analysis-not-the-performance
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For most developers, getting started with AI is still too complicated. Different models, tools, and platforms don’t always play nicely together. But with Docker, that’s changing fast. Docker is emerging as essential infrastructure for standardized, portable, and scalable AI environments. By bringing composability, …
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Recall that Microspeak is not merely for jargon exclusive to Microsoft, but it's jargon that you need to know to survive at Microsoft. The term big rocks was introduced by Stephen Covey in the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, which I suspect is very popular among senior executives, because senior execu …
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DataGrip 2025.3, the final major update of the year, is here! Let’s take a look at what it has to offer. Download DataGrip 2025.3 Migration from query consoles to query files Previously, when referring to the SQL files that are attached to a data source by default, we used the term query console, and their […] Link to …
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Did you know? Calling GC.Collect() explicitly forces the garbage collector to run and reclaim memory from unreachable objects. However, it’s generally discouraged to use this method in most applications because the garbage collector is highly optimized to run automatically. Forcing it can lead to performance issues by …
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This blog post is part of The C# Advent Calendar 2025, a series of 50 posts about C#. Be sure to check out the rest of the blog posts in the calendar! Over the years, I've relied on Meziantou.DotNet.CodingStandard, a NuGet package, to establish a consistent baseline across all my .NET projects. This approach includes …
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This article is brought to you by Mdu Sibisi, draft.dev. Long build times interfere with developer momentum, disrupt flow states, and negatively impact productivity. While seemingly minor gaps in work rate may appear negligible in the moment, they quickly accumulate into significant increases in release cycle times and …
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In this post I describe some recent changes to the NetEscapades.EnumGenerators source generator, including support for [EnumMember] and new analyzers Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/recent-updates-to-netescapaades-enumgenerators/
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Not all data in your application should live as a standalone table with its own ID and lifecycle. Sometimes you need a tightly coupled dependent object that exists alongside its parent, like a movie's budget, a survey's questions, or a customer's address. If you Link to article: …
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Background The Property parameter introd Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/entrapowershell/appendselected-parameter
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This guide covers setting up Claude Code CLI and VS Code extension with Microsoft Foundry, configuring CLAUDE.md for project context, integrating Spec Kit for structured development, and running Claude Code in GitHub Actions. Link to article: …
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Domain-Driven Design misconceptions often come from treating DDD like a checklist of patterns. Have you ever looked into Domain-Driven Design and thought, “Wow, this is totally overkill”? Well, you’re not alone. And I kind of agree, but not for the reasons you might think. I say you’re not alone because of this meme I …
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Data API builder (DAB) provides REST and GraphQL endpoints over SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Data Warehouse. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/data-api-builder-request-body-strict
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If you're building apps that need to comply with upcoming age verification requirements in Texas (January 1, 2026), Utah (May 7, 2026), or Louisiana (July 1, 2026), you might be wondering how to handle age verification across Android, iOS, and Windows. The good news? Each platform provides its own age verification …
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