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Pure Virtual C++ is our free, one-day, virtual conference for the whole C++ community. It’s running live tomorrow, 30th April, from 14:00 to 16:30 UTC. The talks are: 14:00 UTC: Welcome to v1.0 of the meta::[[verse]]! with Inbal Levi 14:30 UTC: Proxy: Next Generation Polymorphism with Mingxin Wang 15:00 UTC: Making …
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In this post I investigate how to create a 'pooled' dependency injection scope that automatically pools services between multiple requests Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/creating-a-pooled-dependency-injection-lifetime/
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Hello everyone, The ReSharper and Rider 2025.1.1 bug-fix updates have just been released! If you haven’t upgraded to the 2025.1 versions of our products, we highly recommend that you check out these two blog posts: And now, let’s go over the most important fixes in 2025.1.1. ReSharper 2025.1.1 The first bug-fix update …
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As C# developers, we sometimes must interact dynamically with objects, fields, properties, methods, or types. Use cases such as inter-mapping between types, traversing model properties, developing an extensible system, injecting dependencies, etc., demand runtime handling. You may wonder how to tackle such scenarios. …
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Today we’re excited to welcome Jonathan David, as a guest author on the Semantic Kernel blog. We’ll turn it over to Jonathan to dive into Letting AI Help Make the World More Accessible – Analyzing Website Accessibility with Semantic Kernel and OmniParser. With the European Accessibility Act and Germany’s …
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In this blog post, we will provide some guidelines on how to mitigate prompt injection attacks in Model Context Protocol (MCP) and share the steps Microsoft has taken to address emerging risks such as this one for our customers. MCP is an open protocol spearheaded by Anthropic that defines a standardized interface for …
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In this post, we demonstrate model customization (fine-tuning) for tool use with Amazon Nova. We first introduce a tool usage use case, and gave details about the dataset. We walk through the details of Amazon Nova specific data formatting and showed how to do tool calling through the Converse and Invoke APIs in Amazon …
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This release introduces major enhancements to boost productivity and reduce repetitive work. Updates include smarter code completion, support for new cloud models like OpenAI GPT-4.1, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and Gemini 2.5 Pro, advanced RAG-based context awareness, and a new edit mode for multi-file edits directly from the …
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In this post, we introduced the Open Source Bedrock Agent Evaluation framework, a Langfuse-integrated solution that streamlines the agent development process. We demonstrated how this evaluation framework can be integrated with pharmaceutical research agents. We used it to evaluate agent performance against biomarker …
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Kotlin Notebook is a new interactive environment for JVM developers. This article will cover the main Notebook features and how you can utilize them to improve your productivity. How to use Kotlin Notebook Kotlin Notebook is bundled with IntelliJ IDEA starting from the 2025.1 release, and it is easier than ever to …
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Have you ever encountered unexpected issues due to file encoding when working in cross-platform environments? These frustrating problems can disrupt your workflow and consume valuable time. Visual Studio addresses these concerns with a new feature – the Default File Encoding option. You can now specify the encoding …
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We are excited to announce the public preview release of the ASP.NET Core OData Web API Template Pack. This template helps you create an ASP.NET Core Web API project with OData support, providing a streamlined setup for .NET 8.0 and above. The following preview release is now available on NuGet: …
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It's waiting for Godot and eventually gives up. Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250428-00/?p=111121
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Ever wished your AI agents could tap into live data or execute actions beyond their built-in capabilities? Enter Model Context Protocol (MCP)—a game-changer for integrating external tools and data sources directly into your Copilot Studio agents. 🧠 What is MCP? Think of MCP as a universal adapter for AI applications. …
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When working with Large Language Models (LLMs), generating structured outputs like CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is invaluable for tasks such as data analysis, reporting, and integration with spreadsheet applications. However, since LLMs are primarily optimized for natural language generation, crafting prompts that …
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This article discusses converting Base64-encoded strings to byte arrays in .NET using two methods. The fastest method is backed up by benchmark tests. Link to article: https://dotnettips.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/optimizing-base64-string-conversion-to-byte-array-in-microsoft-net/
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Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss networking tips for aspiring software engineers. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2025/04/26/strategic-networking-for-software-engineers-dev-leader-weekly-92
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Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#! Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2025/04/26/weekly-recap-20250425
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Learn how to untangle bloated services and split them into clean, modular bounded contexts in a .NET modular monolith - one practical refactor at a time. Link to article: https://www.milanjovanovic.tech/blog/refactoring-overgrown-bounded-contexts-in-modular-monoliths
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Today we’re excited to welcome Vic Perdana, as a guest author on the Semantic Kernel blog today to cover his work on a SemantiClip: A Practical Guide to Building Your Own AI Agent with Semantic Kernel. We’ll turn it over to Vic to dive in further. Everywhere you look lately, the buzz is about AI agents. But […] Link to …
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