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UI freezes are among the most frustrating issues plugin developers encounter. Investigating them can be particularly challenging due to the complexity of concurrent programming. What makes things even trickier is that UI freezes in JetBrains IDEs are not always caused by heavy work on the event dispatch thread. On …
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.111 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/march-2026-(version-1.111)
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Building AI agents is getting easier. Deploying them as part of a real application, with multiple services, persistent state, and production infrastructure, is where things get complicated. Developers from the .NET community have requested whether a real-world example that shows running on local machine as well as on …
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When I first found Visual Studio Dev Essentials, it felt like discovering a hidden door in the developer toolkit world. I’d heard about free tools and cloud credits, but I wasn’t sure if it would really matter in day-to-day coding Link to article: …
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Today we’re announcing the general availability of Email and SMS one‑time passcode (OTP) as second‑factor multi‑factor authentication (MFA) for Native Authentication in Microsoft Entra External ID. With this release, developers can now add step‑up authentication to native sign‑in and sign‑up experiences — strengtheni …
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Some time ago, I was purchasing online tickets to an event. When I got to the end of the checkout flow, I got this: Your seats will be held for only a limited time. If you do not complete your transaction in time, your seats will be relea Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260309-01/?p=112120 …
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A customer was adding a feature to an old C++ code base, and the most convenient way to consume the feature was to use C++/WinRT. However, once they added C++/WinRT to their project, they ran into compiler errors in parts of their code that hadn't changed in decades. As an added wrinkle, the problem occurred only in …
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This March, we’re taking a major step forward in the development of Junie, the coding agent by JetBrains. Meet Junie CLI, the evolution of Junie into a fully standalone AI agent. With the upcoming release of Junie CLI, you will be able to use Junie directly from the terminal, inside any IDE, in CI/CD, and […] Link to …
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Download Air – free for macOS. Windows and Linux versions coming soon. We hold a principled optimism for agentic software development – and a pragmatic one. After 26 years of building developer tools, we have a clear view of what needs to be built and a strong conviction that agents will fundamentally change how …
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Prototype pattern best practices in C#: code organization, maintainability tips, shallow vs deep copy strategies, and professional implementation guidelines. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/09/prototype-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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Business applications hold some of the most valuable data in an organization—customer’s financial records, sales pipeline, support cases, inventory orders—but that data has traditionally been locked behind app-specific experiences. Users switch between Dynamics 365, Power Apps, Outlook, and Teams to piece toget Link to …
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I recently released Meziantou.GitHubActionsTracing, a tool that converts GitHub Actions workflow runs into trace data. In this post, I show how to use it to debug slow or flaky CI pipelines with timeline-based analysis instead of raw logs only. Why GitHub Actions runs are hard to diagnose GitHub Actions logs are great …
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OpenAI is acquiring Promptfoo, an AI security platform that helps enterprises identify and remediate vulnerabilities in AI systems during development. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/openai-to-acquire-promptfoo
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This post looks at implementing a guest user invite in a cross tenant setup. This is useful when creating partner tenants using an Entra ID MAU license for all partner guests and members. This makes it possible to keep the home tenant separated for internal members. Setup The Partners or guest Entra ID tenant is […] …
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The Early Access Program (EAP) for CLion 2026.1 is nearing its end, bringing a range of improvements to debugging capabilities, build tools, project formats, and more. This post is a brief overview of what is already available in the latest EAP build. As always, EAP builds are free to use, so you can explore all […] …
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Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss why communication with non-technical stakeholders is the skill that separates good developers from truly great ones. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/08/the-gap-between-good-developers-and-great-ones-dev-leader-weekly-130
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Master semantic kernel plugin best practices for C# developers. Learn KernelFunction descriptions, error handling, and production patterns. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/08/semantic-kernel-plugin-best-practices-and-patterns-for-c-developers
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Strategy pattern best practices in C#: code organization, maintainability tips, dependency injection, testing strategies, and professional implementation guidelines. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/08/strategy-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability
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A review of the Azure Core SDK reveals alarming code quality issues, including significant code violations and inadequate unit testing. Key problems include improper IDisposable implementations, performance anti-patterns, and a lack of globalization support. Although it received a grade of C, reliance on this SDK poses …
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Master Semantic Kernel OpenAPI plugin integration in C# to connect REST APIs as AI tools. Import specs, configure auth, and invoke endpoints. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/07/semantic-kernel-openapi-plugin-integration-in-c-connect-any-rest-api-as-an-ai-tool
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