Hello, I’m Philippe, and I am a Principal Solutions Architect helping customers with their usage of Docker. I wanted a lightweight way to automate my IT news roundups without burning through AI credits. So I built a Docker Agent skill that uses the Brave Search API to fetch recent articles on a topic, then hands... …

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Master Factory Method pattern best practices in C#. Learn code organization strategies, interface design, DI integration, and maintainability tips. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/27/factory-method-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability

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Today, we’re excited to announce that Amazon Bedrock is now available in the Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region (ap-southeast-6). Customers in New Zealand can now access Anthropic Claude models (Claude Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.5, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku 4.5) and Amazon (Nova 2 Lite) models directly in the Auckland …

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Build a repository analysis bot with GitHub Copilot SDK in C#. Learn SystemMessageMode.Replace for agent personas, read-only tools, dual console and StringBuilder output, and batch processing. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/26/build-a-repository-analysis-bot-with-github-copilot-sdk-in-c

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Learn the incremental source generator API in C# -- covers pipeline design, caching with IEquatable, performance tips, and best practices for modern .NET. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/26/incremental-source-generators-in-c-the-right-way-to-build-them

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Thank you for your interest in the new Azure SDKs! We release new features, improvements, and bug fixes every month. Subscribe to our Azure SDK Blog RSS Feed to get notified when a new release is available. You can find links to packages, code, and docs on our Link to article: …

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We're implementing a significant update in our service affecting applications that modify sensitive email properties on non-draft email messages. These sensitive email properties include the subject, body, recipients, and a number of other properties when changed using any of the Link to article: …

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DataGrip 2026.1, the first major update of the year, is here! Let’s take a look at what’s inside. Download DataGrip 2026.1 Query files and consoles In this release, we are redesigning the flow for working with query files side by side with query consoles. This way, you can use either or both of them, depending […] Link …

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In this post, we walk you through how to implement a fully automated, context-aware AI solution using a serverless architecture on AWS. This solution helps organizations looking to deploy responsible AI systems, align with compliance requirements for vulnerable populations, and help maintain appropriate and trustworthy …

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Last year, AWS announced an integration between Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio and Amazon S3 general purpose buckets. This integration makes it straightforward for teams to use unstructured data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for machine learning (ML) and data analytics use cases. In this post, we …

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Today, we’re excited to announce the new Bidirectional Streaming API for Amazon Polly, enabling streamlined real-time text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis where you can start sending text and receiving audio simultaneously. This new API is built for conversational AI applications that generate text or audio incrementally, …

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Aspire 13.2 brings TypeScript AppHost support to the same application model that existing Aspire users already know. You still define resources, references, startup dependencies, endpoints, and deployment intent in code. You still get the same dashboard, service disc Link to article: …

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Introduction Does the choice of programming language affect how fast developers deliver code? This question matters for engineering teams evaluating technology stacks, yet it is notoriously hard to answer. Self-reported surveys suffer from recall bias, lines-of-code comparisons conflate conciseness with productivity, …

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Last time, we looked at how the owner of a dialog can take control just before the dialog box message loop goes idle. I said that I pulled a trick Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260326-00/?p=112167

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Welcome to PhpStorm 2026.1! This release brings new PhpStorm MCP tools, new third-party agents inside your IDE, support for Git worktrees, and lots of other productivity-enhancing features for PHP and Laravel developers. Download PhpStorm 2026.1 PhpStorm MCP tools In PhpStorm 2025.2, we added an integrated MCP server …

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I get it. Most apps really are that simple. Typically, just CRUD. A user submits a form, you validate some data, save it in a database somewhere, and return a response. That is it. So is Event-Driven Architecture Overkill then? YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content on Software …

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Agent-assisted development is quickly becoming a common mode of software development. New techniques are emerging to help LLMs generate code that matches your preferences and standards. One common approach is to create an AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, or GEMINI.md file with project details, build instructions, and coding …

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I’m working pretty hard this week and early next to deliver the CritterWatch MVP (our new management and observability console for the Critter Stack) to a JasperFx Software client. One of the things we need to do for testing is to fake out several failure conditions in message handlers to be able to test CritterWatch’s …

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Master the observer design pattern in C# with practical code examples, event-driven architecture guidance, and real-world use cases. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/03/26/observer-design-pattern-in-c-complete-guide-with-examples

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RubyMine 2026.1 is here! This release brings a range of improvements aimed at making Ruby and Rails development faster and more enjoyable. You can get the new build from our website or via the free Toolbox App. Let’s take a look at the highlights of this release. AI RubyMine continues to evolve as an open platform that …

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