“Over the last three to five years, many of the promises that drew people to tech have been called into question.” The tech industry has long promised opportunity, growth, and the chance to build things that reach millions of people. Today, many of those assumptions are being questioned. At KotlinConf’26, Lena …

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We're excited to announce that the March 2026 release of the Python extension for Visual Studio Code are now available! This release includes the following announcements: Search Python Symbols in Installed Packages Experimental: Rust- Link to article: …

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We put on another Critter Stack live stream today to give a highlight tour of the multi-tenancy features and support across the entire stack. Long story short, I think we have by far and away the most comprehensive feature set for multi-tenancy in the .NET ecosystem, but I’ll let you judge that for yourself: The … …

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We recently released PowerShell 7.6, and we want to take a moment to share context on the delayed timing of this release, what we learned, and what we're already changing as a result. PowerShell releases typically align closely with the .NET release schedule. Our goal is to provide predictable and ti Link to article: …

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Master middleware in Microsoft Agent Framework: build microsoft agent framework middleware csharp pipelines for logging, caching, rate limiting, and custom processing. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/01/middleware-in-microsoft-agent-framework-logging-caching-and-custom-pipelines

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Learn C# source generators through 3 real-world examples: auto-generating ToString(), object mapping, and serialization boilerplate in .NET 10. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/01/realworld-c-source-generator-examples-tostring-mapping-and-serialization

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We’re excited to announce the General Availability of Social Identity Provider (IdP) support for Native Authentication in Microsoft Entra External ID. This release enables developers to integrate popular social sign‑in options such as Google, Facebook, and Apple — into native and single‑page applications that use …

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This post demonstrates how to build an automated competitive price intelligence system that streamlines manual workflows, supporting teams to make data-driven pricing decisions with real-time market insights. Link to article: …

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We introduced the Markdown editor in July 2025 to bring Markdown support to large text fields in work items. Since then, we’ve received valuable customer feedback highlighting challenges with the editing experience, particularly w Link to article: …

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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.114 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.114

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Vectors, Analytics, and the End of ETL Part 3 of 4 - The Multimodal Database Series In Part 1: The Polyglot Tax we laid out the fraud detection scenario: a transaction comes in, and before you approve or deny it you need five checks. Order h Link to article: …

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This blog post summarizes changes to the vcpkg package manager as part of the 2026.02.27 and 2026.03.18 registry releases and the Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/whats-new-in-vcpkg-feb-2026-mar-2026-parallel-file-installation-and-more

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Bookmarks in Visual Studio have always been a simple, reliable feature. Many developers use them regularly, and over the years we’ve heard consistent feedback from those users. Bookmarks were useful, but there were a few core gaps that kept them from being as effective and relevant as they could be. Navigation was one …

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The book C++: The Programming Language¹ (Waylon Warren, editor) claims to present "the complex subject of C++ in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language." A rather overdone book blurb, in my opinion. Anyway, the book does have an attractive cover, or at least an inoffensive one. Link to …

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Master observer pattern best practices in C# including memory management, thread safety, event cleanup, and organized event-driven architecture. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/01/observer-pattern-best-practices-in-c-code-organization-and-maintainability

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Building enterprise solutions is shifting from writing code to directing AI agents. Instead of stitching together APIs, CLIs, and scripts, developers are increasingly describing intent and letting agents execute. For enterprise platforms like Dataverse, this creates a new requirement: they must be operable by agents, …

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In this post I take a brief look at the Microsoft.Extensions.Options.Contextual package to understand what it's for, how to use it, and whether to use it or not Link to article: https://andrewlock.net/configuring-contextual-options-with-microsoft-extensions-options-contextual/

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We’re excited to announce that RSS feed support for blog.jetbrains.com and all JetBrains product blogs is now generally available. After months of development and rigorous testing across 47 RSS readers on 6 platforms, we’re proud to deliver a reliable, standards-compliant way for you to read JetBrains content in the …

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Spargine 10 (v2026.10.4.1) is released on April 1, 2026, featuring support for .NET 10, new methods, and enhanced performance benchmarks. This open-source project aims to improve reliability and speed significantly. Community feedback and contributions are encouraged to refine and expand its capabilities. Detailed …

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YouTrack 2026.1 introduces Whiteboards, a new way for teams to plan, brainstorm, and collaborate. Connect your current projects to get a better overview and organize work, or add notes and turn them into tasks and articles when you’re ready. This allows project managers and teams to plan from scratch, collaborate on …

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