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MCP Beyond the Chat Window: Build Diagnostics in CI
A practical tour of the Model Context Protocol tools for .NET build diagnostics - the full Binlog MCP toolset, how those tools run inside a GitHub Actions workflow, and what the evaluation data says about the efficiency gains.
Read moreClick to read more about this postNot all model upgrades are upgrades
A new model drops with lower per-token pricing and better benchmarks. You switch. A week later someone asks why the agent is burning 12x more tokens on the same task while producing worse output.
We ran 150 agent tasks across 15 scenarios on two models, Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Claude...
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Jun 15, 2026
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Make Visual Studio look the way you want
Themes are personal. Some of us live in dark mode, some swear by high contrast, and some of us have very strong opinions about that one shade of blue from years ago. The new themes in Visual Studio 2026 are built on Fluent, which gives us a much more consistent and accessible foundation,...
Visual Studio Blog
Jun 15, 2026
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The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad that they fixed it during emulation
Offensive content in the eyes of a software engineer.
The Old New Thing
Jun 12, 2026
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GitHub Copilot modernization for C++ is out of preview
GitHub Copilot modernization for C++ is out of preview as of Visual Studio 2026, helping you upgrade your MSVC Build Tools with an AI-guided workflow.
C++ Team Blog
Jun 12, 2026
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How can I schedule work on a thread pool with low latency?
The thread pool is designed for throughput, not latency.
The Old New Thing
Jun 12, 2026
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Orchestration Patterns for Multi-Agent Systems: Performance and Trade-offs
Real-world lessons from evolving a production chatbot into a coordinator-based multi-agent architecture, including performance trade-offs for enterprise-scale agent reuse.
ISE Developer Blog
Jun 11, 2026
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MSVC Build Tools Preview updates - June 2026
Try the latest updates to MSVC Build Tools Preview
C++ Team Blog
Jun 11, 2026
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June Patches for Azure DevOps Server
We are releasing new patches for our self‑hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. We strongly recommend that all customers stay up to date with the latest, most secure version of Azure DevOps Server.
The most recent release, Azure DevOps Server, is available on the download page.
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Azure DevOps Blog
Jun 11, 2026
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Migrating EWS notifications to Microsoft Graph
Migrating from the Exchange Web Services (EWS) notification framework, which supports push, pull, and streaming notification types — to the Microsoft Graph subscription model represents a fundamental transition toward a unified, stateless, and event-driven framework.
Microsoft 365 Developer Blog
Jun 11, 2026
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Your agent just scaffolded a project from 2020
Your agent ran a scaffold command. Project generated, dependencies resolved, no errors. Everything looks fine. Except it's based on the project structure from 2020, and neither you nor the agent noticed.
How npx picks the right-but-wrong version
When an agent scaffolds a project or runs...
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