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Awesome GitHub Copilot just got a website, and a learning hub, and plugins!
Back in July, we launched the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo with a simple goal: give the community a place to share custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes to customize the AI responses from GitHub Copilot. We were hoping for maybe one community contribution per...
Read moreClick to read more about this postWhen Infrastructure Scales But Understanding Doesn't
We all know this, even if we don't like to admit it: modern infrastructure can scale infinitely, but human understanding doesn't.
We've all seen it happen - organizations going from managing dozens of servers to thousands of containers, from deploying weekly to deploying hundreds of...
Read moreClick to read more about this postAuthentication Tokens Are Not a Data Contract
Authentication tokens exist to answer one question: is this caller authorized to do this?
They are not intended to be a stable data interface, a schema you can depend on, or an input into application logic.
If your application decodes tokens and reads claims from them, this is an...
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Mar 4, 2026
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C++ Performance Improvements in MSVC Build Tools v14.51
MSVC Build Tools v14.51 improves performance through a wide range of new optimizations.
C++ Team Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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February 2026 (version 1.110)
What's new in the Visual Studio Code February 2026 Release (1.110).
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VS Code Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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The Polyglot tax - Part 2
When JSON Met Graph
Part 2 of 4 - The Multimodal Database Series
A note on naming. Throughout this series, when we say "SQL Server 2025" we also mean Azure SQL. The multimodal capabilities we discuss - native JSON, graph, vector, and columnstore - are available across both the...
Azure SQL Dev Corner
Mar 4, 2026
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DirectX Innovation at GDC 2026
The excitement is building as we head into the 2026 Game Developer Conference and the DirectX team has a lot to share. We will be showcasing major updates in asset streaming, GPU tooling, ML-powered real-time graphics on Windows, and shader compilation at...
DirectX Developer Blog
Mar 4, 2026
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Aha, I found a counterexample to the documentation that says that QueryPerformanceCounter never fails
Of course, anything can happen if you break the rules.
The Old New Thing
Mar 3, 2026
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Azure Developer CLI (azd): One command to swap Azure App Service slots
The new azd appservice swap command makes deployment slot swaps fast and intuitive.
Azure SDK Blog
Mar 3, 2026
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Get started with GitHub Copilot CLI: A free, hands-on course
Learn GitHub Copilot CLI with this free, 8-chapter hands-on course. Review code, generate tests, debug issues, and build custom agents and skills - all from your terminal. No AI experience needed. Works with GitHub Copilot Free. Clone the repo or open in Codespaces to get started.
Microsoft for Developers
Mar 3, 2026
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Just for fun: A survey of write protect notches on floppy disks and other media
Just some useless trivia.
The Old New Thing
Mar 2, 2026
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What questions will you ask your data agent?
Data API builder (DAB) 1.7+ delivers secure MCP-based CRUD access with deterministic, policy-enforced query generation and an upcoming aggregate tool that enables complex, production-safe analytical questions without exposing raw SQL to AI agents.
Azure SQL Dev Corner