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Securing MCP: A Control Plane for Agent Tool Execution
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is quickly becoming a common way for AI agents to discover and use tools. It provides a consistent interface to databases, APIs, file systems, and third-party services, which makes it easier to plug capabilities into agent workflows.
However, MCP...
Read moreClick to read more about this postI Wasted 68 Minutes a Day Re-Explaining My Code. Then I Built auto-memory.
~1,900 lines of Python. Zero dependencies. Saves you an hour a day.
GitHub → · pip install auto-memory
Now give Copilot CLI enhanced context recall. Point it at deploy/install.md and let it cook. 🍳
Are you tired of using the slash /compact command every 10 min?
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Read moreClick to read more about this postLessons Learned from Building a Well-Matching Intelligence Layer
Key insights from the EDA and Ground Truth journey for solving well identity resolution in the Energy industry—challenges that extend to any entity matching problem across distributed systems.
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Jan 5, 2026
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Welcome to 2026, A Growth Year for All of Us
I always enjoy the quiet stretch between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s one of the few moments in the year when things slow down just enough to reflect on what actually resonated.
While many of us were unplugging, our digital team was doing the opposite, editing and publishing 19...
Visual Studio Blog
Jan 2, 2026
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How can you swap two adjacent blocks of memory using only forward iterators?
A different algorithm, employing a different kind of cleverness.
The Old New Thing
Jan 1, 2026
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Swapping two blocks of memory that reside inside a larger block, in constant memory
A variation on the constant-memory rotation.
The Old New Thing
Dec 31, 2025
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Java at Microsoft: 2025 Year in Review
A breakthrough year for modernization, AI‑assisted development, Agentic AI development, and platform innovation
2025 was one of the most significant years yet for Java at Microsoft. From the arrival of OpenJDK 25 as the newest Long‑Term Support (LTS) release, to AI‑powered...
Microsoft for Java Developers
Dec 31, 2025
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Top .NET Videos & Live Streams of 2025
Let's take a look back at the amazing .NET videos, events, and live streams from 2025!
.NET Blog
Dec 31, 2025
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2025 year-end link clearance
Another year gets relegated to history.
The Old New Thing
Dec 31, 2025
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Understanding and mitigating a stack overflow in our task sequencer
The recurring problem of synchronous resumption.
The Old New Thing
Dec 30, 2025
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Top .NET Blog Posts of 2025
Let's look back at the most-read .NET blog posts published in 2025, from .NET 10 to AI, performance, and developer tooling.
.NET Blog
Dec 30, 2025
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Additional notes on color-keyed overlays as a way of doing smooth video rendering
Choosing the color-key and other brief discussions.
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