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Intro to Nitro: The server engine built for modern JavaScript
Nitro.js is a JavaScript-based HTTP server. It builds on state-of-the-art components, focusing on performance,...
PDM: A smarter way to manage Python packages
Modern Python developers use virtual environments (venvs), to keep their projects and dependencies separate. Managing...
Why we need junior developers
Until I see Arnold Schwarzenegger showing up at my door in a leather jacket looking for Sarah Connor, I’m not going to...
[In preview] Public Preview: Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery
The Soft Delete feature in Azure Compute Gallery lets you recover accidentally deleted images within a 7-day retention...
Safe C++ proposal for memory safety flames out
Work on the Safe C++ extensions proposal, forged a year ago to address memory safety in the language, has ceased,...
Retirement: Support for Service Connector (preview) on Azure Container Apps will end on March 30th, 2026
Support for Service Connector (preview) on Azure Container Apps will end on March 30, 2026. After this date, Service...
Retirement: NVv4-series Azure Virtual Machines will be retired on September 30, 2026
On September 30, 2026, Microsoft Azure will retire the Standard_NV4as_v4, Standard_NV4ahs_v4,Standard_NV8as_v4,...
Retirement: Spark Native Connector for Semantic Link
Starting October 1, 2025, the Spark native connector will be officially retired. This decision is based on internal...
‘Blame the intern’ is not an agentic AI security strategy
In the corporate world, blaming the intern is a time-honored, if absurd, tradition. It is a public relations reflex...
Model Context Protocol (MCP) certification: When will it arrive and what will it mean?
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) was rolled out by Anthropic in November of 2024 and has rapidly become a hot topic...
When personal ambitions undermine enterprise security
Cloud computing forms the backbone of our increasingly digital world, enabling businesses to operate more efficiently,...
JavaFX 25 previews JavaFX controls in title bars
JavaFX 25, an update of the rich client application platform for Java, has arrived with new capabilities including a...
[Launched] Generally Available: Visualize New Azure Resource Manager Metrics through Azure Monitor
We are announcing that Azure Resource Manager now offers enhanced integration with Azure Monitor Metrics for your...
A brief history of AI
Alan Turing famously thought that the question of whether machines can think is “too meaningless” to deserve...
How MCP is making AI agents actually do things in the real world
You’ve seen them: Those incredible large language models (LLMs) that can chat, write and even generate code. They’ve...
Smoothing out AI’s rough edges
Follow the usual AI suspects on X—Andrew Ng, Paige Bailey, Demis Hassabis, Thom Wolf, Santiago Valdarrama, etc.—and...
Azure VMware Solution AV36 Node Retirement on June 30, 2028
Microsoft is announcing the retirement of the AV36 node type on June 30, 2028. The terms of your current AV36 Reserved...
From answer engine to infrastructure: Perplexity launches Search API for developers
AI-powered search capabilities are continuing to work their way into toolkits as developers seek to speed up,...
Retirement: Entity Linking from Azure AI Language
Microsoft is announcing the planned retirement of Entity Linking from Azure AI Language. We recommend considering a...
Retirement: The Linux Consumption hosting plan of Azure Functions will be retired on September 30, 2028. Migrate to Flex Consumption.
The Azure Functions Linux Consumption hosting plan is being retired. Customers are advised to migrate to the Flex...