Durable Functions Deep Dive part 4: Executing an activity
Explains the internal execution flow of an activity in Azure Durable Functions, focusing on message queues and dispatchers.
Explains the internal execution flow of an activity in Azure Durable Functions, focusing on message queues and dispatchers.
A developer explains how to automate a GitHub profile using GitHub Actions to dynamically display blog posts, newsletters, and videos.
A detailed account of a sophisticated email scam involving hidden forwarding and reply-to settings, with advice for thorough account security checks.
A developer explains how to set up a Cloudflare Tunnel to securely access a self-hosted Docker application from anywhere without exposing their home network.
Explores built-in Microsoft Entra Conditional Access bypasses, focusing on device compliance vulnerabilities and security implications.
A guide to deploying Large Language Models (LLMs) on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) within an Azure Local lab environment, covering architecture and tools.
A technical analysis comparing PostgreSQL JSON storage options, compression methods (pglz vs. lz4), and performance optimizations.
Explores the fundamental differences between animal intelligence and AI/LLM intelligence, focusing on their distinct evolutionary and optimization pressures.
Explains a Sony α7 camera quirk: 4K60 video recording is disabled when APS-C crop mode is activated, with an unclear error message.
Explores 'context plumbing' for AI agents, the engineering needed to move relevant context from various sources to where AI systems run.
Wikipedia's new guideline advises against using LLMs to generate new articles from scratch, highlighting limitations of AI in content creation.
A guide to automating the publishing of internal .NET NuGet packages using GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages.
Compares the energy use of a ChatGPT query to streaming Netflix, putting AI's carbon footprint into perspective.
A developer's personal experiment with AI-driven software development using local LLMs, detailing setup, challenges, and initial impressions.
Explains how adding random jitter to scheduled tasks can prevent synchronized resource spikes and improve application performance.
Introduces dremioframe, a Python DataFrame library for querying Dremio with a pandas-like API, generating SQL under the hood.
Developer shares his experience building a Bluesky Thread Viewer tool using AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT.
A critique of AI's role in software development, arguing that output is not productivity and that expertise remains essential for solving real problems.
A curated summary of recent technical blog posts from Microsoft's ecosystem, covering .NET, Azure DevOps, GitHub, and Visual Studio updates.
Explains PHP's nine superglobal variables, their scopes, and how to use them for managing data in web applications.