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⚡️ AKS Adds LocalDNS Support for Node Auto‑Provisioning Clusters

Microsoft enabled LocalDNS for AKS clusters that use node auto‑provisioning. Teams running these setups can now turn on LocalDNS without workarounds. This update matters if you already rely on auto‑provisioning and want feature parity with other AKS configurations.

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⚡️ Setting Up Production-Ready Monitoring in ASP.NET Core

A new guide shows how to wire up ASP.NET Core Health Checks for Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, and MassTransit on RabbitMQ. It also walks through writing custom checkers, formatting JSON responses, adding a custom publisher, and running a polished Health Checks UI. Useful if you want a monitoring setup that goes beyond the default templates.

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⚡️ Azure Boards Gets GitHub Copilot Integration

Microsoft now links Azure Boards with GitHub Copilot. Teams can use Copilot’s assistance directly alongside their work items without switching tools. It’s a small but practical step that tightens the workflow between planning and coding.

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⚡️ C# Colorfull "Hello, world!"

On Redreddit, a post with a color output "Hello, world!" unexpectedly became a reason for a heated discussion.

Participants proposed dozens of ways to solve the problem, from cyclic change of shades and random colors without repetition to the implementation of ANSI-escape sequences.

And how would you solve such a problem?

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⚡️ Visual Studio now has pre-configured AI agents

These are agents who know how to work directly with IDE tools — from debugging to profiling and testing. Microsoft has also opened up a framework for its custom agents if the team needs to set up its own workflow.

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⚡️ How to deploy OpenClaw in Azure Container Apps

The guide shows how to raise OpenClaw in Azure Container Apps in just half an hour. This is suitable if you need an assistant working 24/7, without your own infrastructure. The author focuses specifically on quick deployment and basic setup steps.

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⚡️ F# Weekly #8, 2026

This new issue brings together key news, releases, and content from the F# ecosystem over the past week.

The main focus of the release is on the use of agentic-AI approaches to improve F# libraries, as well as updates from Microsoft (Agent Framework, Visual Studio, Foundry).

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⚡️ Marc Seemann Compares Testing to Mathematical Proof

Danish developer Mark Seemann has proposed a new metaphor for understanding test-based development (TDD) by comparing the process of writing automated tests to mathematical induction. In a recent article, he argues that a correctly formulated test is a formal statement that must remain true in any environment if the developer has explicitly recorded all the prerequisites.

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⚡️ How to Capture and Aggregate .NET Metrics with MeterListener

A new post breaks down how to record metrics in-process using MeterListener. The author shows how to listen to Instrument measurements, trigger Observable metrics, and aggregate the collected values. Useful if you want finer control over .NET telemetry without external collectors.

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⚡️ Event-based functions in containers: What changes the Azure Container Apps update

Microsoft combines Azure Functions with Azure Container Apps, combining the flexibility of containers with the simplicity of event triggers. Developers get autoscaling, built-in state management, and Durable Functions without having to write pulling, retrays, and custom orchestration.

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⚡️ Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData

The new extension pack introduces a single interface for working with the vector database, so developers get a common approach to semantic search regardless of the store they choose. The package supports embeddings, filtering, and RAG patterns.

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⚡️ JetBrains Unveils Latest Release of dotInsights

In the March digest, JetBrains collected the most notable materials on .NET: from a large-scale upgrade of the async/await mechanics and simplified work with MAUI-Grid to new tools for IdentityServer4 and Service Discovery.

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