⚡️ Two Regimes of Git Every Developer Should Know
Git looks simple until you realize there are two entirely different ways to use it. 'Tactical Git' drives daily commits, merges, and rebases; 'CI Git' underpins automated pipelines and reproducible builds. Mixing the two mindsets is where chaos begins — understanding the split is key to mastering real-world version control.
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Git looks simple until you realize there are two entirely different ways to use it. 'Tactical Git' drives daily commits, merges, and rebases; 'CI Git' underpins automated pipelines and reproducible builds. Mixing the two mindsets is where chaos begins — understanding the split is key to mastering real-world version control.
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Two regimes of Git
Using Git for CI is not the same as Tactical Git.
⚡️ From WordPress to Static: A Decade of Rebuilding
After 10 years of blogging, the author leaves behind WordPress and moves to a static site setup — trading plugin chaos for performance, control, and simplicity. It's a clean break that mirrors a broader shift in the web: fewer monoliths, more lightweight stacks shaped by developer autonomy.
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After 10 years of blogging, the author leaves behind WordPress and moves to a static site setup — trading plugin chaos for performance, control, and simplicity. It's a clean break that mirrors a broader shift in the web: fewer monoliths, more lightweight stacks shaped by developer autonomy.
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How this website is built
My 10+ year journey building this blog, from WordPress to custom ASP.NET Core to static site generation with automated deployment.
⚡️ Inside .NET’s Virtual Monorepo Sync Algorithm
.NET’s engineering team reveals how it keeps multiple product repos perfectly aligned with its massive virtual monorepo. A custom two-way synchronization algorithm powers this setup—balancing the agility of micro-repos with the cohesion of a single codebase. A rare, transparent look into large-scale developer tooling at enterprise depth.
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.NET’s engineering team reveals how it keeps multiple product repos perfectly aligned with its massive virtual monorepo. A custom two-way synchronization algorithm powers this setup—balancing the agility of micro-repos with the cohesion of a single codebase. A rare, transparent look into large-scale developer tooling at enterprise depth.
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How We Synchronize .NET’s Virtual Monorepo
Discover how .NET’s Virtual Monolithic Repository synchronizes code across multiple repos, unifying builds with an efficient two‑way flow.
⚡️ Building Android Widgets with .NET MAUI
.NET MAUI now unlocks the ability to create native Android home‑screen widgets using familiar C# and XAML. Developers can design interactive RemoteViews, integrate intents, and sync shared data—bridging mobile UI and background logic without leaving the .NET ecosystem.
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.NET MAUI now unlocks the ability to create native Android home‑screen widgets using familiar C# and XAML. Developers can design interactive RemoteViews, integrate intents, and sync shared data—bridging mobile UI and background logic without leaving the .NET ecosystem.
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How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI
Explore the steps to build Android widgets using .NET MAUI. Discover tips for managing complexity and older Android versions.
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⚡️ VS Code brings 'Agent Skills' to Copilot
The December 2025 update of Visual Studio Code (v1.108) makes AI collaboration central to the developer workflow. Experimental Agent Skills now let Copilot take on more contextual, goal-driven tasks inside the editor — reshaping how developers use chat, terminal, and core tools in one integrated flow.
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The December 2025 update of Visual Studio Code (v1.108) makes AI collaboration central to the developer workflow. Experimental Agent Skills now let Copilot take on more contextual, goal-driven tasks inside the editor — reshaping how developers use chat, terminal, and core tools in one integrated flow.
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VS Code December 2025 Update Puts AI 'Agent Skills' Front and Center -- Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio Code 1.108 expands AI capabilities with experimental Agent Skills for Copilot, alongside updates to chat sessions, terminal tooling, accessibility, and core editor workflows.
⚡️ File Pilot redefines Windows file management
Meet File Pilot — a lightning-fast, keyboard-driven alternative to Windows File Explorer. Packed with advanced shortcuts and rich functionality, it turns everyday file operations into a seamless, high-efficiency workflow for power users who live in folders all day.
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Meet File Pilot — a lightning-fast, keyboard-driven alternative to Windows File Explorer. Packed with advanced shortcuts and rich functionality, it turns everyday file operations into a seamless, high-efficiency workflow for power users who live in folders all day.
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Andrew Lock | .NET Escapades
The Windows File Explorer replacement, File Pilot, is awesome
In this post I describe my experience with the Windows File Explorer replacement, File Pilot. It's blazingly fast, feature rich, and has hotkeys everywhere
⚡️ Azure Cosmos DB boosts real-time gaming speed
When millions of players hit the servers at once, every millisecond matters. Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL keeps global gaming platforms responsive and reliable during peak loads — sustaining leaderboards, achievements, and in-game economies without a single missed beat.
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When millions of players hit the servers at once, every millisecond matters. Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL keeps global gaming platforms responsive and reliable during peak loads — sustaining leaderboards, achievements, and in-game economies without a single missed beat.
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Powering Real-Time Gaming Experiences with Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL
Explore how Azure Cosmos DB gaming enhances real-time performance for massive player surges during game launches and updates.
⚡️ .NET and .NET Framework get January 2026 updates
Microsoft rolls out the first 2026 servicing releases for .NET and .NET Framework, addressing key security and reliability issues across supported versions. The update keeps enterprise and developer stacks current — a reminder that even mature frameworks demand active maintenance in the cloud era.
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Microsoft rolls out the first 2026 servicing releases for .NET and .NET Framework, addressing key security and reliability issues across supported versions. The update keeps enterprise and developer stacks current — a reminder that even mature frameworks demand active maintenance in the cloud era.
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.NET and .NET Framework January 2026 servicing releases updates
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for January 2026.
⚡️ Microsoft Recognized as Leader in AI Governance
Microsoft secures a Leader position in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms. The recognition underscores its push to make AI innovation not just fast, but accountable and enterprise-grade — a strategic nod to responsible deployment across industries.
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Microsoft secures a Leader position in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms. The recognition underscores its push to make AI innovation not just fast, but accountable and enterprise-grade — a strategic nod to responsible deployment across industries.
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Microsoft named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms
Microsoft is honored to be named a Leader in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms.
⚡️ Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 Opens Call for Proposals
The global developer-first event dedicated to real-world engineering with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure DocumentDB, and open-source DocumentDB is now open for submissions. Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 invites practitioners to share the architectures, trade-offs, and scaling stories behind their production systems.
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The global developer-first event dedicated to real-world engineering with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure DocumentDB, and open-source DocumentDB is now open for submissions. Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 invites practitioners to share the architectures, trade-offs, and scaling stories behind their production systems.
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Azure Cosmos DB Conf 2026 — Call for Proposals Is Now Open
Every production system has a story behind it. The scaling limit you didn’t expect. The data model that finally clicked. The tradeoff you had to make under real-world pressure. The solution that worked—and the lessons you’d pass on to the next team. Azure…
⚡️ GitHub Copilot adds 'Memories' for smarter code reviews
GitHub introduces Copilot Memories to help teams stay consistent without endless nitpicking. The feature remembers code standards, project quirks, and contribution norms — turning Copilot into the keeper of your team’s best practices instead of another reviewer chasing nits.
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GitHub introduces Copilot Memories to help teams stay consistent without endless nitpicking. The feature remembers code standards, project quirks, and contribution norms — turning Copilot into the keeper of your team’s best practices instead of another reviewer chasing nits.
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Copilot Memories
Copilot memories in Visual Studio helps document your preferences and get better responses for your requests
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⚡️ Microsoft Marketplace maps your AI and agent strategy
Microsoft is turning its Marketplace into a strategic hub for AI and agent deployment across enterprise layers. The platform now helps organizations design and execute their AI roadmaps—linking tools, data, and automation to drive faster delivery and smarter scaling.
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Microsoft is turning its Marketplace into a strategic hub for AI and agent deployment across enterprise layers. The platform now helps organizations design and execute their AI roadmaps—linking tools, data, and automation to drive faster delivery and smarter scaling.
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Design your AI strategy with Microsoft Marketplace Solutions
Discover how Microsoft Marketplace empowers organizations to build, buy, and deploy AI apps and agents. Learn more.
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⚡️ Building a Serverless HTTP API on Azure
Azure Functions and FastAPI combine to make serverless development simpler and faster. The new tutorial series walks through building an end-to-end solution powered by Azure Functions for compute and Azure Cosmos DB for storage—removing the need to manage servers while keeping apps scalable and cost-efficient.
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Azure Functions and FastAPI combine to make serverless development simpler and faster. The new tutorial series walks through building an end-to-end solution powered by Azure Functions for compute and Azure Cosmos DB for storage—removing the need to manage servers while keeping apps scalable and cost-efficient.
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Part 1: Building Your First Serverless HTTP API on Azure with Azure Functions & FastAPI
Explore Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Functions for serverless development with automatic scaling and cost efficiency.
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⚡️ Azure Repos rolls out faster reviews and smarter diff views
Azure Repos is evolving with a wave of updates focused on developer productivity—think faster pull request reviews, cleaner diff views, and UI refinements rolling out now. Microsoft also teased upcoming features on the Azure DevOps Roadmap, signaling a steady cadence of meaningful, developer‑first improvements.
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Azure Repos is evolving with a wave of updates focused on developer productivity—think faster pull request reviews, cleaner diff views, and UI refinements rolling out now. Microsoft also teased upcoming features on the Azure DevOps Roadmap, signaling a steady cadence of meaningful, developer‑first improvements.
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What’s new with Azure Repos?
Stay informed about what is new in Azure Repos. Learn about the latest features and improvements now available.
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⚡️ F# Weekly #3, 2026
In the third F# Weekly of 2026, the spotlight lands on F# as potentially the most token-efficient statically typed language. The issue dives into how F# balances expressiveness and brevity — a rare sweet spot for developers chasing cleaner, more maintainable code at scale.
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In the third F# Weekly of 2026, the spotlight lands on F# as potentially the most token-efficient statically typed language. The issue dives into how F# balances expressiveness and brevity — a rare sweet spot for developers chasing cleaner, more maintainable code at scale.
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F# Weekly #3, 2026 – Most token-efficient static language?
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Which programming languages are most token-efficient? – Martin Alderson How to Build Android Widgets with .NET MAUI …
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⚡️ How John Sped Up His Code by Switching from ImmutableList and ImmutableDictionary to ImmutableArray and FrozenDictionary
Legendary C# developer John Skett explained how the move to lighter, more powerful immutable collections — ImmutableArray and FrozenDictionary — unexpectedly gave a major speed boost to his 2029 election simulation project.
Although the migration required only minimal edits, key operations such as election context validation were sped up by almost seven times, confirming that the right choice of data structures is critical even in already optimized systems
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Legendary C# developer John Skett explained how the move to lighter, more powerful immutable collections — ImmutableArray and FrozenDictionary — unexpectedly gave a major speed boost to his 2029 election simulation project.
Although the migration required only minimal edits, key operations such as election context validation were sped up by almost seven times, confirming that the right choice of data structures is critical even in already optimized systems
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Changing Immutable Collections
As I’ve written before, I’m leaning heavily into immutability in the election site code. Until September 2025 (it’s taken a long time to get round to writing this blog post) that …
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⚡️ Oracle Database@Azure expanded to 33 regions and grew by 817%
Oracle summed up the results of 2025 for the Oracle Database@Azure service, calling it the fastest growing area in the company's multi-cloud portfolio.
According to Oracle, the business grew by 817% in the second quarter, and the geography of presence together with Microsoft Azure increased from 14 to 33 regions.
During the year, the company launched new AI-centric services, including Exadata Database Service on Exascale infrastructure, Autonomous AI Lakehouse, and OCI GoldenGate, and introduced all-in-one multi-cloud loans to simplify procurement and reduce customer costs.
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Oracle summed up the results of 2025 for the Oracle Database@Azure service, calling it the fastest growing area in the company's multi-cloud portfolio.
According to Oracle, the business grew by 817% in the second quarter, and the geography of presence together with Microsoft Azure increased from 14 to 33 regions.
During the year, the company launched new AI-centric services, including Exadata Database Service on Exascale infrastructure, Autonomous AI Lakehouse, and OCI GoldenGate, and introduced all-in-one multi-cloud loans to simplify procurement and reduce customer costs.
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Oracle Database@Azure: 2025 highlights
In 2025, we expanded the feature set and regional availability of Oracle Database@Azure—giving customers more flexibility to choose the ideal solution for their unique requirements. Oracle Database@Azure provides seamless integration of Oracle AI Database…
⚡️ Microsoft Launches Grant Program for Scientists to Bring Reliable Quantum Computer Closer
Microsoft has announced the launch of the 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program, under which the company will allocate up to $200 thousand for academic research in the field of meter-oriented approaches to topological quantum computing.
The initiative aims to accelerate the creation of a scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computer, from new methods for controlling and reading qubits to experiments in early quantum error correction and NISQ systems.
Admission will last until the end of January 2026.
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Microsoft has announced the launch of the 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program, under which the company will allocate up to $200 thousand for academic research in the field of meter-oriented approaches to topological quantum computing.
The initiative aims to accelerate the creation of a scalable and fault-tolerant quantum computer, from new methods for controlling and reading qubits to experiments in early quantum error correction and NISQ systems.
Admission will last until the end of January 2026.
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Microsoft Quantum | 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program
Call for proposals for the 2026 Quantum Pioneers Program
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⚡️ Get Method Source Files at Runtime in .NET
.NET developers can now trace method definitions back to their original source files at runtime using Portable PDBs—no compile-time attributes or code changes required. It’s a lean way to enhance diagnostics and logging, letting you pinpoint exactly where your code lives without instrumenting it first.
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.NET developers can now trace method definitions back to their original source files at runtime using Portable PDBs—no compile-time attributes or code changes required. It’s a lean way to enhance diagnostics and logging, letting you pinpoint exactly where your code lives without instrumenting it first.
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Retrieve method source file location at runtime using Portable PDBs in .NET
Learn how to retrieve the source file path and line number for any method at runtime using Portable PDBs in .NET.
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⚡️ Azure Boards adds custom field filters
A long‑awaited upgrade hits Azure Boards: teams in the private preview can now filter backlogs and Kanban views by additional fields. It’s a small but powerful step toward fully customizable workflows — shaping how teams focus and deliver inside Azure DevOps.
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A long‑awaited upgrade hits Azure Boards: teams in the private preview can now filter backlogs and Kanban views by additional fields. It’s a small but powerful step toward fully customizable workflows — shaping how teams focus and deliver inside Azure DevOps.
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Azure Boards additional field filters (private preview)
Private Preview: Azure Boards additional field filters are available for your backlog and Kanban boards with added flexibility.
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⚡️ Filtering Logic as Core Domain Design
Performance and correctness rarely walk the same path — especially when filters live both in-memory and in database queries. Treating filtering as domain logic, not just query syntax, helps maintain clarity and testability while keeping performance flexible across boundaries.
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Performance and correctness rarely walk the same path — especially when filters live both in-memory and in database queries. Treating filtering as domain logic, not just query syntax, helps maintain clarity and testability while keeping performance flexible across boundaries.
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Filtering as domain logic
Performance and correctness are two independent concerns with overlapping solutions.
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