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The Cheapest AI Request Is The Script You Only Had To Generate Once

There’s a funny pattern that shows up when developers start using AI tools heavily. At first, we ask the model to do everything directly. Find…

Chris Pietschmann • May 26, 2026 • 11 min read

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Stop Burning Premium Requests: How to Choose the Right GitHub Copilot Model for the Job

There’s a moment every developer knows. You ask an AI coding assistant a simple question like: “Rename this variable and update the related tests.” Then…

Chris Pietschmann • May 23, 2026 • 15 min read

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6 Multi-Agent Orchestration Design Patterns Every Developer Should Know

When teams start building multi-agent AI systems, the first instinct is to wire agents together with ad-hoc scripts. Call Agent A. Then call Agent B.…

Chris Pietschmann • May 10, 2026 • 12 min read

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The Software Dark Factory and the Future of Software Development

The term “dark factory” comes from manufacturing. It refers to a factory that is so automated it can run with the lights off. No people…

Chris Pietschmann • May 9, 2026 • 13 min read

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Big Thinkers: Linus Torvalds – How Linux and Git Shaped Modern Cloud Computing

Modern cloud computing rests on layers of abstraction. Developers deploy containers without thinking about kernels. Platform teams automate infrastructure without touching physical hardware. Kubernetes clusters…

May 27, 2026 • 10 min read

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Terraform: Easier Azure Region Pairing and Governance with the Build5Nines Region Map Module

Managing Azure regions in Terraform sounds simple at first. You define a location variable, pass in something like eastus, and move on. That works fine for a small…

May 11, 2026 • 10 min read

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Run Gemma 4 Locally with GitHub Copilot and VS Code

Local AI development is getting really interesting. For a long time, using AI coding assistants meant relying almost entirely on cloud-hosted models. You installed an…

May 6, 2026 • 8 min read

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Stop Wasting Hours Writing Unit Tests: Use GitHub Copilot to Explode Code Coverage Fast

Most development teams say they want better test coverage. Fewer teams say out loud why they do not have it: writing unit tests is slow,…

Apr 8, 2026 • 13 min read

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