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.…
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Azure Functions: Extend Execution Timeout Past 5 Minutes
Azure Functions is the Serverless compute option within the Microsoft Azure platform. One of the biggest benefits of Azure Functions, and Serverless compute, is that…
Create React App is Now Deprecated: Time to Migrate to Vite or Next.js
The React team has officially announced the deprecation of Create React App (CRA) in favor of more modern and efficient tools like Vite and Next.js.…
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…
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…
Organizing Azure Blob Storage with Virtual Directories in C#
Azure Blob Storage is designed as a flat storage system without a traditional hierarchical structure. However, by incorporating forward slashes (/) in blob names, you…
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,…
Azure Pipeline: Publish Unit Test and Code Coverage Results with .NET Solution using VSTest, Cobertura, and Coverlet
When setting up CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) pipelines in Azure DevOps for .NET 7+ solutions, such as those using ASP.NET Core, it’s important…
Unlock GitHub Copilot’s Full Potential: Why Every Repo Needs an AGENTS.md File
Supercharge Your AI Pair Programming Experience with Project-Specific Context and Control AI-assisted development has rapidly transformed how engineers write code, collaborate, and ship software. GitHub…
How to Write AI Prompts That Output Valid JSON Data
When working with LLMs, an extremely valuable use case is generating structured data as the output response of the AI prompt. Whether you’re building an…
Python: Get YouTube Video Transcript from URL for use in Generative AI and RAG Summarization
There are times when it’s necessary to download the text transcript of a YouTube video using Python. This can be done with the help of…
Getting Started with Visual Studio Codespaces – Cloud IDE
The Visual Studio Codespaces (formerly Visual Studio Online / VSO) web-based IDE is now available to be used. Based on the popular Visual Studio Code…
New Book: Build and Deploy Apps using Azure Developer CLI by Chris Pietschmann
I am excited to announce the release of my new book, Build and Deploy Apps using Azure Developer CLI, a practical, hands-on guide for developers and…
Build a Generative AI App in C# with Phi-3 SLM and ONNX
The Microsoft Phi-3 SLM (small language model) is an AI model that you can run locally or in your applications hosted almost anywhere. I’ve been…
Semantic Search in .NET / C# with Build5Nines.SharpVector
As developers, we often find ourselves building smarter, more context-aware applications. Whether it’s powering a document search tool or implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search…
Azure Web App: Application Settings
All web applications have some kind of configurations that are set on the server. The method of storing and accessing these settings varies on different…
Read and Write Azure Blob Storage with Javascript
In this article, we’ll explore how to integrate the Azure Storage client library for Javascript into a Node.js application. We’ll cover the steps to read…
Fix .NET Core HTTP Error 500.30 After Publish to App Service from Visual Studio
We all know that in production environments we shouldn’t use the “right-click publish” feature within Visual Studio. However, there are plenty of development scenarios where…
How to Write AI Prompts That Output Valid CSV Data
When working with Large Language Models (LLMs), generating structured outputs like CSV (Comma-Separated Values) is invaluable for tasks such as data analysis, reporting, and integration…
Semantic Search PDF Files Locally using .NET / C# and Build5Nines.SharpVector
The ability to extract and semantically search through unstructured documents is becoming not just a convenience, but a necessity. This is especially true for software…