Explains how to use Microsoft Agent Framework's middleware in .NET to intercept agent runs, function calls, and chat client calls.
Review of API Spector, a free open-source HTTP and WebSocket testing tool with Git integration, mock server, and contract-based testing.
PowerShell script to automatically set Log Analytics daily cap and alert rules to control Azure costs.
Author Danny builds a dedicated fiction writing app called Grimdaniel after a head injury, using Air, Sendfox, and Story Origin.
A reflection on AI's impact on content creation, drawing parallels to Tom Petty's 'The Last DJ' and questioning the role of human originality.
Analysis of rising open source malware in NPM and PyPi, with AI increasing software supply chain risks.
A tribute to R core member Tomas Kalibera, highlighting his contributions to R, including UTF-8 support on Windows and bug fixes.
Analysis of how prioritizing speed over communication in tech projects leads to collaboration breakdowns, technical debt, and system fragmentation.
Microsoft's MAI-Image-2 image generation model is now supported in the ElBruno.Text2Image .NET library with a synchronous API.
Explores a mathematical paper showing how to derive all elementary functions from just the function e^x and the constant 1.
Angular 13 tutorial on using writable signals for search state with two-way binding and Angular Material styling.
A curated list of IT/tech links including Windows Terminal, PowerShell, .NET MAUI, GitHub Copilot, Azure, AI, and development tools.
Speculative analysis on the future of agentic AI in software development, focusing on economic sustainability and geopolitical implications.
Explains how a single seed in R's set.seed() creates deterministic pseudorandom sequences for reproducible simulations.
Explains the Apache Software Foundation's history, governance model, and its role in supporting open-source data lakehouse technologies.
Explains Apache Parquet's columnar architecture, dictionary encoding, and performance benefits for data analytics.
Explains Apache Iceberg, a table format that replaces directory-based metadata with file-level tracking for scalable analytics on cloud storage.
Apache Polaris is an open-source catalog service that unifies the Iceberg ecosystem by implementing the Iceberg REST API for vendor-neutral lakehouse metadata management.
Explains how Apache Arrow eliminates the serialization tax by providing a standardized in-memory columnar format for fast data movement.
Explains the modular Apache Lakehouse architecture using open-source components like Parquet, Iceberg, Polaris, and Arrow for vendor-neutral data management.
