Summary of May 2026 Azure IaaS and Azure Local updates, including new VM families, MCP server preview, and network rule analyzer.
Overview of VCF 9.1 release, highlighting new features for AI/ML workloads, hardware capacity, and resilience without third-party tools.
An analysis of the five most common issues found in Azure architecture reviews, including governance, networking, and security.
Announcement of Techorama BE 2026 sessions on Azure Spot instances and EF Core parameterized collections.
Web Weekly #191 covers Chrome's new Prompt API with Gemini Nano, Git history rewriting, CSS keyframe animations, and HTML canvas API updates.
Developer shares how GitHub Copilot helped transform pet projects into over 20 open source NuGet packages for AI, embeddings, and productivity.
A bug in .NET where BackgroundService exceptions after first await caused exit code 0 is fixed in .NET 11, now propagating errors correctly.
A developer explains how Claude Code convinced them to simplify SQL JOINs by moving filters from ON to WHERE clauses for better readability.
Explores the difference between simply using AI and achieving AI maturity, focusing on real outcomes and disciplined integration.
A developer explains replacing nginx with CommandBox Docker image for ColdFusion development, simplifying URL rewriting and SSL setup.
Martin Fowler discusses Chris Parsons' updated guide on using AI for coding, emphasizing verification and harness engineering in software development.
A critical perspective on GitHub's decline, arguing its proprietary nature contradicts open-source values and hoping it encourages migration to open platforms.
Explains five ways Apache Iceberg table storage degrades over time, including small files, orphan files, and metadata bloat, with detection methods.
Explains distributed join strategies: shuffle, broadcast, and co-located joins, focusing on network costs in query engines.
Practical advice on implementing AI in software development, focusing on boring but valuable workflows, safety guardrails, and real-world delivery over hype.
A detailed update on a public NTP server after one year, covering hardware upgrades, RF improvements, and OSNMA implementation.
A developer reflects on how AI makes the slow, deliberate process of learning and problem-solving feel shameful.
A developer shares how AI now writes 97% of their production code, detailing workflow changes and lessons learned from using Cursor agents.
Adding isSame() and isDifferent() convenience methods to ColdFusion for human-friendly string comparison.
ClockTray v1.0.0 is a dual-mode Windows utility with GUI and CLI for controlling the taskbar clock, featuring automation and lunar calendar overlay.
