My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

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Private AI Investment is on a GDP-Scale

November 08, 2025
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Like you, I’ve been blown away by the projected capital investments in AI. The only way I can wrap my head around the ...

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Define a default startup project in your slnx file

October 23, 2025
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Earlier this year we introduced SLNX, an XML-based solution file format that replaces the old, proprietary .sln layout ...

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Here’s how to turn off Copilot

September 21, 2025
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Every time I talk about Copilot, its value, its impact, the way it can improve a developer workflow, someone jumps in ...

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Visual Studio Insiders

September 10, 2025
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With the launch of Visual Studio 2026 Insiders, our team is embracing the reality of a rapidly evolving developer ...

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Prioritizing your backlog

September 04, 2025
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The Product Managers I attempt to emulate aren't just juggling timelines and features, they are constantly finding ...

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MCP server integration in Visual Studio

July 21, 2025
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I’ve been tinkering with MCP server support in Visual Studio recently, and the latest improvements have helped a bunch. ...

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When LLMs Remember Instead of Reason

July 17, 2025
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SWE-Bench Verification asserts to be ahigh-quality, human-validated subset of the SWE-Bench benchmark designed to ...

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Solving for the last mile

June 05, 2025
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Paul Ford on the The Extremely Human Last Mile: I think the answer is actually really simple, and it’s something I keep ...

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Updates from BUILD 2025

May 24, 2025
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For me, this year's BUILD was all about sharing a vision for how the end-to-end developer experience will evolve in the ...

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