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Old Protocols, New Pipes

April 06, 2026
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I built an MCP server this week. Not a toy exactly, not even a proof of concept; I wanted a working tool that lets a ...

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Three New MAI Models

April 04, 2026
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Microsoft announced three new first‑party MAI models this week, all available through Foundry. The releases cover ...

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We are still engineers

March 06, 2026
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Steve Sanderson from the GitHub Copilot coding agent team walks through the techniques and mental models that make the ...

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Upgrading old code with Copilot

February 27, 2026
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I finally did it! DasBlog Core has been officially upgraded to .NET 10! This is probably the single biggest release ...

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Leadership from Birds

January 26, 2026
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A colleague shared a newsletter with me titled The Shape of Leadership by Mike Fisher, here is an excerpt: The ...

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Color‑Driven Code Navigation

January 22, 2026
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Color has become one of the most important tools in my daily development workflow. When I am moving across dozens of ...

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I Misunderstood Skills Entirely

December 31, 2025
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I found this excerpt from Did Skills Kill MCP? really helpful: Saying skills killed MCP is about as accurate as saying ...

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I Miss Riding the Cuts

December 22, 2025
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My brother gifted me a Diamond Back Ascent in the early 90s, I remember it was snowing when he dropped it off, but ...

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Does the math work?

December 04, 2025
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The Verge has delivered some of the year’s best interviews with a variety of tech CEOs, and this end‑of‑year ...

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