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Don’t Build Chatbots — Build Agents With Jobs

Don’t Build Chatbots — Build Agents With Jobs

Sean Falconer - thenewstack.io

Design AI tools for reliability by focusing on purpose-built agents, clear rules, and predictable behavior for specific tasks.

AI, agents, chatbots, reliability, purpose-built

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Coolest MCP Demo You'll See!

Jack Herrington - youtu.be

Integrating Clerk, MCP, and TanStack Start for an innovative eCommerce demo with Claude, showcasing real-time data from another MCP server. Full code available.

MCP, eCommerce, Clerk, TanStack, demo

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You don’t need SignalR for real-time updates | Server-Sent Events in .NET/C#

You don’t need SignalR for real-time updates | Server-Sent Events in .NET/C#

Denis Makarenko - medium.com

Explore alternatives to AJAX polling for real-time client updates using Server-Sent Events in .NET.

SignalR, real-time, Server-Sent Events, .NET, AJAX polling

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Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries - .NET

Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries - .NET

Microsoft Learn - learn.microsoft.com

Integrate and interact with various AI services in .NET applications using Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries.

AI, .NET, Microsoft.Extensions.AI, integration

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This C# 12 Feature Can Replace Half Your Boilerplate (And You’re Still Not Using It)

This C# 12 Feature Can Replace Half Your Boilerplate (And You’re Still Not Using It)

https://medium.com/@mohsho10 - medium.com

C# 12 introduces features that can significantly reduce repetitive code, potentially eliminating 50% of your boilerplate.

C#, C# 12, boilerplate, programming, code reduction

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Building next-level conversational AI apps with .NET and Aspire

Steve Sanderson - youtube.com

Learn to build conversational AI apps using .NET, leveraging Microsoft.Extensions.AI and Aspire, with coding demos emphasizing retrieval-augmented generation and API integration.

AI, .NET, conversational apps, coding, retrieval-augmented generation, Microsoft.Extensions.AI

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How We Rebuilt Our .NET API Without Controllers (And Why We Regretted It in 90 Days)

How We Rebuilt Our .NET API Without Controllers (And Why We Regretted It in 90 Days)

Sukhpinder Singh - medium.com

A controller-free .NET API setup seemed modern but faced issues with versioning, testing, and validation in practice.

API, .NET, Software Engineering, Controllers, Development Challenges

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Integrating Model Context Protocol Tools with Semantic Kernel: A Step-by-Step Guide

Integrating Model Context Protocol Tools with Semantic Kernel: A Step-by-Step Guide

Semantic Kernel - devblogs.microsoft.com

This guide shows software engineers how to use Model Context Protocol tools to standardize context provision for AI models with Semantic Kernel.

Model Context Protocol, Semantic Kernel, AI models

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AutoMapper and MediatR Commercial Editions Launch Today

Unknown - jimmybogard.com

The commercial editions of AutoMapper and MediatR are officially launched under Lucky Penny Software, a new company founded to manage these projects.

AutoMapper, MediatR, launch, Lucky Penny Software

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End-to-end development with GitHub Copilot + MCP server | Full Workflow Demo

GitHub - youtu.be

Discover seamless software development using GitHub Copilot with the MCP server, enhancing productivity and reducing friction directly from your IDE.

#GitHub #Copilot #MCP #DevOps #VSCode #RemoteDevelopment #AI #DeveloperTools

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