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An AI-orchestrated espionage campaign

November 14, 2025
4 min read

Fascinating (frightening?) report from Anthropic describing how they eventually disrupted the first reported ...

Private AI Investment is on a GDP-Scale

November 08, 2025
3 min read

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
2 min read

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
4 min read

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
3 min read

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 05, 2025
2 min read

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
5 min read

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
3 min read

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
3 min read

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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An AI-orchestrated espionage campaign

Private AI Investment is on a GDP-Scale

Define a default startup project in your slnx file

Here’s how to turn off Copilot

Visual Studio Insiders

Prioritizing your backlog

MCP server integration in Visual Studio

When LLMs Remember Instead of Reason

Solving for the last mile

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