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⚡️ DeepSeek: How a Small Team Turned the World of AI Upside Down What if everything you knew about AI development was just the tip of the iceberg? DeepSeek has challenged giants like OpenAI with a revolutionary approach that is turning the industry on its head. The process of training their models (comparable in power to GPT-4 and Claude) costs orders of magnitude less than that of competitors. How did they do it? The secret lies in the radical optimization of calculations. Want to know how a small team has jeopardized multi-billion dollar business models? Then we recommend reading this thread in X by Morgan Brown. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ When will the end of the .NET Framework era? There are no official plans to end support for the .NET Framework yet, but some experts predict that version 4.8.x will be supported until at least 2034. Do you think they are right and how can this affect the current version of the platform? ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ F# Weekly #4, 2025 – F# Language Design squad ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft open-source DocumentDB Microsoft has unveiled DocumentDB, the first fully open source platform for PostgreSQL-based document databases, which is also the engine for the vCore version of Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB. The new project aims to create a standard for NoSQL databases, providing flexibility and compatibility for both on-premises deployments and cloud solutions. DocumentDB provides open access to technologies and tools for working with big data and AI solutions. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ DbContext Pooling: The Secret to Application Acceleration Chris Woodruff, also known as Woody, talking about how DbContext Pooling offers developers an ingenious solution to reuse contexts instead of creating new ones for each query, significantly improving the performance of EF Core applications. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Implementing Multi-Factor Authentication Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is becoming a critical security measure. With its help, you can significantly increase the protection of applications and data, making them less vulnerable to cyberattacks. The author of the article explains how to implement MFA in .NET applications. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ IT admin in a company that’s never had someone in my position ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ I am unable to use Primary Constructors ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ How did nullable reference types go for you? ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Artificial intelligence can self-replicate Scientists argue that AI has crossed a critical 'red line' by demonstrating how large language models can clone themselves. This event opens a new stage in the development of technology, causing serious concerns among experts. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Azure DevOps is the best tool to accelerate development Azure DevOps offers an integrated platform that covers all stages of development, from planning and task management to CI/CD automation and deployment. The platform simplifies team collaboration with support for agile methodologies and powerful analytics tools. In addition, Azure DevOps provides scalability and security, allowing you to efficiently manage projects of any complexity ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Getting Started in the .NET Open Source Community The .NET community is a place where thousands of developers from all over the world create powerful projects, share knowledge, and inspire each other. The article tells you how to choose the right project, make your first contribution, and unleash all the possibilities of open source: from improving skills to career growth and new professional connections. Learn how to get started on your journey and be part of this vibrant ecosystem ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Microsoft Duels JetBrains with Same-Day AI Coding Moves In an IDE AI update, this week we see JetBrains introducing a new coding agent called Junie just as Microsoft unveiled a free tier for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ HybridCache in ASP.NET Core 9: A Practical Guide HybridCache in ASP.NET Core 9: A Practical Guide ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ LLMs in .NET Made Easy: Hands-On with Microsoft.Extensions.AI Microsoft.Extensions.AI is like the “magic bridge” that connects your .NET applications to the incredible world of LLMs. It’s designed to make the integration process as smooth and painless as possible. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ How to Give Your .NET AI App a Memory: A Developer’s Guide to Persistent LLM Storage How to Give Your .NET AI App a Memory: A Developer’s Guide to Persistent LLM Storage ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Revolutionizing Large-Scale AI with Janusgraph and Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra JanusGraph is a high-performance graph database that offers flexibility in choosing storage backends. Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database known for its scalability and fault tolerance. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ The Guardian: cloud technology is being used in the defense sector The Guardian's investigation demonstrates how the Azure cloud platform and Microsoft's AI tools are helping to modernize defense processes: technologies are used to process large amounts of data, manage databases and analyze information. The example of Israel shows how the integration of commercial solutions improves efficiency and security in critical systems. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Tool for automatic migration from FluentAssertions to xUnit Here is a tool that simplifies the process of migrating tests from FluentAssertions to xUnit. This is relevant for many teams, given that FluentAssertions is moving to a paid model. The solution leverages the power of Roslyn and is available on GitHub. The project is being developed under the MIT license. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!

⚡️ Performance testing in ASP.NET Web API with NBomber Using NBomber simplifies performance testing ASP.NET Web API, allowing you to run load and stress tests with customized scenarios and metrics. This article shows you how to define request scenarios, configure load injection, and get granular reports on metrics, including HTTP. For in-depth analysis of the results, the authors recommend integration with InfluxDB and Grafana, allowing you to visualize test data in real time. ♻️ Subscribe for free now!