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You can’t run to the grocery store these days without hearing about the Model Context Protocol (MCP)! Well, I hope the grocery store is your safe haven from AI, but the fact is that MCP is one of the hottest and most talked about topics in software development. And I’m going to keep talking about it because I want to show you a brand new experimental preview feature of Azure Functions that takes a ton of work out of creating remote MCP Servers and brings all the goodness of Azure Functions to the equation too. ...

Another good day as I wrote the blog post I teased yesterday, and had some productive meetings. Also, deployed my first AI agent using Agent Development Kit. Have you carved out time this week to go deep on something new? Still a couple days left! [blog] What are AI Agents? why do they matter? Addy goes deep on this topic and helps us better understand what agents do, why they’re a difference-maker, and what the tech landscape looks like. ...

I’m a believer in platform engineering as a concept. Bringing standardization and golden paths to developers so that they can ship software quickly and safely sounds awesome. And it is. But it’s also been a slog to land it. Measurement has been inconsistent, devs are wildly unhappy with the state of self-service, and the tech landscape is disjointed with tons of tools and a high cost of integration. Smart teams are finding success, but this should be easier. Maybe now it is. ...

dotCover 2025.1, dotMemory 2025.1, dotPeek 2025.1, and dotTrace 2025.1 have been released and are ready for download!  Let’s take a look at what’s new with these .NET tools. dotPeek 2025.1 The decompiler tool has been updated to support: Required members. ref fields and scoped parameter modifiers. Pattern-based using for ref struct types. String interpolation and file-scoped namespaces. Hexadecimal hints for numeric constants More information on the latest updates in dotPeek here. ...

HashiCorp Nomad is a simple and flexible orchestrator used to deploy and manage containers and non-containerized applications across multiple cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. It is widely adopted and used in production by organizations such as BT Group and Epic Games. Today, we are excited to announce that Nomad 1.10 is now generally available. Here’s what’s new in Nomad: Dynamic host volumes Dynamic host volume governance (Nomad Enterprise) Extended OIDC support — Signed client assertions and Proof Key Code Exchange (PKCE) Improved CLI to UI transition Expanded upgrade testing Dynamic host volumes The new dynamic host volume capability introduced in Nomad 1.10 brings an improved storage option to your Nomad workloads that expands on the previously available host volume capability. This provides a more flexible way to provision storage across your Nomad client infrastructure when compared to traditional host volumes or CSI plugins. ...

ReSharper 2025.1 is here, and it’s packed with updates that further improve productivity and performance for .NET and C++ developers alike.  This release offers a host of quality-of-life enhancements, smarter inspections, and integrations that streamline your development workflow across your IDE and beyond. <div class="buttons"> <div class="buttons__row"> <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/" class="btn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download ReSharper 2025.1 </a> </div> </div> Improved C# assistance across the board ReSharper 2025.1 supports initial .NET 10 and C# 14 preview features, helping you stay ahead of the curve with the latest language enhancements. ...

With version 2025.1, Rider introduces a better way to navigate your codebase, smarter debugging tools, and deeper integrations with the technologies you rely on. You can download the release build from our website, install it via the Toolbox App, or use this snap package from the Snap Store (if you are using a compatible Linux distribution). <div class="buttons"> <div class="buttons__row"> <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/download/" class="btn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download Rider 2025.1</a> </div> </div> Release highlights Rider goes AI JetBrains AI Assistant has received a major upgrade, making AI-powered development more accessible and efficient. With this release, AI features are now free in JetBrains IDEs, including unlimited code completion, support for local models, and credit-based access to cloud-based features. A new subscription system makes it easy to scale up with AI Pro and AI Ultimate tiers. ...

I forgot what it was like to have open blocks on my calendar. It’s been delightful this week while my peers recover from their Cloud Next hangover. Tomorrow, I may even write a blog post (besides this one). Stay tuned! [article] Google Is Winning on Every AI Front. I don’t know a single person at work who’s acting cocky. Confident, maybe. But we have plenty of work to do. That said, it feels good to see the pieces coming together. ...

I’ll be away for a week, and the Dew Drop will return on April 23rd or 24th. Top Links Why MAUI Blazor Hybrid (Rocky Lhotka) Introducing the New Angular SpeechToText Component (Kirupa karan Raj Kumar) .NET Aspire and Databases with Jerry Nixon – Azure & DevOps Podcast Episode #345 (Jeffrey Palermo) Introducing GPT-4.1 in the API (OpenAI Team) Announcing the GPT-4.1 model series for Azure AI Foundry developers (Steve Sweetman) GitHub Actions now supports Windows on Arm runners for all public repos (Marcus Perryman) ...