Forward deployed engineers (FDEs) work at the front lines of technology delivery — inside customer environments, solving urgent problems, and building solutions that bridge product capabilities with real‑world constraints. Today, the role is evolving fast. AI has become a force multiplier, reshaping how FDEs design, debug, deploy, and communicate. This article summarizes the essential skills...
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Yes, 9 Router is small Node.js server on your machine that proxies chat requests to 40+ AI providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, GLM, local Ollama, etc.), with automatic fallback when a subscription hits its quota and a built-in token-compression layer ("RTK") that trims 20–40% off tool-output tokens. Because it exposes a standard /v1 chat endpoint, any client that supports Brin...
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Tips & Tricks to Save Your Claude Tokens While Building Apps in Visual Studio
If you're pairing Claude with Visual Studio or VS Code for day-to-day .NET development, you've probably noticed how fast tokens burn when you let the model see (and regenerate) more than it needs to. Token spend isn't just a cost line — it's latency, context dilution, and lower-quality edits once you're past...
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One programmer, one business analyst, and several fullstack "AI co-developers" — all running through GitHub Copilot with Claude models. Here is the setup, from .md configuration files to team workflow, for both greenfield and brownfield .NET projects.
Prerequisites
Copilot Business/Enterprise license (coding agent, code review, org-level instructions).
A .NET repository (e.g., ASP.NET...
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A strong presentation opening sets the tone for the entire session—especially when you’re delivering training as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Below is a complete, structured article you can use or adapt for your next class or workshop. Yes, presentation is boring! better to watch the cat sing a song. .Let's make it better again!
Start with Ice breaking
A good icebreaker warms...
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Every engineering leader running GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio has asked some version of the same question: "Is this actually making us faster, or just making us feel faster?" Lines of code went up. Commit counts went up. But so did code churn, review backlog, and — in some teams — production incidents. The old productivity dashboard doesn't tell you which story you're living. H...
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Having trouble with your database server in production workload? or you need to optimize query? GitHub Copilot is now available inside SQL Server Management Studio, bringing AI‑powered assistance directly into your SQL workflow. For developers and DBAs, this means faster query writing, smarter optimization, and a more intuitive way to explore databases. Below is a compact guide on how Copilot enha...
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Hi All, Ensuring high‑quality code is one of the most important responsibilities in modern software development. Clean, maintainable, and secure code reduces long‑term technical debt, minimizes bugs in production, and improves team productivity. Traditionally, developers rely on manual reviews, static analysis tools, and extensive debugging sessions. Today, GitHub Copilot brings a new level of int...
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Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept — it’s a daily productivity partner. And among the most transformative AI tools today is Microsoft Copilot, embedded across Microsoft 365, Windows, Edge, GitHub, and even your business data.
But here’s the real challenge: How do you master Copilot in a structured, reliable, and industry‑recognized way?
The answer is simp...
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Microsoft is rolling out a major wave of new certifications in 2025–2026 to align with the rapid rise of AI‑powered development, autonomous agents, cloud‑native AI systems, and modern data engineering. These certifications replace or modernize older ones such as DP‑100, AI‑900, AI‑102, AZ‑204, and AZ‑500, which are being retired in the same period.
Below is a structured overview of the new ...
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