Copilot Reviews, EF Core, and AI Operations
Coverage includes Copilot review workflows, Azure SQL index compaction, EF Core parameter limits, distributed tracing, and flaky-test detection.
Jasen's top three picks
- 1 On-Brand PowerPoint and Word with Microsoft Agent Framework
medium.com
Brand consistency is a real production requirement for generated documents, not merely a design detail.
- 2 The End of Index Maintenance? | Data Exposed
youtube.com
Automatic compaction could remove a familiar Azure SQL maintenance chore; preview status still warrants careful evaluation.
- 3 Copilot Code Review
jesseliberty.com
A sensible framing for Copilot review: fast first-pass feedback that preserves human attention for consequential decisions.
Editor's note
I pulled together a deliberately broad mix, from Copilot-assisted PR review to the practical limits behind EF Core list filtering. The Azure SQL automatic index compaction preview stands out for reducing routine maintenance, while the distributed-latency article is a useful reminder to trace whole requests, not isolated services.
Today's articles
On-Brand PowerPoint and Word with Microsoft Agent Framework
medium.com
If an agent creates a document that will be sent to a customer, used in a meeting, or shared across the company, it usually needs to look…
Topics: C#
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The End of Index Maintenance? | Data Exposed
youtube.com
Automatic index compaction (currently in public preview across Azure SQL DB, MI, and SQL database in Fabric) is a game changer for index maintenance. Learn how. ✅ Chapters: 0:00 intro 0:30 what's the ...
Topics: Azure SQL Server
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Copilot Code Review
jesseliberty.com
tl;drCopilot code review gives every pull request a fast, consistent first pass — catching typos, missing null checks and small bugs so human reviewers can focus on architecture, design and higher‑ris...
Topics: GitHub GitHub Copilot
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Java vs. C#: Four Java Features C# Handles Differently
medium.com
Language comparisons are most useful when they expose different design choices, not when they try to declare a winner. Java has several…
Topics: C#
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Today I will... review GitHub PRs
devblogs.microsoft.com
Today I will show you how we can tackle one of the most common tasks when working in a development team or managing an open-source project, and that is working with Pull Requests. While we're going to...
Topics: GitHub Visual Studio
Read articleQuack Quack: Duck-Typing in C# with Interceptors
steven-giesel.com
If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck - it is a duck. So duck it and make that work in C# thanks to interceptors!
Topics: C#
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Building Architecture Gates for Copilot-Generated Pull Requests in .NET
c-sharpcorner.com
Learn how to build architecture gates for GitHub Copilot-generated pull requests in .NET using automated checks to enforce design rules and code quality.
Topics: GitHub GitHub Copilot
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30 .NET Microservices Interview Questions That Actually Get Asked in 2026
codewithmukesh.com
30 scenario-based .NET microservices interview questions with great answers, red flags, and follow-ups. Saga, outbox, gRPC, resilience, Aspire - updated for 2026.
Topics: .NET Aspire gRPC
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Microsoft Tenants
jesseliberty.com
What is an Azure tenant (Microsoft Entra ID tenant) — and what is it used for? tl;drAn Azure tenant — now called a Microsoft Entra ID tenant — is a dedicated, isolated instance of Microsoft’s identity...
Topics: Authentication Azure
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Using Session State
jesseliberty.com
My demo program is a multi-agent application that accepts a topic BlogAgent, researches that topic (ResearcherAgent) and then drafts a blog post (AuthorAgent). The post is then reviewed by another age...
Topics: C#
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MulticloudDB SDK: Cross-cloud portability in the coding agent era
devblogs.microsoft.com
Building cross-cloud solutions with best-of-breed cloud-native databases means learning multiple SDKs, translating queries, handling different errors, and testing across providers. The Multicloud DB S...
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The Hardest Part of Building AI in .NET Is Not the AI
ai.plainenglish.io
Calling an LLM takes a few lines of C#. Production AI is really about reliability, queues, state, cost, observability, integrations, and… Continue reading on Artificial Intelligence in Plain English »
Topics: OpenAI OpenTelemetry
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Today I will... find hidden latency across a distributed .NET application
devblogs.microsoft.com
When a distributed application feels slow, the user sees one delay. The code behind that delay may run across a web frontend, backend services, databases, and external APIs. If you profile only the fr...
Topics: OpenTelemetry Profiling Visual Studio
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MSIX PackageVolume: How Package Storage Works
devblogs.microsoft.com
An MSIX package can be staged in several ways and locations: PackageVolume Development Mode System package StageInPlace Ex
Topics: C#
Read articleMicrosoft.Testing.Platform: Detecting Flaky Tests in .NET CI/CD Pipelines
c-sharpcorner.com
Learn how Microsoft.Testing.Platform can help detect flaky tests in .NET CI/CD pipelines using repeatable test execution, diagnostics, reporting, and automated analysis.
Topics: Azure DevOps Unit Testing
Read articleUsing C# 14 to build "Smart records" for config & settings models
blog.elmah.io
Traditional config classes let properties be mutated anywhere and accept invalid values with no warning. This article shows how to use C# 14's new extension-block syntax with records to build "smart r...
Topics: C#
Read articleInstalling Omarchy on My Surface Book for .NET Development
laurentkempe.com
I installed Omarchy on my first-generation Microsoft Surface Book, mostly to find out whether this 2015 laptop could still make a good .NET development machine. The installation took about two minutes...
Topics: .NET Core
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Filtering EF Core by a Large List: The 2,100 Parameter Wall
codewithmukesh.com
EF Core 10 changed how Contains sends a list to SQL Server. Here is the real parameter ceiling, what happens when you cross it, and benchmarks for every fix.
Topics: Benchmarking EF Core SQL Server
Read articleBenchmarking AI-Generated Unit Tests Against Human-Written Tests
c-sharpcorner.com
Learn how to benchmark AI-generated unit tests against human-written tests using code coverage, mutation scores, defect detection, false positives, readability, and maintainability.
Topics: Benchmarking Unit Testing
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XPath for custom types in .NET
meziantou.net
XPath is widely known as the query language for XML documents. Most .NET developers associate it with XPathNavigator, XmlDocument, or XDocument. But what most people don't realize is that XPath can wo...
Topics: C#
Read articleConquering the 100-Page PDF: Multi-Agent Map-Reduce RAG for Enterprise Banking
c-sharpcorner.com
Learn how to build large-document RAG with LangGraph using parent-child indexing and Map-Reduce agents to process complex PDFs with efficient context management.
Topics: OpenAI
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