VS Code now updates weekly

With Microsoft now releasing stable updates to its Visual Studio Code editor weekly instead of just monthly, VS Code Versions 1.112 and 1.111 recently have been released, featuring capabilities such as agent troubleshooting, integrated browser debugging, and Copilot...

When Windows 11 sneezes, Azure catches cold

If you look at Microsoft as a collection of product lines, it is easy to conclude that Windows 11 and Azure occupy different universes. One is a client operating system that has irritated its users, confused administrators, and pushed hardware refresh cycles in ways...

7 safeguards for observable AI agents

Many organizations are under pressure to take their AI agent experiments and proof of concepts out of pilots and into production. Devops teams may have limited time to ensure these AI agents meet AI agent non-negotiable requirements for production deployments,...

The agent security mess

Persistent weak layers (PWLs) have plagued my backcountry skiing for the past 10 years. They’re about to mess up the industry’s IT security, too. For those who don’t spend their early mornings skinning up mountains in Utah’s backcountry, a persistent weak layer, or...