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🛑 Build failed? Then why is the rest of the solution still building? 😅 Visual Studio 2026 18.11 adds an opt-in stop-on-first-project-failure setting. Queued projects don’t start, active builds stop safely, and you can jump back to fixing the real error faster. ⚡🛠️ In test builds: 94% less post-failure waiting. 👀 👉 Read the blog: msft.it/6013avGQc
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Your AI agent can query your database without writing a single line of SQL. 烙 Bob Ward shows how: msft.it/6014asYfj
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You've got one afternoon to level up. Where do you go?
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🧠 C++/WinRT access specifiers hit differently. Implemented interface = public 🌎 - public = module-internal 📦 - protected = derived types - private = same class 🔐 The Old New Thing explains why. Read 👇 msft.it/6018asibp
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Semantic search is powerful, but sometimes exact keywords are still the answer. Anna Hoffman tackles why the real answer might be a hybrid of both: msft.it/6018asi6k
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What if you could group unrelated types without an inheritance hierarchy? Dustin Campbell and Mads Torgersen explore C# unions: msft.it/6011as6Dv
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One YOLO deploy to prod is all it takes. Drew Skwiers-Koballa has a safer way: msft.it/6018aSh2G
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👀 What happens when Security Tool A hooks a system function… then Security Tool B hooks a function Tool A depends on? 💥 Detours meet detours. 🔐 Quarantine meets interference. 🧩 Debugging gets spicy. Read 👉 msft.it/6017aShSb
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Code as an asset, not an artifact. AI writes it fast, but future you maintains it. That's exactly what Mads Kristensen gets into: msft.it/6014aShp6
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Give AI tools, not just prompts. Kayla Cinnamon and James Montemagno build a custom tool the model can call instead of guessing. See it in action: msft.it/6012aSChC
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AI found a 90% optimization. It still needed an engineer's judgment call. Mark Downie and Sireesha Pisipati get into it. See how: msft.it/6010aSAjg
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🤯 How can an undefined CPU opcode… have operands? Welcome to x86 history. 🧠⚙️ 0F FF could be decoded + parse operands before 💥 invalid opcode. Then backward compatibility helped keep PADDQ out of its natural slot. CPU archaeology awaits. 🏺 Read 👉 msft.it/6017aSAEf
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💥 Your CPU just hit code that should never execute. But was it int 3 or ud2? 👀 int 3 → “there’s no code here” ud2 → “you reached an unreachable/undefined path” 😬 Same crashy vibes. Very different debugging clues. 🧠⚙️ 👉 msft.it/6012aSk1G
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Anna Hoffman argues your database belongs in source control, just like your application code: msft.it/6010aSXvO
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Your browser just became a bouncer for sketchy requests. Daniel Roth shows how: msft.it/6014aSX94
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SPA feel, zero WebAssembly. Daniel Roth pulls it off: msft.it/6011aSrLR
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That's semantic search. Yo-Lei Chen breaks down how SQL Server pulls it off: msft.it/6017aSrlL
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Your VS Subscription includes a monthly Azure credit, exclusive Dev/Test pricing, and Azure training via Pluralsight or Cloud Academy. See what's included: msft.it/6013aSr6U
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40TB restored in 7 minutes. Bob Ward explains: msft.it/6016aSRYw
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Yes, this is WinForms. Klaus Loeffelman shows the .NET 11 preview: msft.it/6012aoirs
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