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AI is changing how we build software, but it also introduces new challenges: how do you know if your AI application is giving the right answers and producing the right outcomes? Evaluations (often referred to simply as ‘evals’) provide a structured way to measure quality so you can trust your results. In this blog, we’ll introduce the concept of...

How I built a full-featured podcast analytics dashboard with GitHub Copilot without writing a single line of code myself.

In March of this year Anders Hejlsberg announced TypeScript 7 native preview and in May Daniel posted Announcing TypeScript Native Previews. Visual Studio 2026 Insiders now supports TypeScript’s Native Preview. Use the download link below to install the latest preview of Visual Studio to try this out. When using this new preview, your compile times...

Podman is an open-source container engine that has rapidly gained popularity for its daemonless architecture, rootless operation, and compatibility with Docker CLI commands. Unlike Docker, Podman does not require a central daemon, offering improved security and flexibility - especially in enterprise and cloud-native environments. Its ability to run...

Developers are increasingly relying on AI agents to both build new software as well as extend capabilities of existing projects that they support. One challenge with AI-based systems, however, is that to produce the right output you need to first establish really good context. If you don't decide what you're building and why you're building it ahea...

Discover and save the best GitHub Copilot chat modes, instructions, and prompts right from Copilot Chat using the new Awesome Copilot MCP Server—install with Docker, search, preview, and commit in one flow.

Written by: Maggie Liu, Thiago Rotta, Vinicius Souza, James Tooles, & Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs 1. Introduction Generative AI is moving from proof‑of‑concept pilots to mission‑critical workloads at a velocity rarely seen in enterprise technology. The first wave of projects typically stood up a single “do‑everything” agent, a large langu...

OpenAI announced GPT-5 last week in "GPT-5 and the new era of work". Working with OpenAI, we rolled out GPT-5 support the day it launched, making sure you can use and build with it and integrate it into your applications immediately. We've got you covered with a dev-focused rundown: GPT-5 availability, new capabilities, and quick-start steps. An...

1. Introduction End-to-end testing has evolved dramatically, and Playwright stands at the forefront. Playwright offers a full ecosystem empowering developers to write, debug, and maintain tests with speed and reliability. From its powerful test runner to rich developer tools like the VS Code extension, Codegen, UI Mode, and Trace Viewer, Play...