Slim Ktari

10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Building LLM Apps AI made my code shorter, but my nights longer. That pretty much sums up my experience building LLM-powered apps.

I wrote down 10 things I learned (often the hard way 😅) while building LLM-powered apps.
Just lessons I wish I knew earlier, maybe they’ll save you time.
👉 slimktari.com/10-lessons-i...
#LLM #AI

GitHub - microsoft/agent-framework: A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET. A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET. - microsoft/agent-framework

🚀 Microsoft launches Agent Framework in Public Preview.
A merge of #AutoGen + #SemanticKernel, with support for Python & .NET, plugins & connectors (MCP, A2A,..), vector stores, observability, DevUI, HIL orchestration,...
aka.ms/AgentFramework
#AgentFramework #GenAI #AI

🚀 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁!

📅 Starting April 8.
🎯 The challenge: complete AI lessons in 24 hours.
🏆 You could get the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™!
+ 50 days of AI learning content.

👉 A great opportunity to stay up to date with AI.
aiskillsfest.event.microsoft.com

#AI #Learn #Microsoft

Semantic Kernel Agent Framework RC2 | Semantic Kernel Semantic Kernel Agent Framework .NET and Python advance to Release Candidate 2, with new API for handling chat threads. General Availability coming soon!

🎉 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗥𝗖𝟮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 .𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻!

𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-ker...

🔎 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨:
𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗖# github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗖# github.com/microsoft/se...

#SemanticKernel #AI #GenAI

.NET Buffering Techniques: Analysis, Benchmarking, and Practical Advice Introduction

🚀 Buffering Techniques in .NET
I just published an article exploring different .NET buffering techniques, benchmarked them, and shared insights on choosing the right approach for better performance. slimktari.com/net-bufferin...
#dotnet #performance #csharp #buffering #coding #memory

How to Choose the Best Antivirus for Your Web Application? If you’re here, it’s likely because one of your applications stores files, and you’re wondering how to secure them effectively to prevent…

🔍 How to Choose the Best Antivirus for Your Web Application?
I share my thoughts and experiences in my latest article here: slimktari.com/how-to-choos...

#Antivirus #FileProtection #Cybersecurity #DevSecOps #DataProtection #Security

When and How to Integrate Antivirus in Web Applications Effectively? When designing an application that stores files (images, documents, or others), considering an antivirus solution might not always seem…

🛡️ Do you need an antivirus in your App?
Sometimes the answer is yes, but not always.

Check out my last article: 👉 When and How to Integrate Antivirus in Web Applications? slimktari.com/when-and-how...

#Antivirus #FileProtection #Cybersecurity #DevSecOps #DataProtection #Security

Introducing Weaviate Embeddings | Weaviate Say goodbye to the headaches of creating and managing vector embeddings.

🚀 Weaviate Embeddings simplifies RAG!

✅ High-throughput infrastructure
✅ Arctic-Embed, with more models to come.

It now remains to be seen if others will follow with similar solutions. 🤔

🔗 Explore more: weaviate.io/blog/introdu...

#Weaviate #RAG #Embeddings #AI #RAG #CloudComputing #Snowflake

New Amazon S3 Tables: Storage optimized for analytics workloads | Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Tables optimize tabular data storage (like transactions and sensor readings) in Apache Iceberg, enabling high-performance, low-cost queries using Athena, EMR, and Spark.

🚀 AWS expands S3 with Table Buckets: analytics-ready Iceberg tables, S3 durability, and API support.

Will S3-compatible providers like Ceph or MinIO adopt Table Buckets too? 🤔
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ne...

#AWS #S3 #Iceberg #Analytics #BigData #CloudComputing #EMR #OpenIO #MinIO #Ceph

Dynamic Multi-Tenant Authentication in .NET with JwtBearer Implementing authentication in a multi-tenant application can be challenging. Ensuring strict data isolation or scaling authentication…

🔐 Struggling with multi-tenant JWT authentication in .NET?

I’ve shared how to dynamically configure AddJwtBearer() for tenant-specific schemes without preloading or app restarts.

👉 Check it out: slimktari.com/dynamic-mult...

#dotnet #JWT #multitenancy #aspnetcore #authentication

What’s Happening with GPT-4o? Is It Regressing? In recent times, I’ve observed increasing problems with text generation using GPT-4o. Outputs often lack coherence, relevance, or…

🚀 Azure OpenAI and GPT-4o: Progress or Challenges?

Facing issues with GPT-4o? Explore observed regressions, instability, and language mismatches, along with insights from Azure OpenAI integration.

🔗 slimktari.com/whats-happen...

#AI #AzureOpenAI #OpenAI #LLM #SemanticKernel

Object Storage: Is It Really Worth the Switch? Are you wondering if Object Storage is really worth it for your project? Or perhaps you’re struggling to convince your team of its…

🚀 Have you ever wondered whether object storage is worth adopting? 🤔

🔗 Curious? Take a look: slimktari.com/object-stora...

#ObjectStorage #FileStorage #CloudStorage #TechThoughts #DevCommunity #OpenIO
#DataManagement #DocumentStorage #BlobStorage #S3 #Ceph #MinIO #AzureBlobStorage

New Token Management Feature in Azure API Management provide greater control, visibility, and traffic management capabilities to streamline your AI integrations.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integra...

#Azure #APIM #GPT-4o #Genai #LLM #Token #API #Microsoft #AI