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Microsoft AI Advocate. Certified stunt coder

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GitHub - bbenz/javaofficehours20260107: A Spring Boot application demonstrating integration with Azure OpenAI using Spring AI. A Spring Boot application demonstrating integration with Azure OpenAI using Spring AI. - bbenz/javaofficehours20260107

Thanks to all the attendees for joining! Here's the demo code I generated live in our session using #github #Copilot - github.com/bbenz/javaof...

08.01.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

Join me for Java Office Hours on the Microsoft Foundry Discord and live Q&AπŸ“… Jan 7, 2026 β€’ 9:00 AM PST
Covering the newest GitHub Copilot code-gen + how to use 12k #Microsoft Foundry models.
Join: discord.com/events/11136...

#Java #AI #Azure #LangChain4j #DevTools

06.01.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Who’s here at #CES this week?

06.01.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out my Theater session today at #MSIgnite
#equinix booth 1234 - I'll be #vibecoding Infrastructure as code that connects #azure #ExpressRoute + #Equinix Fabric, powered by #Terraform & @github #Copilot.
Nov 18 | 5:00 PM | Booth #1234

18.11.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - microsoft/ignite25-PREL15-ai-ready-apps-containerize-and-modernize-with-azure Contribute to microsoft/ignite25-PREL15-ai-ready-apps-containerize-and-modernize-with-azure development by creating an account on GitHub.

Thanks for joining the #MSIgnite pre-day lab - #AI-Ready Apps: Containerize and Modernize with #Azure !Β  Try it at home!Β  you can find the repo hereΒ  - aka.ms/ignite25-PRE...

18.11.2025 01:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just arrived in #SanFrancisco for #MSIgnite! Any #java nerds here this week? Let’s meet up!

17.11.2025 00:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agentic AI + MCP Server
πŸ§ βš™οΈπŸ”— Agentic AI + MCP Server for secure, context-aware automationβ€”DevOps agents, incident analysis, workflow validation. With Moonis Tahir.
πŸ“ Galileo 906 | ⏰ Tue Nov 11 β€’ 10:00–11:00 AM (PST)

#TrimbleDimensions #AgenticAI #MCP #DevOps

10.11.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Building AI-Driven Construction Plans
πŸš§πŸ€–πŸ“Š Turn scattered schedules, resources, and site updates into a single intelligent viewβ€”risk detection + predictive sequencing.
πŸ“ Galileo 906 | ⏰ Tue Nov 11 β€’ 8:30–9:30 AM (PST)

#TrimbleDimensions #Azure #AI #Construction

10.11.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Trimble Dimensions User Conference: Unlock Innovation Elevate your expertise at Dimensions 2025 in Las Vegas, Nov 10-12. Explore industry trends, master advanced techniques and connect with experts. Register now!

πŸš€ Join me at Trimble Dimensions tomorrowβ€”two back-to-back talks on AI for construction planning and enterprise automation. Full event info: www.trimble.com/en/our-compa...

#TrimbleDimensions #Azure #AI #Construction

10.11.2025 18:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Java and AI for Beginners: a practical video series for Java - Microsoft for Java Developers Learn core GenAI concepts for Java: RAG, MCP, LangChain4j, Azure integrations, and containers. Start with short, practical videos.

β˜•οΈπŸ€– New Java & AI for Beginners series: concise intros to RAG, MCP, LangChain4j, Azure services, and container optionsβ€”designed for working Java devs.
Blog: devblogs.microsoft.com/java/java-an...

Playlist: aka.ms/java-ai-begi...

#Java #AI #Beginners #DevTools #OpenSource

28.10.2025 19:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI Codex is now integrated directly in VS Code through the new Agent Sessions view - and can be powered by your GitHub Copilot subscription.

Try it out now with VS Code Insiders and a Copilot Pro+ subscription. Happy coding!

28.10.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Still running Spring apps on SQL? πŸ‘€

See how to evolve to Azure #CosmosDB with #GitHubCopilot as your migration buddy.

🧠 Live demo + real refactoring examples!
πŸ—“οΈ Oct 21 | 16:30 UTC (9:30am PST)

πŸ”— developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reacto...

16.10.2025 00:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Drasi at oneΒ year:Β now with GQL for change-driven solutions Drasi’s first year brings GQL support and community growth, empowering developers to build event-driven apps. Learn more.

πŸš€πŸ§  Drasi + GQL = continuous queries for the graph era. Mark Russinovich details how the first new international DB language since SQL lands in change-driven systems. Read: opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/10...
#Drasi #GQL #GraphDatabases #OpenSource
opensource.microsoft.com

10.10.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ Thanks for coming to From CRUD to Cognitive at JCON USA! Appreciate all the great questions. Reference materials (patterns, links, code) are here: aka.ms/CRUDtoCognit...
β˜•οΈπŸ€–πŸš€
#JCONUSA #Java #GenAI #OpenSource #RAG

10.10.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸš€πŸ§ β˜• From CRUD to Cognitiveβ€”without a rewrite. I’m teaming up with Ed Burns at JCON USA (IBM TechXchange) to show RAG, form auto-fillers, chatbots & AI triggers using open-source models/frameworks. Oct 6, 6–6:30pm EDT
πŸ‘‰ usa.jcon.one

#JCONUSA #Java #GenAI #RAG #OpenSource

03.10.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rolling out to VS Code now: Claude Sonnet 4.5, Anthropic's most advanced model for coding.

Let us know what you think!
github.blog/changelog/20...

29.09.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See you there!

15.09.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A thumbnail with a dark background and a headshot of Burke Holland that reads "VS Code & Friends Live from Microsoft HQ, Featuring Burke Holland, Cory House, Anastasia Khomochkina, Eleanor Berger, Kent C. Dodds, Scott Tolinski"

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This Wednesday, join us for a special VS Code livestream, straight from Microsoft HQ!

Burke Holland will be joined by an amazing guest lineup: Cory House, Anastasia Khomochkina, Eleanor Berger, Kent C. Dodds, and Scott Tolinski πŸ”₯

You don't want to miss this πŸ”— youtube.com/live/4Q9TDw2...

15.09.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Muchacho and his lemongrass #caturday

31.08.2025 00:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Muchacho on vacation! #caturday

23.08.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a GitHub Codespaces VS Code interface showing a README.md file for codespaces-llm repository. The file describes a GitHub Codespaces environment with LLM, Python 3.13, uv and the GitHub Copilot VS Code extension. It has a "Launch Codespace" button. Below shows a terminal tab with the command "llm 'Fun facts about pelicans'" which has generated output listing 5 pelican facts: 1. **Huge Beaks:** about their enormous beaks and throat pouches for scooping fish and water, some over a foot long; 2. **Fishing Technique:** about working together to herd fish into shallow water; 3. **Great Fliers:** about being strong fliers that migrate great distances and soar on thermals; 4. **Buoyant Bodies:** about having air sacs beneath skin and bones making them extra buoyant; 5. **Dive Bombing:** about Brown Pelicans diving dramatically from air into water to catch fish.

Screenshot of a GitHub Codespaces VS Code interface showing a README.md file for codespaces-llm repository. The file describes a GitHub Codespaces environment with LLM, Python 3.13, uv and the GitHub Copilot VS Code extension. It has a "Launch Codespace" button. Below shows a terminal tab with the command "llm 'Fun facts about pelicans'" which has generated output listing 5 pelican facts: 1. **Huge Beaks:** about their enormous beaks and throat pouches for scooping fish and water, some over a foot long; 2. **Fishing Technique:** about working together to herd fish into shallow water; 3. **Great Fliers:** about being strong fliers that migrate great distances and soar on thermals; 4. **Buoyant Bodies:** about having air sacs beneath skin and bones making them extra buoyant; 5. **Dive Bombing:** about Brown Pelicans diving dramatically from air into water to catch fish.

GitHub Codespaces provides a free web-based development environment backed by a Linux container... and it turns out it also includes a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable that provides free API access to the GitHub Models collection of LLMs

... here it's running my LLM CLI utility

13.08.2025 05:42 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Muchachoβ€˜s having a great #caturday afternoon

26.07.2025 23:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just hanging out on #caturday

19.07.2025 21:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Microsoft and LangChain4j: A Partnership for Secure, Enterprise-Grade Java AI Applications - Microsoft for Java Developers Discover how Microsoft and LangChain4j are empowering Java developers to build secure, scalable AI applications. Learn about OpenAI SDK integration, Azure support, and robust security enhancements in ...

New Blog post - 🀝 @microsoft.com + @langchain4j.dev = secure and scalable #Java #AI including Azure + OpenAI Java SDK integration. Read: devblogs.microsoft.com/java/microso...

#Azure

16.07.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Model Context Protocol is essential knowledge for every AI developer that wants to enable modular, composable model-based apps

Don’t miss this session - July 15th at 09:00 PT !πŸ‘‡

15.07.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t care if it’s #caturday put the damn camera down!

05.07.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

GitHub #Copilot Chat is now open source - Check out the source code here! github.com/microsoft/vs...

01.07.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Deploy AKS on Azure Cobalt 100 for Cost & Carbon Savings | Full Demo + Repo (Portal)
Deploy AKS on Azure Cobalt 100 for Cost & Carbon Savings | Full Demo + Repo (Portal) YouTube video by Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

πŸ”„ And here’s the sequel! Spin up #AKS on Arm-based Cobalt 100 nodes entirely in the Azure Portal. Watch: youtu.be/aJBsyguO4yM Docs/scripts: aka.ms/armonazure #Kubernetes #AKS #Azure #Arm #GreenSoftware

26.06.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Using ARM VMs for AKS (CLI): Azure Kubernetes Service
Using ARM VMs for AKS (CLI): Azure Kubernetes Service YouTube video by Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

πŸš€βš‘οΈπŸ’š Cutting cloud costs & carbon? Check my new walkthrough of Azure @kubernetes.io service on Arm-powered Cobalt 100 VMs - full demo + step-by-step guide. Video: youtu.be/B9JzkHTJuJI Docs πŸ‘‰ aka.ms/armonazure #Kubernetes #AKS #Azure #Arm #GreenSoftware

25.06.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0