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Agents, Tools, and MCP: A Mental Model That Actually Helps

Why more layers doesn't mean a better AI system, and how to think about agents, tools, memory, and MCP as building blocks you actually control.

July 15, 2026

by Jennifer Reif

CORE

· 4,595 Views · 5 Likes

How to Build a Brand Monitoring Dashboard With SerpApi and Python

Track your brand across Google News, YouTube, and online discussions in a single Python dashboard with data from SerpApi.

July 14, 2026

by Tomas Murua

· 3,922 Views · 2 Likes

12 Factor Framework for Building Secure and Compliant Cloud Applications

Learn how a practical 12-factor framework embeds security, compliance, resilience, and governance into cloud-native applications.

July 14, 2026

by Josephine Eskaline Joyce, Ph.D

CORE

· 3,422 Views · 4 Likes

GraphRAG in Practice Using Spring AI, Neo4j, and Goodreads Data

Building a GraphRAG application with Spring AI and Neo4j, covering data modeling, Cypher-based data loading, vector search, and key gotchas.

July 14, 2026

by Akmal Chaudhri

CORE

· 6,809 Views · 4 Likes

Compliance Reporting Without Losing the Spreadsheet or the Control

Keep the spreadsheet UI for domain experts, but move validation, execution, logging, and export into a governed Java application.

July 14, 2026

by Hawk Chen

CORE

· 4,137 Views · 3 Likes

Do We Test Just to Find Bugs?

Framing testing as just a bug-finding activity results in a number of consequences that this article discusses.

July 14, 2026

by Stelios Manioudakis

CORE

· 4,389 Views · 3 Likes

Scaling Teams, Scaling Systems: Unlocking Developer Productivity With Platform Engineering

Platform engineering scales teams and systems, streamlines workflows, and reduces friction—driving faster delivery, collaboration, and sustainable growth.

July 14, 2026

by Ammar Husain

CORE

· 3,512 Views · 2 Likes

AWS Glue ETL Design Principles for Production PySpark Pipelines

Learn eight AWS Glue ETL design principles for building production PySpark pipelines that are maintainable, scalable, observable, and cost-efficient.

July 14, 2026

by Janani Annur Thiruvengadam

CORE

· 3,900 Views · 3 Likes

From Gherkin to Source Code Without Losing the Business Language

Instead of hiding business rules inside technical layers, I'll show how to keep them visible and explicit in the code. The code reads like the original Gherkin scenario.

July 14, 2026

by Douglas Cardoso

· 3,660 Views · 2 Likes

Differential Flamegraphs in Java in Jeffrey Microscope

How to set up a secondary profile and pinpoint the precise frames responsible for a performance change between two JFR recordings.

July 14, 2026

by Petr Bouda

CORE

· 2,366 Views · 2 Likes

The Role of Multi-Agent AI in Optimizing Warehouse Logistics

Multi-agent AI streamlines warehouse logistics by coordinating inventory, fulfillment, and automation in real time to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

July 13, 2026

by Lilly Gracia

· 1,998 Views · 2 Likes

API Facade vs. Orchestration vs. Eventing, Now With AI in the Loop

Discover architectural patterns for integrating AI into enterprise systems without sacrificing governance, reliability, observability, or loose coupling.

July 13, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 6,063 Views · 3 Likes

Implementing Zero-Trust Networking and Identity for Microsoft Foundry Agents

This article explains how to implement a zero-trust security architecture for Microsoft Foundry agents by combining identity-first authentication.

July 13, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 4,965 Views · 2 Likes

Machine Identity Debt: Why Human Identity Is No Longer Cloud Security's Primary Boundary

Machine identities now outnumber human ones in cloud environments. Learn how to secure workloads with modern identity governance and trust.

July 13, 2026

by Igboanugo David Ugochukwu

CORE

· 6,928 Views · 2 Likes

Building Evaluation, Cost Governance, and Observability for a Multi-Agent System in Microsoft Foundry

This article walks through building a production-ready multi-agent AI system using Microsoft's AI stack, focusing on the operational capabilities.

July 13, 2026

by Jubin Soni, FBCS

CORE

· 5,229 Views · 2 Likes

Performance Testing RAG Applications: Complete Engineering Guide

In this blog post, we will see how to perform a performance test on a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) application properly, covering both speed and correctness.

July 13, 2026

by NaveenKumar Namachivayam

CORE

· 3,601 Views · 2 Likes

Jeffrey Microscope for Generating Flame Graphs in Java

Jeffrey Microscope is a deep analyzer for JFR recordings, with a particular focus on flamegraphs generated from stacktrace-based events

July 13, 2026

by Petr Bouda

CORE

· 3,061 Views · 2 Likes

Building Reliable Async Processing Pipelines Using Temporal

Temporal replaces complex retry, recovery, and queue-handling logic with durable workflows that automatically recover from failures and resume execution reliably.

July 13, 2026

by Akhil Madineni

CORE

· 2,505 Views · 3 Likes