I've struggled a lot since learning about the death of a relative back in the Netherlands. The distance was always a challenge, but the hardest part of it was not being able to say my goodbyes in person.
Will Velida 🇺🇦
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Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft 🧑💻 Opinions are mine, reposts are interesting/thoughtful. Blog: https://www.willvelida.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@willvelida Linktree: https://linktr.ee/willvelida
Model Routing in Microsoft Foundry is a handy feature for routing simple tasks to cheaper models. In this video, I discuss what Model Routing, how it's just another model deployment in Foundry, and how you can configure your agents to use it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ6T...
Stop giving your AI agents the same model! How Model Routing works for Foundry Agents
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I can't believe I didn't get tickets to the Carlton game. Beating the Lions by 76 points was not on my bingo card this season.
Use this whenever you're about to head into technical discussions/ideological warfare
Tomorrow's a big one for #DDDAdelaide 2026. Early bird tickets and Call for Papers both go live. Get in early on tickets to be automatically entered into a bonus prize draw. Don't forget to submit that talk idea you have had in drafts since last year. New speakers are welcome! dddadelaide.com
Sometimes my YouTube algorithm will bless me with bangers from 12 years ago. What a fun place the internet could have been: youtu.be/xFSwIw-_-as?...
Thomas Gon' Give It To Ya
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Why do LLM's say 'this just earnt their keep'. Is that an American thing to say?
Defying your parents during school: sneaking out at night to go party. Defying your parents during adulthood: BREAKFAST FOR DINNER
Howl’s Moving Castle Anime
ALT: Howl’s Moving Castle Anime
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I’ve published a video on how you can orchestrate multiple AI Agents using the Microsoft Agent Framework, and provided a foolproof plan for Arsenal to retain the Premier League! (Ok maybe not, but it's just a demo so have fun with it): www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bfk...
Multi-agent orchestration patterns in the Microsoft Agent Framework explained
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Finally, the first live AFL game of the year. Shame I missed our undefeated run, but hopefully we can beat the Suns today.
Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot: share.google/oaT1W4FDsZfy...
Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot - GitHub Changelog
Claude Opus 5, Anthropic’s newest Opus model, is now available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for complex, long-running coding tasks that require careful reasoning, effective tool use, and reliable...
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I know some people are working really hard to take humans out of the software development loop, but I hope that day never comes.
It was about halfway through this pint that we decided just to do a rollback before any more customer were affected. *n.b, I'm not on that team. This is just satire
One of my strongly held beliefs is that a lot of the most prolific people leading the charge into AI view the need to relate to other humans as a problem to solve.
I got a weird look when I told someone last week, I was refactoring something to RUST! Now I need to actually learn it!! Time to sleeves up, thanks @willvelida.com! rustup time!
Will Velida 🇺🇦@willvelida.com · 2w agoI've created a free course for learning @rust-lang.org on my YouTube channel. If you want to learn how #Rust works, check it out! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I've created a free course for learning @rust-lang.org on my YouTube channel. If you want to learn how #Rust works, check it out! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Learn Rust from Scratch (Beginner Course with Projects) - YouTube
A free, beginner-friendly course that teaches the Rust programming language from the ground up. Across this playlist you go from installing Rust to writing c...
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Fry's Coffee Time Mishap
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Slashdot@slashdot.org · 2w agoDrinking 5 Cups of Coffee a Day Could Reduce Heart Risk https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/07/21/0053206/drinking-5-cups-of-coffee-a-day-could-reduce-heart-risk?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
IT'S HAPPENING!!
Pikachu's Energetic Dance
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DDD Melbourne | 20th February 2027@dddmelbourne.bsky.social · 2w ago📣 ICYMI DDD Melbourne is back at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 20th February 2027 –– get Feb 20 blocked out on your calendar. 🙌 To check out key dates visit www.dddmelbourne.com
Not that I want to encourage betting, but surely someone has built a Drake tracker for his bets 😂
Joy@joybella.blacksky.app · 2w agoHopefully that's a justified end to Messi's career. The most overrated player of all time #FIFAWorldCup
The world of computing is and will remain far larger, more impactful, and far more vibrant than the narrow subdomain of genAI.
Saka hat-trick. See what happens when you play your best players Tuchel? #FIFAWorldCup
House prices are coming down which is good, but every home we've seen needs at least $1m for renovations 😕
Rust 1.97.1 has been released. This release fixes a miscompilation in an LLVM optimization. This newly discovered issue has existed since 1.87.0, but was unlikely to lead to an actual miscompilation until a change in 1.97.0. See the blog post for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/16/R...
Announcing Rust 1.97.1 | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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