Eric D. Boyd

I help others create amazing technology. @responsiveX founder. @Azure MVP. @Microsoft Regional Director. #Azure SQL DB book author. Guitar player. Husband. Dad.

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@samidip @idg10 @EdCharbeneau @jglozano Ha. That'll be difficult to do from here.

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.NET Conf 2026 is live, and .NET 11 is out.

On Thursday from 12 to 2 PM PST, I’m hosting #dotnetconf with @idg10, André Silva, @EdCharbeneau, and @samidip.

Send me your questions for them.

Here are my session picks for the week: https://t.co/jYFUKvVyMP

#dotnet

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I'm headed to KCDC in Kansas City. Workshops are tomorrow, sessions on Thursday and Friday.

I'm presenting Thursday at 3:45 PM in room 2204: Hack the Helper: Exploiting AI Agents, MCP, LLMs, and the new AppSec frontier.

https://t.co/1C0Atpl8xb

#KCDC #AI #AppSec #CyberSecurity

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Tomorrow at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup: @MichaelCollier on building resilient, durable agents with Microsoft Agent Framework.

90+ registered. Lou Malnati's on @responsiveX.

6 PM, Microsoft Chicago. RSVP: https://t.co/GgmRDO8gPN

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I'm excited to spend time with a good group of software developers and tech pros in Orlando this November.

If you're new to Live 360, you really might find this article useful.

One tip I can't stress enough, take advantage of every opportunity to spend time with people.

[Visual Studio Live! @VSLive]

Planning your Live! 360 Tech Con week takes some thought. Microsoft AI and Azure MVP @EricDBoyd, Founder and CEO of responsiveX and a speaker, has put together a practical guide to help attendees make the most of their time.

Read Eric's planning guide: https://t.co/R1xYfgRINw

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I wanted to do my part and help cool the AI data centers, but the coolant collector is sold out.

Seriously though, Liquid Death ads are great. I feel like every ad campaign is Super Bowl quality. And this one doesn't disappoint.

https://t.co/EwEo1WzAui

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What are you doing this Saturday morning?

Jonathan "J." Tower is getting Beer City Code kicked off in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and I'm excited to be here.

#BeerCityCode #AI #Azure

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@samidip Fully agree.

I wrote an article to break it down from research from several sources, provided some recommendations, and questioned the "watershed" statement.

https://t.co/Vug2pjonYI

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An MCP server isn't a plugin. It's an API boundary exposed to a non-deterministic caller that will try tool combinations nobody specified.

I'll show you how to design and build them in C# and .NET, Saturday 3:00 PM, Room 135, Beer City Code.

https://t.co/jSvsIWKib5

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Deploying .NET to #Azure App Service is easy. Making it fast in production shouldn't be a painful learning experience.

Brian McKeiver will be in Chicago, Thu Aug 13 at 6pm.

He'll be demonstrating a live .NET 10 deploy, baselining, then real perf tuning.

https://t.co/6rws4tY5cv

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An AI coding agent doesn't reduce ambiguity. It acts on it faster than a junior dev would.

Join me. Spec-driven development with Spec Kit. Saturday 10 AM, Room 229, Beer City Code.

Of your last 10 AI-assisted PRs, how many filled in requirement blanks?

https://t.co/jSvsIWKib5

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74 days. 7B+ logs reviewed. 17,600 attacker actions reconstructed.

Nobody designed the coordination. The agents built a message board in a shared package manager instance then rebuilt it two days after it was wiped.

My writeup + the Black Hat video: https://t.co/Vug2pjonYI

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@fabiolauria I think this is one of the best ways for developers and organizations to start and get value from gen AI and AI agents.

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Last night, we kicked off the #AI hackathon at #VSLive. A good group of developers came out to build AI solutions that solve real business problems using Foundry and Copilot Studio.

I'm excited for another night of it.

Someone is winning $6,000.

https://t.co/41JZFWSvL3

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@fabiolauria But I have helped a few teams who are working on interesting ideas that not only unlock data, but turn that data into meaningful intelligence, saving people lots of time doing research, summarization, aggregation, and structuring the insights into recommendations and plans.

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@fabiolauria I won't know what everyone's projects are about until the presentations and judging this evening.

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I had a blast kicking off the VSLive! conference this morning on the beautiful Microsoft campus. I got to share my experiences developing AI and Agentic solutions. And I got to show developers how to design and build MCP servers with .NET and C#.

#VSLive #AI #MCP #dotnet

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$25,000 pool. 18 cash prizes. $6,000 Grand Champion.

I'm mentoring and judging the VSLive! Microsoft AI Hackathon at Microsoft HQ, July 28–29. Two nights, real #AI builds, real money.

Solo or teams of four.

https://t.co/41JZFWRXVv

#Hackathon #VSLive #Azure #Foundry #Microsoft

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I'm excited to welcome @shanselman to tonight's meetup.

We still have about 20 spots left if you're free, and hearing from Scott about AI and its impacts on software development sounds interesting.

And a big thank you to @ProgressSW for sponsoring.

https://t.co/aPRe05MFZF

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Chicago has become a quantum technology hub.

Join us Thursday, June 18, at the Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup as Brad Henderson (CEO of P33) discusses Chicago's role in the quantum age and what it means for technology, business, and innovation.

https://t.co/IgYHHrulhQ