This is the bonus content for the #121 edition of 5 Highlights Thursday — 7 highlights this week instead of 5. If you haven’t seen the main newsletter yet, check it out on LinkedIn.
1. Improving Performance in .NET Applications
A deep dive into performance improvement techniques for .NET applications — covering profiling, benchmarking, and optimization strategies that matter for production .NET workloads.
2. Stop Writing Prompts. Start Writing Specs.
A reframing of how to work with AI coding tools: instead of ad-hoc prompts, write structured specifications that give AI agents the context they need to produce consistently better results.
3. What’s New in Azure Firewall? | Latest Updates for Smarter Network Security
A walkthrough of the latest Azure Firewall updates — covering new features and improvements that make network security smarter and easier to manage for teams protecting Azure-hosted workloads.
4. Build Reusable Copilot Workflows with Skills and Agents
How to build reusable, composable workflows in GitHub Copilot using skills and agents — a practical look at making AI coding assistance scale across your team and projects.
5. Build Intelligent Agents with Work IQ, Foundry IQ, and Fabric IQ
A walkthrough of building intelligent agents using the IQ platform stack — Work IQ for enterprise data tasks, Foundry IQ for AI model integration, and Fabric IQ for data and analytics workflows.
6. Optimizing GitHub Copilot: Better Results, Fewer Tokens
Practical guidance on getting more out of GitHub Copilot by writing better context, reducing token waste, and structuring prompts so the model produces tighter, more accurate results.
7. Modern WinForms Development: How AI is Reshaping Your Approach
A look at how AI tools are changing WinForms development in 2026 — from AI-assisted code generation to modern patterns for working with legacy Windows Forms applications.
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Have a wonderful Thursday 😉
Taswar