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Slim Ktari
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Software Architect | Passionate about .NET and AI 💜 | Technical Writer
👉 https://slimktari.com 👈
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🚀 Buffering Techniques in .NET
I just published an article exploring different .NET buffering techniques, benchmarked them, and shared insights on choosing the right approach for better performance. slimktari.com/net-bufferin...
#dotnet #performance #csharp #buffering #coding #memory
.NET Buffering Techniques: Analysis, Benchmarking, and Practical Advice
Introduction
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I wrote down 10 things I learned (often the hard way 😅) while building LLM-powered apps.
Just lessons I wish I knew earlier, maybe they’ll save you time.
👉 slimktari.com/10-lessons-i...
#LLM #AI
10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way Building LLM Apps
AI made my code shorter, but my nights longer. That pretty much sums up my experience building LLM-powered apps.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚀 Microsoft launches Agent Framework in Public Preview.
A merge of #AutoGen + #SemanticKernel, with support for Python & .NET, plugins & connectors (MCP, A2A,..), vector stores, observability, DevUI, HIL orchestration,...
aka.ms/AgentFramework
#AgentFramework #GenAI #AI
GitHub - microsoft/agent-framework: A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.
A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET. - microsoft/agent-framework
aka.ms
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🚀 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁!

📅 Starting April 8.
🎯 The challenge: complete AI lessons in 24 hours.
🏆 You could get the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™!
+ 50 days of AI learning content.

👉 A great opportunity to stay up to date with AI.
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#AI #Learn #Microsoft
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March 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🎉 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗥𝗖𝟮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 .𝗡𝗘𝗧 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻!

𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚: 👉 devblogs.microsoft.com/semantic-ker...

🔎 𝙎𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨:
𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗖# github.com/microsoft/se...
𝗖# github.com/microsoft/se...

#SemanticKernel #AI #GenAI
Semantic Kernel Agent Framework RC2 | Semantic Kernel
Semantic Kernel Agent Framework .NET and Python advance to Release Candidate 2, with new API for handling chat threads. General Availability coming soon!
devblogs.microsoft.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚀 Buffering Techniques in .NET
I just published an article exploring different .NET buffering techniques, benchmarked them, and shared insights on choosing the right approach for better performance. slimktari.com/net-bufferin...
#dotnet #performance #csharp #buffering #coding #memory
.NET Buffering Techniques: Analysis, Benchmarking, and Practical Advice
Introduction
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February 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🔍 How to Choose the Best Antivirus for Your Web Application?
I share my thoughts and experiences in my latest article here: slimktari.com/how-to-choos...

#Antivirus #FileProtection #Cybersecurity #DevSecOps #DataProtection #Security
How to Choose the Best Antivirus for Your Web Application?
If you’re here, it’s likely because one of your applications stores files, and you’re wondering how to secure them effectively to prevent…
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December 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
🛡️ Do you need an antivirus in your App?
Sometimes the answer is yes, but not always.

Check out my last article: 👉 When and How to Integrate Antivirus in Web Applications? slimktari.com/when-and-how...

#Antivirus #FileProtection #Cybersecurity #DevSecOps #DataProtection #Security
When and How to Integrate Antivirus in Web Applications Effectively?
When designing an application that stores files (images, documents, or others), considering an antivirus solution might not always seem…
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December 15, 2024 at 10:15 PM
🚀 Weaviate Embeddings simplifies RAG!

✅ High-throughput infrastructure
✅ Arctic-Embed, with more models to come.

It now remains to be seen if others will follow with similar solutions. 🤔

🔗 Explore more: weaviate.io/blog/introdu...

#Weaviate #RAG #Embeddings #AI #RAG #CloudComputing #Snowflake
Introducing Weaviate Embeddings | Weaviate
Say goodbye to the headaches of creating and managing vector embeddings.
weaviate.io
December 6, 2024 at 5:50 AM
🚀 AWS expands S3 with Table Buckets: analytics-ready Iceberg tables, S3 durability, and API support.

Will S3-compatible providers like Ceph or MinIO adopt Table Buckets too? 🤔
aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ne...

#AWS #S3 #Iceberg #Analytics #BigData #CloudComputing #EMR #OpenIO #MinIO #Ceph
New Amazon S3 Tables: Storage optimized for analytics workloads | Amazon Web Services
Amazon S3 Tables optimize tabular data storage (like transactions and sensor readings) in Apache Iceberg, enabling high-performance, low-cost queries using Athena, EMR, and Spark.
aws.amazon.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:16 PM
🔐 Struggling with multi-tenant JWT authentication in .NET?

I’ve shared how to dynamically configure AddJwtBearer() for tenant-specific schemes without preloading or app restarts.

👉 Check it out: slimktari.com/dynamic-mult...

#dotnet #JWT #multitenancy #aspnetcore #authentication
Dynamic Multi-Tenant Authentication in .NET with JwtBearer
Implementing authentication in a multi-tenant application can be challenging. Ensuring strict data isolation or scaling authentication…
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December 2, 2024 at 6:06 AM
🚀 Azure OpenAI and GPT-4o: Progress or Challenges?

Facing issues with GPT-4o? Explore observed regressions, instability, and language mismatches, along with insights from Azure OpenAI integration.

🔗 slimktari.com/whats-happen...

#AI #AzureOpenAI #OpenAI #LLM #SemanticKernel
What’s Happening with GPT-4o? Is It Regressing?
In recent times, I’ve observed increasing problems with text generation using GPT-4o. Outputs often lack coherence, relevance, or…
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December 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM
New Token Management Feature in Azure API Management provide greater control, visibility, and traffic management capabilities to streamline your AI integrations.

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integra...

#Azure #APIM #GPT-4o #Genai #LLM #Token #API #Microsoft #AI
GPT-4o Support and New Token Management Feature in Azure API Management | Microsoft Community Hub
We’re happy to announce new features coming to Azure API Management enhancing your experience with GenAI APIs. Our latest release brings expanded support for...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:42 AM