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Builder of Software • Practitioner of AI, Azure, Cybersecurity • Founder of https://bostonazureai.org • Author of http://bit.ly/billbookhttps://x.com/codingoutloudhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/billwilder • ☁⛰🥾
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Boston Code Camp is pleased to welcome Bill Wilder who will present "AI Chatbot → Agent with Model Context Protocol" at their November 22nd event. Registration is free and open - buff.ly/zpsvf4s @codingoutloud.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).

It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Join our virtual event Thu Oct 30 at 6:00 PM (Boston time) where Vaibhav Gujral bit.ly/vaibhavgujral returns as speaker for @bostonazureai.org to teach us about the ever-so-useful Azure Container App service.

Sign up and see full details here: bit.ly/4oFkwow

#Azure #Containers
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Vaibhav Gujral is a seasoned cloud and AI leader with close to 20 years of IT experience,… · Experience: Charles Schwab · Education: Maharshi Dayanand University · Location: Omaha · 500+ connections o...
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October 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🎟️ Free. 🏢 In-person. 👥 Dev-focused AI content. 🤖

Join me at AgentCon Boston for a day of developer-focused content on AI Agents. Sat Sep 27 from 9-5 @ Microsoft NERD, Cambridge. bit.ly/4nwIn9b

#AI #AIAgents #AgentCon @GlobAICommunity
AgentCon Boston | Global AI Boston
Join us for the AI Agents World Tour, a global series of one-day conferences designed exclusively for developers building the future with AI agents. From San Francisco to Singapore, we’re bringing to...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Talk: Human Language is the New UI. How this is possible?

I had the opportunity (15-Aug-2025) to talk to Azure Tech Group Bangladesh about how human language has become the new UI as part of their ML Summer School BD program. The talk was recorded and posted to YouTube. The tool used in demos to…
Talk: Human Language is the New UI. How this is possible?
I had the opportunity (15-Aug-2025) to talk to Azure Tech Group Bangladesh about how human language has become the new UI as part of their ML Summer School BD program. The talk was recorded and posted to YouTube. The tool used in demos to illustrate an embedding model in action can be found at: funwithvectors.com. And the deck is here: MLSummerSchool-HumanLanguageIsTheNewUI-HowThisIsPossible-05-Aug-2025-pubDownload Connect with Bill and Boston Azure AI
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August 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode for the Win: I added a new Tool to MCP Server with Single Prompt

Along with fellow panelists Jason Haley, Veronika Kolesnikova (the three of us run Boston Azure AI), and Udai Ramachandrans (he runs Nashua Cloud .NET & DevBoston), I was part of a Boston Azure AI event to…
GitHub Copilot Agent Mode for the Win: I added a new Tool to MCP Server with Single Prompt
Along with fellow panelists Jason Haley, Veronika Kolesnikova (the three of us run Boston Azure AI), and Udai Ramachandrans (he runs Nashua Cloud .NET & DevBoston), I was part of a Boston Azure AI event to discuss highlights from Microsoft's 2025 Build conference. I knew a couple of the things I wanted to show off were GitHub Copilot Agent mode…
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May 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Talk: Empowering AI Agents with Tools using MCP

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to two simultaneous audiences: Nashua Cloud .NET & DevBoston community tech groups. The talk was on Model Context Protocol (MCP) which, in a nutshell, is the rising star for answering the following question:…
Talk: Empowering AI Agents with Tools using MCP
Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to two simultaneous audiences: Nashua Cloud .NET & DevBoston community tech groups. The talk was on Model Context Protocol (MCP) which, in a nutshell, is the rising star for answering the following question: What's the best way to allow my LLM to call my code in a standard way? There is a lot in that statement, so let me elaborate. First, what do you mean by "the best way to allow my LLM to call my code" -- why is the LLM calling my code at all? Don't we invoke the LLM via its API, not the other way around? Good question, but LLMs can actually invoke your code. Because this is how LLMs are empowered to do more as AI Agents. Think about an AI Agent as an LLM + a Goal (prompts) + Tools (code, such as provided by MCP servers). The LLM uses the totality of the prompt (system prompt + user prompt + RAG data + any other context channeled in via prompt) to understand the goal you've given it then it figures out which tools to call to get that done.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Tdoday I delivered a revamped version of my talk on Human Language as the new UI and how that is possible. The event was AI Community Conference - AICO Boston - which was really excellent.

All resources (three demos, slides) are shared.

@AICOEvents #AICOEvents
Talk: Human Language is the new UI. How does this work? at the AI Community Conference – AICO Boston event! #aicoevents
The organizers of the AI Community Conference - AICO Boston event did an incredible job. The conference was first-rate and I really enjoyed engaging with attendees and speakers, and learning from everyone. I delivered a new iteration of my talk on how it is possible to have Human Language as the new UI, thanks to LLMs and Embedding models. There was an engaged and inquisitive group!
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May 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Talk: Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible? at Memphis Global AI Community Bootcamp event!

Earlier today I spoke at the Memphis edition of the Global AI Bootcamp 2025 hosted by the Memphis Technology User Groups. My talk was "Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible?" and…
Talk: Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible? at Memphis Global AI Community Bootcamp event!
Earlier today I spoke at the Memphis edition of the Global AI Bootcamp 2025 hosted by the Memphis Technology User Groups. My talk was "Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible?" and resources and a few notes follow. It was similar to, but not identical to, the recent talk I gave. And next time it will be different again.
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April 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Talk: Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible? at Global AI Bootcamp 2025 – Cleveland edition

Earlier today I spoke at the Cleveland OH edition of the Global AI Bootcamp 2025 hosted by Sam Nasr of the Cleveland Azure group. My talk was "Human Language is the new UI. How is this…
Talk: Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible? at Global AI Bootcamp 2025 – Cleveland edition
Earlier today I spoke at the Cleveland OH edition of the Global AI Bootcamp 2025 hosted by Sam Nasr of the Cleveland Azure group. My talk was "Human Language is the new UI. How is this possible?" and resources and a few notes follow. This is from the app I used to show vectors in action: Connect with Bill or other related resources:
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April 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Talk: Boston Code Camp 38 – Let’s Build a Goal-Oriented AI Agent Using Semantic Kernel

29-Mar-2025 Today I attended and contributed a talk to the Boston Code Camp 38 (yes, impressively, the 38th edition of this event). I made the trip with Maura (she gave a talk combining Cryptocurrency And…
Talk: Boston Code Camp 38 – Let’s Build a Goal-Oriented AI Agent Using Semantic Kernel
29-Mar-2025 Today I attended and contributed a talk to the Boston Code Camp 38 (yes, impressively, the 38th edition of this event). I made the trip with Maura (she gave a talk combining Cryptocurrency And Agentic AI) and Kevin (he gave a talk on Top 10 AI Security Risks). and we got to hang out with and chat with so many cool people from the Boston technology community.
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March 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I've been getting a lot of work done this morning! In unrelated news, appears x/twitter is down.
March 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Back-formation | noun | a word formed by subtraction of a real or supposed affix from an already existing longer word

-‘burgle’ from ‘burglar’
- ‘televise’ from ‘television’
- ‘donate’ from ‘donation’
- ‘gruntle’ from ‘disgruntle’
- ‘flappable’ from ‘unflappable’
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Great episode. Convinced me to give React a serious look (starting with React 19) in a greenfield app I'm ramping up.
I'm back on .NET Rocks, talking about React 19, React Server Components, and the shift to a server-first model—plus how React Router v7 helps existing apps bridge the gap. Check it out 🤩

Thanks for having me @carlfranklin.bsky.social @richcampbell.bsky.social, !

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March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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💬 Register now for the 38th Boston Code Camp, the free developer's conference on March 29! We have an amazing array of speakers and topics, with lots of the latest AI knowledge, all for free. check it out!
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March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
AI showing off its math skills
March 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Looking forward to it! Anyone in the greater Boston area should consider coming by to this 38th (!) edition of the Boston Code CAmp (sic, as I like that the capital "A" looks like a tent). Free. Sat Mar 29. #boscc
Boston Code Camp is thrilled that Bill Wilder, Microsoft MVP of DevPartners will be present "Let's Build a Goal-Oriented AI Agent Using Semantic Kernel" at this March 29th event! Register now at bit.ly/bcc38 @codingoutloud.com
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March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Are your favorite scalability patterns listed?
In March I'm exploring all of my Distributed Systems notes! Today we're chatting about scalability, including common scalability patterns such as:

- Statelessness
- Partitioning
- Replication
- Load balancing
- Caching

What other patterns for creating scalable applications belong here?
Understanding Scalability in Distributed Systems
This edition of The Balanced Engineer Newsletter dives into scalability in distributed systems, covering challenges for reaching scalability and common approaches!
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March 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Microsoft Edge just informed me that because it "contains malware" the extension "SearchGPT - ChatGPT for Chrome" is now blocked.
February 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Microsoft Disability Scholarship are now open for applications. Deadline is March 13, 2025. Get the details:

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#Accessibility #Microsoft
Microsoft Disability Scholarship | Global Diversity and Inclusion at Microsoft
The Microsoft Disability Scholarship will be awarded to promising high school seniors with disabilities who plan to attend a vocational or academic college and target a career in the technology indust...
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February 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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30M users 1B posts
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bluesky milestone
achieved this week
February 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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SPEAKERS WANTED: Boston Code Camp is looking for new and experienced speakers to share knowledge on all developer topics at their March 29th event. Please submit your talks at https://buff.ly/3E0ZwX3. Submissions are open till Feb 21 at 6:01pm ET. #SharingIsCaring #Boston #Code
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January 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Save the date: March 29 is Boston Code Camp, the legendary FREE developers conference in Burlington, MA! Come learn from the experts! https://buff.ly/4g6sHFv Call for speakers is open now #Code #SoftwareDevelopment #SharingIsCaring #Boston
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January 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just learned of github.com/microsoft/cl... which is a tool for presenters to hide ("cloak") sensitive details shown in the Azure portal (and Entra, others). Selectively cloak secrets, GUIDs, URLs, account email address at top-right and a few other types.

Can also use to improve your own memory. :-)
GitHub - microsoft/cloudcloak: A hackathon idea to hide sensitive information in the Azure Portal
A hackathon idea to hide sensitive information in the Azure Portal - microsoft/cloudcloak
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January 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM