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⚡️ jQuery: A Small Library That Changed Web Development

jQuery is a JavaScript library that made it easier to build websites by letting people use less code. Before tools like React, Angular, and Vue became popular, jQuery helped many developers make web pages work better with simple steps.

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⚡️ Azure DevOps Updates for ID Token Refresh and Terraform Task v5

Microsoft has made changes to improve using Workload identity federation with Azure DevOps and Terraform on Azure. Version 5 of the Microsoft DevLabs Terraform Task now supports ID Token refresh by default.

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⚡️ NBomber: When to Test the Entire System and When to Test Individual Services

Effective load testing of a microservices architecture requires a balance between a comprehensive approach and point analysis.

Full-fledged end-to-end tests allow you to identify integration problems and check the scalability of the entire system, but they are expensive and time-consuming. At the same time, isolated testing of individual microservices is cheaper, faster, and ideal for CI/CD.

Experts advise combining both approaches, depending on the goals and stage of development.

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⚡️ C# Song Recommendation Example in Functional Programming

This article is part of a series on functional programming design. It looks at a C# example that collects song recommendations for a user, based on a scenario from Oleksii Holub’s Pure-Impure Segregation Principle article.

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⚡️ Limitations of InvariantCulture in String Comparison

StringComparison.InvariantCulture and CultureInfo.InvariantCulture do not act the same way in all cases. While CultureInfo.InvariantCulture works for formatting and parsing data, it does not give the same results for every string comparison.

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⚡️ Modeling Embeddings in Azure SQL and SQL Server

Storing and searching text embeddings in Azure SQL and SQL Server can be done with the right database setup. Embeddings, also called vectors, are now a main data type for search, filtering, and recommendation features.

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⚡️ Impact of Streaming Data on Azure Cosmos DB Vector Search

This article looks at how adding and removing vectors in real time affects the quality of vector search in Azure Cosmos DB. It builds on past work about scaling and managing large vector datasets using DiskANN.

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⚡️ Data API Now Available for vCore-Based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB

The Data API for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB is now generally available. This lets users work with their MongoDB data using a RESTful HTTPS interface, without the need for extra drivers or complex query code.

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⚡️ Open Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol Supports Multi-Agent Apps

The Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol lets different agents share goals, manage their own state, carry out actions, and send back results in a safe and clear way. People can use known tools like Semantic Kernel or LangChain with A2A to work together.

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