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AWS App Runner Is Dead — Here's What You Should Use Instead (2026)
If you're running apps on AWS App Runner — or were thinking about using it — you need to read this. AWS has announced that App Runner will no longer accept new customers starting April 30, 2026. This isn't speculation. It's in the official AWS documentation. Existing customers can still use the service and create new resources, but AWS has confirmed they won't be introducing new features. The service is entering maintenance mode — which, in AWS language, is one step before eventual deprecation.
Building a Voice-Controlled AI Agent with Groq, Whisper, and Gradio
I recently built a voice-controlled AI agent that listens to your voice, understands what you want, and actually does it — creates files, writes code, summarizes text, or just chats. Here's how it works and what I learned. What it does You speak a command. The agent transcribes it, classifies your intent, and executes the right tool. All results are shown in a clean Gradio UI. Every file operation requires your confirmation before anything touches the file system. Architecture The pipeline has f
StuckLoopDetection: How We Stopped an Agent Burning $12 on 47 Identical Calls
TL;DR: Most agent loops aren't model failures — they're mechanical repetitions that the model itself doesn't recognize. pydantic-deep v0.3.8 introduces StuckLoopDetection, a capability that catches three loop patterns before they waste tokens. This is post 1/3 in the "Self-Aware Agents" series. Overview of all 5 releases here. Here's the incident that made this necessary. A coding agent was working on a refactor task overnight. It hit a file with an unusual import pattern, couldn't parse the res
Your Migration’s Source of Truth: The Modernization Assessment
Introducing GitHub Copilot Modernization and diving into the assessment report as part of cloud modernization process The post Your Migration’s Source of Truth: The Modernization Assessment appeared first on .NET Blog.
ASP.NET Core 2.3 end of support announcement
ASP.NET Core 2.3 will reach end of support on April 13, 2027. Learn what this means for your applications and how to upgrade to a modern supported version of .NET. The post ASP.NET Core 2.3 end of support announcement appeared first on .NET Blog.
Next.js Middleware Deep Dive: A/B Testing and Tenant Routing
What Middleware Is For Next.js middleware runs before a request reaches your route handler—at the edge, before any rendering. It's the right place for: Authentication checks Redirects based on user state Rate limiting A/B testing assignment Geolocation-based routing Request logging Basic Setup // middleware.ts (in root, next to app/) import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'; import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server'; export function middleware(request: NextRequest) { return NextResponse.n