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Building Conversational AI: Memory Patterns, Context Management, and Conversation Design
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Building Conversational AI: Memory Patterns, Context Management, and Conversation Design
Chatbots are easy to build. Conversational AI that actually works is hard. The difference? State...
Reliable AI Outputs: Function Calling, JSON Mode, and Structured Generation in C#
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Reliable AI Outputs: Function Calling, JSON Mode, and Structured Generation in C#
LLMs are impressive text generators, but production applications need more than prose. You need...
BitNet: Microsoft's 1-Bit LLMs That Run on Your CPU
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
BitNet: Microsoft's 1-Bit LLMs That Run on Your CPU
What if you could run a 2-billion parameter language model on a CPU with just 0.4GB of memory and...
Multi-Agent Systems: Orchestrating Azure AI Agents with Semantic Kernel
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Multi-Agent Systems: Orchestrating Azure AI Agents with Semantic Kernel
Multi-Agent Systems: Orchestrating Azure AI Agents with Semantic Kernel A single agent can...
Power Your Azure AI Agents: Function Calling, Code Interpreter, and File Search
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Power Your Azure AI Agents: Function Calling, Code Interpreter, and File Search
Power Your Azure AI Agents: Function Calling, Code Interpreter, and File Search In Part 1,...
Migrating from Semantic Kernel to Microsoft Agent Framework: A C# Developer's Guide
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Migrating from Semantic Kernel to Microsoft Agent Framework: A C# Developer's Guide
Migrating from Semantic Kernel to Microsoft Agent Framework: A C# Developer's Guide The...
AI Agents in Semantic Kernel: ChatCompletionAgent, AgentGroupChat, and Orchestration
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
AI Agents in Semantic Kernel: ChatCompletionAgent, AgentGroupChat, and Orchestration
Agents represent the evolution from AI assistants that respond to AI systems that reason and act. An...
Production RAG with Semantic Kernel: Patterns, Chunking, and Retrieval Strategies
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Production RAG with Semantic Kernel: Patterns, Chunking, and Retrieval Strategies
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is the pattern that makes LLMs genuinely useful for enterprise...
Semantic Kernel Memory: Vector Stores, Embeddings, and Semantic Search
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Semantic Kernel Memory: Vector Stores, Embeddings, and Semantic Search
LLMs have a fundamental limitation: they're stateless. Every request starts fresh with no memory of...
Semantic Kernel Plugins Deep Dive: From Native Functions to MCP Integration
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Semantic Kernel Plugins Deep Dive: From Native Functions to MCP Integration
In Part 1, we explored Semantic Kernel's core architecture. Now it's time to dive deep into what...
Semantic Kernel from First Principles: Understanding the Architecture
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Semantic Kernel from First Principles: Understanding the Architecture
If you've built applications with the OpenAI or Azure OpenAI APIs directly, you've probably noticed...
Deploying Agent Framework to Production: Azure AI Foundry, Observability, and Scaling
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Deploying Agent Framework to Production: Azure AI Foundry, Observability, and Scaling
You've built agents. You've orchestrated workflows. You've integrated MCP tools. Now comes the part...
Model Context Protocol in .NET: Building and Consuming Universal AI Tools
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Model Context Protocol in .NET: Building and Consuming Universal AI Tools
Introduction In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we explored Microsoft Agent Framework's...
Agent Framework Workflows: Beyond Chat — Orchestrating Complex AI Tasks
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Agent Framework Workflows: Beyond Chat — Orchestrating Complex AI Tasks
Introduction In Part 1 of this series, we explored how Microsoft Agent Framework unifies...
Azure AI Agent Service Part 4: Production Patterns—State Management, Sessions, and Observability
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Azure AI Agent Service Part 4: Production Patterns—State Management, Sessions, and Observability
Production Patterns: State Management, Sessions, and Observability Part 4 of 5 in the...
Azure AI Agent Service Part 5: Deploying Multi-Agent Systems to Azure AI Foundry
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Azure AI Agent Service Part 5: Deploying Multi-Agent Systems to Azure AI Foundry
Deploying Multi-Agent Systems to Azure AI Foundry Part 5 of 5: From Development...
Azure AI Agent Service Part 3: Multi-Agent Orchestration with Semantic Kernel for .NET
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Azure AI Agent Service Part 3: Multi-Agent Orchestration with Semantic Kernel for .NET
Multi-Agent Orchestration with Semantic Kernel Part 3 of 5: Building Intelligent AI...
Generative AI in C#: Building Provider-Agnostic LLM Applications with Microsoft.Extensions.AI
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Generative AI in C#: Building Provider-Agnostic LLM Applications with Microsoft.Extensions.AI
Building LLM-powered applications in C# has never been more accessible—or more fragmented. With Azure...
Azure AI Agent Service: Your First Production-Ready AI Agent in C#
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Azure AI Agent Service: Your First Production-Ready AI Agent in C#
Azure AI Agent Service: Your First Production-Ready AI Agent in C# Building AI agents from...
Microsoft Agent Framework: The Future of .NET AI Agents Has Arrived
Dev.to · Brian Spann 1mo ago
Microsoft Agent Framework: The Future of .NET AI Agents Has Arrived
Introduction If you've been building AI applications in .NET, 2025 was a whirlwind year....