AI hallucination is a feature not a bug An OpenAI whitepaper suggests hallucinations are a consequence of how we train and benchmark AI models.

Why do AI models hallucinate?
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AI data poisoning What do you do when you can no longer trust the authoritative information sources you rely on every day?

Skepticism has never been more in style.
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Better search results with character n-grams Get amazing search results using a vector database with semantic and character n-gram vectors.

How to build a search that finds content based on meaning and handles typos, missing letters, swapped letters, phonetic-ish variants, and common misspellings.
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Crash course on emulating the MOS 6510 CPU How to create a classic MOS 6510 CPU emulator for a virtual Commodore 64

Interested in CPU virtualization? Learn to build your own emulator starting with this classic CPU.
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The data center next door The rise of AI has come at a price as local communities deal with the impact of new data center construction.

A data center may be opening near you. What does that mean for your community?
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.NET 10 released Microsoft announced the release of .NET 10, the most productive, modern, secure, and high-performance version to date

If you need to update any of your existing .NET web apps (like Umbraco CMS), this long-term support .NET release is a great time to do it.
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Sfumato Sfumato is a utility-first CSS framework for building modern web user interfaces directly in your markup.

One of our best free and open source projects is Sfumato, a tool web developers can use to build modern web UIs without writing CSS. It's interoperable with Tailwind CSS but better.
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Why RAM prices are surging into 2026 The price of memory is soaring, effecting everything from computers to mobile phones, tablets, and edge devices.

If you're curious about the recent RAM price increases, we've summarized what's going on and what's to come.
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Is your network compromised? How do you know if devices on your home or business network have been hacked and are part of a DDoS attack?

Here are a couple great (free) security tools you can use to see if your network has open ports or has been used in DDoS attacks.
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The .NET DUID DUID is a fully-featured replacement for GUIDs. They are more compact, web-friendly, and provide more entropy than GUIDs.

We published a simple tool for creating and managing unique IDs across websites, APIs, and mobile apps.
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Amazon Web Services went down... what happened? Hundreds of online services were unavailable on October 20, 2025, impacting millions. What happened?

Couldn't access a website or app earlier this week?
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The angstrom era in chip fabrication has begun Intel's new fabrication process marks the end of nanometer marketing and the beginning of atomic-scale design.

Intel's 18A chip fab process is the first to signal angstroms over nanometers as a marketing differentiator.
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AI prompt examples that reveal insight, bias, or non-obvious reasoning Some AI prompt examples that allow you to research things that were too costly or impractical to surface before AI.

High-leverage prompts are the most fun to explore.
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From vision to validation: achieving 21 CFR part 11 compliance for our SaaS LMS Here's how we recently completed the process of validating our SaaS Learning Management System, Coursabi.

Validation can make a great SaaS product even better.
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Consider this... The AI snake eating its own tail As more people use AI to create content, and AI platforms are trained on that content, how will that impact the quality of digital information over time?

We're going to periodically focus on a provocative question you may not have considered. In this post we explore the impact of training AI on content created or otherwise influenced by AI.
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Datoids: a private data storage service for websites and apps We built the Datoids service for websites and apps that need enhanced privacy or self-hosted data.

The Datoids data service is great as part of a .NET or other web or app ecosystem.
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AI agents are more than hype AI is certainly in a hype cycle at the moment, but AI agents are so much more.

Curious about AI agents? This brief post covers the basics.
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Shopping in Umbraco has never been easier We built a custom Umbraco shopping experience for ZOIA Healthcare

FYI, we can also build bespoke shopping systems for other platforms :)
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Lithium battery recycling and disposal As lithium batteries age, or become damaged, it's important to responsibly dispose or recycle them.

Responsibly disposing damaged or spent batteries is easier (and more important) than you think!
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Lithium battery recycling and disposal As lithium batteries age, or become damaged, it's important to responsibly dispose or recycle them.

Responsibly disposing damaged or spent batteries is easier (and more important) than you think!
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Simulated intelligence The term AI is more of misleading brand name than an accurate description of technology.

When it comes to AI, we have a problem that only memes can solve.
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Unlock Savings with AWS Cost Optimization Hub The AWS Cost Optimization Hub is a game-changer for anyone looking to take control of their AWS spending.

We've been helping clients significantly reduce their AWS hosting costs and this is one way to get started.
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Coping with the transition to passkeys Microsoft is moving away from passwords in favor of passkeys. What does this mean for you?

Microsoft (and others) are getting rid of passwords. So what's next?
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Cover your tracks How does tracking technology follow your trail around the web, even if you’ve taken protective measures?

The creative ways companies track you across the Internet, even when you use browser privacy features and ad blockers.
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Updating your website is more important than you think Updating your website is about more than a fresh coat of paint. There are real implications to letting it sit unattended for extended lengths of time.

When you're super busy it's hard to update your website's content, and a Herculean task to perform maintenance and design updates. This is a reminder for how important the later two concerns are.
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Coursabi renewal: Alkermes We're excited to say that for the fourth year in a row Alkermes has renewed their Coursabi subscription!

One of our first customers has renewed their Coursabi subscription for a fourth straight year.
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Should your software project have more than one developer? Even software developers will need time off, get sick, or be preoccupied. When you need to make changes to your app or platform and your only developer is unavailable what will you do?

Peace of mind doesn't have to be expensive or slow down the team.
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Flavors of Blazor Microsoft Blazor is a great platform for building web and hybrid apps, with future scalability options built in. But which hosting model should you use?

We published a short post explaining how Blazor apps can be scaled to grow with your audience.
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When Microservices Make Sense Some companies are eager to jump on the microservice bandwagon when they don't need to.

Monolith or microservices?
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Fynydd Celebrates 15th Anniversary Fynydd was founded 15 years ago in June of 2010. Our industry has changed quite a bit, but all along we've been helping organizations thrive with web and native software development services.

We've come a long way...
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