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AWS has unveiled Volume Clones for Amazon EBS, enabling instant, point-in-time copies of storage volumes with a simple API call. This feature provides rapid access with single-digit millisecond latency, ideal for quick test setups and development. While it integrates seamlessly with the EBS CSI driver, understand its limitations, especially around encryption and management.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Podcast: From Technical Excellence to Leadership: Understanding Yourself First

In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Frankie Berkoben about executive coaching for engineering leaders, applying iterative development to personal growth, and supporting neurodivergent team members.

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Presentation: The Ideal Micro-frontends Platform

Luca Mezzalira explains micro-frontends as a strategy to scale frontend architecture and organization. Learn the four key architectural decisions (Identify, Compose, Route, Communicate) and the necessity of a Platform Team and Developer Experience.

By Luca Mezzalira

How to Enable Testing a Distributed System on a Single Environment Using Proxy Routing

Without a dedicated QA environment, teams faced tech and coordination issues when testing a distributed system. A slow, unmaintainable CLI led an organization to shift left with automated testing. They built a tool for versioned deployments using CI and proxy routing, enabling developers to run isolated tests on multiple versions to catch bugs earlier.

By Ben Linders

MCP Support in Visual Studio Reaches General Availability

Microsoft announced in August 2025 that support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is generally available in Visual Studio. MCP enables AI agents within Visual Studio to connect to external tools and services via a consistent protocol.

By Edin Kapić

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