Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 34, 2025

Discover this week's AI breakthroughs: Why MCP needs code over tools, how context engineering is replacing RAG, Monte Carlo methods for RL, and self-describing databases for LLMs. Plus: Data & AI Community Day Durban CfS now open!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 24, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 33, 2025

Week 33 2025 Tech Roundup: AI agents evolve with 9 agentic workflow patterns, GPT-5 transforms GitHub Copilot development, R-Zero enables self-teaching AI systems, and hybrid search beats vector-only approaches. Essential reading for developers navigating the shift from AI-assisted to conversational development workflows.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 17, 2025

Building an Event Management System with Claude Code: Part 2 - IDE Integration and Advanced Features

Learn VS Code integration with Claude Code for AI-assisted development. Includes WSL setup, CLAUDE.md configuration, and building your first API endpoints.

Posted by nielsb on Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 32, 2025

Weekly AI & Tech Roundup: OpenAI's open-weight GPT models, Microsoft's enterprise MCP registries, Google's LangExtract library, and the shift from flashy AI demos to production-ready tools. Plus Context Engineering with DSPy and GPT-5 review.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 10, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 31, 2025

Discover the latest AI breakthroughs transforming development and learning: OpenAI's Study Mode, LLM writing benchmarks, NotebookLM's video features, GitHub Copilot onboarding, and Claude's agent architecture. Plus insights from building with Claude Code.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 3, 2025

Building an Event Management System with Claude Code: Claude Code Installation and Initialisation

Step-by-step Claude Code installation guide for Windows developers. From WSL setup to creating your first AI-assisted Node.js application in minutes.

Posted by nielsb on Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 30, 2025

Week 30 tech roundup: GitHub Copilot's AI debugging breakthrough, ChatGPT Agent reality check, GitHub Spark's no-code revolution & reimagining Kafka. Call for help finding a venue for our next Data & AI Community Day Durban event.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 27, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 29, 2025

This week brought developments that signal we're crossing major thresholds in AI and data architecture, from MIRIX's revolutionary memory system to OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent marking the shift from conversational AI to actionable digital colleagues. The common thread is clear: we're moving from AI as a tool to AI as a collaborator, where the future belongs to those who can design intelligent systems and master orchestration over implementation.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 20, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 28, 2025

Week 28 brings a fascinating shift in how we think about AI intelligence and engineering. From context engineering emerging as the new alternative to endless model scaling, to Microsoft's MSSQL MCP Server democratizing database interactions through natural language, we're witnessing AI mature from experimental curiosity into disciplined engineering practice. These developments collectively point to AI transitioning from impressive demos to essential infrastructure that genuinely augments human capability.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 13, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 27, 2025

Week 27, 2025 discoveries: a fundamental transformation in AI systems; we're witnessing the emergence of truly autonomous agents that think, plan, and execute independently rather than simply responding to human prompts. From Claude Code's 'terminal intelligence' and SPIRAL's breakthrough in game-based reasoning development to Flink Agents' production-ready enterprise infrastructure, these developments converge on a profound insight: intelligence emerges more naturally from environmental challenges that force systematic thinking rather than sophisticated human oversight. We're moving toward AI ecosystems that continuously push their own boundaries through self-generated curricula, marking the dawn of genuinely autonomous AI systems.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 6, 2025

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Technology musings about coding and data. Some topics: .NET, SQL Server, AI/ML, Big Data, Streaming, Kafka, Azure Data Explorer, and a lot more.