Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 48, 2025

Week 48 AI roundup: Open-source pg-aiguide teaches LLMs production PostgreSQL, Claude Opus 4.5 drops to $5/25 per million tokens, deep agent architectures explained.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 30, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 47, 2025

Explore GitHub Copilot agents, AI memory systems, Apache Iceberg for lakehouse analytics, Google Gemini 3.0 Pro insights, plus .NET Conf Cape Town highlights and event updates.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 23, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 46, 2025

Explore 10 game-changing AI research papers from Transformers to Model Context Protocol, discover how async programming delivers 11x Azure OpenAI performance gains, and learn why small language models are revolutionizing agentic AI with 30x cost savings. Plus: .NET Conf 2025 South Africa updates.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 16, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 45, 2025

Discover how AI agents are reshaping software development: Claude Code's advanced features, 98% token reduction with MCP, and critical vulnerabilities in agentic markets revealed by Microsoft Research. Plus: Durban's historic first .NET Conf and upcoming AI events.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 9, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 37, 2025

Discover Week 37's top AI developments: 3-day technology mastery with AI tools, transformer architecture deep-dive, MCP servers enabling AI-assisted coding, Claude's new code interpreter, and Data & AI Community Day Durban registration opens October 11.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, September 14, 2025

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 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 23, 2025

This week's tech discoveries reveal how AI is becoming our most powerful collaborative partner, transforming everything from data visualization and coding workflows to API interactions through revolutionary tools like GitHub Copilot's autonomous agents, Microsoft's Data Formulator 2, and the emerging Model Context Protocol. The common thread? AI isn't replacing human creativity; it's amplifying it by handling repetitive tasks while freeing engineers for innovation, strategy, and uniquely human problem-solving. Welcome to an era where the most successful engineers will be those who master the art of human-AI collaboration.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, June 8, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 15, 2025

This week’s blog explores key developments in the world of AI agents and developer tooling—from NVIDIA’s AgentIQ and Google’s Agent2Agent protocol to Microsoft’s new C# SDK for MCP. It also dives into the evolving role of LLMs, what MCP abstracts under the hood, and the rise of vibe coding with GitHub Copilot. A glimpse of AI in 2027 rounds it all out.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 13, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 14, 2025

I explore this week everything from creative game development powered by vibe coding, to deep dives into AI agents and the new Model Context Protocol (MCP). I look at the tools and ideas shaping the next wave of intelligent, collaborative systems. Oh, and speaking of agents – the Call for Speakers is now open for our next event: Data & AI Community Day Durban: Season of AI – The Age of Agency. If you're into AI Agents, Generative AI, or just want to vibe with the community, this one's for you.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 6, 2025

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