Vibe coded a simple BBS. Less than 600 lines of code. Data stored in a JSON file. Could run on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2.

My favourite venue sent me a gift for Christmas. Took a while to get to the UK from Ibiza. Thankyou Pacha.

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Vibe coding from my mobile phone. It fetches road pothole conditions and renders as heatmap. Data extracted from government sources. Features: 🗺️ Full UK coverage 🚦 Official DfT traffic light ratings 🔍 Filter by region with auto-zoom 📊 Interactive markers Will open source. Stay tuned.

Nobody has time for multi-hour podcasts. A waste of time. Time is better spent earning and upskilling.

Looking Back on 2025 Topics: - Generative AI, Semantic Kernel - Microsoft Agent Framework - Free Course on Agentic AI - Pluralsight AI Courses - Podcasting - SaaS Mental Health Tool - .NET Developer Boilerplate Tool - What Happened With AI in 2025 Read: jamiemaguire.net/index.php/20...

Vibe coding makes it easier and quicker to ship products. Monetisation is a different beast altogether. Distribution is king.

[BLOGGED] How To: Using the Elasticsearch Vector Store Connector with Semantic Kernel Read here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/12/14/how-to-using-the-elasticsearch-vector-store-connector-with-semantic-kernel/

[BLOGGED] From 4 Hours to 20 Minutes: How I Transformed and Consumed a Lex Fridman Podcast using Audio Notes AI Batch Transcription Details:

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[BLOGGED] Hacking Around with GPT4o: Life Expectancy Visualiser Details:

[BLOGGED] Check my course “Aligning Generative AI with Business Cases” on top training platform @Pluralsight ! In this course, you’ll learn how to identify, develop, and evaluate suitable use cases for GenAI in your business. Read more:

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Breaking news. Nothing gets done if you pull your developers into every meeting.

My course “Aligning Generative AI with Business Cases” is LIVE on top training platform Pluralsight ! In this course, you’ll learn how to identify, develop, and evaluate suitable use cases for GenAI in your business. More details:

I got tired of building the same boilerplate so create a white label boilerplate toolkit. More details: shipsaasfast.com

[BLOGGED] Microsoft Agent Framework: Extending Agent Intelligence Using Function Tools Read: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/11/15/microsoft-agent-framework-extending-agent-intelligence-using-function-tools/

[NEW COURSE] My new course, Vector Databases & Embeddings for Developers is LIVE on Pluralsight. The course lasts 45 minutes and is split over 3 modules. Find it: https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/developers-vector-databases-embeddings/table-of-contents

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[BLOGGED] Microsoft Agent Framework: Using Agents as Function Tools In this post, we see how you build AI agents and advertise them as function tools to other agents . There are a few reasons why you might want to do this. Read:

But first. Coffee.

Many things in modern life are designed to keep you distracted, broke, and unhealthy. Reject. Reject. Reject.

Skip the Boilerplate, Build Your SaaS Complete ASP.NET Core platform with Stripe subscriptions, user management, and modern UI. Save 2-3 months of development time using a production-ready foundation. Focus on features. Not boilerplate. Read more: https://shipsaasfast.com

[DEMO] In this video we see how the Microsoft Agent Framework’s helps you manage conversations using threads. The following is covered: -creating a conversation with/without a thread -how to de/serialise a thread -agents and multiple threads Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlHP6V779g

[BLOGGED] Microsoft Agent Framework: Conversations and Threads In this post we see how the Microsoft Agent Framework’s helps you manage conversations with threads. Demos and code are included. Read: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/11/06/microsoft-agent-framework-conversations-and-threads/

[BLOGGED] Microsoft Agent Framework: First Look In this blog post we take an initial first look at the Microsoft agent framework in terms of the components that form this new open-source SDK. Read more:

[BLOGGED] Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: An Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI In this blog post, I pull together recent announcements, what it means for you, and weave in some of my own thoughts. Examples of the Agent Framework in action is also included. Read:

Why I Built a SaaS Boilerplate and Why You Should Use It I built a white-label SaaS boilerplate to save me from reinventing the wheel every time I had an itch to scratch with a SaaS idea. Read: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/09/26/why-i-built-a-saas-boilerplate-and-why-you-should-use-it/

[BLOGGED] Building an AI Home Security System Part 5. Details: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/08/09/building-an-ai-home-security-system-using-net-python-clip-semantic-kernel-telegram-and-raspberry-pi-4-part-5-refinements-and-recap/

Nothing will convince me that software development must happen in an office.

[BLOGGED] Building an AI Home Security System Using .NET, Python, CLIP, Semantic Kernel, Telegram, and Raspberry Pi 4 – Part 4: Extending the Telegram Bot for Remote Control Image Classification In part 4, we extend the Telegram bot. Read here.

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[BLOGGED] Building an AI Home Security System - Part 3: Creating a Local AI Custom Vision API for Training and Matching Images In this blog, we create a .NET API that leverages the CLIP API from the previous blog in the series. Code and demo https://rpst.page.link/ErSq

It's a great time to be a developer.

[BLOGGED] Building an AI Home Security System Using .NET, Python, CLIP, Semantic Kernel, Telegram, and Raspberry Pi 4 – Part 2 CLIP. Details: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/05/11/building-an-ai-home-security-system-using-net-python-clip-semantic-kernel-telegram-and-raspberry-pi-4-part-2/

When the wall in the restroom triggers you. Developers will understand this.

Good morning.

Got an idea? Set a deadline. Build it. Ship it. Market it. See how it goes!

[NEW COURSE] ChatGPT Pro: OpenAI o3-mini My course is live on Pluralsight. Details: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/04/26/my-new-course-chatgpt-pro-openai-o3-mini-is-live-on-pluralsight/

[BLOGGED] Building an AI Home Security System Using .NET, Python Semantic Kernel, Telegram, and Raspberry Pi 4 – Part 1 Read: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/04/19/building-an-ai-home-security-system-using-net-python-semantic-kernel-telegram-and-raspberry-pi-4-part-1/

[PODCAST] I was recently invited on a podcast with Grey Matter to share my experience, and thoughts from a development perspective. We discussed many topics. Naturally AI was mentioned. Listen: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/03/22/podcast-with-grey-matter/

[BLOGGED] Building a Cell Phone Accessible Home Security System Using Raspberry Pi Zero 2 and Zero Cam Read more: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/02/15/building-a-cell-phone-accessible-home-security-system-using-raspberry-pi-zero-2-and-zero-cam/

[BLOGGED] Evaluating Your Generative AI Solution Responses using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Evaluation Read more: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2025/03/08/evaluating-your-generative-ai-solution-responses-using-microsoft-extensions-ai-evaluation/

[BLOGGED] Elastic Search Cheat Sheet Ive been working with Elastic Search recently. A short reference when performing common tasks and creating code to integrate with Elastic Search using the Nest SDK. Read more: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2023/12/16/elastic-search-cheat-sheet/

[BLOGGED] Reading Appsettings.json from Class Library projects in .NET Short blog on accessing values in appsettings.json directly in class library projects. Info here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2023/12/23/reading-appsettings-json-from-class-library-projects-in-net/

[SOURCE-CODE] Bulk Alt-Text Generator I hacked together a bulk alt-text generator web app. A time saver if you need to bulk create alt-text for many images. It uses ASP.NET and Azure AI services. Code here: https://github.com/jamiemaguiredotnet/AltTextGenerator/tree/master

[BLOGGED] How I Used Azure AI To Consume a 2 Hour Lex Friedman Podcast in 10 Minutes Read more here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2024/04/06/how-i-used-ai-to-consume-a-2-hour-lex-friedman-podcast-in-10-minutes/

[BLOGGED] How To: Implementing Web API Logging to JSON Files Using .NET, Serilog, and VS 2022. Read here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2023/09/23/how-to-implementing-web-api-logging-to-json-files-using-net-6-serilog-extensions-logging-file-and-visual-studio-2022/

[BLOGGED] Using Configuration Builder to Read App Settings Stored with VS 2022 and .NET Read here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2023/09/16/using-configuration-builder-to-read-application-settings-stored-in-appsettings-json-with-visual-studio-2022-and-net-7-0/

[BLOGGED] 24 Lessons I Learned Bootstrapping SaaS. Read here: https://jamiemaguire.net/index.php/2023/10/14/24-lessons-i-learned-bootstrapping-saas-with-twitter-x-linkedin-facebook-and-instagram-for-business-api-integrations