El Bruno
@elbruno.com
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Rocking AI and. NET @Microsoft
https://aka.ms/elbruno
🧠 Create an AI Chat App in Seconds with RAG + Image Generation (using .NET & MCP) Hi! If you're a .NET developer and you want to quickly build an AI-powered chat application with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Image Generation capabilities — this guide is for you! In less than 10…
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🧠 Create an AI Chat App in Seconds with RAG + Image Generation (using .NET & MCP)
Hi! If you're a .NET developer and you want to quickly build an AI-powered chat application with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Image Generation capabilities — this guide is for you! In less than 10 minutes, and using free services, you’ll be up and running using: 🚀 .NET AI Templates🧠 Model Catalog Protocol (MCP) via Hugging Face💬 GenAINet Sample App…
http://elbruno.com/2025/09/08/%f0%9f%a7%a0-create-an-ai-chat-app-in-seconds-with-rag-image-generation-using-net-mcp/
15 days ago
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🎧 Lo mejor de esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE Si pensabas que ya habíamos visto todo en el mundo de la IA… agarrate, porque esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE nos fuimos desde lo más técnico hasta lo más surreal. 🔹 Episodio 418 – Cómo funciona un generador de imágenes Nos metimos de lleno en la magia…
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🎧 Lo mejor de esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE
Si pensabas que ya habíamos visto todo en el mundo de la IA… agarrate, porque esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE nos fuimos desde lo más técnico hasta lo más surreal. 🔹 Episodio 418 – Cómo funciona un generador de imágenes Nos metimos de lleno en la magia detrás de modelos como Stable Diffusion: cómo convierten palabras en imágenes, quién inventó estas ideas y por qué hoy cualquiera puede jugar a ser artista digital.
http://elbruno.com/2025/09/07/%f0%9f%8e%a7-lo-mejor-de-esta-semana-en-no-tiene-nombre/
16 days ago
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🚀 Lo que pasó esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE 🎙️ El mundo de la IA y la tecnología no da respiro, y nosotros tampoco 😎. Esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE trajimos tres episodios que mezclan innovación, política, negocios y un poquito de drama, porque no todo son chips y servidores fríos. 🎧 Episodios…
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🚀 Lo que pasó esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE 🎙️
El mundo de la IA y la tecnología no da respiro, y nosotros tampoco 😎. Esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE trajimos tres episodios que mezclan innovación, política, negocios y un poquito de drama, porque no todo son chips y servidores fríos. 🎧 Episodios de la semana Microsoft local y NVIDIA negociando¿Qué pasa cuando dos gigantes del sector empiezan a mover fichas en el tablero global?
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/31/%f0%9f%9a%80-lo-que-paso-esta-semana-en-no-tiene-nombre-%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f/
23 days ago
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Does .ConfigureAwait Still Matter in .NET? 🤔 Hi! So, I was reading some .NET stuff on the internet, and somehow I went back to my .NET WinForms days — when processes would get blocked all together, and we needed to find a way to isolate them so we didn’t block the main thread. Those days I learned…
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Does .ConfigureAwait Still Matter in .NET? 🤔
Hi! So, I was reading some .NET stuff on the internet, and somehow I went back to my .NET WinForms days — when processes would get blocked all together, and we needed to find a way to isolate them so we didn’t block the main thread. Those days I learned about .ConfigureAwait(), and it’s kind of cool (and funny) to see that even in…
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/29/does-configureawait-still-matter-in-net-%f0%9f%a4%94/
25 days ago
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🎙️ Lo mejor de esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE Buenas! ¿Alguna vez sentiste que el mundo tech se mueve tan rápido que ni el café te alcanza para seguirle el ritmo? ☕💨Pues aquí estamos para salvarte: en NO TIENE NOMBRE te traemos la crema y nata de la Inteligencia Artificial y la tecnología…
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🎙️ Lo mejor de esta semana en NO TIENE NOMBRE
Buenas! ¿Alguna vez sentiste que el mundo tech se mueve tan rápido que ni el café te alcanza para seguirle el ritmo? ☕💨Pues aquí estamos para salvarte: en NO TIENE NOMBRE te traemos la crema y nata de la Inteligencia Artificial y la tecnología emergente… pero con risas, ironía y cero aburrimiento. 🎧 Episodios de esta semana Perplexity vs Google…
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/16/%f0%9f%8e%99%ef%b8%8f-lo-mejor-de-esta-semana-en-no-tiene-nombre/
about 1 month ago
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GPT-5 is already here, so I can say it now… This thing is a BEAST for coding with GitHub Copilot + C# 💜 Top 2 for sure!😎( IMHO )
#dotnet
#GitHubCopilot
#GPT5
about 1 month ago
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🐋 F5 / Debug .NET Apps in Containers with Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio Hi! I always forget how to do this, so I'll write about it for future Bruno. If you’ve ever fought with launch.json, tasks.json, volume mounts, vsdbg installs, and random port mappings… this one’s for you. Here’s my…
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🐋 F5 / Debug .NET Apps in Containers with Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio
Hi! I always forget how to do this, so I'll write about it for future Bruno. If you’ve ever fought with launch.json, tasks.json, volume mounts, vsdbg installs, and random port mappings… this one’s for you. Here’s my quick ‘n dirty step-by-step to make it work. 1) Install the bits Docker Desktop VS Code extensions: Docker and C# / C# Dev Kit…
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/13/%f0%9f%90%8b-f5-debug-net-apps-in-containers-with-visual-studio-code-and-visual-studio/
about 1 month ago
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Upgrading eShopLite to Aspire 9.4 and GPT-5 with Azure AI Foundry 🚀 Just upgraded eShopLite to Aspire 9.4 and the latest GPT-5 models! ✅ Simple model swap: gpt-4.1-mini → gpt-5-mini ✅ New Azure AI Foundry integration = cleaner code & easier deployments ✅ Smarter, faster, and fully Azure-ready
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Upgrading eShopLite to Aspire 9.4 and GPT-5 with Azure AI Foundry
🚀 Just upgraded eShopLite to Aspire 9.4 and the latest GPT-5 models! ✅ Simple model swap: gpt-4.1-mini → gpt-5-mini ✅ New Azure AI Foundry integration = cleaner code & easier deployments ✅ Smarter, faster, and fully Azure-ready
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/12/upgrading-eshoplite-to-aspire-9-4-and-gpt-5-with-azure-ai-foundry/
about 1 month ago
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#GPT5
Modes are available in
#GitHub
Models. So cool! 😀😀😀
about 2 months ago
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#LinkinPark
live was 🤘🤘🤘
about 2 months ago
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Time to test the limits of GPT-5! 🚀 Building a next-gen eShopLite search with NLWeb, .NET 9, and Aspire 9.4 orchestration. Can Copilot handle this one? 🤔
#dotnet
#GPT5
#NLWeb
#Aspire
#AI
#eShopLite
about 2 months ago
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🔥 Want to try the new OpenAI gpt-oss model in C#? 🚀 Here’s a ready-to-use Ollama sample: -
aka.ms/genainet
-
openai.com/index/introd...
Runs gpt-oss:20b locally + Microsoft.Extensions.AI
#dotnet
#CSharp
#AI
#OpenAI
#Ollama
#gptoss
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GitHub - microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet: Five lessons, learn how to really apply AI to your .NET Applications
Five lessons, learn how to really apply AI to your .NET Applications - microsoft/Generative-AI-for-beginners-dotnet
https://aka.ms/genainet
about 2 months ago
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GPU vs CPU – Local Image Generation in C# with TransformersSharp ⚠️ This blog post was created with the help of AI tools. Yes, I used a bit of magic from language models to organize my thoughts and automate the boring parts, but the geeky fun and the 🤖 in C# are 100% mine. Hi! Quick 5 min video…
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GPU vs CPU – Local Image Generation in C# with TransformersSharp
⚠️ This blog post was created with the help of AI tools. Yes, I used a bit of magic from language models to organize my thoughts and automate the boring parts, but the geeky fun and the 🤖 in C# are 100% mine. Hi! Quick 5 min video recap here, so you can avoid the code and blog post 😅
http://elbruno.com/2025/08/04/gpu-vs-cpu-local-image-generation-in-c-with-transformerssharp/
about 2 months ago
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Morning views 💯
about 2 months ago
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🖼️ Text-to-Image locally in C# with TransformerSharp ⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post was created with the help of AI tools — because we like to code and let our machine friends do some heavy lifting. Hi! In this post, we’ll explore how to use TransformerSharp to bring Hugging Face models directly…
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🖼️ Text-to-Image locally in C# with TransformerSharp
⚠️ Disclaimer: This blog post was created with the help of AI tools — because we like to code and let our machine friends do some heavy lifting. Hi! In this post, we’ll explore how to use TransformerSharp to bring Hugging Face models directly into a C# console application — no Python required. We’ll generate text with a QWen model…
http://elbruno.com/2025/07/28/%f0%9f%96%bc%ef%b8%8f-text-to-image-locally-in-c-with-transformersharp/
about 2 months ago
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It’s always a great day when the whole thing works in just 5 lines of code 😎 Adding a local TextToImagePipeline in
#TransformersSharp
is surprisingly easy and fun! Prompt: “A pixelated image of a beaver in Canada” 👇
#dotnet
#CSharp
#AI
#HuggingFace
#ML
2 months ago
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Built an AI image generator using: C#, Hugging Face MCP, and the new C# MCP SDK Result? A cool ConsoleApp that can generate pixelated squirrel images 🐿️ Blog post & video 👉
elbruno.com/2025/07/21/%...
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🤖 Using C# to Call Hugging Face MCP Server and Generate AI Images!
NOTE: This blog post was created with the help of AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, and it’s part of my journey to explore how AI can boost our productivity in sharing technical content. 📺 …
https://elbruno.com/2025/07/21/%f0%9f%a4%96-using-c-to-call-hugging-face-mcp-server-and-generate-ai-images/
2 months ago
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🤖 Using C# to Call Hugging Face MCP Server and Generate AI Images! NOTE: This blog post was created with the help of AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, and it’s part of my journey to explore how AI can boost our productivity in sharing technical content. 📺 Introduction In this post, I’ll…
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🤖 Using C# to Call Hugging Face MCP Server and Generate AI Images!
NOTE: This blog post was created with the help of AI tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, and it’s part of my journey to explore how AI can boost our productivity in sharing technical content. 📺 Introduction In this post, I’ll share how to use a C# Console Application to connect directly to an external MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server, like Hugging Face, and generate AI images…
http://elbruno.com/2025/07/21/%f0%9f%a4%96-using-c-to-call-hugging-face-mcp-server-and-generate-ai-images/
2 months ago
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We are live talking about the C# MCP SDK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Doez...
#dotnet
#mcp
#sdk
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MCP C# SDK: What’s New, What’s Next!
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoezQYWzRBw
2 months ago
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😀 .NET Aspire running on Azure App Services is one of the top community asks! 🏪 eShopLite with Store & Products as App Services, Semantic Search with Azure AI Foundry. 🔗Repo
github.com/Azure-Sample...
#AppService
#dotnet
#Aspire
#Azure
2 months ago
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🧠 How to Generate Architecture Diagrams and Documentation from .NET Aspire Host Definitions Using GitHub Copilot Hi! Note: I use some help from an AI to write this post 🎥 Introduction Today we’re diving into a fun and productive scenario: automatically generating architecture diagrams and…
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🧠 How to Generate Architecture Diagrams and Documentation from .NET Aspire Host Definitions Using GitHub Copilot
Hi! Note: I use some help from an AI to write this post 🎥 Introduction Today we’re diving into a fun and productive scenario: automatically generating architecture diagrams and technical documentation for your .NET Aspire applications based on the Host project definitions. We’ll take a the example that is generated with the .NET Aspire Starter Kit and use GitHub Copilot…
http://elbruno.com/2025/07/14/%f0%9f%a7%a0-how-to-generate-architecture-diagrams-and-documentation-from-net-aspire-host-definitions-using-github-copilot/
2 months ago
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Untitled Hi! FYI: This was written with some AI help 😂 Okay, so picture this: I'm sitting here with my morning coffee, and I decide to add a shopping cart feature to the eShopLite demo scenarios. But instead of cracking my knuckles and diving into code like usual... I just watched AI agents do ALL…
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Hi! FYI: This was written with some AI help 😂 Okay, so picture this: I'm sitting here with my morning coffee, and I decide to add a shopping cart feature to the eShopLite demo scenarios. But instead of cracking my knuckles and diving into code like usual... I just watched AI agents do ALL the work. 🤯 I'm not kidding.
http://elbruno.com/2025/07/07/36785/
3 months ago
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👀 Check this :A community-powered repo to enhance your GitHub Copilot experience > shared prompts, instructions, and configs so Copilot can follow your standards and project needs! 💪 I just did my first PR: BICEP expert (I seriously need help with BICEP) Check it out 👉
github.com/github/aweso...
3 months ago
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El Bruno
Visual Studio Code
3 months ago
Less vibes, more standards. Custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes for Copilot →
github.com/github/aweso...
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GitHub - github/awesome-copilot: Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot.
Community-contributed instructions, prompts, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. - github/awesome-copilot
https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
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Grial UI Kit
3 months ago
From 8-bit to AI-lit 👾🛸
@elbruno.com
& Pablo just vibe-coded GALAGA in .NET using GitHub Copilot. Watch the full session, save for inspo, tag a dev buddy, and flex your high-score 💾
www.youtube.com/live/XLg9Qt6...
#dotnet
#githubcopilot
#AI
#retrogaming
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.NET AI Community Standup - Build & Hack Console Games with GitHub Copilot and AI
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/live/XLg9Qt61RVs
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🧠 Using SQL Server 2025 Vector Search in .NET Aspire – eShopLite Style! Introduction SQL Server 2025 is super cool 😎 — and naturally, I had to test out the brand-new vector capabilities! If you haven’t checked it out yet, start here:🔗 To explore these features, I leaned into one of my favorite…
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🧠 Using SQL Server 2025 Vector Search in .NET Aspire – eShopLite Style!
Introduction SQL Server 2025 is super cool 😎 — and naturally, I had to test out the brand-new vector capabilities! If you haven’t checked it out yet, start here:🔗 To explore these features, I leaned into one of my favorite playgrounds: eShopLite — a collection of sample scenarios for an eCommerce app with AI-powered Semantic Search. It supports multiple vector database options like Azure AI Search, Qdrant, ChromaDB, and even MCP Servers.
http://elbruno.com/2025/06/21/%f0%9f%a7%a0-using-sql-server-2025-vector-search-in-net-aspire-eshoplite-style/
3 months ago
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👾 Let's build a retro game with
#GitHubCopilot
in
#dotnet
🤖 Add some AI magic to help us play it… 🧠 And turn it into a full-on Agent with MCP! Join @elbruno & Pablo in Code Invaders Coding AI with AI 🎮💥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLg9...
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.NET AI Community Standup - Build & Hack Console Games with GitHub Copilot and AI
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLg9Qt61RVs
3 months ago
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Wait... Notepad has bold text? And now it saves as Markdown? What year is it and why do I love this??
#DevLife
#MarkdownMadness
#WindowsPower
3 months ago
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Home office update: • Lighting ✅ • Peace ✅ • Pants ❌
#WorkFromHome
3 months ago
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🚨 .NET + AI Fans! 💬 Join @alexpshul & @elbruno for a live chat on the coolest Build 2025 announcements 📅 Don’t miss it! 🔗
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpZY...
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🔴 .NET AI Community Standup - .NET + AI: Best of Build 2025
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpZYfbTI2AM
4 months ago
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US holiday = time to catch up from
#MSBuild
! Morning: 1️⃣ Copilot Coding Agent upgraded the .NET Generative AI demos to Microsoft.Extensions.AI 9.5.0 2️⃣ I updated eShopLite MCP to use Aspire 9.3 + Azure AI Foundry SDK Bonus: Copilot now explains Aspire traces like magic ✨🤖
#dotnet
#GitHubCopilot
#AI
4 months ago
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After a week geeking out with my tech crew at
#MicrosoftBuild
in Seattle… now it’s time to switch gears and cheer for my trail running fam! From 10K to 160K — y’all are absolute beasts on the trails! Let’s gooo!!
#TrailRunning
#SulphurSprings
#RunningCommunity
#UltraLove
🏃♂️🌲💪🔥👟🐾
4 months ago
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Day 4 at
#MSBuild
and the energy’s still high! Labs packed, brains buzzing, and everyone diving deep into C# Agents + Azure AI Foundry. Who said devs get tired? Not this crowd!
@aaron-powell.com
#DotNet
#AzureAI
#AgenticAI
#Build2025
4 months ago
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Full house, full power! Just starting up a packed session on building AI Agents with Azure AI Foundry + C# — and wow, the energy was unreal! From zero to agents with a sprinkle of .NET magic.
#MSBuild
#DotNet
#AzureAI
#AgenticAI
@aaron-powell.com
4 months ago
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Jetlag: 1 - Me: 0 It’s 4AM and my body thinks it’s time to run a marathon 🏃♂️ So… treadmill time before Microsoft Build kicks off! Come find me (less sweaty) later in the Expert Zone 💬
#Microsoft
#Jetlag
#ExpertZone
4 months ago
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#Seattle
, here I go ✈️
4 months ago
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Live now talking about Natural Language Processing (NLP) – Text and Language Understanding @MSFTReactor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5-...
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Natural Language Processing (NLP) – Text and Language Understanding
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf5-jSEQ3aQ
4 months ago
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🖼️✨ How to Use GPT-IMAGE-1 to Generate Images with C# and Azure OpenAI with C# and Azure OpenAI 🎥 Check out the 6-minute demo on YouTube📦 Sample code on GitHub The new gpt-image-1 model (aka DALL·E 3) is now available in Azure OpenAI, and YES—you can use it from your .NET app! 🔥 In this post, I’ll…
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🖼️✨ How to Use GPT-IMAGE-1 to Generate Images with C# and Azure OpenAI
with C# and Azure OpenAI 🎥 Check out the 6-minute demo on YouTube📦 Sample code on GitHub The new gpt-image-1 model (aka DALL·E 3) is now available in Azure OpenAI, and YES—you can use it from your .NET app! 🔥 In this post, I’ll show you how to integrate this magic into your C# application using the…
http://elbruno.com/2025/05/15/%f0%9f%96%bc%ef%b8%8f%e2%9c%a8-how-to-use-gpt-image-1-to-generate-images-with-c-and-azure-openai/
4 months ago
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What’s next for
#DotNet
&
#AI
at
#MicrosoftBuild
2025? Join Bruno Capuano (@elbruno), Pablo Lopes (@pablolopes), & Japhlet Nwamu (@japhletnwamu) to talk predictions & real code with eShopLite: RAG, Azure AI Search, Voice & more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_7...
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.NET AI Community Standup - What’s Next for .NET and AI at Build 2025
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe_7Od0HKqg
5 months ago
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ot exactly
#vibecoding
, but with
#GitHub
#Copilot
in Agent mode, I’m basically outsourcing my brain 🧠 🤖 Saving time like a boss PS: simple stuff like this one, became a conversation with GHCP, with diff iterations until the end result
5 months ago
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#CANADAELECTION2025
5 months ago
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Live:
#dotnet
#AI
Community Stand Up .NET Tokenizers & Real-World
#MCP
in Action
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09j...
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.NET AI Community Stand Up - .NET Tokenizers & Real-World MCP in Action
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09jy-XhRIk
5 months ago
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El Bruno
.NET
5 months ago
Bruno Capuano drops #dotNET AI wisdom on the latest Azure and DevOps podcast! Today, we hear about training devs with Azure AI➖Semantic Kernel, Python, or C#. Easy coding, huge win. Tune into podcast goodness:
https://msft.it/63326qFJN4
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It's not over yet 🥶🥶🥶
#Canada
5 months ago
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Live Now: AI Agents + .NET Aspire
#agenthacks
#dotnet
#aspire
@microsoft.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlI...
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AI Agents + .NET Aspire
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxlIUeRi4mo
5 months ago
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.NET
5 months ago
Great news for .NET developers! 📢 We've just released Getting Started for ACA. Learn how to build, deploy, and optimize your apps with ACA through a series of guided lessons. Dive into containers, microservices, CI/CD, and more! 🎥
https://msft.it/63326qF8lp
#dotnet
#aca
#azure
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So, this amazing account shares super cute bunny pics. You are welcome!
add a skeleton here at some point
5 months ago
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💥 Having a blast merging ALL our eShopLite AI demos (RAG, MCP, Azure AI Search, realtime voice, QDrant & more!) into ONE epic repo! 😎 And yes, upgrading everything to Aspire 9.2 'cause it's 🔥 and I'm having way too much fun 👉 Stay tuned
aka.ms/genainet
#dotnet
#AI
#Aspire
#Azure
#GenAI
#devfun
6 months ago
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🔮 Can .NET tell your fortune? With
#SemanticKernel
+
#AzureOpenAI
+ Container Apps… YES! Join @elbruno & @justinchronicle as they build an AI-powered app that predicts your destiny 💫 👉 Live demos, smart code & cosmic fun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0e...
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.NET AI Community Standup - 🔮 Fortune-Telling with Semantic Kernel
YouTube video by dotnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0ezTU9SA4
6 months ago
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Happy 50th Birthday,
@microsoft.com
! Thanks for 5 decades of innovation, impact, and making geeks like me feel at home. I'm running with ACE to get some cake before Clippy eats it all!
#Microsoft50
#LifeAtMicrosoft
#RunningOnAzure
6 months ago
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