Health Check Infrastructure | Toby Churches | SSW Rules
One broken API can bring your entire application down — and you might not know until your users are already impacted. In this video, Tony Churches from SSW shows how to proactively monitor your application’s health using infrastructure health checks in ASP.NET Core. Learn why hope is not a strategy, and how you can build confidence in your system’s reliability.
MCP : Ensuring our tools are ready for the Robot Overlords | Anton Polkanov | SSW User Groups
Learn everything you need to know about MCP (Model Context Protocol) — the new standard for integrating tools, resources, and prompts into AI applications. In this talk, Anton explores the architecture, SDKs, transports, server features, and the future of MCP, including real-world demos in GitHub Copilot and Cloud Desktop.
Whether you’re new to MCP or looking to go deeper, this session covers it all — with tips, pitfalls, and even how to debug with Inspector.
Choosing the Right Messaging Solution for Your Architecture with Poornima Nayar
Discuss the most popular queuing systems – benefits, trade-offs and gotchas, with code samples.
AI Social Media with n8n | Seth Daily | SSW Rules
Build a workflow to speed up your social media process and never miss a post.
High-Performance Content Management | Matt Wicks | SSW User Groups
Dive into customizing a high-performance Next.js site to build a fully editable company landing page.
Tech News # 47 | Eve Cogan | OpenAI, MCPs and Tariffs
Agent to agent communication, copyrights and tariffs the world of tech is being shook. Where will we all land?
Choosing the Right AI Model? GitHub Models Makes It Easy! | Isaac Lombard & Caleb Williams | SSW Rules
Isaac Lombard and Caleb Williams from SSW show you how to quickly test different AI models using GitHub Models. No more configuring separate APIs—just tweak the settings and try multiple providers like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s Llama, and more, all in one place!.
Shaving the Yak with AI: Devs want specs, Product Owners want speed | Adam Cogan | User Group
Learn the lessons from deploying AI to solve one of the most persistent struggles in software development.
If you think AI is cheating, you’re doing it wrong | Ulysses Maclaren | SSW Rules
AI is the tool of this generation, but are we using it responsibly? Ulysses Maclaren dives into the best practices for AI use—covering transparency, critical thinking, data privacy, and how to leverage AI to boost productivity. Learn why using AI intelligently is the key to staying ahead in your career.