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Why We Love Vertical Slice Architecture | Sam Maher | SSW Rules

Walk through the benefits of Vertical Slice Architecture over the traditional Clean Architecture approach.

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The Hidden Cost of AI | Ulysses Maclaren & Richard Campbell | NDC Melbourne 2025

What does artificial intelligence have to do with nuclear reactors, brownouts, and humanity’s last exam? At NDC, SSW’s Ulysses Maclaren sits down with tech veteran Richard Campbell to explore the energy demands of AI, Microsoft’s nuclear strategy, and how our increasing data needs are impacting global infrastructure. They also examine whether artificial general intelligence is truly within reach or still a distant goal. From understanding the environmental cost of AI to dissecting the realities behind AGI, this conversation offers practical insights into where technology is heading and how it’s reshaping our world.

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The Secret to Client Trust | Michael Smedley | SSW Rules

Tired of overpromising and scrambling to meet sprint goals?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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AI Social Media with n8n | Seth Daily | SSW Rules

Build a workflow to speed up your social media process and never miss a post.

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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.

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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?