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Every week, I scan the latest updates and stories across GitHub, Azure, .NET, and beyond—sharing the ones that truly stand out. This edition brings insights into model limits in GitHub Copilot, the growing cost of premium AI usage, and architectural guidance for GitHub Enterprise setups.

You’ll also find sharp commentary on sovereignty in the cloud, practical modernization patterns, and a deep dive into building local workflows with Aspire and Temporal.

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GitHub Digest

I was really surprised at how powerful the Claude model was in combination with Agent mode in Copilot.

However, this comes with an additional cost as most of the models are moved under a higher tier and get limits for usage. You get around 300 premium requests per month and depending on the model, there is a multiplier on their usage (e.g. GPT-4.5 is 50x times higher compared to the included models).

A limit that will most people hit soon if you do some serious agent mode AI usage. So it becomes even more important to select the right model to use.

How should/could you actually structure a GitHub setup? Where do teams,repos, orgs, and enterprises fit in? Find out in this article how you can add some structure to your setup.

The CEO of GitHub recently argued that developers should learn to use AI for assistance, but should also be capable of direct coding. Cant disagree there.

It is hard to see which models are actually there, and which one you should use. But also; models are being retired as well, so do notice which ones are the replacement variants.

Coding Corner

I’m currently reading Architecture Modernization written by Nick Tune. Although not finished yet, I can already recommend it due to the sheer amount of practical details on how to tackle application/architecture modernization.

So I m pleased to see that Nick also placed some of the information on a dedicated website so you have easy access to a variety of patterns.

Azure Updates & Insights

You see cloud vendors like Microsoft responding to the current sentiment of cloud usage outside the USA. They try to offer solutions that should take care of the concerns, but are they good enough or is it just a marketing term?

.NET Nook

Want to build workflows in .NET and do this completely locally? Then consider using Temporal in combination with Aspire. Rebecca Powell created a series of articles on how to use Aspire to build a workflow-driven system using the powerful Temporal engine.

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