Developer Tools on Brian Swigerhttps://www.mightybs.com/tags/developer-tools/Recent content in Developer Tools on Brian SwigerHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Brian SwigerTue, 30 Jun 2026 23:19:00 -0400Beyond the Prompt: Why Loop Engineering is the Future of AI Developmenthttps://www.mightybs.com/posts/loop-engineering-future-of-ai/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:19:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/loop-engineering-future-of-ai/A deep dive into loop engineering, exploring how to shift from manual prompting to building multi-turn, self-verifying autonomous cycles with AI agents, including the structural components needed to avoid token-burning loops.Azure AI Foundry Toolboxes: Define Your Agent Tools Once, Use Them Everywherehttps://www.mightybs.com/posts/azure-ai-foundry-toolboxes/Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:43:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/azure-ai-foundry-toolboxes/<p>As organizations scale their AI agent deployments, tool management becomes a bottleneck. Every agent wires its own tools, manages its own credentials, and duplicates integration code. Azure AI Foundry Toolboxes solve this by letting teams define tools once, manage authentication centrally, and expose everything through a single MCP-compatible endpoint that any agent framework can consume.</p> <p>Now in public preview, Toolboxes support built-in tools like Web Search, Code Interpreter, and Azure AI Search, plus open protocols like MCP, A2A, and OpenAPI. Best of all, they are framework-agnostic: Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph, GitHub Copilot SDK, and custom agents can all consume the same toolbox.</p>Is it just me, or is the "manual" part of "manual cross-posting" the ultimate productivity killer? 🚫https://www.mightybs.com/posts/manual-cross-posting-productivity-killer/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:10:00 -0400https://www.mightybs.com/posts/manual-cross-posting-productivity-killer/POSSE stands for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere — a publishing model where you first post content on your own website or platform, then share it (or links to it) on other sites or social media channels. Doing so allows me to save the content on my blog while also leveraging the power of LinkedIn.From the Command Line to the "Squad" — The Evolution of Developmenthttps://www.mightybs.com/posts/command-line-to-squad/Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500https://www.mightybs.com/posts/command-line-to-squad/From Borland C++ to VS Code to agentic AI — a look at how development has evolved from solo coding to orchestrating AI teams.