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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Heading out this weekend to @RedHat Summit. I'll be at the AI quickstart booth and have a talk on Thursday May 14th at 11 AM on the it-self-service-agent quickstart. Room B308-B309- Level 3. Hope to see you there.

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Latest post in our series on what we learned building the it-self-service-agent AI quickstart - Eval-driven development: Build and evaluate reliable AI agents developers.redhat.com/articles/202.... Evals were key to being able to make progress without regressions. @rhdevelopers.bsky.social

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Eval-driven development: Build and evaluate reliable AI agents | Red Hat Developer

Learn how to build reliable AI agents with our 8-stage evaluation framework. We explore DeepEval, multi-turn testing, and CI/CD integration for Red Hat AI

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Slides from my talk at @confooca.bsky.social last week on an introduction to Llama Stack in case you want to catch up - github.com/mhdawson/pre... with examples in @nodejs and Python

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Slides from my talk today at @confooca.bsky.social today on the Crucial role of AI Evaluations for agentic systems - github.com/mhdawson/pre...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

As I get ready for @confooca.bsky.social this week I had some fun with my 3d printer over the weekend. Hope to see you at my talks - confoo.ca/en/speaker/m...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Part three in our series on what we learned building the it-self-service-agent AI quickstart was just published - Prompt engineering: Big vs. small prompts for AI agents - developers.redhat.com/articles/202.... Hope you find it interesting.

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Prompt engineering: Big vs. small prompts for AI agents | Red Hat Developer

Explore big versus small prompting in AI agents. Learn how Red Hat's AI quickstart balances model capability, token costs, and task focus using LangGraph

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you've found the posts on the it-self-service-agent implementation (docs.redhat.com/en/learn/ai-...) interesting, I'll be talking at @confooca in a few weeks using some of what we learned as examples. Hope to see you there.

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Second part in our series on what we learned while developing the it-self-service-agent quickstart. Bringing AI into existing communication channels. @tchughesiv.https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/02/09/self-service-ai-agent-slack-email-servicenow by

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AI meets you where you are: Slack, email & ServiceNow | Red Hat Developer

Build a multichannel IT self-service AI agent that maintains session context across Slack, email, and ServiceNow using CloudEvents and Knative for cross-channel automation

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Last week I mentioned the Red Hat quickstarts: docs.redhat.com/en/learn/ai-.... This week is the kickoff of a series covering interesting things we learned developing the it-self-service-agent quickstart. Every two weeks we'll add a post covering a new topic - docs.redhat.com/en/learn/ai-...

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Automate IT processes with Self-Service Agents - Laptop Refresh | Red Hat Documentation

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The team I'm on has been working on an AI quickstart for the last little while. Happy that it's just been published along with other quickstarts in docs.redhat.com/en/learn/ai-.... You can read more about the one we worked on in www.redhat.com/en/blog/manu....

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AI quickstarts | Red Hat Documentation

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Just finished the first versions of my presentations for @confooca.bsky.social in February - confoo.ca/en/speaker/m... . Looking forward to all of the talks, networking and learning opportunities.

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Michael Dawson | ConFoo.ca

FullStack Conference for developers in .

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It's great to see and a you did a great job getting it there!

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

If you are interested in Llama Stack and using it from your python applications you might want to check out my exploration of tool calling and agents with LLama Stack in developers.redhat.com/articles/202...

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Exploring Llama Stack with Python: Tool calling and agents | Red Hat Developer

Harness Llama Stack with Python for LLM development. Explore tool calling, agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) for versatile integrations

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Recording and minutes from the #nodejs Technical Steering Committee meeting today in case you want to catch up github.com/nodejs/TSC/p..., www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRX...

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doc: add minutes for meeting 25 June 2025 by mhdawson · Pull Request #1753 · nodejs/TSC

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

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OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · 20/06/2025

We’re deeply saddened to mark the passing of Mikeal Rogers after a courageous fight with cancer. Mikeal wasn’t just a leader in the open source world. He was a connector, a builder of community, and someone who showed up for others in meaningful ways. Thank you, Mikeal 💚 hubs.la/Q03s_C7G0

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In Memory of Mikeal Rogers: A Builder of Communities | OpenJS Foundation

It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Mikeal Rogers, a leader, builder, and advocate for open source communities and for the people who power them.

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Node.js @nodejs.org · 20/06/2025

We’re heartbroken by the loss of Mikeal Rogers, a key figure in the Node.js ecosystem and a force behind what makes this community what it is. To help preserve his legacy, we’ve opened a GitHub repo for stories, photos, and memories: github.com/nodejs/mikeal 💚 Thank you, Mikeal. hubs.la/Q03t0DVL0

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GitHub - nodejs/mikeal: In light of the the contributions that Mikeal made to Node.js and the larger ecosystem and his recent passing this repository will provide a place for people to contribute thei...

In light of the the contributions that Mikeal made to Node.js and the larger ecosystem and his recent passing this repository will provide a place for people to contribute their condolences and mem...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Recording from the #nodejs Node-api team meeting today in case you want to catch up - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eCD...

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2025-06-20-Node.js Node-API Team meeting

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Recording and minutes from the #nodejs TSC meeting today in case you want to catch up - github.com/nodejs/TSC/p..., www.youtube.com/watch?v=um3g...

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doc: add minutes for meeting June 18 2025 by mhdawson · Pull Request #1750 · nodejs/TSC

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Nordic.js @nordicjs.com · 17/06/2025

Say hi to @joyeecheung.bsky.social, compilers engineer at @igalia.com, Node.js TSC member (since 2017) & V8 committer (since 2018). In “Shipping Node.js Packages in 2025,” she shows how recent Node releases help fixing the long-standing CJS/ESM headaches.

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Nordic.js @nordicjs.com · 17/06/2025

Say hi to @marcoippolito.dev‬ (@ HeroDevs), Node.js TSC member & TC39 delegate. In “Yet Another Config File,” he walks through the long road to node.config.json, why it took years to land, and how it improves runtime config for modern Node.js devs.

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Recording from the #nodejs Node-api team meeting today in case you want to catch up - www.youtube.com/watch?v=awEj...

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20250-06-13-Node.js Node-API Team meeting

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Recording and minutes from the Next-10 meeting today in case you want to catch up - github.com/nodejs/next-..., youtu.be/NhVoDImuF0I

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doc: add minutes for meeting 11 June 2025 by mhdawson · Pull Request #349 · nodejs/next-10

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Antoine du Hamel @aduh95.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Node.js release day: 24.2.0 is out ! More Explicit Resource Management support, import.meta.main, and much more – see download information and full changelog at nodejs.org/en/blog/rele...

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Node.js — Node v24.2.0 (Current)

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Recording from the #nodejs Node-api team meeting today in case you want to catch up - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QacV...

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2025-05-30-Node.js Node-API Team meeting

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Recording and minutes of the #nodejs Technical Steering Comittee meeting today in case you want to catch up www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V5o..., github.com/nodejs/TSC/p...

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2025-05-28-Node.js Technical Steering Committee meeting

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Slides for my talk on #nodejs and Large Language Models at #PowerUp2025 last week - github.com/mhdawson/pre...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Slides from my talk "An introduction to #nodejs" today at PowerUP 2025 - github.com/mhdawson/pre...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Slides from the talk on what's new and what's next for #nodejs at #PowerUp2025 today - github.com/mhdawson/pre...

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Recording from the #nodejs Node-api team meeting today in case you want to catch up - www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lf0...

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2025-05-16-Node.js Node-API Team meeting

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Matteo Collina @nodeland.dev · 15/05/2025

📗 We’ve written the ultimate guide to help you master Node.js. 🔄 Do not block the event loop 📶 Monitor Node-specific metrics 🎬 Use Node LTS versions in prod 🤖 Automate testing, code review ⛓️‍💥 Avoid dependency creep

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Node.js @nodejs.org · 14/05/2025

The Node.js security release is out! 💚 We have released new versions of 20, 22, 23, and 24 release lines in order to address: - 1 high severity issue - 1 moderate severity issue - 1 low severity issue nodejs.org/en/blog/vuln...

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Node.js — Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Security Releases

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

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Michael Dawson @mhdawson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Recording and minutes from the #nodejs Next-10 meeting today in case you want to catch up - github.com/nodejs/next-..., www.youtube.com/watch?v=acpc...

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doc: add minutes for meeting 14 May 2025 by mhdawson · Pull Request #346 · nodejs/next-10

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Node.js @nodejs.org · 08/05/2025

⚠️ Security release pre-alert: We will release new versions of v20.x, v22.x, v23.x, v24.x release lines on or shortly after May 14, 2025, in order to address: - 1 high severity issue - 1 moderate severity issue - 1 low severity issue Details: nodejs.org/en/blog/vuln...

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Node.js — Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Security Releases

Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.

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