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Newcastle Knights, let's bring it home! 🎉 Good luck on Sunday, Newcastle! Proud to be in the Kingdom. ❤️💙 #nrl #newcastleknights #newcastle #knights #grandfinal #grandfinalfever

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 02/10/2026

Better than LEGO?! Building software at SSW and being part of a team that gets behind Newcastle! ❤️💙 Our Newcastle office is decked out for Grand Final weekend, and we’re backing the Knights all the way. UP THE KNIGHTS! 🏉 #SSW #Knights #GrandFinal #Newcastle #NRL #mattyjohns

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 29/09/2026

When does learning from an AI model become copying it? Anthropic says Chinese labs used thousands of accounts to collect Claude outputs for training. Distillation can make models faster and cheaper, but where is the line? www.youtube.com/shorts/VqiNu... #AI #ModelDistillation

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25,000 Accounts to Distill Claude? Inside the AI Training Arms Race | Ulysses Maclaren & Josh Berman

What exactly is AI model distillation, and why does it become controversial when another company does it to your model? Ulysses breaks down the teacher-student model behind distillation, where a…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 29/09/2026

What happens when AI makes producing work cheap? The bottleneck becomes human attention. The skill shifts from doing the work to deciding what deserves compute, focus and human judgement. www.youtube.com/shorts/dr1Uh...

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The Human Is the Bottleneck: How OpenAI Uses AI at Scale |Ulysses Maclaren & Josh Berman

What happens when AI becomes dramatically better and cheaper? Ulysses explores how heavy AI users at OpenAI are changing the way they work, with researchers and developers reportedly consuming huge…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 24/09/2026

Did you miss Jack Bear’s talk on getting found in the age of AI? As AI assistants start recommending businesses directly, is your website built to be found, understood and trusted by AI? Watch the talk 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywxr...

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AI Search Is Rewriting Discovery. Is Your Business Ready? | Jack Bear | SSW User Groups

📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx AI is changing how customers discover, compare and choose businesses. Traditional search rankings are no longer the whole story. AI assistants and agents…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 24/09/2026

Can AI development really slow down when companies and countries are racing to lead it? Do you agree with Dario Amodei’s call for “pacing the frontier”? What happens if AI gets better at research than humans? 👉 www.youtube.com/shorts/BJ8qq...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 18/09/2026

That same approach could extend beyond mathematics into drug discovery, where solving complex problems at scale could have real implications for health. ▶️ Watch more AI news: www.youtube.com/@SSWTV/shorts

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 17/09/2026

Astra or Fable: which one should developers actually use? Switching coding harnesses also means weighing up skills, rules, and plan limits. The best workflow may not be picking one winner. It may be knowing which model deserves each task. ▶️ www.youtube.com/shorts/dCUYp...

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Why Developers Are Switching Their Hardest Tasks to Astra | Ulysses Maclaren & Josh Berman

Astra and Fable landed within days of each other. So which one should developers actually use? Ulysses explores how developers can choose different frontier models for different jobs. Astra shines…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 16/09/2026

Are we at the tipping point for real AGI? Ulysses Maclaren explores two signs: AI helping with alignment research, and AI systems contributing to the development of newer AI systems. So where should humans stay in the loop? Want more AI news? www.youtube.com/@SSWTV/shorts #AGI #AISafety

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 16/09/2026

If no one has used the model in the real world yet, what do its benchmark scores actually tell us? Meta’s latest model is posting impressive numbers for speed, price, and capability. But benchmarks are only one part of the picture. Are benchmarks enough, or do you need real-world experience first?

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 16/09/2026

What changes when an AI agent controls a laser? Ulysses Maclaren and Levi Jackson discuss Claude learning to align one, and what physical equipment means for AI safety.

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 15/09/2026

SRE agents need both useful access and a route to human help. Ulysses Maclaren and Levi Jackson discuss Azure incident diagnosis, triage, and the guardrails that could support more autonomy. Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/aTfLA...

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Your Next On-Call Engineer Might Be an AI Agent | Ulysses Maclaren & Levi Jackson

Microsoft has removed a major blocker for AI agents working inside Azure environments, and this could be a big deal for system administrators. Ulysses & Levi look at Site Reliability Engineering…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 14/09/2026

Tomorrow - Will customers still find your business using AI search? 👀 Jack Bear is joining Melb NETUG in person for “Getting Found in the Age of AI”. He'll explore the shift from traditional SEO to AI-powered search and what it means for your brand’s visibility. More: www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 12/09/2026

When does owning an AI model make more sense than renting access to one? Ulysses Maclaren and Levi Jackson explore that decision through Thomson Reuters' investment in its own model. www.youtube.com/shorts/Gh-uV...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 11/09/2026

AI coding ecosystems - what happens when model suppliers also want developers on their own platforms? Ulysses Maclaren and Levi Jackson discuss Cursor, Codex, and the incentives behind model access. 📽️ www.youtube.com/shorts/RY8cT...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 11/09/2026

Will customers still find your business when they start searching with AI? 👀 Join Jack Bear on Wednesday 16 September for “Getting Found in the Age of AI”, a look at how online discovery is shifting from traditional SEO to AI-powered search. Join us in person: www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 09/09/2026

AI governance question: can access to powerful models be licensed when capable open models are developed globally? Ulysses Maclaren and Luke Cook discuss enforcement, defensive co-scaling and who gets trusted. www.youtube.com/shorts/mMwqs... #AISafety

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Should AI Require a License? | Ulysses Maclaren & Luke Cook

You need a license to drive a car. So should you need a license to access the world's most powerful AI? Ulysses and Luke discuss whether regulating access to advanced AI is even possible when…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 09/09/2026

Falling AI costs change cybersecurity economics. Capable local models can make automated vulnerability discovery and continuous probing cheaper, so defensive practices must keep pace. Ulysses Maclaren and Luke Cook discuss: www.youtube.com/shorts/gSacY... #Cybersecurity

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AI Is Getting Cheaper, But Cybersecurity Isn’t | Ulysses Maclaren & Luke Cook

Replit is giving users free access to AI-powered vibe coding. But if running AI models costs money, how can platforms afford to give so much away? Ulysses and Luke discuss the rapidly falling cost…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 08/09/2026

Asana's legacy testing migration shows where AI-assisted development excels: clear requirements, fixed goals and verifiable outcomes. Ulysses Maclaren and Luke Cook discuss the shift from typing code to judging results. www.youtube.com/shorts/cLp-p... #SoftwareEngineering

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AI Turned a $6M, 5-Year Project Into 2 Weeks | Ulysses Maclaren & Luke Cook

What happens when a software migration estimated at five years and $6 million gets completed in just two weeks for around $12,000? Ulysses and Luke discuss Asana's legacy testing framework migration…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 08/09/2026

Uber used its annual AI coding budget faster than expected, then changed how people and AI work together. Ulysses Maclaren and Luke Cook discuss Uber’s two-week Agentic Pods and a bigger question: should businesses add AI to old workflows or redesign them from scratch? youtube.com/shorts/ELm30...

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Uber Learned the Hard Way: Tokenmaxxing Isn’t the Answer | Ulysses Maclaren & Luke Cook

Uber burned through its entire annual AI coding budget far faster than expected. Its response was not simply to spend more carefully. It started changing how people and AI work together. Ulysses…

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 08/09/2026

How is AI changing the way businesses get found online? Jack Bear, founder and CEO of Norg AI and specialist in AI infrastructure and the “answer economy”, is speaking in person at SSW Melbourne on Wed 16 Sep. www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 28/08/2026

SSW's Vlad Kireyev is the speaker for Queensland Power BI & Fabric User Group! Ever had to decide between Lakehouse or Warehouse? In Microsoft Fabric, the right answer is often both, but only if you use each one in the right place... Join us to learn how to choose! www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 25/08/2026

Newcastle Devs - want to build a mobile app, but don't know where to start 📱 Join Hark Singh at NCGUG for his beginner-friendly tour of the mobile world to help you get started, whether you write code or not. 📅 Wed 2 Sep, 6:00pm AEST 📍 SSW Newcastle Register: www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 19/08/2026

TinaCon is back and this year, she’s bringing a Yak. 🐂💗🦙 Introducing YakCon - the perfect partner to TinaCon! 2 mini conferences. 1 big theme: How do you actually use AI to build better stuff? If you’re using AI to build things, or want to get much better at it, come join us! 🎟️ ssw.com.au/events

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 11/08/2026

A great example of why we keep revisiting our templates as the .NET ecosystem evolves.👏 We’ve updated the SSW.VerticalSliceArchitecture template to use Aspire’s native AddEFMigrations. If your solution relies on custom code to run your migrations in Aspire, read 👇 bit.ly/45Sbb54

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 01/08/2026

That's a wrap on today's AI Hack Day - we've had a lot of fun coding with people from all different levels Well done to everyone who came along, and a big thank you to Adam Cogan for sponsoring today's event, and to our mentors JK & Peter, who we couldn't have run today without!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 01/08/2026

The presentations have commenced! 🎉 We've seen some fantastic fun apps so far, from fridge management to finance apps, games with an education focus, translators, and many more great ideas! Thank you to everyone who has presented - It was awesome to see how far you got in less than 4 hours 👏

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 01/08/2026

Joining us now is special guest AI Agent Builder, Peter Chan. He is showing us how to use Codex to create a 3D game in one hour! Yes - AI coding is getting that fast! Hope to see you at the presentations from 2pm where we'll showcase what everyone has built: aihackday.com/brisbane/ #AIHackDay

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 01/08/2026

Our first speaker for today is SSW Solution Architect & Microsoft MVP in AI, Jernej "JK" Kavka. He'll be on hand throughout the day to help our coders get the most out of their AI tools and learn some best practices along the way! aihackday.com/brisbane/

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 15/07/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Brisbane Full Stack User Group tonight. Lovely to see both old friends and new faces! 🎉 Vlad Kireyev delivered a great talk on how to choose between a Lakehouse and Warehouse using Microsoft Fabric. It’ll be up on SSW TV soon if you missed it! 👀

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 14/07/2026

Don't miss tonight's User Group with Vlad Kireyev! Vlad will explain the real difference between Fabric Lakehouses & Warehouses, when to use each one, & how Medallion Architecture helps bring them together in a practical, scalable way. Join www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/... or 📽️ www.ssw.com.au/live

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 10/07/2026

🏠 Lakehouse or Warehouse? In Microsoft Fabric, that decision can shape your whole data strategy. Next Wed - join us at SSW Brisbane, where Vlad will break down Fabric Lakehouses and Warehouses, when to use each one, and how Medallion Architecture can help. www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 07/07/2026

Need to prove a task is actually finished? A Done Video is one of the fastest ways to show your Product Owner or team exactly what changed. ✅ Watch it here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aib-... #productowner #scrum #agile #obstudio #softwaredevelopment #developerworkflow #productivity #donevideo

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 01/07/2026

Newcastle Devs! Ben and Rick are ready for tonight's talk at SSW Newcastle! Kicking off at 6pm, come along to the Newcastle Coders Group to get a beginner-friendly look at building secure, repeatable, maintainable Azure infrastructure with code. 📍 SSW Newcastle - 6pm for yummy food and networking

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 30/06/2026

🚨 Newcastle Coders - sponsored by SSW & Saphi Engineering! 🏠 SSW Newcastle "From Portal Panic to Pipeline Power: Introduction to Azure IaC" with Ben Neoh & Rick Su. A beginner-friendly look at building secure, repeatable, maintainable Azure infrastructure with code. www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 28/06/2026

🏠 Lakehouse or Warehouse? Join Vlad Kireyev at SSW Brisbane for Storage Wars and learn how Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, and Medallion Architecture work together. 🍕 Pizza included. Join us: www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 09/05/2026

@adamcogan kicking off today’s Agent Camp in Brisbane. Great to see our Microsoft MVPs inspiring the next generation here are QUT!! Can’t wait to see the other talks and workshops!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 08/05/2026

We are proud to be a sponsor of #SlashNEW for 2026! 🎉 Our team had an incredible time last year, having some great AI conversations and, of course, listening to some awesome talks. Hope to see you at the SSW booth! Come and join the fun - get your tickets now! 👇 www.ssw.com.au/events/2026/...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 07/05/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came to see Adam Cogan's talk at the Newcastle Coders Group last night. We love the Newcastle Dev community and enjoyed having everyone in the office talking about all things AI! See you next month! 👋

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 05/05/2026

Still setting up cloud infrastructure by clicking around in the Azure Portal? 😬 This beginner-friendly session will show how Infrastructure as Code helps dev teams build secure, repeatable, and maintainable Azure environments, without relying on manual setup. Register now: lnkd.in/gjgk5H56

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 29/04/2026

Newcastle! Is your AI journey feeling less like the Garden of Eden & more like a jungle? 🌴 Join us for 'From Copilot to the Garden of Eden' at the #NewcastleCodersGroup. There are a lot of shiny AI tools out there… but which ones actually help developers? Find out: www.meetup.com/newcastle-co...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 27/04/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who made #NDCSydney such a fun and insightful few days! Special thanks to the SSW and @NDCconferences teams, and to all the experts who generously gave their time to share their knowledge with the community. Keep an eye out for the videos coming soon!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 23/04/2026

What a fantastic 1st Day at #NDCSydney! 🎉 We've had a great time meeting everyone so far! Thanks to everyone who joined us for Adam Cogan's talk, stopped by the booth for a chat, and played some games! See you all tomorrow for more interesting talks, fun, and conversations!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 23/04/2026

Let's go #NDCSydney! We're on the ground & ready to meet everyone today at the SSW booth. If you'd like a demo of SSW's YakShaver to save your bug reporting woes, come & say hi! We have heaps of swag to win & if you attend Adam Cogan's talk, you'll get a bonus 500 points for SSW Rewards goodies!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 14/04/2026

Not long until NDC Sydney! ⏰ Get your last-minute tickets now to see some great talks, including our very own Adam Cogan, who will speak, giving you a great rundown on practice dev AI tools! Of course, there will be the usual booth fun with great swag, demos, and lots more!

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 14/04/2026

🚨 Happening tomorrow at .NET User Group Sydney - if you're fed up of burning through your tokens - do not miss this talk! Eddie Kranz is talking about why it’s time to stop rationing tokens and start thinking bigger with AI. Join us www.meetup.com/sydney-net-u...

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 31/03/2026

🚨 NDC Sydney is only 3 weeks away! If you work in .NET, are using AI, or are still trying to work out what AI actually means for your projects, don't miss this event! SSW is sponsoring! Come say hi at the SSW booth for some great AI chats & win some awesome swag! 🦙🐂👇 ndcsydney.com/tickets

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SSW @ssw.com.au · 18/03/2026

Don't miss tonight's .NET User Group with Adam Cogan "From Copilot to the Garden of Eden," running at SSW Sydney from 6pm (AEST). Hope you can join us for 🍕, a great talk, and 🤝chats! More info www.meetup.com/sydney-net-user-group/events/313642669 Or jump on the livestream: www.ssw.com.au/live

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