David Ramel

Chatsworth, Summerville

Editor-in-Chief at Visual Studio Magazine

Writer, Editor (all opinions my own, not my employer)

Articles

Uno Platform Studio and 'Hot Design' Reach General Availability

6 days ago | visualstudiomagazine.com | David Ramel

News Uno Platform, a .NET-centric open source project for building single-codebase apps across web, Windows, iOS, Android, macOS, and Linux, this week announced v6.0 of its flagship offering, which introduces a zero-install, web-based IDE for rapid cross-platform development, alongside a modernized app architecture that embraces MVU and .NET-style extensions.
Mads Kristensen Eyes MCP Server for Visual Studio Copilot

1 week ago | visualstudiomagazine.com | David Ramel

News "What MCP server would be helpful to use with Copilot in Visual Studio? I want to write one." With that May 6 social media post, Mads Kristensen, a principal program manager at Microsoft, solicited feedback on what is apparently his next pet project. Kristensen, who has been with Microsoft for nearly 15 years, is known for creating several popular extensions -- including Web Essentials and File Nesting -- that provide functionality that often gets baked into the IDE itself.
Identity Has Become a Critical Security Perimeter for Cloud Services

1 week ago | thejournal.com | David Ramel

A new threat landscape report from Fortinet points to new cloud vulnerabilities. According to the company's 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report, while misconfigured cloud storage buckets were once a prime vector for cybersecurity exploits, other cloud missteps are gaining focus. "Cloud services now sit at the center of modern operations, and identity has become one of the most critical security perimeters," said a post exploring the report from the company's FortiGuard Labs.
AWS Enhances AI Offerings with Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots

1 week ago | thejournal.com | David Ramel

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI updates to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google. New developments include: the general availability of Amazon Nova Premier, the company's self-described most capable multimodal foundation model for complex tasks; the first models in the new Llama 4 herd of models — Llama 4 Scout 17B and Llama 4 Maverick 17B — are now available fully managed in Amazon Bedrock; and anonymous user access for Q Business.
Report: Cloud Marketplaces a 'Defining Characteristic' of Modern Software Sales

1 week ago | rcpmag.com | David Ramel

News The modern software channel is becoming increasingly dependent on cloud marketplaces and co-sell programs, according to a new report from Clazar. In the company's 2025 State of Cloud Marketplace & Co-Sell Report released last month, Clazar examined how software vendors are driving revenue, accelerating deals and deepening collaboration with hyperscaler sales teams.
Two Different Takes on Cursor/Copilot Vibe Coding Supremacy

1 week ago | visualstudiomagazine.com | David Ramel

News Since the AI coding assistant space kicked off with GitHub Copilot, which came early to Visual Studio Code, other alternatives have sprung up, with Cursor among the most popular. Thanks to abilities such as deep codebase understanding and natural language refactoring, Cursor has risen in popularity among alternatives like Windsurf (formerly Codeium), Amazon Q, Replit's Ghostwriter,Tabnine and many more.
Cloud Security Threats Expand Beyond Misconfigured Storage Buckets: Report

1 week ago | virtualizationreview.com | David Ramel

It used to be that you could almost count on weekly news of another cybersecurity exploit enabled by misconfigured cloud storage buckets, but a new threat landscape report points to new cloud threats. That scene peaked several years ago and is yet persisting (see "Yet Another Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Exposes Sensitive Customer Data"), but the new 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report from Fortinet shows other cloud missteps are gaining focus.
Vibe Writing -- Visual Studio Magazine

2 weeks ago | visualstudiomagazine.com | David Ramel

In-Depth Vibe coding began as a niche AI-driven workflow where developers prompt, accept, and tweak suggestions -- letting tools like Copilot steer the process. Now it's gaining mainstream traction, shifting coding from structured logic to reactive flow. And that same approach is starting to spill into other disciplines -- writing, designing, cloud architecture -- where working by vibe may become the new normal.
New AWS AI: Amazon Nova Premier, Llama 4, Anonymous User Q Business Chatbots

2 weeks ago | awsinsider.net | David Ramel

News Once thought to be lagging behind fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google in advanced AI, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is maintaining a full-on crusade to even things up -- or more.
Disaster Recovery Best Practices for the Real World

2 weeks ago | virtualizationreview.com | David Ramel

In-Depth No organization is immune to disaster, whether it's ransomware, cloud outages or unexpected system failures. That's why having a solid disaster recovery plan is critical -- especially for Microsoft environments. But what are the best ways to protect your systems and data? Well, the best ways to protect your systems and data can be detailed in a set of best practices for disaster recovery.