Nebraska.Code 2025 is right around the corner, but before you pack for Lincoln, join Alec and Brian as they tackle the hottest developer question of 2025: How do I harness AI agents without handing the keys to my codebase—or my laptop—over to Big Tech?
In this candid therapy-session-meets-tech-deep-dive, we unpack everything from Model Context Protocol (the “USB-C of AI apps”) to rolling your own “Cursor-style” IDE assistant. You’ll hear:
The exact trade-offs between GPT-4-class models in the cloud and leaner Phi 3/Llama models you can run on-prem with Foundry Local for air-gapped privacy.
Why agent-driven search is replacing static web pages—and how building an Azure OpenAI chatbot today keeps your organization off the “left behind” list.
A pragmatic roadmap for leveling-up: free AI-900 / AI-102 learning paths, sample GitHub repos, and the one-day AgentCon tour that drops actionable agent patterns straight into your toolbelt.
Whether you’re a developer sick of dependency-update tickets or an underwriter who’d rather review the interesting policies, this episode shows you how AI can erase the drudgery—without erasing your intellectual property.
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| NEBRASKA.CODE 2025 – REGISTRATION |
| https://whova.com/portal/registration/IOhJf-6D449qSu-mYLa9/ |
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| AGENTCON 2025 – KANSAS CITY (Global AI) |
| https://globalai.community/chapters/kansas-city/events/agentcon-2025-kansas-city/ |
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| GET STARTED WITH FOUNDRY LOCAL (Microsoft Learn) |
| https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ai-foundry/foundry-local/get-started |
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| MICROSOFT CERTIFIED: AZURE AI FUNDAMENTALS (AI-900) |
| https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-ai-fundamentals/ |
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| VS CODE + MCP SAMPLE REPO (mcp-for-beginners) |
| https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners |
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