The Bots + Beer newsletter ran for about 3 years between 2017-2020 during a time when I was highly involved in chatbot and artificial intelligence development. It was eventually folded into Codepunk as part of the Codepunk newsletter.

Some portions of this newsletter were contributed by Bill Ahern.

Lots of great stuff from the Microsoft MVP Summit. You'll never guess that --------------------- did a ------- from --------------. It was -------, and then we learned that ------- was really going to ------- and you wouldn't believe the results. We -----------------------------------, and then were able to ---------------------. Then they told us that -------------------------------------------------, and ------------------------- ---------------------------------------------. Amazing, huh? Unfortunately, it's all under an NDA.

I will say that I had a great time sitting in on a few sessions with Gary Pretty and James Mann--a couple of great talents when it comes to chatbots. Lots of great things coming down the pipeline with SDK v4, so stay tuned.

This is a light email, since you already received one about a week ago. I'm trying to stick to every three weeks, so I'm pushing this one sooner to get back on my calendar schedule. As a result, Bill is absent from this one, since I've been bugging him a lot recently, and we're set to record two more podcast episodes this Wednesday. He'll return in the next email though, so fear not!

The Python SDK!

One of things that's coming with SDK v4 is a Python SDK. This always felt like a missing SDK. I was surprised Microsoft didn't launch one sooner. In any event, I blogged about getting up-and-running, if you're interested.

Three Notch'd Brewing Company Blackberry Gose

5.0% ABV. If you know me, you know I'm a fan of sours and gose beer. This limited release is not as good as their cranberry gose--it lacks the punch, and it's a little too fizzy when you pop the top. It does have that blackberry flavor though, and is just tart enough to keep it in the gose family. More suited for a 70 degree day than the winter.