Microsoft Azure resource naming conventions are one of those “small” DevOps and cloud infrastructure management disciplines that quietly determine...
Chris Pietschmann
Chris Pietschmann is a Microsoft MVP, HashiCorp Ambassador, and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) with 20+ years of experience designing and building Cloud & Enterprise systems. He has worked with companies of all sizes from startups to large enterprises. He has a passion for technology and sharing what he learns with others to help enable them to learn faster and be more productive.
New Book: Build and Deploy Apps using Azure Developer CLI by Chris Pietschmann
I am excited to announce the release of my new book, Build and Deploy Apps using Azure Developer CLI, a practical, hands-on guide for developers and teams who want to streamline cloud-native application deployments on Microsoft Azure using the Azure Developer CLI...
Prompt Noise Is Killing Your AI Accuracy: How to Optimize Context for Grounded Output
The most common reason an AI system “hallucinates” in production isn’t that the model is dumb. It’s that we’re drowning it. In the last year, many teams have quietly adopted a pattern that looks sophisticated on paper: throw everything into the prompt. Policies, API...
Unlock GitHub Copilot’s Full Potential: Why Every Repo Needs an AGENTS.md File
Supercharge Your AI Pair Programming Experience with Project-Specific Context and Control AI-assisted development has rapidly transformed how engineers write code, collaborate, and ship software. GitHub Copilot, powered by OpenAI’s Codex and now evolving with GPT-5...
Terraform + Azure Multi-Region Naming Convention across Azure Regions, Resources, and Terraform Modules
Imagine this: your application goes down in a major Azure region outage. DNS traffic shifts to the secondary region as designed. Terraform kicks off to scale the backup environment. Everything should just seamlessly work… but it doesn’t. Why? Because names don’t...
How To Automate Azure Naming Conventions with the Build5Nines/naming/azure Terraform Module
Naming resources in Azure shouldn’t feel like deciphering ancient hieroglyphics. Yet, without a solid standard, names can quickly become inconsistent, confusing, and downright chaotic. The result? A messy Azure environment that’s hard to search, manage, and govern....
Major Azure Front Door Outage Causing Widespread Service Disruptions Across Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, and the Azure Portal (October 29, 2025)
Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC on October 29, 2025, Microsoft Azure began experiencing a significant outage affecting the Azure Front Door (AFD) service. This incident is resulting in latencies, timeouts, and connectivity failures across...
It’s Still About the Data: Practical Approach to Building with Agentic AI, LLMs and Generative AI
There’s no denying the massive wave of excitement around Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, Generative AI, and Large Language Models (LLMs). Whether it's people experimenting with Copilots, implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns, spinning up AI...
Securing Terraform State in Azure Blob Storage using Best Practices
When your team loses control of its Terraform state file, it loses control of everything in the subscription. An unencrypted or publicly exposed .tfstate isn’t just embarrassing—it’s a roadmap to your entire cloud estate. A breach of the state file is a major security...
Unlocking the Cloud: How to Seamlessly Migrate On-Prem File Shares to Azure Storage
For many organizations, legacy file servers have long been the backbone of data sharing and collaboration. But as cloud adoption reaches critical mass, those old file shares start to look like an anchor holding you back. Whether it’s scalability, remote access,...
Azure Container Apps vs AKS: Which Is Right for Your Enterprise Application?
When it comes to modernizing enterprise systems in Azure, containerization is the name of the game. But if you're standing at the crossroads of Azure Container Apps and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), the decision isn't always straightforward. Both options offer...
Software Innovation: HashiCorp Terraform Revolutionized Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
In the current cloud-first world, where agility, automation, and scalability are required, there are few tools that have left as profound a mark on infrastructure management as HashiCorp Terraform. Widely regarded as a cornerstone of modern DevOps practices, Terraform...
Software Innovation: The Epic Journey of Microsoft Visual Studio – Code, Craft, and Continuity
Microsoft Visual Studio isn’t just an IDE; it is the forge in which several generations of software—from shrink‑wrapped Windows utilities to cloud‑native micro‑services—have been hammered into existence. For nearly three decades it has remained the default...
GitHub vs Azure DevOps: Is GitHub Ready for Enterprise-Grade Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) Management?
In recent years, GitHub has emerged from its developer-centric roots to become a serious contender for managing the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDL) in enterprise environments. Yet Azure DevOps, Microsoft’s integrated DevOps suite, still retains deep roots in...
Big Thinkers: James Gosling – Creator of Java
James Gosling is a name that resonates through the halls of computer science, software engineering, and more recently, cloud computing. Best known as the "Father of Java," Gosling's influence stretches far beyond the iconic programming language. His work has quietly...
Software Innovations: iOS – The Operating System That Put the Future in Your Pocket
A 18‑year chronicle of Apple’s mobile powerhouse—how it began, how it rewired the software economy, and why its next act is infused with on‑device intelligence. You wake up, glance at a glowing rectangle, and with a tap summon everything from bank balances to baby...
Hidden Security Risks of “Vibe Coding” for Enterprise AI Projects
There’s a quiet rebellion happening in AI development. Developers are increasingly bypassing traditional planning and documentation processes in favor of a faster, more instinctive approach: “vibe coding.” It’s agile, it’s exciting, and in fast-moving teams, it often...
Big Thinkers: Brendan Eich – From JavaScript to Cloud Privacy Pioneer
Brendan Eich may be best known as the creator of JavaScript, but his influence extends well beyond programming languages into the very core of internet privacy and emerging cloud ecosystems. Today, as CEO of Brave Software, Eich is a key figure pushing for...
Software Innovation: Docker – Container Revolution that Changed Software Development
Between the constant chatter about “containers,” “microservices,” and “cloud-native,” Docker stands as a major player in the lexicon of contemporary software development. What started as a simple abstraction tool for Linux containers evolved into a cultural shift for...