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.
How to Build and Deploy an MCP Server with TypeScript and Azure Developer CLI (azd) using Azure Container Apps and Docker
Large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing the way we build software. But as the scope of intelligent applications grows, so does the need for structured, contextual communication between LLMs and real-world data, services, and business logic. This is where the...
Applying Terraform Changes to Specific Resources using the -target Argument
Managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform is as common as CI/CD pipelines and incident response playbooks. However, there are moments when you don’t want Terraform to touch everything. Maybe you need to quickly redeploy an Azure Function App, or perhaps a...
OpenAI Secures $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank to Advance AGI Research
OpenAI has announced a substantial new funding round, raising $40 billion at a $300 billion post-money valuation. The financing, revealed on March 31, 2025, is backed by SoftBank Group and will be used to advance OpenAI's research towards artificial general...
What is the HashiCorp Ambassador Award?
HashiCorp, the company behind Terraform, Consul, and Vault, has a community recognition award they call "HashiCorp Ambassador." This award is given to individuals who have committed to the spirit of open source and actively share their knowledge in HashiCorp products...
Databricks vs Apache Spark: Key Differences and When to Use Each
Within the big data and analytics space there are two names at the forefront of conversation: Apache Spark and Databricks. While they're closely related, they serve very different purposes in the data ecosystem. Understanding their core differences is critical for...
Visual Basic: The Language That Brought Programming to the Masses
In the vibrant and fast-paced history of software development, a few languages have quietly but profoundly reshaped the landscape. Among these is Visual Basic (VB) — a language often underestimated in its influence but undeniably responsible for bringing programming...
Big Thinkers: Scott Guthrie – From Innovator of ASP.NET to Azure’s Global Rise
As the Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud + AI Group, Scott Guthrie (aka "ScottGu", pronounces "Scott Goo") has quietly yet powerfully shaped the trajectory of one of the world's largest and most influential cloud platforms—Microsoft Azure. His influence...
Future of Enterprise Computing: How Agentic AI and Multi-Agent Workflows Are Transforming Business Processes
Enterprise computing is undergoing a radical transformation. As businesses strive to remain competitive in an AI-driven world, a new paradigm is emerging: agentic AI and multi-agent systems. These intelligent, autonomous software agents are not just augmenting...
IngressNightmare: Critical Zero-Day Kubernetes Vulnerabilities Put Thousands of Clusters at Risk (March 2025)
A set of 'critical' zero-day vulnerabilities, collectively named IngressNightmare, have been discovered in the widely used Ingress-NGINX Controller for Kubernetes that can result in a 'full takeover' of a Kubernetes cluster! These flaws expose over 6,500 publicly...
Python: Get YouTube Video Transcript from URL for use in Generative AI and RAG Summarization
There are times when it's necessary to download the text transcript of a YouTube video using Python. This can be done with the help of the youtube_transcript_api library. Getting access to the text content of YouTube videos can be extremely helpful when using...
Deploy LiteLLM on Microsoft Azure with AZD, Azure Container Apps and PostgreSQL
Generative AI is evolving rapidly, and developers are increasingly looking for efficient ways to manage multiple LLMs (Large Language Models) using a centralized proxy. LiteLLM is a powerful solution that simplifies multi-LLM management by acting as a proxy server....
Get Total Size Allocated to Azure Storage Account (Blobs, Files, Tables and Queues)
Azure Storage Accounts are a fundamental part of cloud storage in Microsoft Azure, providing various types of storage services such as blobs, files, tables, and queues. Understanding the total size allocated to a storage account and the usage breakdown per service...
Fixing Disk Signature Collision in Azure VM After Cloning or Using Snapshots with Windows
When moving or duplicating Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), you may encounter an issue where the VM’s disk is offline due to a signature collision. This commonly happens when: Cloning disk images (using dd, azcopy, or exporting VHDs). Creating a new VM from a disk...
Azure Service Fabric: Is it still relevant? Service Fabric vs Microsoft Fabric?
Microsoft Azure Service Fabric has been a foundational platform for building and managing microservices-based applications since its release. However, with the rise of Kubernetes and other container orchestration tools, its adoption has seen changes over the years....
How Generative AI Uses Text Tokens to Generate a Response
Generative AI systems using Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4o process natural language input through a series of computational steps: tokenization, numerical representation, neural processing, and text generation. While these models have achieved impressive...
Microsoft Azure Resource and Service Limits and Quotas
Microsoft Azure imposes limits and quotas on how many resources of each type you can provision per Azure Subscription, and even per Azure Region. Some limits are a hard maximum, while others are a soft limit that can be increases upon request. When working with...
Azure Data Studio Retires February 28, 2026
Microsoft has announced the official retirement of Azure Data Studio on February 28, 2026. This decision marks a significant shift in Microsoft’s approach to database development tools, as users are encouraged to transition to Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with the...
IPv4 Address CIDR Range Reference and Calculator
As a network engineer, administrator, or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) you probably have run across CIDR notation for defining IPv4 address spaces for both networks and subnets. CIDR notation is used a lot in the IT infrastructure configuration world. The following...