Azure Developer CLI: From Dev to Prod with One Click.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/azure-developer-cli-from-dev-to-prod-with-one-click/

Azure Developer CLI: From Dev to Prod with One Click.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/devops/azure-developer-cli-from-dev-to-prod-with-one-click/
Building Multi-Agent Solutions with Semantic Kernel and A2A Protocol | by Kinfey Lo.
#Microsoft outsourced administration of classified #DoD data to cheap workers in #China.
My latest update on https://karl-voit.at/2024/07/17/Microsoft-compromised (see bottom of article for further links)
Do you really want to #trust companies where such a thing is not only possible but also done?
@kuketzblog Ach wie schön, dass mein AG weiterhin mit juristischem Gewäsch rechtfertigt, #azure, #windows und defacto alles von #microsoft als #dsgvo konform zu verkaufen und ich wie eine Gefahr für den Laden angeschaut werde, wenn ich darauf poche, vielleicht mal was anderes zu verticken. Und wir erfüllen ja auch nur Aufträge im #b2b und sind von Fastfood-Kette, über PKW-Hersteller bis #bundeswehr vertreten.
Missed one of my past conference talks? Let’s fix that.
I’m sharing my favorites—packed with real-world advice, lessons, and a few laughs.
“DIY Azure Security Assessment" - with Teri Radichel https://twp.ai/4iodU5
"OpenAI uses a giant monorepo which is ~mostly Python (though there is a growing set of Rust services and a handful of Golang services sprinkled in for things like network proxies). This creates a lot of strange-looking code because there are so many ways you can write Python. You will encounter both libraries designed for scale from 10y Google veterans as well as throwaway Jupyter notebooks from newly-minted PhDs. Pretty much everything operates around FastAPI to create APIs and Pydantic for validation. But there aren't style guides enforced writ-large.
OpenAI runs everything on Azure. What's funny about this is there are exactly three services that I would consider trustworthy: Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB (Azure's document storage), and BlobStore. There's no true equivalents of Dynamo, Spanner, Bigtable, Bigquery Kinesis or Aurora. It's a bit rarer to think a lot in auto-scaling units. The IAM implementations tend to be way more limited than what you might get from an AWS. And there's a strong bias to implement in-house.
When it comes to personnel (at least in eng), there's a very significant Meta → OpenAI pipeline. In many ways, OpenAI resembles early Meta: a blockbuster consumer app, nascent infra, and a desire to move really quickly. Most of the infra talent I've seen brought over from Meta + Instagram has been quite strong.
Put these things together, and you see a lot of core parts of infra that feel reminiscent of Meta. There was an in-house reimplementation of TAO. An effort to consolidate auth identity at the edge. And I'm sure a number of others I don't know about."
Pretty cool „Evil VM: From Guest Compromise To Entra Admin In 9 Easy Steps”
@github #copilot has become a lot more usable in #visualstudio as it has become a lot faster. Hoping for even better perf and a better more "instant" UI experience going forward, and better keyboard shortcut support. Working on #Azure #DevOps hacks where it's definitely helpful.
»Softwareentwicklung – Wie ist die Arbeit bei OpenAI?
Kaum E-Mails, viel Code und ein umstrittener Ruf: Ein ehemaliger OpenAI-Forscher berichtet von seiner Zeit im Unternehmen.«
Und ergibt dies nun gute Qualität so wie sichere Software von KI?
https://www.golem.de/news/softwareentwicklung-wie-ist-die-arbeit-bei-openai-2507-198172.html
"Mehr als 100.000 #Exchange-Server sollen in den USA betroffen gewesen sein, in Deutschland mehrere Zehntausend. Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (#BSI) ging davon aus, dass alle Exchange-Systeme, die nicht abgesichert waren, mit einer #Hintertür infiziert wurden. Weltweit sollen nach Schätzung des britischen Außenministeriums und des National Cyber #Security Centers mehr als eine Viertelmillion Server kompromittiert worden sein."
Business as usual bei #Microsoft.
Read That Before You Trust Anything by Microsoft Once Again
https://karl-voit.at/2024/07/17/Microsoft-compromised/
It's hard to believe that more or less all of #Microsoft is considered completely infiltrated by unknown hacker groups.
Read my article + the linked sources and then write me arguments why Microsoft should be trusted (again).
Microsoft (MSFT Stock) Emissions Up 23%, Invests in Waste-to-Energy Project to Capture 3 Million Tons of CO₂ • Carbon Credits https://www.byteseu.com/1187117/ #AI #AZURE #CarbonCredits #Energy #microsoft #MicrosoftCarbonCredits #MicrosoftCarbonOffsets #MicrosoftCarbonRemoval #MicrosoftDataCenterEmissions #MicrosoftEmissions #MicrosoftRenewableEnergy #MicrosoftSustianability #MsftStock #Solar
The thing that gets me about #selfhosting web services is that you will never be able to #selfhost your TLD domain. You will never be free of big tech on the clear open Internet; we baked it into DNS, the lowest layer of the protocol. So unless you're self-hosting an #Onion, or #IPFS site I don't see the point in avoiding #cloud providers.
It's like calling yourself Vegan and working at KFC.
New episode 29 of the #TalkingPostgres #podcast is out!
Shireesh Thota (CVP of Azure Databases at Microsoft) once dreamed of driving a bus. Instead, he fell for math, BASIC, and engineering—and now leads all database work at Microsoft.
We talk about:
The shift from developer to manager (if only people came with documentation)
Why databases are a microcosm of computer science
Why Microsoft must contribute to #PostgreSQL open source—not just consume it
Whether Shireesh has a favorite database?
A new #VSCode extension for Postgres
You should listen! You will enjoy it:
https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/how-i-got-started-leading-database-teams-with-shireesh-thota
https://youtu.be/jP8a_S2MjtY?si=d9USWZ90l5IbOWfz
Please boost so your Postgres friends will discover the episode
And if you subscribe, you'll never miss an episode: https://talkingpostgres.com/subscribe
Also: Big thanks to @asw of Microsoft who co-produces this show with me and is amazing to work with!
Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter #440 - Week Ending July 11, 2025.
Dew Drop Weekly Newsletter #440 - Week Ending July 11, 2025.
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#dewdrop #newsletter #azure #cloud #aspnetcore #javascript #xaml #windev #csharp #dotnet #ai #mcp #devops #agile #IoT #mobiledev #gamedev #podcasts #m365 #sqlserver #database #data
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️ Microsoft and Replit Join to Bring No-Code Tools to Azure
Everyone's telling me the developer experience is so much better on Azure for serverless.
But where's that debug button when you need to test your Azure Functions locally? How do you even run your whole stack - functions AND database - before pushing to the cloud?
Turns out .NET Aspire isn't just for building distributed monoliths. When you think of it as a replacement for Docker Compose (and let's be honest, none of us like writing YAML), it becomes incredibly powerful for local serverless development.
In my latest video, I show you exactly how to use Aspire to run Azure Functions locally with full debugging support, plus all the infrastructure you need. No more guessing if your code works before deployment.