My Week at Microsoft Ignite 2025: Connecting, Learning, and Exploring the Future of AI and Cloud This week, I had the incredible opportunity to attend Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco. It was a jam-packed week filled with sessions, hands-on labs, and countless conversations with peers an…

Ignite 2025 was packed with game-changing announcements: Copilot everywhere, Azure HorizonDB, agentic workflows, and more.
Here’s my recap of the highlights:
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The future of AI + cloud is here. Which feature excites you most?

Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂

What a fantastic AMA with @scott.hanselman.com yesterday at #MSIgnite. Amazing insights on my question about junior developers in the world of AI coding agents. Definitely one of the highlights of this event for me. I can’t wait for the “Scott and Mark Learn To” session today.

Let the fun begin!!

DevOps Refined: Strengthening Systems Through Iterative Testing It’s time to dive into one of the most critical phases of the DevOps lifecycle: testing. Testing is a cornerstone of software development—it ensures that applications behave as expected, meet desig…

Just dropped a new post on the test phase of the DevOps lifecycle—automation, shift-left, Playwright, and building confidence through continuous validation.
Read it here: blog.runtimedevelopment.com/2025/09/24/d...

#DevOps #Testing #CI_CD #Playwright #SoftwareQuality

DevOps Unleashed: Automating the Build Phase for Real Impact Ever heard the phrase “It works on my machine”? It’s the battle cry of countless developers—and the bane of every operations team. In the build phase of the DevOps lifecycle, we finally confront th…

“It works on my machine.”

Not anymore. CI pipelines are the antidote—and I just published a guide to building one that actually works.

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#DevOps #CI #Automation #AzureDevOps

DevOps in Motion, Part II: From Concept to Code It’s That time again—welcome back to our ongoing journey through the DevOps lifecycle. In our last article, we kicked off the Code phase, exploring how purposeful planning translates into str…

New blog post: DevOps in Motion, Part II: From Concept to Code

From micro-repos to Bicep templates, I’m turning DevOps principles into practice in the SaaStronaut project.

Let’s make DevOps intentional. 👉 blog.runtimedevelopment.com/2025/08/06/d... #DevOps #IaC #AzureDevOps #CleanCode #SaaStronaut

DevOps in Motion: Building with Purpose in the Code Phase It’s that time again—another installment in our series showcasing the phases of the DevOps lifecycle in action. This time, we’re diving into the Code phase. If you’re joining us f…

New post: DevOps in Motion – Building with Purpose in the Code Phase

From branching strategies to Infrastructure as Code, here’s how the Code phase brings DevOps to life.

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#DevOps #GitHubFlow #IaC #Microservices #SoftwareEngineering

DevOps by Design: Structuring Success Through Planning Welcome back to part two of our DevOps series. This time, we’re rolling up our sleeves to dive into the DevOps lifecycle—starting with the Planning phase. It’s here that ideas take shap…

🚀 Part 2 of my DevOps series is live! We’re diving into the Planning phase—where strategy meets execution, and work takes shape with Azure DevOps.
Read how we prep for success 👉 blog.runtimedevelopment.com/2025/06/24/d... #DevOps #AzureDevOps #Agile #SaaS #TechLeadership

DevOps: The Magic Behind IT Evolution DevOps is one of the most transformative concepts in all of IT—a simple, punchy word that carries immense significance. With just six letters, it conveys its most fundamental purpose: the seamless …

🚀 DevOps: The Magic Behind IT Evolution 🚀

Kicking off my DevOps series with a deep dive into key principles, collaboration, automation, and continuous improvement! This is just the beginning—follow along as we explore each phase in detail.

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Wrapped up an amazing time at #MSBuild! So many exciting updates in AI, agents, and cloud technology—it’s clear the future is moving fast. Loved connecting with brilliant minds and learning what’s next in the tech world. Can’t wait to start building with everything I’ve seen! 🚀 #AI #CloudComputing