Huge thanks to this dream team:
Marcelo Zambrana – fellow HashiCorp Ambassador 🌍
Dariusz Porowski – author of the Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric ⚡
Aaron Hogue – Microsoft veteran 💪
No shortcuts. No gimmicks. Just code + creativity. And now… 3rd place. LFG! 🚀
From terraforming castles 🏰 to orchestrating flocks of pink sheep 🩷🐑, we showed that code and imagination are still more than enough to inspire.
The category was sponsored by none other than @philspencer.bsky.social, CEO of Microsoft Gaming — which makes this recognition even more surreal. 💥
We were the long shot with the crazy idea:
➡️ No AI buzzwords
➡️ No hype machines
➡️ Just good old-fashioned open source software development — cloud & DevOps principles applied to community outreach through the world's most popular video game: Minecraft.
🏆 Against all odds, our Terraform Provider for Minecraft hackathon project just won 3rd place in the Hack for Approachable Gaming category!
Now playing
lol. Yeah “that guy that built a Minecraft provider for terraform” 😅🤣
Enterprise grade flock of pink sheep… lemme tell you!!! 🤪😅🤣
Great quote from #hashiconf!!! 😅🤣
Ikr?!?! Wild!!! 🤩
🎉 It’s finally happening—I’m speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2025!
✅ Lifelong dream: check.
✅ Session is LIVE on the official site: check.
Come join me in San Francisco and let’s stop punching trees and start mining for diamonds with automation!!!! 🙌🤓🙌
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Hanging out in the Rooftop Garden at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Enjoying the calm before the storm. #HashiConf2025 #HashiConf
🌟 It's Hackathon Season at Microsoft! 🌟
I’m thrilled to announce my project for this year’s Global Hackathon: Terraforming Minecraft 🎮
Wanna help?
🟦 Hackathon 👉 innovationstudio.microsoft.com/hackathons/h...
🟪 Terraform 👉 registry.terraform.io/providers/ma...
⬛ GitHub 👉 github.com/markti/terra...
Civil Discourse has never been more important.
Had a great time speaking at #kcdc2025. Thank you so much for being such a gracious host! It was a great time!!!
Loved my audience! Fun bunch!!!
Happy Terraforming!!! Whether is AWS, Azure, or Minecraft!!! 😉🤓🙌😅🤣
Terraform Apply a Golden Pyramid in Minecraft!!! Then Terraform Destroy!!!! #kcdc #kcdc2025 @hashicorp.com
Just landed in Kansas City for #kcdc !!!!!!
Last day in paradise… 😵
BOOM!!!! @hashicorp.com is giving away a free copy of my book "Mastering Terraform" to the next 25 #HashiConf2025 registrations!!!!!!
Go collect your bounty and let's connect this September in San Francisco!!!!
www.hashicorp.com/en/conferenc...
I had a great time on Wednesday evening at the Azure Columbus meetup. Great presentation from @MarkTinderholt.com on #Azure OpenAI.
I'm looking forward to attending the Azure Cbus meetup tonight with @marktinderholt.com talking about RAG, JFK, and Azure OpenAI. Join us! #Azure
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🫵 Catch me at #HashiConf2025 this Sept 24–26! 🤓 😅 🫣
Let’s talk AI, Azure, and @hashicorp.com Terraform—a few of my favorite things. 🤖☁️🛠️
Register now 👉 www.hashicorp.com/en/conferenc...
🪣📋 Bucket List Item Scratched Off
I get to author my first Azure Resource Provider. 🤩
✅ Brand new resource type
✅ Azure Portal front end
✅ ARM RP backend
Can’t say much more… yet 👀 — but this is one of those deep nerd dreams come true.
Super stoked!!! 🤓🚀💙
Going live in CBus for #AzureGlobal2025
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Feeling truly honored by this feedback! Thanks Alistair!!! 🙏🎉
Teaching Terraform in a way that's simple, layered, and even a little oddly 🤪 entertaining is exactly what I aim for! 🚀🛠️
Corporate America RN...
LFG!!!!!!!
i didn get mine............... 😢
