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Building your own PR reviewer with coding agents

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:28:00 GMT

I've now built a couple versions of automated PR reviewers, and the main thing that keeps standing out is that the AI part is surprisingly small. The model matters, of course. But the architecture matters more.

Testing Cloudflare's Code Mode on Azure DevOps MCP

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:37:00 GMT

I recently spent some time testing Cloudflare's Code Mode in implementing the Azure DevOps MCP server in a more lightweight manner. This post goes through some of my experiences.

Enabling Custom (Bicep) Language Server support in OpenCode

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:29:36 GMT

I wanted Bicep diagnostics to show up in OpenCode with a custom LSP setup, as I noticed the models making a bunch of mistakes without it. Here's how to do it.

How I currently develop with LLM models (Early 2026)

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:15:00 GMT

I've been experimenting with a lot of different agent setups, harnesses and model combinations over the last months, and I've ended up settling on a workflow that is fairly simple in structure even if the tooling around it is changing quickly.

Designing a shared OpenTelemetry contract for AI services on Azure

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:13:00 GMT

In this post I'll walk through how I went about making multiple services behave like they belong to the same platform from an OpenTelemetry perspective.

Semantic Kernel to Microsoft Agent Framework: Practical reflections

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:08:00 GMT

Now that MAF is nearing a GA release, I took my existing demo and translated it to see how the new framework feels in real code. In this post I'll recap my thoughts on the new framework.

Preserving MCP session continuity with Redis

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:44:00 GMT

I ran into a fairly mundane MCP issue recently that only really shows up once the server stops living on one process forever: Sessions.

Practical experiences with Azure APIM AI Gateway and imported Foundry endpoints

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:20:00 GMT

I've been building out AI platforms on Azure, and as part of that ended up spending a fair bit of time with both the newer AI Gateway story in API Management and the imported Microsoft Foundry endpoint flow.

Shipping signed config updates to local AI tooling

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:39:00 GMT

Adventures in tool distribution

Browser verification for coding agents: Chrome DevTools MCP vs agent-browser

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:13:00 GMT

This post is about browser feedback for coding agents during normal development work, not about fully autonomous browser agents or end-to-end testing as such.

Securing remote MCP servers with Entra ID without breaking reconnects

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:31:00 GMT

I've been wiring remote MCP servers behind Entra-protected endpoints lately, and the awkward part isn't really validating a JWT, but everything around it.

Primary vs Subagents in LLM harnesses

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:35:00 GMT

I’ve been refining my own mental model for agent splits in coding workflows, and this post is a snapshot of what has worked best so far.

Automating Azure DevOps workload identity service connections end to end

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:28:00 GMT

How to automate the whole flow and get rid of passwords at the same time

Connecting OpenCode with Microsoft Foundry Models

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:41:00 GMT

In this post I'll show you how I've configured the providers to my own Foundry, which hosts both the recently announced Anthropic models as well as models by OpenAI and others.

Research - Plan - Implement

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:48:00 GMT

Core ideas and GH + OpenCode implementations of the Research - Plan - Implement development flow

Azure AI Dev Platform Fundamentals

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:52:00 GMT

In this post I'll describe some of the fundamental building blocks of creating an AI Dev platform for organizations in Azure.

A mental model for LLM tooling primitives

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:07:00 GMT

In this post I'll open up my own thinking on what should be defined at which layer of your LLM tooling stack.

A simple document processing pipeline that worked

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 18:59:00 GMT

I've been involved in a fair number of document processing projects on Azure. This post describes one of them at the pattern level.

Wrapping your head around Azure AI Foundry resources

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 10:12:00 GMT

A while back, Microsoft had a huge hype cycle around the rename of Azure AI Studio to Azure AI Foundry. I've had a while to get to know the product and in this post will try to open up how it all works from a Azure resource perspective.

Intro to Managed DevOps Pools

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:28:00 GMT

The Managed DevOps Pools (MDP) resource in Azure has been Generally Available since Ignite 2024. Let's see how to set one up, and discuss why I think this solves a common problem in my projects: requiring deployments into VNETs.

Using Bicep to manage Microsoft Graph

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:56:00 GMT

The Bicep team has recently published the "Bicep Templates for Microsoft Graph" extension into public preview. I've been playing around with it a bit, and wanted to document my experiences.

Setting up Kubernetes as an External Identity Provider for Workload Identity Federation

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:10:00 GMT

In this post we'll see how to set up our own Kubernetes cluster to act as an External Identity Provider.

How does workload identity federation actually work?

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:55:00 GMT

In this post, I'll try to explain the internal workings of workload identity federation.

Quick ways of getting ObjectIds

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 17:57:00 GMT

A few quick ways of figuring out objectIds when you don't have access to the Entra Portal

Troubleshooting Azure App Service and Functions

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:53:00 GMT

My troubleshooting workflow for common problems I've faced when working with Azure App Service and Azure Functions

Entra ID Groups in Azure SQL don't have a default schema

Sun, 12 Jan 2025 19:01:00 GMT

In this post, we'll see how to fix the following error during your migration runs: "@" either does not exist or you do not have permission to use it.

Simple Log Aggregation with Azure Metrics Aggregator

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:22:00 GMT

I created a simple tool to make aggregation of data easier for Azure Monitor based alerts

Azure DevOps Agents in Azure Container Apps

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:31:49 GMT

This post will go through the infrastructure implementations for two different use cases: scale-to-zero agents that die after every run, and static agents that persist until killed.

Azure DevOps Agents using Managed Identitites

Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:52:16 GMT

This post shows an example of how to use Azure DevOps Agents without Personal Access Tokens, using Managed Identities instead.

User Assigned Managed Identities with Azure DevOps Service Connections

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:37:00 GMT

This post will show you how to use User Assigned Identities to back Azure DevOps service connections to Azure

Using Azure AI Speech SDK with Go

Sun, 03 Mar 2024 14:27:55 GMT

In this blog post I'll provide some examples and observations on how to set up and use the Azure AI Speech service from a Go application.

Saving custom data into Log Analytics from a Go application

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:55:00 GMT

In a recent hobby project I decided to learn more about Log Analytics and saving custom logs into it.

Simple Azure app deployment automation for Developers

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:07:00 GMT

A look into a simple approach to automating deployments to Azure that can be run locally using powershell. Also includes thoughts on Azure Developer CLI (azd)

Monitoring Setup for Azure AD B2C tenants

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 18:52:44 GMT

I've recently been working on implementing Azure AD B2C from scratch, and wanted to write down some thoughts about how to implement the monitoring for new tenants.

DevOps for Azure Workbooks

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:00:00 GMT

In parts 1 and 2 of this series, I've looked at the different ways of getting more out of your Azure Workbooks on the visual and data side. The last thing I want to talk about is the Development and DevOps flows of the workbooks

Tips for using Azure Workbooks - Part 2

Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:00:06 GMT

Continuing from the previous post, let's get into some of the more advanced things to get more out of your workbooks. Some of these might need further development on your part, but hopefully you'll be able to get an overview of how you could use the same techniques to fit your own use cases.

Tips for using Azure Workbooks - Part 1

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 18:12:22 GMT

Here are some of my tips for beginners and intermediate users thinking of getting started with Azure Workbooks.

Updating Azure DevOps Azure Automatic Service Principal secrets

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:13:32 GMT

Recent changes in the Azure DevOps UI have made it somewhat difficult to refresh secrets on the Azure ARM service connections, here are a couple of ways you can work around this.

Business benefits of robust telemetry practices

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:35:57 GMT

In this post, I’ll try to open up a few of the ways of how a robust system of telemetry and feedback will allow your product to be more agile, deploy more often, lead to faster time to market, and change the development culture of your team for the better.

Personalizing your GitHub Codespace

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:55:00 GMT

So now that we're set with our default Codespace, we should get into customizing the experience. A major part of the appeal of Visual Studio Code is the plethora of awesome extensions that make the development workflow much more productive.

Getting started with GitHub Codespaces

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 21:18:00 GMT

Setting up development environments can be a bit of a pain. Find out how to solve the issue using GitHub Codespaces with this series of posts!

I've been awarded the Microsoft Azure MVP title!

Sat, 06 Jun 2020 12:04:49 GMT

Exciting times! This Monday I was notified that my nomination for the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award had been evaluated and I was awarded the title in the Azure category. If you're not from the Microsoft scene, you might not be familiar with what this is, so let's take a look.

Azure Pipelines YAML Trigger Overview

Sun, 31 May 2020 16:22:51 GMT

I was recently asked about the different triggers in Azure Pipelines YAML. Let's take a closer look at what is offered and how to use them.

Simple staging slots for Azure Storage Static Websites

Fri, 22 May 2020 17:41:00 GMT

For our static frontend hosted in Azure Storage, there is no slot swap functionality out of the box. Here's a short walkthrough on how we solved this.

App Service Imported SSL Certificate from Key Vault in another Subscription

Sun, 03 May 2020 21:01:00 GMT

We recently ran into an issue with our requirement to pull an imported SSL certificate from a key vault that was located in a separate subscription from our function app consumption plan. Here's how we ended up solving this issue.

My presentations from Global Azure Virtual

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:27:45 GMT

Due to the Covid-19 situation, the excellent Global Azure Bootcamp had to be transformed into a virtual event this year. I was already part of organizing a local physical event, so I thought it would at least make sense to participate in the virtual event.

Runtime Artifact selection in Azure Pipelines YAML

Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:28:44 GMT

I've been using Azure Pipelines YAML schema for quite a while now, but the difficulty of selecting specific artifacts has been bothering me. Check out how I've overcome the issue.

AZ-500 Study Guide

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:06:28 GMT

I recently passed the AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate certification, and thought that now that most of the world is under some level of COVID-19 related quarantine, what better way to spend one's time than study for a certification test. This study guide aims to help with that process.

Troubleshooting Azure Data Factory v2 Git integration

Fri, 13 Mar 2020 22:27:47 GMT

We recently changed some of our application resource structures. During this change, we ran into an error message "The publish branch is out of sync with the collaboration branch. This is likely due to publishing outside of Git mode." during our publish. Here's how we solved the issue.

Automating Azure Private Link - Private Endpoints for Azure Storage

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:16:56 GMT

Last week Microsoft announced that Azure Private Link is now generally available on a limited quantity of services. I dug in to how the portal is doing the deployment of Private Endpoints for Azure Storage and how to automate it. Here's how you can do it too.

Updating ARM schema & apiVersion values

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:24:10 GMT

A short look into what the process is like, what benefits there are and what might go wrong.

Figuring out undocumented ARM templates

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:47:57 GMT

I've recently run into several situations where something that is configurable from the Azure Portal is not anywhere in the ARM documentation. This blog post will go through my process of figuring out how to implement those in ARM anyway.

Build your CI with Azure Pipelines YAML

Sat, 25 Jan 2020 15:43:25 GMT

After a bit of a lull in the content front, I recently wrote a blog post on Azure Pipelines YAML on my employer's website. After reading the blog post you will have a decent grasp of how to get started with creating your build pipelines with the "new" YAML format, which I think will greatly benefit your workflows in developing CI solutions. Check the blog out here: Finnish version [https://zure.com/fi/blogi/rakenna-ci-putkesi-kayttaen-azure-pipelines-yamlia/] English version [https://zure.com/e

Automating .NET EF Core SQL Migration scripts

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:56:32 GMT

We wanted to generate migration scripts in our build steps and then separately run them against our SQL database in the release pipeline. This was fairly straightforward on paper, but in our situation turned out to include some gotchas I was not aware of before.

DevOps flow in Azure Data Factory V2

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:09:55 GMT

I've recently had the opportunity to get a bit more familiar with Azure Data Factory V2. Here are some of my findings regarding the DevOps side of the product.