YOW! 2025
A developer shares their experience speaking at YOW! 2025 conferences in Australia, presenting on WebAssembly on Kubernetes and teaching an OpenTelemetry masterclass.
A developer shares their experience speaking at YOW! 2025 conferences in Australia, presenting on WebAssembly on Kubernetes and teaching an OpenTelemetry masterclass.
Explains AI evals: automated checks for non-deterministic AI outputs using LLMs to score against expectations, not exact matches.
Obie Fernandez reflects on AI coding agents shifting developer focus from writing code to decision-making and intent.
Summary of recent Azure IaaS and Azure Local updates, including new availability zones, networking changes, and security/compliance features.
Explains how to use Azure API Management with AI systems like Microsoft Foundry to improve sustainability through caching and request optimization.
Explains the new Soft Delete feature for Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policies, detailing how to restore deleted policies for 30 days.
A guide on using the OpenAI Codex CLI, focusing on skill workflows, reading SKILL.md files, and efficient resource management.
Explains the OWASP Top 10 security risks for autonomous AI agents, detailing threats like goal hijacking and tool misuse with real-world examples.
A guide to recognizing and managing personal bias in technical decision-making, focusing on objective data and open-minded discussions.
A developer reflects on the boredom of AI-driven 'vibe coding' and why they still prefer hands-on programming for the joy and learning it provides.
The author compares MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool loading with a 'skills' approach, arguing skills are more efficient for LLM agents than deferred tool loading.
A guide to Microsoft's new XML-based .slnx solution format for .NET, explaining its benefits over the classic .sln file and providing a migration overview.
OpenAI is quietly adding 'skills' support to ChatGPT and Codex CLI, a feature inspired by Anthropic for extending AI capabilities with custom folders and scripts.
A technical guide on upgrading a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster to use the new Autopilot Compute Class feature.
WebAssembly (Wasm) is becoming a core web technology, enabling high-performance applications in the browser by compiling languages like Rust and C++.
A technical article exploring how to create closures in C to add a context pointer to Win32 window procedures, bypassing the standard four-parameter limit.
Explores how OAuth delegation and 'On Behalf Of' flows apply to AI agents, discussing authorization challenges in agentic systems.
Argues for a new type of cybersecurity product focused on communicating safety and business value, not just technical metrics.
A guide on using the `jq` command-line tool to parse and extract user prompts from ChatGPT Codex session files stored in JSONL format.