Mark Tinderholt is a Principal Architect at Microsoft, specializing in Azure cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure automation with Terraform. Through Azure Terraformer, he educates and connects the community around best practices in Azure automation and multi-cloud engineering.
9 articles from this blog
Analyzes HCP Terraform's RUM pricing model, arguing it penalizes detailed infrastructure management by charging for small control-plane objects.
Analysis of HCP Terraform's RUM pricing model, arguing it discourages automation best practices by penalizing fine-grained cloud resource management.
A developer details creating a Terraform module for generating domes in Minecraft, enabling architectural builds inspired by Romanesque and neoclassical designs.
A technical guide on using Terraform to generate voxel-based spheres in Minecraft, focusing on geometric algorithms and infrastructure-as-code.
A technical guide on using Terraform modules to programmatically generate right-triangle block structures in Minecraft, focusing on vector math and configuration.
Terraform Cloud's legacy free tier is being replaced by a credit-based model, changing how users access the platform for free.
A developer reflects on AI agent architectures, context management, and the industry's overemphasis on model development vs. building applications.
A developer shares his journey of submitting and getting accepted to present an Infrastructure-as-Code session at Microsoft Ignite 2025.
A guide to automating the publishing of internal .NET NuGet packages using GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages.
