Simon Waight is a software developer and technical blogger who writes about Microsoft developer events, GitHub Copilot, AI applications, and modern web development with practical insights for developers.
186 articles from this blog
A guide for tech user groups on transitioning in-person events online, covering budget, tools, and redefining 'live' for remote audiences.
A .NET developer discusses the future of .NET, the importance of being a polyglot programmer, and why .NET is in great shape.
Final 2019 episode of Red Dog for Dev, reviewing top Azure developer features and tools from the year.
A session on Azure Logic Apps basics as part of the 2019 Azure Advent Calendar community initiative, featuring 25 days of Azure content.
Episode 3 of Red Dog for Dev covers Microsoft's latest Kubernetes news and a demo of building an Azure Logic App for GitHub notifications.
Episode two covers Microsoft Ignite announcements for Azure API Management, App Service, Container Registry, and a Visual Studio Online demo.
First episode of a new video series covering new Azure features for developers, including demos and resource links.
A technical guide on using Azure serverless services (Logic Apps, Cognitive Services, Table Storage) to automatically detect and flag spam bots in Meetup groups.
A guide to Git basics for IT operators new to source control, covering key concepts and commands to get started easily.
A developer shares how they built a low-cost Azure game using Logic Apps and Face API for event engagement, with code on GitHub.
A guide to deploying custom, long-running Azure Functions in containers using Docker and KEDA for event-driven autoscaling, demonstrated with a video thumbnail generation example.
A tutorial on using Azure Logic Apps to automate posting new Meetup event announcements into Microsoft Teams via Adaptive Cards.
Author shares experience and rationale for taking the Microsoft AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals exam, emphasizing its value for developers and IT professionals.
A collection of session content and links from the Sydney Global Azure Bootcamp 2019, covering Azure, serverless, containers, and more.
A guide on deploying Python Flask web applications to Azure App Service, covering continuous deployment with Kudu and runtime configuration.
Announcing two tech talks in Sydney on building apps with Azure serverless services and Python Flask on Azure App Service.
A tutorial on deploying a Python Flask application to Azure App Service on Linux using GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation.
Using Azure Cognitive Services and Logic Apps to automatically tag and enrich images stored in SharePoint with metadata.
A guide to key Azure developer sessions at Microsoft Ignite | The Tour: Sydney 2019, covering serverless, security, data, and deployment.
A guide to building and deploying Python-based Azure Functions using Azure DevOps pipelines, updated for general availability.
