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After years of running AKS in production (and learning the hard way), I wrote a book about the decisions that really matter.
📘 The AKS Book: Every AKS Decision That Will Save You a Cluster Rebuild
It’s out now.
More info 👇
pixelrobots.co.uk/2026/03/th…
#AKS #PlatformEngineering #Kubernetes
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📣 Barcelona is calling! Registration is OPEN for #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon Europe 2027!
📅 15-18 March
📍 Barcelona, Spain
Join 13,000+ attendees. Register by 18 November to save up to $1,079!
🎟️ bit.ly/2DjRoBG
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Just 10 days left to submit your sessions.
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Website: festivetechcalendar.com
🚀 AKS release notes tell you what changed. Getting in a room with the people building it lets you ask why.
My recent posts covered some AKS changes that caught my attention, including Node Pool Rollback, availability zone placement, and more control over LTS upgrades.
But reading about a feature is only part of the story.
What problem was the team trying to solve? Why did they take that approach? What should you consider before using it in production?
That’s the kind of conversation I’m looking forward to at Microsoft Azure Day with Kubernetes, ahead of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America.
If you work with AKS, there’s a lot to get out of the day:
✅ Hear directly from Microsoft product managers and engineering teams about AKS, with practical insights and best practices.
✅ Join the afternoon roundtables to go beyond the announcement, ask questions, and share what you’re seeing in your own environments.
✅ Or take the hands-on lab path and spend the afternoon learning by doing, with help available when you need it.
I’ll be proctoring the labs, so if you’re coming along, please come and say hello. I’d love to hear what you’re building, and help you work through something new.
📍 Salt Lake City Marriott City Center
📅 Monday, 9 November 2026
🎟️ Free, in-person event
Bring the questions the release notes didn’t answer.
Request your spot 👇
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#AKS #Azure #Kubernetes #KubeCon #CloudNative
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PHP 8.4.27 released - 89 fixes in 30 components, including security fixes (CVE-2026-109618, CVE-2026-109619).
Changelog + downloads: php-net.pro/news/php-8-4-27-…
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🗝️ How Canvases Bring You and Your Coding Agent Together
Explore canvases in #vscode Preview: shared workspaces where you and your coding agent can organize releases, prioritize backlog tasks, and turn cards into plans with context the agent can act on. From visualizing databases to managing cloud resources and app modernization, discover how to create or install a canvas that fits your workflow—and makes collaborating with your agent feel more seamless.
code.visualstudio.com/update…
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Join Azure at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon North America, Nov. 9–12. Start the week at Microsoft Azure Day with Kubernetes for expert sessions, hands-on labs, and roundtables with the AKS team.
Request your spot: msft.it/6012avvL6
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KubeVirt is making an architectural leap.
Join Itamar Holder of @RedHat at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon North America for updates on pluggability, AI hardware, multiple hypervisors, edge workloads and maturing governance.
📅 November 9-12
📍 Salt Lake City
Register: bit.ly/3BDI5XL
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Yesterday we announced the first stages (private preview) of lots of protection of new workloads. The ones I am invested and involved in is around GitHub and Azure DevOps.
I’m working to make sure these fill a huge gap I believe in DevOps tooling and resilience.
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We are now half way trough the month - have you submitted your session for this years Festive Tech Calendar?
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My first LinkedIn Learning course is live! 🎉
@Docker in Practice: Build, Debug, and Deploy Containers
Hands-on Docker, Compose, CI/CD prep, and Gordon AI.
linkedin.com/learning/docker…
#Docker #DevOps #DockerCaptain
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Selling flight to San Francisco for next month from London. Who ever buy it get £200 discount :)
#SF #SanFrancisco #Flight #holiday
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Microsoft Ignite is coming to San Francisco and online, November 17–20, 2026! 🌉
Connect with MVPs and the broader technology community, learn from experts, and discover ideas you can put into practice.
Explore the event: msft.it/6019alQJc
@MSCloud #MSIgnite #mvpbuzz
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SIG Instrumentation Welcomes kubernetes-mixin - kubernetes.dev/blog/2026/10/… #Kubernetes
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Today we are announcing our biggest bet yet on our own silicon.
Starting next calendar year, we will scale our Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments, making it the primary inference system for our own product and services.
And we’re introducing Maia 300, which delivers 40% more tokens per watt compared to leading GPU-based systems.
We are already deploying Maia 200 across the US, Europe, and Australia, delivering up to 1.7x more tokens per watt across experiences in Teams and Copilot.
Our goal is to build on the full-stack efficiency gains we’ve already seen, while continuing to bring the latest innovations from across the ecosystem into our fleet.
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How to configure Istio’s Gateway Network Topology danielstechblog.io/how-to-co… #Kubernetes #Istio #AzureKubernetesService
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"OVHcloud becomes a CNCF Platinum Member" blog.ovhcloud.com/en/posts/c… - the next decade of CNCF will be very much focused on a new wave of global clouds, AI native clouds and neoclouds! stay tuned to #kubecon #cloudnativecon for more news :)
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We’re supercharging Copilot on Windows with Hybrid Intelligence.
With your permission, Copilot can tap into the context on your PC, take action for you, and use local models when it makes sense, giving you more capability while helping your tokens go further.
Pixel Robots. ☁️☸️ (Richard Hooper) retweeted
Today, we announced new @Windows platform capabilities and @surface devices built to empower people and organizations for the era of hybrid intelligence. Here are some of the highlights:
- It all starts with trust. Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC) is now generally available on Windows 11, keeping agents contained within boundaries the operating system enforces.
- HydraFusion brings hybrid intelligence to life, allowing models to run locally while seamlessly accessing the cloud when more scale or capability is needed. We're working with @github to extend HydraFusion to Windows.
- This fall, Search on the taskbar adds thousands of quick actions, making it easier to adjust settings and get things done as fast as you can type.
- @MSFTCopilot is getting more powerful on Windows. With hybrid intelligence, it can tap into your PC's local capabilities and turn your requests into action, while keeping you in control.
- Local agents are coming to Windows too. Muse is on its way as a native Windows app with MXC integration, and Hermes, OpenClaw, and Perplexity are already building local experiences on Windows.
- Surface Laptop Ultra, built with NVIDIA RTX Spark, is the most powerful Surface we've ever built. It's available for pre-order today, along with the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box and new RTX Spark PCs from our partners. Call of Duty is coming to RTX Spark in 2027.
Read more on the Windows Blog: blogs.windows.com/windowsexp…
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Festive Tech Calendar News: Call for Speakers is now Open!
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