Introduction: Microsoft Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio) represents Microsoft’s unified platform for building, evaluating, and deploying generative AI applications. Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2024, AI Foundry consolidates Azure’s AI capabilities into a single, cohesive experience that spans model selection, prompt engineering, evaluation, fine-tuning, and production deployment. With access to Azure OpenAI models, Meta […]
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Technology Engineering
The Dawn of .NET 10 and C# 14: A New Era of Performance and Language Innovation Arrives
Introduction: After more than two decades building enterprise applications on the Microsoft stack, I’ve witnessed every major evolution of .NET—from the original Framework through the tumultuous transition to Core, and now to the unified platform that .NET 10 represents. Released on November 11, 2025, this Long-Term Support (LTS) release marks a significant milestone in the […]
Read more →Modern Python Patterns for Data Engineering: From Async Pipelines to Structural Pattern Matching
Introduction: Modern Python has evolved dramatically with features that transform how we build data engineering systems. This comprehensive guide explores advanced Python patterns including structural pattern matching, async/await for concurrent data processing, dataclasses and Pydantic for robust data validation, and context managers for resource management. After building production data pipelines across multiple organizations, I’ve found […]
Read more →Production Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow: From DAG Design to Dynamic Task Generation
After 20 years in enterprise data engineering, I’ve implemented Apache Airflow across healthcare, financial services, and cloud-native architectures. This article shares production-tested patterns for building resilient, scalable data pipelines—from DAG design principles to dynamic task generation strategies that handle thousands of workflows. 1. The Fundamentals: Why Airflow Remains the Standard Apache Airflow has become the […]
Read more →Security as Code: Why the Best DevSecOps Teams Treat Vulnerabilities Like Bugs, Not Afterthoughts
The first time I watched a security vulnerability slip through our CI/CD pipeline and make it to production, I felt the same sinking feeling every engineer knows: that moment when you realize the system you trusted has a blind spot. It was 2019, and we had what we thought was a mature DevOps practice. Automated […]
Read more →Observability Practices in AI Engineering: A Complete Guide to LLM Monitoring
Master AI observability with this comprehensive guide. Compare Langfuse, Helicone, LangSmith, and other tools. Learn which metrics matter, how to build evaluation pipelines, and implement production-grade monitoring for LLM applications.
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