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Practical playbooks, patterns, and checklists for shipping reliable AI systems on cloud platforms.

gen-ai Feb 23, 2026

Mastering Agent Skills: A New Standard for AI Capabilities

An in-depth guide on Agent Skills, exploring how to extend AI agents like Claude with specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools using an open, filesystem-based format.

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gen-ai Feb 13, 2026

Unlocking Agentic Potential with Skills: A Deep Dive into Modular AI Capabilities

How 'Skills' transform general-purpose LLMs into specialized experts by providing modular, on-demand instructions and resources.

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azure-devops Feb 10, 2026

Mastering Azure Boards: Agile Project Management for DevOps Teams

Stop using spreadsheets. Learn how to configure Azure Boards for Scrum and Agile, manage backlogs, and visualize delivery across teams.

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azure-devops Feb 10, 2026

Azure DevOps for Beginners: The Ultimate 2026 Roadmap

A complete guide to starting your career in Azure DevOps. Learn the core services, key terminology, and how to build your first CI/CD pipeline from scratch.

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azure-devops Feb 10, 2026

Infrastructure as Code: Getting Started with Terraform in Azure DevOps

Automate your cloud infrastructure securely. A step-by-step guide to integrating Terraform with Azure Pipelines, managing state, and handling secrets.

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gen-ai Feb 9, 2026

Advanced RAG on Azure: Hybrid Search & Re-ranking Implementation

Going beyond basic vector search. A technical guide to implementing Hybrid Search (Keyword + Vector) and Semantic Re-ranking using Azure AI Search and OpenAI.

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azure-devops Feb 9, 2026

The Architect's Guide to Azure Pipelines: Patterns for Enterprise CI/CD

Going beyond Hello World: A deep dive into scalable YAML templates, security governance, dynamic environments, and cost-optimization strategies for Azure DevOps.

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gen-ai Feb 9, 2026

Building Autonomous Agents in Azure: A Tool-First Approach

How to combine LangChain Tools, Azure OpenAI Function Calling, and Durable Functions to build resilient AI agents that can take actions.

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azure-devops Feb 9, 2026

Docker in Production: Optimization and Security for Kubernetes

A comprehensive guide to building slim, secure, and fast container images. From multi-stage builds to rootless containers and health probes.

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microsoft-foundry Feb 7, 2026

Microsoft Foundry TTS: Production-Ready Guide

A technical guide for beginners and intermediate developers: TTS concepts, architecture, production code, validation, and rollout.

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langgraph Feb 7, 2026

LangGraph: Production-Ready Workflow Orchestration

A technical guide for beginners and intermediate developers: LangGraph concepts, architecture, production code, validation, and rollout.

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azure-openai Feb 7, 2026

Azure OpenAI Fine-Tuning: Production-Ready Guide

Production-first fine-tuning on Azure OpenAI with clear concepts, architecture, implementation steps, validation, and rollout practices.

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gen-ai Jan 26, 2026

A Production Readiness Checklist for GenAI Systems

A production checklist covering contracts, evaluation, observability, cost controls, and rollout readiness.

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gen-ai Jan 19, 2026

Handling Partial Failures in Multi-Step GenAI Workflows

Production patterns for multi-step GenAI reliability: retries, fallback paths, compensation, and degradation.

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gen-ai Jan 12, 2026

CI/CD for GenAI Systems: What Actually Changes

A production CI/CD blueprint: versioned prompts, evaluation gates, promotion, and rollback.

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gen-ai Jan 7, 2026

Designing Deterministic GenAI Systems in a Probabilistic World

Production patterns for deterministic behavior: structured outputs, validation loops, canonicalization, and fallbacks.

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gen-ai Jan 3, 2026

Stop Treating GenAI Like a Feature — It’s a System

A production-ready guide that reframes GenAI as a system with contracts, context assembly, validation, and operational controls.

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