Browse DevOps Blogs (24)
John Edward provides a comprehensive look at agentic AI in IT, showing how Microsoft Azure and related services create self-healing and intelligent operations through automation, monitoring, and AI-driven incident response.
DevClass.com covers the alpha launch of npmx, an open source alternative browser for the npm registry led by Daniel Roe. The article discusses developer pain points with npmjs and how npmx addresses them.
John Edward outlines the core pitfalls of microservice architecture and offers actionable architectural patterns like API Gateway, Saga, and Circuit Breaker to help architects navigate complexity, deployment, and security concerns in distributed systems.
Jesse Houwing introduces the Actions Example Checker, a GitHub Action that validates documentation examples against action.yaml schemas to help developers keep their documentation in sync with actual implementations.
DevClass.com summarizes Filippo Valsorda’s critique of GitHub Dependabot, highlighting the alert fatigue and security concerns faced by developers using automated dependency management tools.
Andrew Lock explores how to collect and process application metrics in .NET using MeterListener from System.Diagnostics.Metrics. He explains the MetricManager pattern, in-process aggregation, and visualizing metrics with Spectre.Console.
In this workshop summary, DevClass.com reviews Martin Fowler’s event marking 25 years since the Agile Manifesto, highlighting the growing impact of AI on coding, the renewed importance of TDD, and security risks in software development.
DevClass.com explores GitHub’s preview release of agentic workflows, detailing how AI agents automate repository tasks. The article, authored by DevClass.com, breaks down security, configuration, and use case scenarios for this new automation concept.
Thomas Maurer guides readers through deploying VMs on Azure Local using the Azure Portal, CLI, and Bicep, showing practical workflows for hybrid and sovereign cloud environments.
Jesse Houwing shares his journey improving GitHub Actions versioning with the release of 'actions-semver-checker' v2, leveraging Copilot Agent and automated testing to streamline and automate release management.
Tim D'haeyer draws on both personal experience and technical depth to guide developers through safely handling special characters in user input, emphasizing SQL injection prevention and robust DevOps practices.
Tim Anderson outlines the Kubernetes committees' warnings and technical reasons for the urgent migration from Ingress NGINX, detailing project deprecation, security issues, and community response.
Andrew Lock provides a comprehensive walkthrough on leveraging System.Diagnostics.Metrics APIs in .NET, guiding developers through instrumentation concepts, monitoring with dotnet-counters, and building custom metrics for production-grade observability.
Hidde de Smet explains how teams can move from individual AI-powered workflows to collaborative, spec-driven development. Explore practical team setups, CI/CD integrations, and advanced architecture strategies to grow your next Microsoft-focused project.
DevClass.com explores how attackers exploit VS Code's tasks.json files to deploy malicious code, emphasizing security risks, protections, and best practices for developers.
Tim Anderson highlights how attackers weaponize VS Code's tasks.json configuration to execute malicious code, detailing the risks for developers and the security implications.
Hidde de Smet delivers a comprehensive field guide for developers mastering AI-assisted and spec-driven development. This post, Part 3 of his series, dives into debugging, best practices, troubleshooting, and automation for production-ready workflows.
Tim Anderson delivers a detailed analysis of Azure Artifact Signing, Microsoft's new service to streamline and secure code signing for Windows applications, addressing modern security requirements and developer workflows.
DevClass.com provides a technical overview of Microsoft's Azure Artifact Signing, detailing how it improves code signing for Windows apps. The article highlights new workflows, security enhancements, and developer-centric deployment options.
Hidde de Smet continues his AI-assisted development series by demonstrating the full Spec-Kit workflow—detailing how to move from requirements to production-ready code using .NET 9, Blazor, and GitHub Copilot. A must-read for software engineers adopting modern, spec-driven workflows.