Pieter de Bruin

Recent Posts

AI Samples

Starting from scratch can be daunting. I prefer to reuse a sample of some sort and then customize to my needs. This means you may have a bit of a learning cu...

RAG Hack

Retrieval Augmented Generation Hackathon starts on September 3. Repo with more info, stream schedule, samples, registration: https://aka.ms/raghack Large la...

GitHub Models

GitHub Models in public preview: Every developer can now become an AI developer with AI models in GitHub Marketplace integrated with Code 🎉 Blog post Video...

.NET Conf Focus on AI

The recording of dotnetconf with a focus on AI is here: 8 hours of in-depth content on a variety of .NET solutions with artificial intelligence. YouTube pla...

Startup Azure subscriptions and tenants

When you are new to a technology, vendor or ecosystem, you may find that others talk about concepts, which may be common to them but alien to you. Tenants an...

Startup Microsoft Entra

In previous posts I described ways to get started with Azure, and walked through the steps required to create an Azure subscription. Since identity is consid...

Startup Azure free trial

I like to experiment with technology. Recently I was wondering what it looks like to start to use Azure as a new customer nowadays. In another post I explain...

Startup on Azure

During my work with customers everyday, I have met various types and sizes of organizations. Sure, this would vary depending on the organization or departmen...

Volunteering at three local events

Recently I was able to meet real people at events: AI Community Day, Experts Live, and Azure Lowlands. These events cost money to attend, but you can get in ...