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Irwin Strachan retweeted
Still writing scripts — or building reusable #PowerShell tools? At #PSConfEU, @TobiasPSP shows how to: ✅ Modularise code ✅ Leverage the pipeline ✅ Use AI to improve existing scripts 👉 part1: youtu.be/3MDDh7ie4Zs?si=92tZ… 👉 part2: youtu.be/YQLSq7TsrXA?si=buzL… #automation #DevOps
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
Wild. By far the most complete Claude Skills repo yet 🤯 @Composio’s Awesome-Claude-Skills packs 100`s of ready-to-use workflows: ↳ PDF tools, changelog generation ↳ Playwright automation ↳ AWS/CDK tools, MCP builders ... and much more! Free and open-source. Repo in 🧵↓
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I did some testing with SKILLS.md in GitHub Copilot, and it's so cool! 🔥 To start with Skills, think about your day-to-day work in your domain. Make your agent a specialist in those tasks by defining instructions in skills. Ask yourself: What are repeatable tasks that you do daily? For example, for me, this could be a skill: • Convert Bicep resources to Azure Verified Modules • Convert loosely typed Bicep parameters to strongly typed (resourceInput, User-Defined Types) #GitHubCopilot #Bicep #Azure
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🎉 Just shipped my first Azure Verified Modules contribution! Added IPAM support to the Subscription Vending Machine (avm/ptn/lz/sub-vending v0.5.0): ✅ VNet-level address allocation ✅ Subnet-level IP management ✅ Automatic CIDR assignment from IPAM pools #Azure #AVM #Bicep
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
7 Nov 2025
There's only 1 early bird left!
7 Nov 2025
Join Europe’s leading #PowerShell community at #PSConfEU 2026! ✔️ 4 days of sessions ✔️ 3 hotel nights ✔️ Food & social event All included for €1750. 📍 Wiesbaden, 1–4 June 2026 🔗 psconf.eu #Germany #IT #automation #Conference
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
🚀 Feature request is implemented in Azure Bicep! The validate parameter decorator checks if parameters are valid with a certain value or format. If not, a (custom) error is thrown. I believe it will be available in v0.38 as experimental 💪 🔗github.com/Azure/bicep/issue…
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
🚀 Azure DevOps Bicep local-deploy (experimental) has been updated! You can now deploy with Bicep: • Projects • Repos • Artifacts feeds • Federated service connections 👉 Check out the sample folder: github.com/johnlokerse/azure… #MVPBuzz #azure #azurebicep

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Irwin Strachan retweeted
29 Jul 2025
We are excited to announce that the Bicep Microsoft Graph extension is fully GA as of today 💪🎉 HUGE thanks to the MS Graph team for making this happen! Read more about it here: aka.ms/MSGraphGA
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
🚀Created my own Azure DevOps pull request hub using GitHub Spark! The hub combines PRs from all accessible repositories into one page. 🔗 Create your own using my requirements document (use GitHub Spark or GitHub Copilot): gist.github.com/johnlokerse/…
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
22 Jul 2025
#PowerShell #module #classes aren't directly usable after import — unless you use using module, which is fragile. I finally wrote up a clean approach using #Type #Accelerators to expose types automatically, with namespacing and cleanup. Full writeup : synedgy.com/powershell-modul…
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
The video of my GitHub Actions GitHub Apps deepdive session at #PSConfEU is out, was a lot of fun to talk about!
16 Jul 2025
🚀 CI/CD that scales securely? At #PSConfEU 2025, @PalmEmanuel showed how to: ✅ Mirror GitHub issues across repos ✅ Use GitHub Apps (not user tokens!) ✅ Automate pipelines org-wide 🛠️ Real-world GitHub Actions Apps demos. #CICD #GitHub youtu.be/c-k9n04biio?si=Hoka…
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
This is big. In #XDR there is now a new table in preview: GraphApiAuditEvents It's the "free" version of the MicrosoftGraphActivityLogs and will enable more companies to detect threats without having to pay a lot of money. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/de…
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
hot take: @code is the best AI tool for automating things that have nothing to do with code.
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
Microsoft just dropped a banger spreadsheet to help you level up your security! 🚀 It's a FREE Zero Trust assessment tool with a clear roadmap covering SIX key pillars. Let's break it down! 👇 👥 Identity 📱 Devices 📊 Data 🌐 Network 🏗️ Infrastructure 🕵️‍♀️ Security Operations
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🚀 New blog! If you work with GitHub Copilot, Azure and Bicep, you will want to check out GitHub Copilot for Azure (GA). It can generate fully schema-validated Bicep files for you using agent mode. 🔗 Read the blog post here: johnlokerse.dev/2025/06/30/f… In my latest blog post, you will learn about the GitHub Copilot for Azure extension and how to use it for Infrastructure as Code generation, including practical examples you can use in your day-to-day work. Super useful if you are working with Infrastructure as Code! Enjoy the read! #github #githubcopilot #azure #infrastructureascode #azurebicep #cloudmarathoner #MVPBuzz
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Irwin Strachan retweeted
27 Jun 2025
We're thrilled to announce that the 10th anniversary edition will be in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1–4 June 2026. 🎟️ Early Bird tickets (€1750) include 3 nights at Dorint Pallas (from Monday to Thursday) More info: psconf.eu #PSConfEU #PowerShell #IT #Germany
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So Azure periodic table is great, but I was hoping there wold be some json file I could download... azureperiodictable.com/ Maybe I'm missing something or it exists elsewhere?

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My talk from the AI Engineer World's fair on "How agents broke infra" is live: youtube.com/watch?v=_-oIuRH4…
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