XPRT Magazine 17
XPRT Magazine 17 explores the evolution of platform engineering, democratization of AI, cloud-native development, and automation. This edition highlights practical solutions for cost management, DevOps, and documentation, with a strong focus on integrating AI and Copilot into modern workflows. The magazine brings together insights on security, productivity, and the future of development in the Microsoft ecosystem.
Summary of Magazine 17
AI, Copilot, and Automation
- GitHub Models: Introduces GitHub’s AI model marketplace and playground, showing how developers can experiment with and integrate a variety of AI models, including Copilot, into their workflows.
- Did You Update The Documentation?: Explains how to automate API and human-readable documentation generation using Semantic Kernel, Prompty, and Copilot, streamlining onboarding and collaboration.
- Stop Creating Content With ChatGPT!: Shares lessons learned from using LLMs for content creation, and demonstrates building automated abstract generators with GitHub Actions and Prompty.
- automated-content-creation-with-github-and-prompty: Practical guide to automating content creation and integrating LLMs into developer workflows.
Cloud, Platform Engineering, and DevOps
- The future of Cloud-native software development with Radius: Explores the rise of platform engineering, the evolution from monoliths to microservices, and how Radius simplifies cloud-native development.
- Was shift left the right move?: Analyzes the impact of DevOps and platform engineering on developer productivity, cognitive load, and the shift toward managed platforms.
- Managed DevOps Pools: Details Microsoft’s new managed DevOps agent pools, their benefits, and how to implement them with Terraform for secure, scalable CI/CD.
- Building a Global Azure Landing Zone with Terraform: Step-by-step guide to designing, deploying, and maintaining multi-region Azure landing zones using the Cloud Adoption Framework.
- Kubernetes Network Policy: Covers zero trust, network segmentation, and practical application of Kubernetes network policies for security and compliance.
Business, Management, and Cost
- Ensuring Effective Cost Allocation in Azure: Discusses best practices for cost allocation, tagging, and financial transparency in cloud environments.
Introduction
- Intro: Reflects on the shift from code-centric to platform- and AI-centric development, the growing importance of infrastructure, and the team’s commitment to sharing knowledge and insights.