Kevin Pilch
@pilchie.dev
Marathon runner, hockey player, beer drinker, chocolate chip cookie lover. Father. Group Manager for CosmosDB DevExp at Microsoft. Born 🇨🇦, Seattle since 2002. he/him
@scalzi.com I saw recently that you wrote a summary of the Old Man’s War series. About to start The Shattering Peace, and now I can’t find it. Can you share a link, and maybe put it on whatever?
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@scalzi.com I saw recently that you wrote a summary of the Old Man’s War series. About to start The Shattering Peace, and now I can’t find it. Can you share a link, and maybe put it on whatever?
Cool blog about how the RecordScanner app uses Azure #CosmosDB's vector search capabilities: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/rec...
Record Scanner for vinyl collectors cuts costs with Azure Cosmos DB vector search - Azure Cosmos DB Blog
by Artur Drozdz, Founder of Record Scanner (recordscanner.com) If you’re like me, there’s at least one room in your home with an entire cabinet dedicated to your growing vinyl collection. At this poin...
devblogs.microsoft.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Cool blog about how the RecordScanner app uses Azure #CosmosDB's vector search capabilities: devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/rec...
Reposted by Kevin Pilch
#rustlang docs are live on Microsoft Learn: aka.ms/rust/docs
These expand on #AzureSDK examples with more user scenarios and more to come. While we always want our crate READMEs to be helpful, we also want them to be concise. Of course, there's more information and many doc examples on docs.rs
These expand on #AzureSDK examples with more user scenarios and more to come. While we always want our crate READMEs to be helpful, we also want them to be concise. Of course, there's more information and many doc examples on docs.rs
Azure for Rust developers - Rust on Azure
Get started developing with Rust on Azure using services like Azure Functions, Key Vault, Messaging, Identity, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, and the Azure SDK for Rust.
aka.ms
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#rustlang docs are live on Microsoft Learn: aka.ms/rust/docs
These expand on #AzureSDK examples with more user scenarios and more to come. While we always want our crate READMEs to be helpful, we also want them to be concise. Of course, there's more information and many doc examples on docs.rs
These expand on #AzureSDK examples with more user scenarios and more to come. While we always want our crate READMEs to be helpful, we also want them to be concise. Of course, there's more information and many doc examples on docs.rs
I’ve been getting back into lifting a bit lately. I always take my Oura off when I do, but then I don’t get “credit” for it. Any other suggestions? @vicmsong.bsky.social ?
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I’ve been getting back into lifting a bit lately. I always take my Oura off when I do, but then I don’t get “credit” for it. Any other suggestions? @vicmsong.bsky.social ?
People who are good at photography stuff - I have very few pictures of my mom. One of the best is an iPhone shot from 2017, but it’s backlit. Any tips to help make it better to print?
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
People who are good at photography stuff - I have very few pictures of my mom. One of the best is an iPhone shot from 2017, but it’s backlit. Any tips to help make it better to print?
Reposted by Kevin Pilch
🧠 Vector Search in 2 Minutes
This video explains how AI agents use embeddings + similarity to find relevant info—fast.
See how Azure Cosmos DB enables smarter search for AI & analytics.
▶️ msft.it/63320sng7G
#VectorSearch #AI #AzureCosmosDB #DevTools #SemanticSearch
This video explains how AI agents use embeddings + similarity to find relevant info—fast.
See how Azure Cosmos DB enables smarter search for AI & analytics.
▶️ msft.it/63320sng7G
#VectorSearch #AI #AzureCosmosDB #DevTools #SemanticSearch
Vector Search Explained in 2 Minutes
Ever wonder how AI agents find the information that's most relevant to your conversation? This video breaks down the fundamentals of vector search, the tech that powers modern search for AI.
You’ll learn:
⚡ How data like text, images, or audio can be transformed into vectors using embedding models
⚡ How queries are compared in the same vector space
⚡ The role of similarity measures like cosine similarity and Euclidean distance
⚡ How Azure Cosmos DB uses vector search to enable smarter, more intuitive retrieval for AI and analytics
Whether you’re building apps that need semantic understanding or exploring hybrid search for richer results, this video gives you a clear foundation for how vector search powers it all.
#AzureCosmosDB #VectorSearch #AI
msft.it
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🧠 Vector Search in 2 Minutes
This video explains how AI agents use embeddings + similarity to find relevant info—fast.
See how Azure Cosmos DB enables smarter search for AI & analytics.
▶️ msft.it/63320sng7G
#VectorSearch #AI #AzureCosmosDB #DevTools #SemanticSearch
This video explains how AI agents use embeddings + similarity to find relevant info—fast.
See how Azure Cosmos DB enables smarter search for AI & analytics.
▶️ msft.it/63320sng7G
#VectorSearch #AI #AzureCosmosDB #DevTools #SemanticSearch
OMG - almost 2 years after I bought them, I *finally* managed to get my Nanoleaf bulbs to connect to my Home Assistant Sky Connect with Open Thread Border Router. Getting thread credentials synced between iOS and HA has been a PITA.
August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
OMG - almost 2 years after I bought them, I *finally* managed to get my Nanoleaf bulbs to connect to my Home Assistant Sky Connect with Open Thread Border Router. Getting thread credentials synced between iOS and HA has been a PITA.
OH while playing UNO at family game night: “What is the card with the backwards ‘E’?” “Uh, a three?”
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
OH while playing UNO at family game night: “What is the card with the backwards ‘E’?” “Uh, a three?”
Reposted by Kevin Pilch
Smash burgers can still be shitty burgers and we need to stop pretending they’re some type of elevated bullshit.
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Smash burgers can still be shitty burgers and we need to stop pretending they’re some type of elevated bullshit.
After hearing @vicmsong.bsky.social interview the Ladder app CEO on the @theverge.com Vergecast, I’ve been trying it for a week now. Great workouts - kicking things up a notch for me, though not running as much now. #TeamAlpha
August 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
After hearing @vicmsong.bsky.social interview the Ladder app CEO on the @theverge.com Vergecast, I’ve been trying it for a week now. Great workouts - kicking things up a notch for me, though not running as much now. #TeamAlpha
Reposted by Kevin Pilch
🚀 Azure Cosmos DB Fleets is here (preview)
New Azure Cosmos DB TV episode!
Learn how Fleets simplifies SaaS & multi-tenant scale with pools + fleet analytics.
📺 Mark Brown, Deborah Chen & Praful Johari break it down: msft.it/63322sybFM
#AzureCosmosDB #AzureCosmosDBTV
New Azure Cosmos DB TV episode!
Learn how Fleets simplifies SaaS & multi-tenant scale with pools + fleet analytics.
📺 Mark Brown, Deborah Chen & Praful Johari break it down: msft.it/63322sybFM
#AzureCosmosDB #AzureCosmosDBTV
Azure Cosmos DB Fleets - Now in Preview - Ep. 108
Building and managing multi-tenant or SaaS applications with Azure Cosmos DB just got easier. In this session, host Mark Brown is joined by Microsoft’s Deborah Chen and Praful Johari to explore Azure Cosmos DB Fleets, now in preview.
Learn how fleets tackle common challenges like tenant isolation, managing thousands of RU/s, and reducing the cost of provisioning dedicated capacity for inactive tenants. Discover how pools and fleet analytics simplify capacity management and improve observability at scale.
Whether you’re a SaaS provider or building a multi-tenant application, this session will show you how fleets can reduce operational complexity while maintaining performance and security.
#AzureCosmosDB #SaaS
Useful Links:
• Azure Cosmos DB fleets overview (preview) - https://msft.it/63320sybF6
• Call for Speakers for Azure Cosmos DB TV - https://msft.it/63322sybF8
• Azure Cosmos DB TV - https://msft.it/63324sybFE
• Subscribe to Azure Cosmos DB on YouTube - https://msft.it/63326sybFG
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on X - https://msft.it/63328sybFy
• Follow Azure Cosmos DB on LinkedIn - https://msft.it/63320sybFK
msft.it
July 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚀 Azure Cosmos DB Fleets is here (preview)
New Azure Cosmos DB TV episode!
Learn how Fleets simplifies SaaS & multi-tenant scale with pools + fleet analytics.
📺 Mark Brown, Deborah Chen & Praful Johari break it down: msft.it/63322sybFM
#AzureCosmosDB #AzureCosmosDBTV
New Azure Cosmos DB TV episode!
Learn how Fleets simplifies SaaS & multi-tenant scale with pools + fleet analytics.
📺 Mark Brown, Deborah Chen & Praful Johari break it down: msft.it/63322sybFM
#AzureCosmosDB #AzureCosmosDBTV
Costco shopping list: toilet paper.
Costco receipt: $306.
Costco receipt: $306.
July 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Costco shopping list: toilet paper.
Costco receipt: $306.
Costco receipt: $306.
Make that six days!
New #NYTGames crossword streak. All five weekdays this week with no cheats.
July 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Make that six days!
Arrived in NYC as part of our Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal/Boston/NYC/DC road trip and the location based ads here in Manhattan are out of control! So many ads for things to do here it’s all I see.
July 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Arrived in NYC as part of our Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal/Boston/NYC/DC road trip and the location based ads here in Manhattan are out of control! So many ads for things to do here it’s all I see.
Someone just liked a comment I left on a group photo on Facebook *FOURTEEN YEARS AGO*. 14! Who does that?
June 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Someone just liked a comment I left on a group photo on Facebook *FOURTEEN YEARS AGO*. 14! Who does that?
It begins - easy links to buy things outside of apps. @reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz
May 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It begins - easy links to buy things outside of apps. @reckless.bsky.social @davidpierce.xyz
Docusign using #Azure #CosmosDB for semantic search (vector and full-text): www.linkedin.com/posts/kirill...
#azurecosmosdb | Kirill Gavrylyuk
I had a pleasure hosting Kunal Mukerjee from Docusign at our #AzureCosmosDB Conference last Tuesday. Docusign Intelligent Agreements is a canonical example of what AI can do to solve world's trill...
www.linkedin.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Docusign using #Azure #CosmosDB for semantic search (vector and full-text): www.linkedin.com/posts/kirill...
New blog post about scaling vector search to a billion vectors with #Azure #CosmosDB - devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azu...
Azure Cosmos DB with DiskANN Part 2: Scaling to 1 Billion Vectors with
Explore the potential of a vector database. Learn to scale vector datasets in Azure Cosmos DB for efficient performance.
devblogs.microsoft.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New blog post about scaling vector search to a billion vectors with #Azure #CosmosDB - devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/azu...
Interesting. Instagram now goes into a loop prompting me to allow targeting from ad partners. If I opt out and confirm, it just pops the modal prompt back up. No more insta for me I guess.
April 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Interesting. Instagram now goes into a loop prompting me to allow targeting from ad partners. If I opt out and confirm, it just pops the modal prompt back up. No more insta for me I guess.
I updated to iOS 18.4 last night and now my phone vibrates at random times with no other sign of feedback. Help?
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I updated to iOS 18.4 last night and now my phone vibrates at random times with no other sign of feedback. Help?
Can’t believe @rjcc.bsky.social, @davidpierce.xyz and @reckless.bsky.social didn’t put together that the $10,000 TV bundle from Samsung is there to populate the bar when you buy it. @theverge.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Can’t believe @rjcc.bsky.social, @davidpierce.xyz and @reckless.bsky.social didn’t put together that the $10,000 TV bundle from Samsung is there to populate the bar when you buy it. @theverge.com