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Simon Waight
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Kubernetes Product Manager 🌩️. Posts are my own, debate welcome. He/Him. Mastodon: @simonwaight@mastodon.online | Blog: https://blog.siliconvalve.com/
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Windows 11 now supports some 3rd party Passkey apps natively.

In Settings navigate to Accounts, select Passkeys then click Advanced Options

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?
Why do people love spicy food – even when it hurts to eat it?
Tearing up, sweating and other bodily functions are all signs that the body is trying to expel spicy foods as quickly as possible. But there is a simple reason why some people enjoy those sensations
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Make sure to check out our keynote at KubeCon North America on exactly this, and keep an eye out for how you can deploy this solution in your environments.
As AI workloads grow, multicluster Kubernetes deployments are essential but introduce new complexities. A look at two projects tackling the issues.

By @simonwaight.bsky.social and Sachi Desai, thanks to CNCF and @microsoft.com
KAITO and KubeFleet: Projects Solving AI Inference at Scale
As AI workloads grow, multicluster Kubernetes deployments are essential but introduce new complexities. A look at two projects tackling the issues.
bit.ly
November 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The ecosystem of plugins for @headlamp.dev is growing! This new page on the project website highlights the latest developments from the @kubernetes.io community:
headlamp.dev/plugins/
Plugins | Headlamp
Headlamp Plugins
headlamp.dev
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
October 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge?

It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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[Share] azure-roles

There are a lot of role GUIDs to remember or lookup. Simplify using Azure's built-in roles in Bicep and Terraform

The azure_roles.json is automatically evaluated daily for new roles and updated when new roles are discovered.
GitHub - microsoft/azure-roles: Simplify using Azure roles in Bicep and Terraform
Simplify using Azure roles in Bicep and Terraform. Contribute to microsoft/azure-roles development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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🚀 Big update to the AKS Docs Tracker!

Now tracking docs changes across multiple Azure container services:
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Container Registry (ACR)
Application Gateway for Containers (AGC)
Kubernetes Fleet Manager

& a weekly email digest 📧

Check it out: buff.ly/hT6fOQ0
August 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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I'm heading up to Sydney for CloudCon 2025! I'll be talking about building Agents with @daprdev.bsky.social. If you're in town, come and say hi! cloudcon.au/abstracts/Wi...
Will Velida - Microsoft - CloudCon 2025
cloudcon.au
August 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Gnarly storm in Phoenix right now
August 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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🚀 I’ve moved my AKS Docs Tracker from GitHub Spark to my blog 👉 pixelrobots.co.uk/aks-docs-tra...

💸 Ran out of GitHub Spark credits for the month already. So time for a new home!

I’d love your feedback: 🔍 What can I improve? 📬 Would email sign-up help? 💡 Any other ideas?

#AKS #Azure #Kubernetes
AKS Docs Tracker - Pixel Robots.
Welcome! This tool automatically tracks and summarizes meaningful updates to the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) documentation and releases. It filters out typos, minor edits, and bot changes, so you…
pixelrobots.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Ashamed of how funny I still find this
August 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
July 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Oh, so can't exit vim either, Copilot? 😁
July 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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In gearing up to release #BurntToast v1.0.0, I'd love to highlight some interesting (either visually or technically) uses of the module. If you're able to share an example, that you don't mind my including in a blog post, please let me know! #PowerShell
July 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg
Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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This is incredible
June 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@flavorflav.bsky.social @chuckdpe.bsky.social nooo, when do we get to see you in Australia? Seems last years delayed PE concerts are cancelled too! 😞
June 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Finally a show about Boolean logic operators
June 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
📢 Ahoy! KubeFleet June 2025 community call!

KubeFleet is holding its first CNCF community call at 9:30am on Wed, June 4 (Pacific Time).

We will introduce KubeFleet and how you can contribute. Join via Zoom: zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/9362...
June 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Test KAITO Model Completion on AKS with kubectl & curl

luke.geek.nz/azure/a...
Test KAITO Model Completion on AKS with kubectl & curl | luke.geek.nz
Learn to test the KAITO model's completion endpoint on AKS using kubectl and curl for real-time text generation.
luke.geek.nz
May 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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[Share] From Kubernetes to Enterprise-Grade AKS: A Practitioner's Guidebook

This learning plan equips developers and IT professionals with the essential skills to run Kubernetes workloads efficiently in the cloud.

learn.microsoft.com/...
Plans
Microsoft Learn Plans
learn.microsoft.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Huge props to @paulyu.dev Getting Started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)! This series Reactor series is going to be awesome. #akslabs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPZ...
Getting Started with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
YouTube video by Microsoft Reactor
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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