Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/06/2026Seriously though, sound architectural patterns are worth repeating no matter what the tool happens to be! 🙌😎🚀 010
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/06/2026Properly using Claude involves having Claude generate a plan, documenting it and then a human reviewing it and consenting to it, then the plan being executed and outcomes reviewed by the human. Sound familiar? Yes, all roads lead to Terraform. 😅🤣😉 110
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 25/05/2026The Last Republic is a multiplayer social deduction game where players fight to save democracy while hidden authoritarians work from the shadows to destroy it from within. Humans + AI players. Jump in, start a game, and see if your republic survives the night. Play now: republic.qonq.io 010
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 03/10/2025Huge thanks to this dream team: Marcelo Zambrana – fellow HashiCorp Ambassador 🌍 Dariusz Porowski – author of the Terraform Provider for Microsoft Fabric ⚡ Aaron Hogue – Microsoft veteran 💪 No shortcuts. No gimmicks. Just code + creativity. And now… 3rd place. LFG! 🚀 040
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 03/10/2025From terraforming castles 🏰 to orchestrating flocks of pink sheep 🩷🐑, we showed that code and imagination are still more than enough to inspire. The category was sponsored by none other than @philspencer.bsky.social, CEO of Microsoft Gaming — which makes this recognition even more surreal. 💥 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 03/10/2025We were the long shot with the crazy idea: ➡️ No AI buzzwords ➡️ No hype machines ➡️ Just good old-fashioned open source software development — cloud & DevOps principles applied to community outreach through the world's most popular video game: Minecraft. 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 03/10/2025🏆 Against all odds, our Terraform Provider for Minecraft hackathon project just won 3rd place in the Hack for Approachable Gaming category! 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 27/09/2025lol. Yeah “that guy that built a Minecraft provider for terraform” 😅🤣 Enterprise grade flock of pink sheep… lemme tell you!!! 🤪😅🤣 000
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 24/09/2025🎉 It’s finally happening—I’m speaking at Microsoft Ignite 2025! ✅ Lifelong dream: check. ✅ Session is LIVE on the official site: check. Come join me in San Francisco and let’s stop punching trees and start mining for diamonds with automation!!!! 🙌🤓🙌 ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...ignite.microsoft.comLearn Infrastructure-as-Code through MinecraftIn this talk we’ll learn Infrastructure-as-Code by automating the world’s most popular game: Minecraft. Using Packer, Terraform and GitHub Actions, we’ll build a server, configure Linux, provision clo... 1110
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 22/09/2025Hanging out in the Rooftop Garden at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Enjoying the calm before the storm. #HashiConf2025 #HashiConf 020
Reposted by Mark TinderholtAzure Terraformer @azure-terraformer.com · 15/09/2025🌟 It's Hackathon Season at Microsoft! 🌟 I’m thrilled to announce my project for this year’s Global Hackathon: Terraforming Minecraft 🎮 Wanna help? 🟦 Hackathon 👉 innovationstudio.microsoft.com/hackathons/h... 🟪 Terraform 👉 registry.terraform.io/providers/ma... ⬛ GitHub 👉 github.com/markti/terra...innovationstudio.microsoft.comInnovation StudioInnovation Studio is an innovation platform that empowers enterprises to create, manage, and host hackathons. 141
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 15/08/2025Had a great time speaking at #kcdc2025. Thank you so much for being such a gracious host! It was a great time!!! Loved my audience! Fun bunch!!! Happy Terraforming!!! Whether is AWS, Azure, or Minecraft!!! 😉🤓🙌😅🤣 040
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 14/08/2025Terraform Apply a Golden Pyramid in Minecraft!!! Then Terraform Destroy!!!! #kcdc #kcdc2025 @hashicorp.com 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 14/08/2025I opened a Minecraft server here kcdc.qonq.io #kcdc2025 #kcdckcdc.qonq.io 020
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/08/2025BOOM!!!! @hashicorp.com is giving away a free copy of my book "Mastering Terraform" to the next 25 #HashiConf2025 registrations!!!!!! Go collect your bounty and let's connect this September in San Francisco!!!! www.hashicorp.com/en/conferenc...hashicorp.comHashiConf 2025 | HashiCorp's global cloud conferenceRegister to attend HashiConf in San Francisco, HashiCorp’s global cloud conference, to get access to product news, hands-on labs, strategy sessions, social events, and content to help you move faster ... 010
Reposted by Mark TinderholtMichael S. Collier @michaelscollier.com · 12/06/2025I had a great time on Wednesday evening at the Azure Columbus meetup. Great presentation from @MarkTinderholt.com on #Azure OpenAI. 011
Reposted by Mark TinderholtMichael S. Collier @michaelscollier.com · 11/06/2025I'm looking forward to attending the Azure Cbus meetup tonight with @marktinderholt.com talking about RAG, JFK, and Azure OpenAI. Join us! #Azure www.meetup.com/central-ohi...meetup.comSolving the JFK Mystery with RAG and Azure OpenAI, Wed, Jun 11, 2025, 5:30 PM | MeetupSpeaker: Mark Tinderholt Title: Solving the JFK Mystery with RAG and Azure OpenAI What happens when you give ChatGPT access to the JFK Assassination files? In this sessio 011
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 05/06/2025🫵 Catch me at #HashiConf2025 this Sept 24–26! 🤓 😅 🫣 Let’s talk AI, Azure, and @hashicorp.com Terraform—a few of my favorite things. 🤖☁️🛠️ Register now 👉 www.hashicorp.com/en/conferenc... 020
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 04/06/2025🪣📋 Bucket List Item Scratched Off I get to author my first Azure Resource Provider. 🤩 ✅ Brand new resource type ✅ Azure Portal front end ✅ ARM RP backend Can’t say much more… yet 👀 — but this is one of those deep nerd dreams come true. Super stoked!!! 🤓🚀💙 010
Reposted by Mark TinderholtAzure Terraformer @azure-terraformer.com · 09/05/2025Going live in CBus for #AzureGlobal2025 www.youtube.com/live/ItUlKQr...youtube.comLive with Restream, May 09YouTube video by Azure Terraformer 021
Reposted by Mark TinderholtAzure Terraformer @azure-terraformer.com · 28/04/2025Feeling truly honored by this feedback! Thanks Alistair!!! 🙏🎉 Teaching Terraform in a way that's simple, layered, and even a little oddly 🤪 entertaining is exactly what I aim for! 🚀🛠️ 131
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 24/04/2025Me crashing outmedia.tenor.coma man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air in a kitchen .ALT: a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air in a kitchen . 010
Reposted by Mark TinderholtAzure Terraformer @azure-terraformer.com · 24/04/2025Hot takes welcome 🌶️🌶️🌶️ www.linkedin.com/posts/azure-...linkedin.com🔥 What’s Actually Wrong with Drift? 🔥 Let’s play devil’s advocate for a… | Azure Terraformer | 25 comments🔥 What’s Actually Wrong with Drift? 🔥 Let’s play devil’s advocate for a second… ✅ So what if someone tweaked a diagnostic setting 💙 or modified the VPC Flow Logs 🧡 ? ✅ Or added a role assignment / I... 011
Reposted by Mark TinderholtAzure Terraformer @azure-terraformer.com · 18/04/2025Feeling incredibly grateful for this kind review 🙏 Tom’s words mean a lot—especially coming from someone outside the dev world. My goal with Terraform 101 was to make cloud infrastructure approachable and relatable for everyone 💡✨ 👉 www.udemy.com/course/terra... 021
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 10/04/2025I did a thing!!! 🤓 Thanks @mvpaward.bsky.social!!! 🙌 020
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 07/04/2025🚨🦸♂️ NOW AVAILABLE! 🛒✨ MARK TINDERHOLT: THE AZURE TERRAFORMER™ ☁️💥🔧 🛠️ Auto Approve Hammer 🔫 GUID Generator Ray Gun 🌟 Bash Stars — Break prod in style Because IaC needs heroes too. 💻⚡ #DevOps #Terraform #Azure 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 02/04/2025It went downhill after the Nokia acq IMHO but I had some quite lovely Nokia phones and will never forget the snappiness of my first the Samsung Focus. Truly a great leap forward in interaction design. Much respect for Joe Belfiore. 🫡 010
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/04/2025Nice list. While some of these products and services met an ill-fated end, most of them lived out natural lives, had their time in the sun and faded as all things do. My favorite things that met an untimely demise was Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 😭 120
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/04/2025Had a great time on The IaC Podcast with Ohad—chatting about Azure + Infrastructure as Code: past, present, and future! Give it a listen! #Azure #IaC #Terraform #DevOps youtu.be/cJwuRSNAwEg?...youtu.beMark Tinderholt: The Azure Terraformer on Cloud Strategy and IaC ToolsYouTube video by The IaC Podcast 010
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/04/2025I still have hope but the design decision to introduce new schema items (deployment, environment, component) seems to make it harder to fit into the current CLI based model. 010
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/04/2025www.udemy.com/course/terra...udemy.comTerraform 101: The Ultimate Hands-On Guide [Azure Edition]A Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Automating Azure Infrastructure with Terraform 000
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 01/04/2025🚂 No breaks on the Azure Terraformer train. 💥 1000 enrollments in just 74 days. 🔥 Highest rated. Hands-on. All killer, no filler. 🔧 Build Azure like a pro — join the movement. ✊ 121
Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 31/03/2025I'm torn. I would rather have better provider dependency determinism. Meaning do stacks just by figuring out which providers resources are dependent on each other and do deferred apply based on whatever is not in the "fog of war". Adding more complexity to provider loading further complicates this. 100
Reposted by Mark TinderholtMarko Bevc @marko.social · 31/03/2025Oh, this is going to be super useful when enabling #AWS services across multiple regions with #Terraform! Nice one @hashicorp.com 🚀 github.com/hashicorp/te...github.com[Major Version]: Terraform AWS Provider v6.0.0 · Issue #41101 · hashicorp/terraform-provider-awsDescription The next major version of the Terraform AWS Provider is planned to release in beta in April 2025. There will be a 6 week beta period in which we will ask the community for feedback, to ... 121