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Alex Frankel

@adotfrank.bsky.social
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Product Manager at Microsoft working on Bicep and Terraform

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Washington state is about to ban noncompete agreements. The state's House and Senate have both signed the bill, and it's headed to the governor's desk. Washington would join a short list of states that prohibit almost all noncompetes.
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Stan Zhelyazkov @stanzhelyazkov.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I have opened a new feature request that I think might be useful github.com/Azure/bicep/... #Azure #AzureBicep
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Bicep Visualizer based on Snapshots functionality · Issue #17614 · Azure/bicep
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Currently the Bicep visualizer focuses on the templates for visualizing. That creates general picture of what resources might be deplo...
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John Lokerse | Microsoft MVP @johnlokerse.dev · 18/07/2025
Working on a complex expression in a Bicep template. It's so great to call Microsoft Docs MCP to let the agent learn about a function and then combine it with best practices tools from GitHub Copilot for Azure. #bicep #infrastructureascode #githubcopilot
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Freek Berson @fberson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Microsoft Build keynote will start soon! Join my Bicep session afterwards at 11:35 in Hub Theater A. I’m giving away a few copies of my book! 💪 DEM539 @microsoft.com #MVPbuzz #Bicep
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 08/04/2025
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
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steve--lee.bsky.social @steve--lee.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Next release of Bicep will have experimental DSCv3 support! github.com/Azure/bicep/... This is just the first of many steps, but you can now author DSCv3 config using Bicep (don't try loops, won't work). There's still lots of work left to have more natural integration including intellisense.
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Release v0.34.44 · Azure/bicep
Features and Bug Fixes Use languageVersion 2.0 when an existing resource has an explicit dependency (#16670) Validate regex patterns against non-backtracking engine (#16687) Generate deterministic...
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Corey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 26/03/2025
I always found the term “DevOps” to be kinda dumb, so it sure was nice of them all to rebrand as “Platform Engineering.”
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Mark Russinovich @markrussinovich.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Looking forward to the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Summit this week on Microsoft's campus where I'll deliver a fun talk looking back at Azure's history and forward to where it's heading. If you're an MVP, see you Thursday!
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Export as Bicep is fully available today! 💪 Test it out yourself in the portal, instructions can be found here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
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John Lokerse | Microsoft MVP @johnlokerse.dev · 10/03/2025
Export as Bicep is available on the Azure Portal! 💪 🔗 Read more on Export as Bicep here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/... #azurebicep #mvpbuzz
Export as Bicep on the "production" Azure Portal
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Maik van der Gaag @maikvandergaag.online · 20/02/2025
🚀 new blog post! I explored how to use Bicep for Graph resources, which makes deploying and managing Microsoft Graph resources as code easier. 🔗 Check it out: msftplayground.com/2025/01/bice... Let me know what you think! 👇 #Bicep #MicrosoftGraph #Entra #Azure #DevOps
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Bicep for graph resources
For the Bicep language, an extensibility framework exists that adds capabilities to extend Infrastructure as Code deployments to other resources and providers. The extensibility framework is still an ...
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Stan Zhelyazkov @stanzhelyazkov.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Azure Bicep fail() function explained cloudadministrator.net/2025/02/10/a... #Azure #AzureBicep #DevOps
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Azure Bicep fail() function explained
Azure Bicep fail() function was introduced in Bicep CLI v0.33.93. In short this function allows you to fail your deployment when certain conditions are met. In this blog post we will look at how to…
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Jack Tracey @jacktracey.co.uk · 20/01/2025
Excited to announce the launch of #AzureNetAppFiles (#ANF) #Terraform #AzureVerifiedModules (#AVM)! Powered by #AzApi, this solution offers speed and agility, enabling rapid feature additions as per the ANF team's updates. 👍 registry.terraform.io/modules/Azur...
An image showing two Polaroid-style photos side by side with a plus sign between them. The left photo features a cloud icon and the AVM logo, while the right photo displays the Azure NetApp logo. Below these photos, there is text that reads: "Introducing Our New Terraform ANF AVM Module: avm-res-netapp-netappaccount."
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Paul Grimley @paulgrimley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Exciting News! 🚀 Announcing #Terraform #Azure Verified Modules for Platform Landing Zone (ALZ)! 🎉 • Modular Deployment • Improved Reliability • ALZ IaC Accelerator Updates Blog: aka.ms/alz/tf/avm/b... Join our next community call on Jan 29, 2025: aka.ms/ALZ/Community #ALZ
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Announcing General Availability of Terraform Azure Verified Modules for Platform Landing Zone (ALZ) | Microsoft Community Hub
Azure Verified Modules ALZ ❤️ AVM. We are moving to a more modular approach to deploying your platform landing zones. In line with consistent feedback from...
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 15/01/2025
never change, Microsoft
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Alex Frankel @adotfrank.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This advice is timeless. Just shared it with a new team member.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The Park City ski patrol strike is over. The workers got every major item they wanted from Vail Resorts. -Starting wages up by $2/hr. -Senior workers get pay raised by as much as $7.75/hr. -Better parental leave and professional development. -A better wage scale and more.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
The Department of Transportation is fining JetBlue $2 million for "chronically delayed" flights on the East Coast. It's the first time the DOT has fined an airline for delays on specific routes due to "unrealistic" scheduling. Half of the fine will go to affected passengers.
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Mark Tinderholt @marktinderholt.com · 27/12/2024
Watch me demo the latest version of the GitHub AT-AT at the Azure Terraform Community call! You too can Automate the Automation with Terraform!!! youtu.be/OpPK1B3Clsk?...
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Automate the Automation with Terraform: GitHub AT-AT Demo at the December 2024 Azure Community Call
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David Fowler @davidfowl.com · 01/01/2025
Here's a repo that shows some the main prompt and some examples follow up prompts to run on a data set github.com/davidfowl/Re.... I have the nodejs input dataset and output csv checked in. The tool to produce the data set isn't uploaded as yet.
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GitHub - davidfowl/RepoAnalysis: An explorating into github repo analsys using chatgpt (issues, discussions sentiment etc)
An explorating into github repo analsys using chatgpt (issues, discussions sentiment etc) - davidfowl/RepoAnalysis
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Dan @rios.engineer · 10/12/2024
💪 Azure Bicep - December - Final Community Call of 2024! ➡️ 0.31 Release ➡️ 6 month roadmap ➡️ Version pinning for Bicep ➡️ User-Definted Types with variable access ➡️ Community requested updates 🔗 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy_U... 🔗 Join Bicep Users LinkedIn Group: tinyurl.com/bicepusers
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Bicep Community Call - December '24
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Alex Frankel @adotfrank.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Starting in 10 minutes - see you there!
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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our final Bicep Community Call of 2024 will be TOMORROW, Thursday December 5th at 9am PST! Join to hear our roadmap for the next 6 months and some exciting demos and presentations! Reach out for an invite if you did not receive one, or join tomorrow at aka.ms/BicepCcD24!
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Jeff Bezos makes over $14,000 in the span of time that a worker earns 50 cents.
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John Lokerse | Microsoft MVP @johnlokerse.dev · 03/12/2024
If you are using Azure Bicep modules from a container registry then check out this share by @rios.engineer. Very useful to quickly see if the modules you use can be updated! #MVPBuzz #bicep #AzureVerifiedModules #azure
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Mattias Fjellström @mattias.engineer · 10/11/2024
Shameless self-promotion of my blog 🚨 I write about #Terraform, #Boundary, #Vault, #Azure, #AWS, and other things and technologies I find interesting! Highly recommended by me (🔟 out of 🔟) and at least one other person who clicked the "Buy me a coffee button". Thanks Eric! 🙏 mattias.engineer
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Book release 🎉 Book Release: Terraform Authoring and Operations Professional Study Guide (AWS edition) 2 October 2024·212 words·1 min Book Terraform Aws
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Dan @rios.engineer · 03/12/2024
This weeks #azurebicep ‘Did you know?’ Is live. Get AVM notifications when modules are out of date via the bicepconfig file! Check it out: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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BicepLang @biceplang.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
At the risk of reading too much into Bluesky’s success at the moment, I do think it’s a signal that people don’t want to be surrounded by bots and manipulated algorithms AI can only go so far. We want human connection.
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Alex Frankel @adotfrank.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello 👋
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