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Newly certified and thinking about diving in Okinawa? Here's my four-day, three-night trip: five dives around Kerama and Kamiyama Island, equalization and buoyancy struggles, about 55,000 yen including full gear rental, sea turtles, Oceanic+ logs, Naha food, and Churaumi Aquarium, with photos.
This article explains the differences among GitHub Copilot's Local, Copilot, and Cloud targets and shows how to replace exhaustive human review with independent verification agents and execution evidence.
A real automated vulnerability scan against my personal site showed how Azure Front Door WAF blocked requests it classified as dangerous, how I investigated the incident, and what could have happened without the WAF.
Learn how we built a multi-tenant Microsoft Foundry chat for multiple companies, each managing its users and security in its own Microsoft Entra ID tenant.
This article introduces Memolog's outer Human-in-the-loop discovery loop, where people and AI discover the right answer, and its inner Loop Engineering implementation and validation loop, where AI iterates toward that answer.
A look at how a cost and privacy review for my personal site, Memolog, grew into work on Front Door, WAF, Azure Policy, STRIDE, Sentinel, and security exercises, along with the site's current architecture.
How Memolog evolved from automatic Azure AI Translator output to a reviewed workflow that produces natural English and keeps JA and EN in sync, with Japanese as the source of truth.
On my first visit to the Tottori Sand Dunes, I was overwhelmed by their vastness. The people crossing the broad dunes looked tiny, and this photo captures that sense of nature's scale.
Learn how Azure AI Speech diarization, retired Speaker Recognition APIs, LLM-based name inference, and Teams Rooms apply to meeting audio captured by a single microphone.
This article explains how an AI CoE can narrow Microsoft AI products by purpose and scenario, then connect hands-on use with evaluation, knowledge capture, talent development, and phased rollout.
A comparison of AWS FinOps Agent, Azure FinOps Hub, the Cost Management API, and Azure Copilot, with guidance on choosing an approach that fits your scale and a lightweight design for this site.
This article covers the Azure Copilot Observability Agent, the architecture I deployed for Memolog, how it differs from Azure SRE Agent, its AAC-based pricing model, and the operational boundaries I set.
Using Memolog's Log Analytics workspaces as a case study, this article explains the Auxiliary plan, its benefits and drawbacks, and whether it fits the site's current log volume and monitoring requirements.
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to identify missing requirements, establish initial sizing, develop an architecture, and deploy it with Bicep, based on the real-world experience of building this site.
How I configured self-service registration and authentication with Microsoft Entra External ID for a demo where users can view only the data they submitted.
Build a minimal Prompt Agent that uses Web Search in Microsoft Foundry, compare answers at two points in time, and examine the limitations of directly verifying Instagram posts.
Learn how to configure usage-based billing, service principals, and admin consent for the Work IQ API in a tenant without Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, then verify the setup with the CLI.
From an overnight stay near Narita Airport to getting scuba certified on Mactan, exploring Cebu, and eating lechon again and again, this is a look back at my June 2026 trip to Cebu - including the time I left my iPhone in a Grab.
After the Azure Travelers Hiroshima trip, I spent three days driving more than 1,000 km through Shimane and Tottori, with stops tied to my ancestors, mythology, castles, anime, and coastal scenery.
This article compares the information handled by Work IQ, Fabric IQ, Foundry IQ, and Web IQ and explains when to use each through an example customer inquiry agent architecture.
A look back at the 10th Azure Travelers meetup on August 1 and my time in Hiroshima from July 30 through August 2.
Drawing on execution logs, Issues, and pull requests, I look back at how GitHub Copilot and I divided the work, from defining Memolog's requirements and implementing it on Azure, through issue-driven use of Cloud Agent, to today's focus on local development.
Towering clouds filled the blue sky above Mactan, Cebu. Even the elevated roadway and waterfront cityscape seemed enveloped by the scale of the sky.
Learn how workforce and external tenants differ, how to configure an external tenant, and how applications integrate with Microsoft Entra External ID.
A comparison of GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Enterprise Server across data boundaries, user management, Copilot policies, the Copilot cloud agent, and limitations of Actions and Dependabot.
A photo of people heading to the sunflower fields, with thunderheads beyond them, at the Akeno Sunflower Festival in Akeno, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The whole venue felt like summer vacation.
Azure Travelers hosts Azure study sessions while traveling across Japan. Here's a look back at the journey so far, details about the Hiroshima trip on August 1, and a call for sponsors who can provide venues for future events.
A BIGBOSS banner caught my eye on the concourse from Kita-Hiroshima Station to ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO.
A practical comparison of Azure Front Door Standard and Premium, including features, pricing, suitable workloads, and whether the service makes sense for my own site.
An overview of GitHub Enterprise Cloud data residency, EMU, Organization design, and Copilot regional availability.
A guide to GitHub as an integrated development platform for project management, AI, CI/CD, security, and governance, including product plans, pricing, and purchasing options.
Work delays left me booking my flight at the last minute. Then a weekend concert meant no flights home and no hotel rooms in Sapporo, extending my Hokkaido stay from July 8 through 12 all the way to Chitose.
From Nagoya's three towers to Kobe Port Tower, Umeda Sky Building, Tsutenkaku, and Nidec Kyoto Tower, this is a look back at a two-day trip across four cities collecting stamps for the All-Japan Towers Federation rally.
A look back at the ninth Azure Travelers meetup in Kanazawa on May 16, along with my travels through Kanazawa, Fukui, and Toyama from May 13 to 17.
My daughter came from Hokkaido so we could attend TWICE's additional National Stadium show on the TWICE <THIS IS FOR> WORLD TOUR IN JAPAN. This post looks back on a live show surrounded by the cheers of 80,000 people, trading photo cards, getting silver tape, and returning to the venue again the next day.
A March 4-8 trip that took me from work in Sapporo to Hakodate for an All-Japan Towers Federation stamp, with Hokkaido food and beer along the way and my daughter's final elementary-school brass-band concert at the end.
From Gyoda Tower to Choshi Port Tower, Chiba Port Tower, and Yokohama Marine Tower. Looking back on a weekend of visiting four towers around Kanto, with scenic detours and good food along the way.
A day in South Izu spent looking at Kawazu-zakura and nanohana along the Aono River, eating local seafood, and hopping between two hot springs. This post looks back on that early taste of spring through photos.
On February 22, Japan's Cat Day, I visited the Sankt Gallen Taproom in Hon-Atsugi and sampled all 20 taps alongside a cat-themed pizza, oden, and a galette.
A restless night and a 5 a.m. wake-up led to an impromptu drive to Izu. Cherry blossoms, a white tiger, giraffes, and plenty of good food filled the day.
For a MISAMO collaboration, Tokyo Tower lit up in the members' colors on February 7, 2026. I returned after nearly 40 years, visited the observation deck, started the tower stamp rally, and walked to Mita for nighttime photos.
After pizza and beer in Nakameguro, I headed to Ezogiku in Waseda for a nostalgic bowl of miso ramen, then photographed trams traveling along the slope near Gakushuin-shita from late afternoon until after sunset.
A look back at the eighth Azure Travelers meetup, held in Sendai on January 24, and my journey through Yamagata, Sendai, and Matsushima from January 22 to 25.
A look back at the seventh Azure Travelers meetup, co-hosted with JAZUG's 15th anniversary event on October 4, plus our yakatabune pre-event and a day in Nakameguro.
A look back at the sixth Azure Travelers study session in Ehime and seven days on the road through Kobe, Kagawa, Matsuyama, and the Shimanami Kaido.
A look at the major announcements and GA releases from Microsoft Build 2025, where AI agents took center stage, followed by photos and stories from the sessions, Expo, Attendee Party, sightseeing, and food in Seattle.
A look back at the fifth Azure Travelers meetup, held at Microsoft Base OKINAWA on February 15, and eight days of working and traveling around Miyako Island and Okinawa Island.
A look back at my November 2024 trip to Taiwan, with photos from rainy Jiufen, the Kavalan Distillery, and cafés and night markets around Taipei.
A look back at the 4th Azure Travelers Meetup, held at Engineer Cafe on October 19, and the 12-day journey through Okinawa and Yoron Island to Fukuoka.
A look back at the third Azure Travelers meetup, held in Yamagata on June 22, and my five-day stay from June 19 to 23, including cherry picking and a visit to Zao.
A look back at the second Azure Travelers meetup, held at Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab KOBE on April 13, and four days of travel through Kobe, Awaji Island, and Okayama.
A look back at the first Azure Travelers study session, held in Sapporo on January 13, how the community began, and our travels in Sapporo and Yoichi from January 11 to 16.
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