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When Azure Front Door WAF Blocked an Automated Vulnerability Scan
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When Azure Front Door WAF Blocked an Automated Vulnerability Scan

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.

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Combining Human-in-the-loop and Loop Engineering in Memolog's AI Development
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Combining Human-in-the-loop and Loop Engineering in Memolog's AI Development

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.

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How Memolog's security improvements began with FinOps and GDPR
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How Memolog's security improvements began with FinOps and GDPR

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.

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How Memolog Translates Japanese into Natural English
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How Memolog Translates Japanese into Natural English

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.

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A Practical Guide to Selecting Microsoft AI Products for an AI CoE
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A Practical Guide to Selecting Microsoft AI Products for an AI CoE

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.

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Deploying the Azure Copilot Observability Agent to Memolog
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Deploying the Azure Copilot Observability Agent to Memolog

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.

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I Asked GitHub Copilot Whether Auxiliary Fits Log Analytics
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I Asked GitHub Copilot Whether Auxiliary Fits Log Analytics

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.

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How to Design Azure Infrastructure with GitHub Copilot
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How to Design Azure Infrastructure with GitHub Copilot

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.

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A Minimal Setup for Trying Web IQ in Microsoft Foundry
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A Minimal Setup for Trying Web IQ in Microsoft Foundry

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.

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How to enable the Work IQ API with Azure usage-based billing
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How to enable the Work IQ API with Azure usage-based billing

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.

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How GitHub Copilot and I Split the Work of Building Memolog
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How GitHub Copilot and I Split the Work of Building Memolog

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.

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GitHub Products, Features, and Licensing: A 2026 Overview
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GitHub Products, Features, and Licensing: A 2026 Overview

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.

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Hello World
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Hello World

My previous WordPress blog became inaccessible, so I started a new one.

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