Steve Peterson
@nordsteve.bsky.social
Retired Microsoft service architect. Still volunteer for FIRST and the City of Bloomington. Live in Minnesota. Ski. Bike. Boat. Not an official account for anything besides me.
Go listen to his interview on the Acquired podcast. There's a sectioning the Bear Stearns acquisition that is directly on point.
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Go listen to his interview on the Acquired podcast. There's a sectioning the Bear Stearns acquisition that is directly on point.
It is surprising what you hear when you sit for a bit by the front desk.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It is surprising what you hear when you sit for a bit by the front desk.
I was in the mid morning crowd there yesterday and it was all they could talk about. The cycle instructor explained why crabbing at the staff is the wrong move.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I was in the mid morning crowd there yesterday and it was all they could talk about. The cycle instructor explained why crabbing at the staff is the wrong move.
Less competition this year.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Less competition this year.
Twins v Mariners? Nope, Mariners formed in '77.
Fighting Saint v Mariners? Nope, Saints played in St Paul.
Fighting Saint v Mariners? Nope, Saints played in St Paul.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Twins v Mariners? Nope, Mariners formed in '77.
Fighting Saint v Mariners? Nope, Saints played in St Paul.
Fighting Saint v Mariners? Nope, Saints played in St Paul.
The correct logic here is to do input validation, and if that fails fall back to the previous configuration amd alert.
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The correct logic here is to do input validation, and if that fails fall back to the previous configuration amd alert.
The real root cause is the lack of input validation logic, and the decision (or maybe mistake) to crash if validation didn't pass.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The real root cause is the lack of input validation logic, and the decision (or maybe mistake) to crash if validation didn't pass.
I have a photo somewhere of a relative deep frying a turkey, with the oil just starting to overflow.
The background is a stack of gas cans.
The background is a stack of gas cans.
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I have a photo somewhere of a relative deep frying a turkey, with the oil just starting to overflow.
The background is a stack of gas cans.
The background is a stack of gas cans.
For Vikings games, we had these kind of half sleeping bags with flat bottoms and drawstring waist. You stepped in them, closed it up, and sat. Vikings theme fabric, of course.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For Vikings games, we had these kind of half sleeping bags with flat bottoms and drawstring waist. You stepped in them, closed it up, and sat. Vikings theme fabric, of course.
Oh come on. It's no Nextdoor.
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Oh come on. It's no Nextdoor.
Single issue candidacies are a tough row to hoe.
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Single issue candidacies are a tough row to hoe.
Did you get a preprint?
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you get a preprint?
It's more a "who can afford this at scale" problem that results in the concentration. For example, are you ready to build a low latency network with minimum 10gbps links, and peer at ~200 locations? Very few application providers have the scale to afford that.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Azure Front Door POP Locations by Region
This article lists Azure Front Door POP locations, sorted by regions.
learn.microsoft.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's more a "who can afford this at scale" problem that results in the concentration. For example, are you ready to build a low latency network with minimum 10gbps links, and peer at ~200 locations? Very few application providers have the scale to afford that.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Boo Radleys
Stone Roses
Stone Roses
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Boo Radleys
Stone Roses
Stone Roses
Not sure what happened, this was clear yesterday.
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Not sure what happened, this was clear yesterday.
On the topic of the OP, the rumor mill has been so strong on this for the past few weeks that a real announcement brings some certainty.
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
On the topic of the OP, the rumor mill has been so strong on this for the past few weeks that a real announcement brings some certainty.
As a (recently retired) service architect, I routinely designed services to be resilient to single DC failure. Wondering why in 2025 this is still happening.
October 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
As a (recently retired) service architect, I routinely designed services to be resilient to single DC failure. Wondering why in 2025 this is still happening.
That's a great point - I never turn mine off, just let them sleep. If it's a laptop be sure it's on the charger. Then you never see updates.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That's a great point - I never turn mine off, just let them sleep. If it's a laptop be sure it's on the charger. Then you never see updates.
I know it's too late for today, but there's a setting under updates where you can limit when updates run. I have mine set overnight.
October 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I know it's too late for today, but there's a setting under updates where you can limit when updates run. I have mine set overnight.