Hey, it's Matt. And there goes January - that was quick! Down here in Tasmania it's been great weather, and the kids are about to go back to school (finally!). I spent a bit of time today putting together a list of tech I want to dive into and learn this year, and before I knew it the list was massive! This really is such a broad field with a lot going on. I don't know about you, but I often feel overwhelmed with the amount of technology flying across my socials that I have no idea about. But...
about 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Whoops, it's been a little while. Hoping you've had a great Christmas, and maybe able to step away from work for a week or two! I've got a goal to get this newsletter on a proper cadence in 2025. Hopefully fortnightly, but at least monthly is my initial goal. As usual I've collected a few pieces of information below that I hope you find helpful, as well as the usual podcast recommendation at the bottom. Talk soon, Matt. Azure CDN from Edgio Retiring on Jan 15 2025 As well as...
over 1 year ago • 3 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Whoops, it's been a little while. Things have been busy, we're doing some renovations at home and had to move out, and it is winter where I am, which has meant cold, miserable weather, with plenty of colds circling around. We're almost at the start of Spring, though! As usual I've collected a few pieces of information below that I hope you find helpful, as well as the usual podcast recommendation at the bottom. Talk soon, Matt. GitHub Hosted Runner Azure VNET Integration I...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Well, it's quarter two of 2024 already, I swear we just finished January, but here we are. As usual, I wanted to share a few pieces with you that I've recently come across in the realm of cloud and technology that I've found interesting, and I hope you do too! Hope you're well, and talk soon. GitHub Hosted Runner Azure VNET Integration If you're using GitHub Actions as your CI/CD tooling of choice, and need your workflows to access resources that are only available via private...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read
Hey, it's Matt. I was recently over in not-so-sunny California at Cloud Field Day 19, where I met a bunch of awesome people, some of which I've worked with online for a number of years, some of which are new friends! It was a really awesome week, I learned a lot, really enjoyed the presentations, and as usual the Field Day team put on an amazing event. For my followers who may still be in the private or hybrid cloud environments, I've been hard at work updating the content at Pluralsight...
about 2 years ago • 3 min read
Hey, it's Matt. If you're back in to the grind of work, welcome back and I hope you've eased back in ok! For those of you lucky enough to still be on leave like me, even if only for a few more days, I hope you are having some great time away from the office. Our industry never seems to stop, and there's been plenty of activity and news to kick off 2024. The rest of January is shaping up to be busy already, and I'll be putting some cycles in to my content over the next few weeks. I want to try...
about 2 years ago • 3 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Hope you're doing ok in the craziness that is the lead up to Christmas. Our kids had their last day of school last week for ~8 weeks, and I found out recently their vacation care program is closed for 2 weeks over Christmas! I'll be frantically thinking of things to do to try and keep them occupied. On a totally unrelated note, I need to order another kg of coffee beans before the roaster closes their retail shop for a few days over Christmas 😅 I know it's not cloud related,...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Well ... it's been a bit of a hectic time in the industry, eh! But with all of the OpenAI stuff to the side, 'tis also the season of the tech conference! The big ones that grabbed my attention in the past few weeks are KubeCon, GitHub Universe, and Microsoft Ignite. Have you had a chance to check out the announcements from these conferences? I don't know about you, but all my current discussions seem to be on the fence between a "we need to get this done by Christmas" or a...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey, it's Matt. Since the last newsletter, I made the trek over to Silicon Valley for Cloud Field Day 18 where delegates from around the world heard from 7 presenting sponsors across an action packed two day event. I must say the Tech Field Day team put on a fantastic event, and the sponsors melted our minds with amazing content and discussions. All sessions were recorded and have been published, make sure to check out the link above or the Tech Field Day YouTube Channel. Other delegates have...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read