In this week's Pathfinder Engineer newsletter I'm dipping a toe into the SaaS world. If this is something that interests you, let me know and we'll get a bit more wet 😉.

In two weeks' time, I'll be sharing my knowledge on "Implementing DevOps Practices for Azure Infrastructure" at Azure Day in Warsaw. If you're interested in attending, there's a promo code I can share (you can register at azureday.pl): AzureDay2025Speaker

🚀 Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - The Life of a Tenant 🚀 Previously, Tomasz Pęczek explored the multitenancy spectrum. This week he continues the exploration and takes a look at the tenant lifecycle. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfinder… #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS

In two weeks I'll be speaking at the SysOps/DevOps meetup in Kraków about "Zero Downtime Deployments for Azure PaaS-Based Applications". If you're in the area, please feel invited 🙂.

I watched Devil May Cry on Netflix in two evenings. I really enjoyed it. Highly recommended 😈

🚀 Staff+ Engineer in the SaaS World - The Control Planes 🚀 This week, as part our journey through the SaaS world, Tomasz Pęczek dives into the control planes. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/pathfinder… #StaffEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #SaaS

This is cool, I like this. On several occasions I went through migrating AF to be hosted in ACA/AKS when more suitable. And in some scenarios you want AF programming model but not hosting (think Python & ML) - leads to AF in ACA/AKS from the start. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/appsonazu…

Testing GitHub Actions workflows is pain... after playing with this for a moment I must say this is promising. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azureinfr…

In a couple of weeks, I will have the honour and pleasure of speaking at DevSum about WebAssembly and its applications beyond the browser, with a particular focus on Azure. If you're interested join me on 12 June at 4:40 PM in the M1 room.

I've seen many projects where surprisingly little data has been used to make architectural decisions, so this week I've decided to share a little bit about being a data-driven staff+ engineer and using metrics to drive architecture.

Mermaid diagrams are now rendered in the markdown preview pane (among other places) inside Visual Studio. Coming soon...

I like Bicep, but I'm yet to make my mind about the Local Deploy feature. It can be quite useful, but it can also be easily misused 🤔 github.com/Azure/bicep/bl…