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Vacation Issue!

Vacation Issue!
By Duncan Mackenzie • Issue #6 • View online
I’m on vacation folks, so I haven’t written a new article for this issue, but I thought I would take the chance to highlight some of the great writing being put out there by folks on my team at Microsoft. There are lots more people on the team with great public posts and talks, consider this just a sampler and I’ll link to some more in future issues!

Walking around Bend, OR instead of writing up some new content for my blog!
Walking around Bend, OR instead of writing up some new content for my blog!
Engineering Management Topics
A few articles focus on the people and process side of development, including those from my site and from Chad Schulz (an engineering manager focused on azure.microsoft.com).
“A feature is no longer a hastily hacked together single-page update, but a rich, well tested, accessible web experience built with reusable UI components and fueled by data-driven hypothesized business value. This level of complexity can no longer be tracked solely in conversations, chats, or emails and requires a centralized document.”
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One of the most important ways I can contribute to the quality of our sites is by saying no.
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“From the engineering side, it can be difficult to resist the desire to start coding. It may feel counter-intuitive but pausing to establish a plan can be invaluable.”
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Technical Deep Dives
The most common type of post coming out of folks on my team is a discussion of some interesting topic, often related to what they’ve being doing at work. Love to see folks sharing knowledge with the world!
Stephanie Eckles
Stephanie Eckles
Stephanie Eckles is the author of ModernCSS.dev, SmolCSS.dev, 11ty.Rocks, the creator of StyleStage.dev, and a ton of specific tutorials. She also happens to be a dev on our team, focused on the front-end of azure.microsoft.com. Stephanie has so many resources out there that I’m linking to her home page so you can explore them all, but I’d like to make a specific call out to her Word Wrap podcast if you want some great listening material!
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Azure Functions: Wildcard Routing
Azure Functions: Wildcard Routing
Brian’s team does a ton of work with Azure Functions as part of Microsoft Docs, so his series of articles on the topic are a reliable source of real-world expertise!
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Debugging Durable Functions Orchestrations
Debugging Durable Functions Orchestrations
Ken works on Brian’s team, so it isn’t all that surprising that he also blogs about Azure Functions (and C#, and other tech topics). Between the two of them you can get a lot of different tips and tricks on solving problems with this brand of serverless computing.
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Writing about Microsoft Docs
Many folks on my team work directly on the front and back-end systems for Microsoft Docs, so a few of their posts are specifically about that work. Here’s a few highlights!
Optimize git commit history
There is a nice feature on docs that shows the portraits of contributors to a page. Yufei, a lead dev on the core backend system of Microsoft Docs, shows how he worked to make this feature much faster by changing how we accessed the git history of the underlying files.
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The basic flow of Docs.Microsoft.com
The basic flow of Docs.Microsoft.com
It’s a big site, with a lot of moving pieces, but I am going to zoom out and try to start at a simplified view and then drill down one step at a time.
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