Eldert Grootenboer

@eldert.net

Senior Product Manager @Microsoft | #Azure Service Bus | Former #Azure MVP | Community Enthusiast | Public Speaker

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

The outbox pattern gets you halfway to reliable messaging. It guarantees the message reaches the broker atomically with the DB write. No more "saved but not published" states. Duplicate delivery, crashed consumers, ordering: your problem. That's the inbox pattern's job. #softwarearchitecture

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I'm giving the closing keynote at Øredev in Malmö in November: What We Leave Behind This will be a talk on legacy (as in software), legacy (as a gift we receive from the past) and legacy (as a gift we give to the future) oredev.org

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One week left to get your MQ Summit ticket 25% cheaper! 2 days on the tech behind reliable distributed systems: RabbitMQ, Kafka, NATS & more. Haarlem & Online. 21-22 Oct. Early bird pricing ends 8 Sept, 23:59 CEST. After that, prices go up.  Grab yours: mqsummit.com/#register

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Three files replace an agent loop on Azure Functions. .agent.md, agents.config.yaml, mcp.json — the runtime handles registration, wiring, and the loop. New post: how it works and when to use it over Foundry Agent Service. sjwiggers.com/2026/08/13/a...

The Azure Functions Serverless Agents Runtime Explained - Cloud Perspectives

The Azure Functions serverless agents runtime lets you build event-triggered agents as function apps. When to use it over Foundry Agent Service.

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Here's a very early preview of AstroSharp for @astro.build What works: - Use Astro for C# static sites! - Everything that runs at build time - Razor support - npm install and just go! What doesn't: - The wasm / client rendering support is jank and not there yet github.com/davidwhitney...

GitHub - davidwhitney/AstroSharp: A C# and Razor plugin for Astro.dev

A C# and Razor plugin for Astro.dev. Contribute to davidwhitney/AstroSharp development by creating an account on GitHub.

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David Whitney@davidwhitney.co.uk · 2mo ago

Making @astro.build work with C# is so damn cool.

I'm running my presenter workshop on Zoom next month, on a West Coast / AU / NZ friendly (well, friendlier) schedule. It is AWESOME, and you should TOTALLY JOIN IT and LEARN HOW TO DO KICK-ASS PRESENTATIONS. £50 off tickets with the code BSKY50: www.eventbrite.com/e/1987043570810/?discount=BSKY50

From Keyboard To Keynote: Crafting Great Technical Talks

A live online workshop led by Dylan Beattie, all about how to create, rehearse, and deliver great technical presentations.

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