Modern insights on Azure, AI, GitHub Copilot, and software engineering.https://pavinglogic.dev/en-ushttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/1aba05-vscode-frenzy/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/1aba05-vscode-frenzy/How a tiny VS Code extension I built with GitHub Copilot finally stopped the madness of switching between six identical looking editor windows.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTVS CodeGitHub CopilotDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/9fb88e-copilot-cli-isolation/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/9fb88e-copilot-cli-isolation/Why I decided to run Copilot CLI inside a devcontainer, the isolation options I considered, and the small workflow that works for me right now.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotCLIdevcontainerDeveloper ProductivityContainerhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/0241f8-tdd-agents/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/0241f8-tdd-agents/Traditional TDD maps surprisingly well to multi-agent AI workflows. I tested Red-Green-Refactor with separate agents for each phase and found that the discipline of TDD matters even more when AI writes the code.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotTDDSoftware EngineeringDeveloper Productivityhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/44f7b1-copilot-cli-unix-tool/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/44f7b1-copilot-cli-unix-tool/If you think about GH Copilot CLI with a few flags, it becomes a headless command-line tool you can pipe, script, and chain just like grep or jq.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotCLIDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/bcaeb3-copilot-cli-secret-env-vars/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/bcaeb3-copilot-cli-secret-env-vars/How to use the --secret-env-vars flag in GitHub Copilot CLI to redact sensitive environment variable values from all output and logs.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotCLISecurityDeveloper Productivityhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/587fb1-copilot-multiagent-subagent-coordination/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/587fb1-copilot-multiagent-subagent-coordination/I spent weeks building multi-agent workflows in GitHub Copilot. I learned some valuable lessons, from simple Plan-Agent splits to TDD orchestration, parallel code review, and cloud sessions, with real .agent.md files you can copy.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotVS CodeDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/89ee3e-testing-iac-with-azure-resource-graph-part2/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/89ee3e-testing-iac-with-azure-resource-graph-part2/Design patterns for building a testing DSL on top of Azure Resource Graph, illustrated with an AKS module contract that validates public and internal cluster profiles in CI.Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzureDevOpsBicepTerraformAzure CLIKQLTestingAKShttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/a78643-jekyll-to-astro/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/a78643-jekyll-to-astro/I loved Jekyll for years and still do. but i moved pavingLogic,com to Astro.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAstroJekyllStatic SiteDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/b4e2f1-azure-resource-graph-iac-testing/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/b4e2f1-azure-resource-graph-iac-testing/How to use Azure Resource Graph KQL queries and the az graph CLI command to validate, audit, and smoke-test your IaC deployments without writing a single test framework.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAzureDevOpsBicepTerraformAzure CLIKQLhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/148adf-mermaid-copilot-love-hate/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/148adf-mermaid-copilot-love-hate/My honest experience with Mermaid diagrams, what I love about them, what drives me crazy, and how GitHub Copilot made me use them way more than I expected.Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTGitHub CopilotDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/1061e2-azure-static-hosting/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/1061e2-azure-static-hosting/A cheap and powerful way to run a full frontend on Azure Storage, with safe rollout patterns using one storage account, release folders, and a tiny switch file.Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTAzureDevOpsFrontendUnderratedhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/5f1d20-keeping-up-with-the-brews/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/5f1d20-keeping-up-with-the-brews/How to over engineer Homebrew update check.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTDeveloper ProductivityHomebrewCLISoftware Engineeringhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/f63941-aks-private-link/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/f63941-aks-private-link/Route AKS outbound traffic through a secure proxy or firewall in another tenant by using Azure Private Link Service, without VNet peering.Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTAzureAKSKubernetesNetworkinghttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/2b0b71-azure-cli-ext/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/2b0b71-azure-cli-ext/Azure CLI extensions let you add your own commands with Python. This post shows two real examples: wrapping kubectl login and building a YAML-driven compliance reporter.Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTAzureDevOpsAzure CLIPythonUnderratedhttps://pavinglogic.dev/blog/c09e9b-github-dev/https://pavinglogic.dev/blog/c09e9b-github-dev/A human look at why github.dev feels easier than the native GitHub editor, especially when your brain wants less UI switching.Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTGitHubDeveloper ProductivitySoftware Engineering