Steve Buchanan

What a ride this year has been! In May I was laid off from MSFT. Soon after became a #DockerCaptain, landed a new role at @Jamf leading #Azure + #AKS, & now I’ve been re-awarded a #MicrosoftMVP for the 11th year!

Honored to be back. Congrats to all new & renewed MVPs!

#MVPBuzz

I joined Kevin Evans on the Code To Cloud podcast to talk AI, cloud, career resilience, farming, personal finance, layoffs, and more.

Blog recap 👉 www.buchatech.com/2025/10/gues...

Watch 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo7...

#AI #Cloud #CareerResilience #CloudNative #MVPBuzz #Azure #DockerCaptain

Mark your calendars! 🎤 I’m speaking at #BITCON2025 (free & virtual next week).

Session: “The Easiest Way to Run LLMs Locally: Meet @Docker Model Runner”

Why local #LLMs matter, how #Docker makes it simple + a demo.

🔗 Blog: www.buchatech.com/2025/09/im-s...

#AI #Cloud #Tech #DevOps

Behind the Buzzword: What is MCP? What MCP is, simply explained, including use cases and when you’d be better off using an API or not.

Diving into AI continues! Recently published 2 new blogs on various AI topics:

1️⃣ Behind the Buzzword: What are MCP Servers?
👉 www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

2️⃣ Run an LLM locally with Docker Model Runner
👉 www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

#AI #LLM #Docker #MCPServer #TechBlogs

Mark your calendars! 🎤 I’m speaking at #BITCON2025 (free & virtual next week).

Session: “The Easiest Way to Run LLMs Locally: Meet @Docker Model Runner”

Why local #LLMs matter, how #Docker makes it simple + a demo.

🔗 Blog: www.buchatech.com/2025/09/im-s...

#AI #Cloud #Tech #DevOps

GitHub's CEO says startups can only get so far with vibe coding AI tools can lower the barrier to launching a startup, but scaling them still requires technical expertise, GitHubs CEO has said

🤖 AI tools are powerful, but they can’t replace solid business fundamentals.

As GitHub’s CEO says, startups that rely only on “vibe coding” can only get so far.

📖 Read more: africa.businessinsider.com/news/githubs...

#Startup #AI #founders #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth

What to emphasize on your resume as a cloud engineer Seasoned cloud expert and Pluralsight author Steve Buchanan shares what to have on your resume to stand out from the competition and land your next job.

New blog on @pluralsight: What to emphasize on your resume as a cloud engineer 🚀

Tips on:
• Key cloud skills hiring managers want
• Highlighting projects, certs & soft skills
• Make your resume stand out

www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

#Cloud #Azure #AWS #GCP #TechCareer

🚀Accelerators can change your startup’s future… if you know how to use them.

Our new whitepaper breaks down how to get the most out of a startup accelerator, from preparation to execution.🎯

Download it here for FREE: www.retinuesystems.com/free-whitepa...

#startup #founder

YouTube video by SuperHuman Mindset I Asked an AI Expert About The FUTURE of Business, Here's What He Said

Had a great time on the SuperHuman Mindset Podcast with Felix Asare!

We went beyond tech talking AI’s future, authoring books and courses, imposter syndrome, Cloud Native, career growth, and what keeps me motivated

Watch here: youtu.be/g2dAXqgGc60?...

Blog here: www.buchatech.com/2025/09/stev...

YouTube video by SuperHuman Mindset I Asked an AI Expert About The FUTURE of Business, Here's What He Said

Had a great time on the SuperHuman Mindset Podcast with Felix Asare!

We went beyond tech talking AI’s future, authoring books and courses, imposter syndrome, Cloud Native, career growth, and what keeps me motivated

Watch here: youtu.be/g2dAXqgGc60?...

Blog here: www.buchatech.com/2025/09/stev...

What to emphasize on your resume as a cloud engineer Seasoned cloud expert and Pluralsight author Steve Buchanan shares what to have on your resume to stand out from the competition and land your next job.

New blog on @pluralsight: What to emphasize on your resume as a cloud engineer 🚀

Tips on:
• Key cloud skills hiring managers want
• Highlighting projects, certs & soft skills
• Make your resume stand out

www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

#Cloud #Azure #AWS #GCP #TechCareer

📣 Excited to join @JamfSoftware as a lead in Cloud Engineering!

Going to build #cloudnative platforms on #Azure & #AKS to power Apple & #cybersecurity #SaaS used by 70K+ customers. Pumped to work with the AWS & AI teams too.

Let’s go! 💻🍎☁️
#Jamf #K8s #Cloud #Apple #AI

Agentic AI Safety and Alignment

My 28th @pluralsight course is live!

Agentic AI Safety & Alignment 🤖 - Learn how to build AI agents that are safe, aligned, & under control.

I demo #Microsoft #Copilot Studio & @FlowiseAI to show how it’s done.

➡️ www.pluralsight.com/courses/agen...

#AI #Pluralsight #AgenticAI #AIAgents

Docker Offload: Supercharging Cloud-Native Development | Docker Build, test, and scale resource-intensive models by moving AI workloads to the cloud with Docker Offload. All while accessing high-performance GPUs without leaving your local workflow.

🔥 Just dropped: @Docker Offload lets you run builds, #containers, #GPU heavy #AI workloads & more in the cloud, straight from your local #dev setup. Perfect for LLMs, AI agents, & more. 🤖

Try it out 👉 docker.com/products/doc...

#DockerOffload #AI #Docker #CloudDev #LLM

6 cloud cost optimization strategies and tools for AWS, Azure, and GCP Cloud computing costs can spiral out of control. Uncover cloud cost management tools and strategies to reduce spend in Azure, AWS, and GCP.

My new blog on @pluralsight optimizing cloud costs in AWS, Azure, & GCP is up!

It has strategies like rightsizing, autoscaling, smart architecture, & FinOps to help teams scale efficiently and reduce spend.

🔗 www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

#CloudComputing #FinOps #AWS #Azure #GCP

Containerize Your Apps with Ask Gordon | Docker Simplify app containerization and optimization using Docker’s AI agent, Gordon. Explore step-by-step how Gordon helps developers work smarter.

My 1st post as a @Docker Captain is live on the Docker blog

It’s a walkthrough on using Ask Gordon, Docker’s new AI assistant, to quickly containerize your apps from source code

Check it out
🔗 www.docker.com/blog/contain...

#Docker #DockerCaptain #DevOps #AI #CloudNative #OpenSource

Honored to be named a Docker Captain 🚢🐳

Excited to join this global group of technologists passionate about containers, K8s, DevOps, & platform engineering.

What it means & what’s next 👉 bit.ly/4jRsVlT

Thanks @Docker for the swag & the love!

#Docker #DevOps #Containers #K8s #DockerCaptains

Just dropped my 27th Pluralsight course 🎉
Generative AI Concepts for DevOps

Explore how GenAI is transforming DevOps from automation to productivity gains 🚀

Watch here 👉 www.buchatech.com/2025/05/my-2...
#DevOps #AI #Pluralsight #GenAI #CloudNative

The Modern Developer Experience In today's competitive landscape, quickly delivering innovative, reliable software is more important than ever. DevOps has delivered transformative changes to tooling and processes, but with it comes ...

📢 My 9th book, The Modern Developer Experience, is now on O’Reilly!

It's all about optimizing dev workflows, leveraging automation, & improving collaboration.

📖 Read it here: www.oreilly.com/library/view...

#DeveloperExperience #DX #DevOps #ModernDev #Dev #CloudNative #Docker #K8s #AI #DevEx

Honored to be on a tech panel at @MnDeptEd discussing "Broadening Access to Computer Sci." Great to join Jennifer Rosato, Feather LaRoche,
Sheri Levasseur. Thanks Andrea Wilson Vazquez for hosting & Sarah Carter for organizing!

#ComputerScience #TechEducation #CSforAll #MNTech

Thanks

I’m a free agent 📢

After 3.5 impactful years, my role at @Microsoft was part of the recent layoffs. Grateful for the work on #AKS, #Arc, #Azure ☁️, & Microsoft for #Startups.

What’s next? Cloud, cloud native, and AI. DMs open for roles!

Just dropped my 27th Pluralsight course 🎉
Generative AI Concepts for DevOps

Explore how GenAI is transforming DevOps from automation to productivity gains 🚀

Watch here 👉 www.buchatech.com/2025/05/my-2...
#DevOps #AI #Pluralsight #GenAI #CloudNative

Dropped by the @mmsmoa conference yesterday to hang with Microsoft colleagues and Microsoft MVPs!

Great connecting with Steven Bucher, Kristopher Turner, Brian Wren, and others!

#MMSMOA #MMS #Microsoft #MNTech #MVP

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Hey #MNTech! Did you know @minnestar.org is on Bluesky?!? Go give them a follow and while you’re at it maybe a small $5 gift toward the end of year match 💙 minnestar.org/support-us/b...

Nothing like a fresh hair cut and car wash!

What is JSON, and how to use it in JavaScript JSON is an essential tool for managing and interacting with data. Learn the basics of JSON and how to use it in JavaScript.

@pluralsight published another one of my #JavaScript articles: "What is #JSON, and how to use it in JavaScript".

It covers JSON syntax, converting data, & working with APIs in JS.

Check it out here:

www.pluralsight.com/resources/bl...

#Dev #Code #Pluralsight #CodingTips #JSON

Thank you!

A bit late with this post, but last week we had a great time celebrating the 50th anniversary at the #Microsoft Innovation Hub in MN!

Someone even brought in some classic MSFT collectibles including a few Zunes. Yes, thats “Internet on a Stick.” 😄

#MicrosoftLife #Tech #MNTech

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