On EU Open Source Procurement: A Layered Approach
Treat OSS as recurring OpEx: hire contributors, contract experts, and fund internal IT so the EU participates, not just buys.
What I'm reading
I shape how Microsoft Azure participates in upstream Linux communities like Fedora and Flatcar. Nights and weekends go to side projects and life in Brno, Czech Republic.
Recent posts
Integrating the NOUS E10 ZigBee Smart CO₂, Temperature & Humidity Detector with ZHA
Integrating the NOUS E10 ZigBee CO₂ detector into ZHA with a custom quirk.
Building Bridges: Microsoft’s Participation in the Fedora Linux Community
posted on the Microsoft Tech Community Linux and Open Source Blog
If You’re Wearing More Than One Hat, Something’s Probably Wrong
Navigating competing roles in open source - why clarity about which hat you’re wearing matters.
Managing a manual Alexa Home Assistant Skill via the Web UI
Skip hand-editing YAML entity lists by tagging Home Assistant devices with labels and auto-generating the Alexa exposure list via an automation.
The Practitioner’s Keynote: A Look Behind the Curtain
A look at the messy reality of delivering a keynote as a practitioner, without the support teams that polish executive presentations.
Project Membership
posted on duckalignment.academy
Rituals
A personal reflection on the small, meaningful rituals of daily life, centered on the morning walk to school with my first-grade daughter.
Day 5: Microsoft Hackathon — Model Grading, Parameter Friction, and Next Questions
Pipeline runs, thread summaries graded, and model friction surfaced. Next test: can insights drive action?
Day 4: Microsoft Hackathon — Threading Failure, Recursion Repair, and Model Limits
Debugged a broken email threading approach, replaced it with a simple recursive pass, and resumed grading LLM-generated summaries.