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    How Hello Lamp Post use Azure to help cities better understand their citizens 

    13/11/2022
    • Tiernan Mines
      By Tiernan Minesco-founder and CEO at Hello Lamp Post

    We caught up with Tiernan Mines, who spoke to us about the Hello Lamp Post platform, how they’re using Azure to power their natural language processing, and what the future has in store for smart cities. Read more

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    How Zeti is using ZERO and Azure to reduce emissions across fleets of vehicles 

    13/05/2022
    • Daniel Bass
      By Daniel Bassco-founder and CTO at Zeti

    We caught up with Daniel Bass, who told us about Zeti’s ZERO system, how they’re using Azure to reduce the carbon footprint for their clients and themselves, and what the future has in store for the transport industry. Read more

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    Happy 20th Birthday, .NET! 

    14/02/2022
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      By Steve FentonSenior Technical Content Creator at Octopus Deploy

    Today marks 20 years since Visual Studio .NET launched and the first version of the .NET platform was released to the world. Read more

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    6 reasons you should attend Azure Open Source Day  

    09/02/2022
    • A photo of Chris Walden.
      By Chris WaldenEditor for TechNet UK

    If you’re a professional developer, you might be interested in coming along to Azure Open Source Day on 15th February – and it’s free! Read more

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    Powering 3 million requests an hour with open source software 

    27/07/2021
    • A photo of Tony Gorman.
      By Tony GormanEngineering Lead at ASOS

    We spoke to Tony Gorman from ASOS to learn how open source software is being used to power services that handle upwards of 3 million customer requests an hour. Read more

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    Using open source software to connect charities with people in need of social housing 

    17/03/2021
    • A photo of Chris Sainty.
      By Chris SaintyMicrosoft MVP, Principal Software Engineer at Deployed and Author of Blazor in Action

    We speak to Chris Sainty, who proved anything is possible in OS by using it to develop the Blazor app that connects charities to people in need of social housing.  Read more

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    Starting my first Open Source project 

    27/10/2020
    • A photo of Lee Englestone
      By Lee EnglestoneSoftware Development Manager / Tech Lead

    Getting started with open source can be daunting. Well, I don’t count myself as a veteran open source expert but I want to share with you some success I’ve had starting my first open source project. Read more

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    Creating an API to tap into Twitter with Open Source Software 

    08/09/2020
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      By Jamie MaguireSoftware Architect | Microsoft MVP (AI) | Pluralsight Author and STEM Ambassador

    Jamie Maguire shows how and why he created his Social Opinion API, as well as how you can best take advantage of it. Read more

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    Using open source software to put the NHS in the pockets of over 40 million people 

    22/07/2020
    • A photo of Peter Farrell and his family
      By Peter FarrellTechnical Architect at Kainos Software

    When open source is paired with passionate people, we get innovative, creative solutions to help others. Meet Peter Farrell, Technical Architect at Kainos Software, who is using open source technology to bring the NHS to the pockets of millions of people. Read more

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    Bringing open source sentiment analysis assistance to neurodivergent people 

    15/07/2020
    • An illustration of Luce Carter
      By Luce CarterDeveloper Advocate at MongoDB

    When open source is paired with passionate people, we get innovative, creative solutions to help others. Meet Luce Carter, who is using open source technology to bring sentiment analysis assistance to neurodivergent people. Read more

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    Using open source software to boost your PowerShell skills 

    26/06/2020
    • A photo of Joel Sallow
      By Joel SallowPowerShell enthusiast & tinkerer

    When open source is paired with passionate people, we get innovative, creative solutions to help others. Meet Joel Sallow, who is using his open source PSKoans to rocket your PowerShell skills to the next level. Read more

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    Creating a bionic arm with open source software 

    16/03/2020
    • A photo of Cliff Agius
      By Cliff AgiusFreelance .Net/Xamarin/IoT dev and tech enthusiast

    When open source is paired with passionate people, we get innovative, creative solutions to help others. Meet Cliff Agius, who created a fully-functioning bionic arm.  Read more

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