I am consolidating below my contributions to the tech community in data, AI, and cloud technologies on Azure. This post highlights my blog contributions, speaker engagements, certifications, and community involvement.
Blog Posts
I actively write on my Medium blog, @techgeorge, that I started in September 2024. Some of the articles are also featured in Dev Genius and other Medium publications. techgeorge @ Medium
techgeorge @ LinkedIn
Audience stats Medium: around 1000 monthly reads.
Audience LinkedIn: 1500 followers
Latest Blog Posts:
Manage Databricks ML Model Lifecycle in Unity Catalog with MLflow + Code Walkthrough Video (August 2025)
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Build a Flight Price Agent powered by Azure AI Foundry (August 2025)
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From Portal to VS Code: Setting Up Azure AI Foundry for Local Development (August 2025)
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Vector Databases Explained Simple (August 2025)
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How to Architect the Production-Ready LLM Engineering RAG-Architecture & Fine-Tune (August 2025)
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Azure AI Services & Azure AI Foundry: Building Features or Products? (July 2025)
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How to Deploy GPT-4o on Your Azure Infrastructure the Right Way (July 2025)
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Automating LinkedIn Content with AI Agents and n8n + Video Demo (July 2025)
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Building Smarter AI Agents with Azure AI Foundry and Model Context Protocol (July 2025)
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MCP Behind the Hype with Demo. What MCP is Acutally Not? (July 2025)
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5MM-5 Minutes Monday: LLM — You Can Have Anything You Want, But Not Everything You Want (June 2025)
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Scaling LLM Workloads with OpenAI’s Batch API: A Guide for Data and AI Engineers (June 2025)
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LiteLLM: The Swiss Army Knife for Your LLM Integrations — Abstraction or Router? (June 2025)
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The Jeans Store Problem: Why Building with Agentic Solutions Feels Exhausting — and What to Do About It (June 2025)
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The G in GPT and the Illusion of Intelligence (June 2025)
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All the Delta Things in Databricks: An Explainer (June 2025)
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Why Databricks Feature Engineering Client Doesn’t Work in VS Code (Yet) (June 2025)
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Building Better ML Tree Models With CatBoost on Databricks (May 2025)
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SAP + Databricks: Architecture, Integration and What We Know So Far (April 2025)
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Handle Missing Data in Machine Learning and Data Engineering? A Practical Guide on Databricks (April 2025)
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Artificial Neuronal Network for Banking Churn Predicition with Tensorflow and Keras on Databricks (April 2025)
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Coalesce: A Lesson about Data Skewness in Databricks with Spark (April 2025)
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Convolutional Neural Network to Spot Pneumonia from X-rays on Databricks with Tensorflow and Keras (April 2025)
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How I Built a ReAct-style LLM Agent in Databricks Using LangGraph and trace it in LangSmith (March 2025)
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Azure AI Foundry & Azure ML Studio: It`s an & not a vs. (March 2025)
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Delta Lake vs. Parquet: How One Simple Conversion Supercharged Query Performance (March 2025)
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Building a Simple LLM-Powered LinkedIn Profile Search with Profile Data Extraction and Chain of Thought Reasoning (Pinned in Dev Genius) - AI agent's iterative search refinement (Feb 2025)
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How to Deliver 4 hrs AZ-104 Azure Administrator Hands-On Training to 100 Participants Without a Hitch - Hands-on lab-driven training session (Feb 2025)
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Unlocking Granular Cost Tracking in Azure Databricks Using System Tables - Cost optimization insights for Databricks (Jan 2025)
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Using SHAP on Databricks to Explain Machine Learning Predictions - Machine learning interpretability(Jan 2025)
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Why Using Azure Application Gateway as a Router Across Regions is Problematic (and Why Azure Front Door is Better) - Azure networking best practices (Jan 2025)
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The Hidden X-Ray Hack: Data Leakage in Machine Learning - Data leakage prevention (Dec 2024)
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Understanding Triggers with Databricks Spark Structured Streaming - Streaming data architecture (Nov 2024)
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Managing Databricks User Permissions with Unity Catalog and Cluster Policies - Databricks governance (Nov 2024)
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How to Integrate Databricks with Azure Key Vault Using RBAC Instead of Access Policies - Secure secret management (Oct 2024)
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When the Unbreakable Breaks: Lessons from Building a Modern Data Analytics Platform - Failures in resilient architectures (Oct 2024)
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Meet e6data: Bridging the Gap Between Databricks and Snowflake - Comparative analysis of Databricks and Snowflake (Sep 2024)
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Notable Speaker Sessions
Youtube @techgeorgeai: Manage Databricks ML Model Lifecycle in Unity Catalog with MLflow 3.x (Aug 2025)
(https://youtu.be/DJTp7xsCh58?si=yD-2L9m-19RVi_JS)
Youtube @techgeorgeai: Build a Flight Price Agent MVP powered by Azure AI Foundry (Aug 2025)
(https://youtu.be/nxoMvulHOvc?si=vg-0HuuI8H5dhG7U)
Youtube @techgeorgeai: LLM-Powered MCP Server: Browsing Databricks News in Action (Jul 2025)
(https://youtu.be/z0yad9cJjXY?si=HDryG62qL5U-BFrF)
Youtube @techgeorgeai: How to Automate LinkedIn Posts Creation Using AI Agents and n8n (Jul 2025)
(https://youtu.be/d6W-aIV0SVc?si=TZ2xDob-CZQtQ71C)
Microsoft Reactor London (Jun 2024)
Season of AI: LLM with Langchain and Databricks on Azure
Databricks Meetup Zürich (Nov 2024)
Azure Community @ Axpo (Topic: 4 hrs Az-104 Azure Administrator Training Feb 2025)
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Community Engagements
- Databricks Champion in Germany
- Active in Microsoft Reactor London
- Databricks Meetups in Germany & Switzerland
- Azure Community in Switzerland and Axpo Solutions
Certifications
Microsoft Azure Certifications:
- DevOps Engineer Expert
- Azure Administrator Associate
- Azure Security Engineer
- Azure Data Engineer Associate
- Azure Data Fundamentals
Databricks Certifications:
- Data Engineering Associate
- Data Engineering Professional
Awards:
- Databricks Champion (2024)
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