The cloud isn’t magic—it’s someone else’s network, rented by the minute. Master it, or it will master you. The Illusion of the Cloud People love saying “it’s in the cloud”—as if that erases the need for cables, routers, and subnets. It doesn’t. Every byte of “cloud” data still travels through copper, fiber, and radio waves. The only difference is that
Category: Azure
Let’s get this out of the way: AWS is like that one overachieving kid in class who has 900 extracurriculars, speaks six languages, and somehow still gets perfect attendance. Impressive? Yes. Overkill for most of us? Absolutely. So when it came time for me, a solo IT administrator, to pick a cloud platform for our small but mighty public utility,
Hi, I’m the entire IT department. If something breaks, I fix it. If it’s slow, I get blamed. If a vendor calls, it’s me. If the server’s beeping at 2 a.m., that’s also me—staring at it in pajama pants while questioning my life choices. And in between all that, I’m somehow supposed to “modernize our infrastructure.” Look, I’m not against
So, I’ve officially entered my “Azure era.”Yes, I’m still the solo IT guy. Yes, I still get asked if turning it off and on again will fix it (sometimes it does). But now, I’m doing all that plus mastering Azure like it’s the cloud-based boss level of my career. So… why Azure? Let’s break it down. 1. Because I Work