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Welcome to my blog! Here you'll find posts on AI, cloud, software engineering, and community stories.
Apr 27, 2026 - 1 minute read - By 
John Aziz
Build AI Powered RAG Application using LangChain, Microsoft Foundry Azure OpenAI, and Azure DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) - Step-by-Step Guide
Apr 06, 2026 - 4 minutes read - By John Aziz
An overview of my terminal configuration using Zsh and Oh My Zsh, including plugins and aliases that enhance my development workflow on macOS.
Apr 05, 2026 - 3 minutes read - By John Aziz
A complete Brewfile of the packages, casks, and VS Code extensions I use for development on Mac.
Apr 05, 2026 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
Terminal commands to customize Mac Finder for development, including showing the Library folder, hidden files, path bar, and status bar.
Jul 22, 2024 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
An explanation of why and how to ground Large Language Models using your data with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
Apr 03, 2024 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
A Microsoft Learn training module providing a step-by-step guide on provisioning Azure OpenAI resources, creating LLM deployments, and experimenting with prompts.
Apr 03, 2024 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
A Microsoft Learn training module on understanding large language models, their capabilities, core concepts like prompts, tokens, and completions.
Mar 13, 2024 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
A guide to building a RAG Chat Application using Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore and Azure OpenAI.
Dec 28, 2023 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
A guide to migrating a full stack MySQL web application from Google Cloud Platform to Microsoft Azure.
Nov 21, 2023 - 1 minute read - By John Aziz
A guide to migrating a full stack PostgreSQL web application from Google Cloud Platform to Microsoft Azure.