I Thought Deploying an MCP Server to Azure Would Be Simple. Three Port Conflicts Later…
You know that moment when you read the Azure Container Apps documentation and think “this looks straightforward”? Yeah, that was me last week. FastMCP server working locally, Docker container running perfectly, Azure deployment guide looking clean and simple. Then I tried to actually deploy it. Port binding conflicts. Authentication failures that made no sense. Container […]
Claude Code Needed a Home. Archon Gave Me a Security Education Instead.
How setting up a self-hosted AI stack turned into a crash course in Docker networking, zero-trust security, and why simple solutions beat perfect ones There’s this moment when you’re deep into AI development where you realize you’re paying $20/month for Claude Pro, another subscription for API credits, and you’re still hitting rate limits when you […]
My Deep Dive into Azure AI Foundry: The Good, The Bad, and The Reality Check
So Microsoft and Google both had their big keynotes recently, and honestly, they got me pretty excited about the current state of agent development. Google was pushing their Agent Development Kit with MCP (Model Context Protocol), while Microsoft was all-in on AI Foundry. Different approaches, but both seemed like they could be game-changers. Here’s the […]