Ray Kao

Ray Kao

Practitioner. Building and writing at the edge of agentic systems and platform engineering.

We Are Legion, We Are Building the Bobiverse: What the Bobiverse Tells Us About the Agentic Software Industry May 2026
published agentic-systemsai-native-sdlcplatform-engineering

The Bobiverse book series accidentally wrote the best conceptual map for what the software industry is building right now. Here's why.

The AI Control Plane for Software Engineering Apr 2026
published ai-native-sdlcplatform-engineeringagentic-systems

AI is not a feature to add to individual tools. It is the coordination layer that should sit above all of them. Here is the model and what I am seeing in practice.

m365 WorkIQ: GitHub Copilot Spec Kit Demo Apr 2026
published ai-native-sdlcdeveloper-productivity

A demo of GitHub Copilot's spec kit in the context of M365 WorkIQ - from intent to working spec with AI in the loop.

Cluster Doctor: Agentic Platform Engineering - Part 1 Apr 2026
published agentic-systemsplatform-engineering

What does an AI agent that diagnoses Kubernetes cluster problems actually look like in practice? Part 1 of a two-part demo on the GBB channel.

Cluster Doctor Configuration: Agentic Platform Engineering - Part 2 Apr 2026
published agentic-systemsplatform-engineering

How to configure and tune the Cluster Doctor agent for real environments. Part 2 of the agentic platform engineering demo series.

When Infrastructure Scales but Understanding Doesn't Jul 2025
published platform-engineeringagentic-systemsai-native-sdlc

Modern infrastructure scales infinitely. Human cognitive capacity does not. Platform engineering is the industry's response to that gap.

The Human Scale Problem in Platform Engineering Jun 2025
published platform-engineeringagentic-systems

Every solution we build creates three new problems. The bottleneck has never been compute - it's been human cognitive capacity.

Introduction to GitHub Advanced Security Apr 2024
published platform-engineering

A live introduction to GitHub Advanced Security - what it covers, how it fits into the developer workflow, and where to start.

MLFlow Codespaces Jan 2024
published developer-productivityai-native-sdlc

Getting MLFlow running inside GitHub Codespaces - a demo of reproducible ML experiment tracking in a cloud dev environment.

GitHub Advanced Security, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud DevOps Security Jan 2024
published platform-engineering

How GitHub Advanced Security, Azure DevOps, and Defender for Cloud DevOps Security fit together into a coherent supply chain security posture.

Fixing Missing C++ Libraries in GitHub Codespaces Using Miniconda3 Jan 2024
published developer-productivity

A practical walkthrough for resolving C++ library issues in GitHub Codespaces using Miniconda3 - a common friction point in cloud dev environments.

Power Apps: Makers - Video Series Jan 2022
published developer-productivity

A beginner-friendly series explaining the web fundamentals that Power Apps makers need to know: APIs, JSON, and REST.

Azure Kubernetes Service Production Baseline: Intro Sep 2020
published platform-engineering

An introduction to the AKS production baseline - the foundational architecture decisions that separate a production-ready cluster from a demo.

Microsoft AKS Public Office Hours: Private Clusters Sep 2020
published platform-engineering

AKS Office Hours session covering private clusters - live Q&A on the networking, access, and operational patterns.

Azure Kubernetes - Private Clusters Feb 2020
published platform-engineering

How to set up private AKS clusters - keeping the API server off the public internet and understanding the networking trade-offs.