[{"content":"This site is built with Hugo, the world\u0026rsquo;s fastest framework for building websites, using the PaperMod theme.\nWriting posts Add new posts in the content/posts directory. Each post is a Markdown file with front matter at the top. You can scaffold a new post with:\n1 hugo new content posts/my-new-post.md The filename does not need to encode the date — Hugo reads the date field from the front matter.\nCode highlighting Hugo ships with the Chroma syntax highlighter, so fenced code blocks just work:\n1 2 3 4 5 def print_hi(name) puts \u0026#34;Hi, #{name}\u0026#34; end print_hi(\u0026#34;Tom\u0026#34;) #=\u0026gt; prints \u0026#34;Hi, Tom\u0026#34; to STDOUT. Local development 1 hugo server -D Then open http://localhost:1313/. Check out the Hugo docs for more on how to get the most out of Hugo.\n","permalink":"https://dariusz.porowski.dev/posts/welcome/","summary":"This blog has migrated from Jekyll to Hugo with the PaperMod theme.","title":"Welcome to Hugo!"},{"content":"👋 Hi, I\u0026rsquo;m Dariusz Principal-level engineering leadership for the work that\u0026rsquo;s too important to get wrong.\nI\u0026rsquo;m a Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft, working in the Azure Incubations team within the Azure Office of the CTO. I\u0026rsquo;m based in Redmond, WA, USA, and I\u0026rsquo;m a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Alumni.\nOver 20+ years I\u0026rsquo;ve designed and delivered software that scales - from systems used by thousands of people to engagements serving customers among the global top 500. What I value most isn\u0026rsquo;t depth in any single layer, but the ability to see operations, platforms, and applications as one connected system - with security and identity treated as first-class concerns across the entire software lifecycle, not an afterthought.\nIn practice, that means helping teams make sharper architectural decisions, align faster, and carry less risk into high-stakes work.\n🚀 What I\u0026rsquo;m working on I currently focus on Radius - a CNCF Sandbox project. Radius is an open-source, cloud-native application platform that enables developers, and the operators who support them, to define, deploy, and collaborate on cloud-native applications across public clouds and private infrastructure.\n🧰 Where I tend to add the most value Architecture \u0026amp; modernization - shaping systems for scale, resilience, and long-term maintainability. Distributed \u0026amp; cloud-native engineering - designing for portability, observability, and operability across environments. Platform engineering \u0026amp; developer experience - paving golden paths so teams ship value instead of fighting their toolchain, CI/CD, or local setup. Engineering fundamentals - quality practices, delivery discipline, design and code reviews, and standards that hold up under pressure. Cross-team technical leadership - aligning people and decisions to move complex, high-stakes initiatives forward. I\u0026rsquo;m often most useful where a critical initiative needs clear technical direction and steady execution - whether that\u0026rsquo;s untangling a hard architecture decision, lifting an engineering team\u0026rsquo;s operating rhythm, or quietly de-risking delivery before it becomes a problem.\n🤝 Let\u0026rsquo;s connect I enjoy comparing notes with leaders and engineers navigating tough technical decisions - architecture, platform strategy, developer productivity, and the realities of getting ambitious work shipped. If any of that resonates, I\u0026rsquo;m glad to talk.\nThe opinions expressed on this site are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.\n","permalink":"https://dariusz.porowski.dev/about/","summary":"About Dariusz Porowski","title":"About"}]