Matt Roberts
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Microsoft and NVIDIA just bet the AI PC future on RTX Spark
At Microsoft Build this week, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced RTX Spark: a superchip with 128GB of unified memory and a petaflop of on-device AI compute. Worth paying attention to, even if you're not in the market for new hardware right now.
Building my first AI-powered app: what I learned as a non-ML developer
I built this website using Next.js, AWS, and Claude. I'm not a developer by trade. Here's an honest account of what that process was like and what surprised me.
M365 Copilot a year on: admin reality vs the sales pitch
Microsoft 365 Copilot went GA in November 2023. We're now well past the initial excitement. Here's an honest account of what it's actually like to deploy and manage.
AI Perspectives
all →Microsoft and NVIDIA just bet the AI PC future on RTX Spark
At Microsoft Build this week, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced RTX Spark: a superchip with 128GB of unified memory and a petaflop of on-device AI compute. Worth paying attention to, even if you're not in the market for new hardware right now.
Building my first AI-powered app: what I learned as a non-ML developer
I built this website using Next.js, AWS, and Claude. I'm not a developer by trade. Here's an honest account of what that process was like and what surprised me.
Claude 3.7 and the rise of agentic AI — this is the inflection point
Anthropic released Claude 3.7 Sonnet in February 2025 with extended thinking mode. Combined with the MCP protocol, something important just shifted.
Microsoft 365 & IT
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Robopack, Winget, PSADT — how I think about app packaging for Intune now
App packaging for Intune has always been a time sink. Robopack changes that calculation significantly. Here's how I'm thinking about the options in mid-2025.
M365 Copilot a year on: admin reality vs the sales pitch
Microsoft 365 Copilot went GA in November 2023. We're now well past the initial excitement. Here's an honest account of what it's actually like to deploy and manage.
Windows 11 migrations: the real blockers in enterprise
Windows 10 support ends in October 2025. Enterprise migrations to Windows 11 are progressing, but more slowly than Microsoft would like. Here's why.
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Microsoft and NVIDIA just bet the AI PC future on RTX Spark
At Microsoft Build this week, Microsoft and NVIDIA announced RTX Spark: a superchip with 128GB of unified memory and a petaflop of on-device AI compute. Worth paying attention to, even if you're not in the market for new hardware right now.
Robopack, Winget, PSADT — how I think about app packaging for Intune now
App packaging for Intune has always been a time sink. Robopack changes that calculation significantly. Here's how I'm thinking about the options in mid-2025.
Building my first AI-powered app: what I learned as a non-ML developer
I built this website using Next.js, AWS, and Claude. I'm not a developer by trade. Here's an honest account of what that process was like and what surprised me.
M365 Copilot a year on: admin reality vs the sales pitch
Microsoft 365 Copilot went GA in November 2023. We're now well past the initial excitement. Here's an honest account of what it's actually like to deploy and manage.
Claude 3.7 and the rise of agentic AI — this is the inflection point
Anthropic released Claude 3.7 Sonnet in February 2025 with extended thinking mode. Combined with the MCP protocol, something important just shifted.
Windows 11 migrations: the real blockers in enterprise
Windows 10 support ends in October 2025. Enterprise migrations to Windows 11 are progressing, but more slowly than Microsoft would like. Here's why.
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