Travis Craft
@travislcraft.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Meetup Organizer, 日本語 student, Aikidoka, and Nintendo fan. MTG Commamder player. He/Him. Opinions my own.
Planning a chaos draft tomorrow. I'm bringing Ice Age, Innistrad Remaster and Modern Horizons 2!
December 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Planning a chaos draft tomorrow. I'm bringing Ice Age, Innistrad Remaster and Modern Horizons 2!
I played in a commander tournament today and did well enough to get the promo Yuna. The games were fun and opponents had cool decks!
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I played in a commander tournament today and did well enough to get the promo Yuna. The games were fun and opponents had cool decks!
For Microsoft’s Season of AI Sky Bexten dug into a demo project utilizing MCP for tonight’s meetup presentation. Underneath it all the agent had access to four different tools which allowed it to query a Postgres database to retrieve results.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
What is the Azure MCP Server? - Azure MCP Server
Overview of the features and capabilities of the Azure MCP Server that helps developers be more productive when building and deploying apps to Azure
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December 4, 2025 at 3:50 AM
For Microsoft’s Season of AI Sky Bexten dug into a demo project utilizing MCP for tonight’s meetup presentation. Underneath it all the agent had access to four different tools which allowed it to query a Postgres database to retrieve results.
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
My commander group played another round of our box sealed league today. Next time we're planning a chaos draft and then we'll add those cards to our pool to adjust our decks. Need to think of which packs I'll pick!
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
My commander group played another round of our box sealed league today. Next time we're planning a chaos draft and then we'll add those cards to our pool to adjust our decks. Need to think of which packs I'll pick!
I completed the Spartan Super over the weekend with a couple friends. One more to go for the Trifecta!
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I completed the Spartan Super over the weekend with a couple friends. One more to go for the Trifecta!
For tonight’s lightning talks we discussed security and researched some Azure deployment issues. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
What is the Azure portal? - Azure portal
The Azure portal is a graphical user interface that you can use to manage your Azure services. Learn how to navigate and find resources in the Azure portal.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
For tonight’s lightning talks we discussed security and researched some Azure deployment issues. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...
Had a fun day doing a Commander box sealed draft. I used Mystery Booster 2, others had Tarkir Dragonstorm, Avatar, Edge of Eternities and Spider-Man. It was a good time!
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Had a fun day doing a Commander box sealed draft. I used Mystery Booster 2, others had Tarkir Dragonstorm, Avatar, Edge of Eternities and Spider-Man. It was a good time!
Ran another 14 miles this morning, and the next Spartan race is next weekend!
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Ran another 14 miles this morning, and the next Spartan race is next weekend!
I’ve been working with Quickbase for some client work the last few months. Recently I created a To Do list app to learn more about integrating it with OpenAI. At tonight’s meetup I talked through the process and what I’ve learned. www.quickbase.com
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November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I’ve been working with Quickbase for some client work the last few months. Recently I created a To Do list app to learn more about integrating it with OpenAI. At tonight’s meetup I talked through the process and what I’ve learned. www.quickbase.com
Snorlax ex and Wigglytuff has been a fun deck to play in Pocket
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Snorlax ex and Wigglytuff has been a fun deck to play in Pocket
The pizza turned out pretty well!
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The pizza turned out pretty well!
I'm following a pizza recipe for a Chicago pan pizza. Just got the dough in the fridge and the sauce made as well. We'll try it out tomorrow.
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm following a pizza recipe for a Chicago pan pizza. Just got the dough in the fridge and the sauce made as well. We'll try it out tomorrow.
Made it 10.5 miles today with the 3 miles and 10 minute walk cycles!
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Made it 10.5 miles today with the 3 miles and 10 minute walk cycles!
I did 8.5 miles today. Slowly working up the distance again with the new 3 miles of jogging and 10 minutes of walking cycles. I plan to start some bench pressing too, following a plan my friend likes to do. I need earbuds that last longer than 1~2 hours lol
October 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I did 8.5 miles today. Slowly working up the distance again with the new 3 miles of jogging and 10 minutes of walking cycles. I plan to start some bench pressing too, following a plan my friend likes to do. I need earbuds that last longer than 1~2 hours lol
At tonight’s lightning talks our group touched upon a few different topics. From Dell’s new Pro Max desktops and tech lead tasks to what I learned from Pamela Fox’s recent presentation on multimodal LLMs.
github.com/Azure-Sample...
github.com/Azure-Sample...
GitHub - Azure-Samples/openai-chat-vision-quickstart: A demonstration of chatting with uploaded images using OpenAI vision models like gpt-4o.
A demonstration of chatting with uploaded images using OpenAI vision models like gpt-4o. - Azure-Samples/openai-chat-vision-quickstart
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October 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
At tonight’s lightning talks our group touched upon a few different topics. From Dell’s new Pro Max desktops and tech lead tasks to what I learned from Pamela Fox’s recent presentation on multimodal LLMs.
github.com/Azure-Sample...
github.com/Azure-Sample...
I'm planning to do cycles of jogging three miles and then walking for 10 minutes as I train for the Kyoto marathon. Just started that this week.
October 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm planning to do cycles of jogging three miles and then walking for 10 minutes as I train for the Kyoto marathon. Just started that this week.
Sky Bexten was working through a data fix to clean up duplicated test applications in a lower environment recently. He found he could use recursive SQL statements to generate a list of IDs and tonight he presented on his solution at out meetup. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-...
Recursive Queries Using Common Table Expressions - SQL Server
Learn how recursive common table expressions (CTE) work.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Sky Bexten was working through a data fix to clean up duplicated test applications in a lower environment recently. He found he could use recursive SQL statements to generate a list of IDs and tonight he presented on his solution at out meetup. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-...
Hacktoberfest 2025 started today! hacktoberfest.com
Hacktoberfest 2025
Hacktoberfest: a month-long celebration of open-source projects, their maintainers, and the entire community of contributors.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hacktoberfest 2025 started today! hacktoberfest.com
MagicCon was a great time! Got cards signed, had a lot of fun games and saw friends. I'll have to plan to go to another one!
September 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
MagicCon was a great time! Got cards signed, had a lot of fun games and saw friends. I'll have to plan to go to another one!
Made it to Atlanta! Looking forward to lots of Magic this weekend!
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Made it to Atlanta! Looking forward to lots of Magic this weekend!
Lots to do today to finish packing for MagicCon. Tomorrow we'll fly out to Atlanta!
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Lots to do today to finish packing for MagicCon. Tomorrow we'll fly out to Atlanta!
Getting ready for MagicCon Atlanta! Making a list of things to bring along. This weekend will be a fun time.
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Getting ready for MagicCon Atlanta! Making a list of things to bring along. This weekend will be a fun time.
I signed up for the Kyoto Marathon today. That'll be a fun trip. Now to start planning and preparing!
September 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I signed up for the Kyoto Marathon today. That'll be a fun trip. Now to start planning and preparing!
Our running group completed our own marathon today. All the hard work paid off and we had a fun celebration at the end!
September 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Our running group completed our own marathon today. All the hard work paid off and we had a fun celebration at the end!
I was able to pick up a Spider-Man prerelease kit and a couple collector booster packs. Wasn't sure I'd find them.
September 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I was able to pick up a Spider-Man prerelease kit and a couple collector booster packs. Wasn't sure I'd find them.