I'm a Computer Systems Engineer with 15+ years in tech, currently Director of Developer Audience at Microsoft, leading Go-To-Market strategy for GitHub and Azure. I'm a developer, blogger, speaker, and content creator who loves sharing about open source, cloud, DevOps, AI, and helping people grow.

• 🌎 Born and raised in Costa Rica 🇨🇷, now living in Orlando, Florida 🇺🇸
• 🗣️ I speak Spanish (native), English (advanced) and Portuguese (limited) — and so does this profile!
• 🎓 Microsoft Certified Trainer & former MVP, currently pursuing a Master's in Systems Engineering at UCF
• 🤖 Focused on the AI Agentic Era: GitHub Copilot, agentic DevOps, and developer productivity
• 💬 Ask me about Azure, GitHub, DevOps, .NET, and building developer communities

My mission: Helping people to build the most innovative solutions with technology. 🚀

• Wrapped up some enhancements on my personal portfolio in dsanchezcr/website — excited to keep improving the user experience!
• Contributed to the Azure-Samples/DevOpsEngineerPersona repository to refine workflows for DevOps enthusiasts.
• Pushed a small feature update to dsanchezcr/ColonesExchangeRate to improve accuracy for currency tracking.
• Staying focused on Azure, GitHub, and AI while planting seeds for upcoming projects.

💡 Tip: Utilize Azure DevOps pipelines to automate your CI/CD processes—set up triggers for every pull request in GitHub to ensure swift feedback and smoother deployments. It's a game changer for team efficiency!

• Learning Differently: How Teaching and Learning Must Evolve in the AI and Agentic Era
• Before You Prompt: The Fundamentals Every Beginner Needs in the AI Era
• Token Debt: Why FinOps for Agentic AI Is an Engineering Problem, Not a Model Choice
• Reviewer Fatigue: When Agents Write More Code Than Humans Can Read
• Mastering Generative AI: The Architecture of a System of Intelligence

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• 📺 Agentic DevOps Meets Accessibility: Inclusive Delivery with AI & Agents
• 📺 DevOps in the Age of AI with GitHub & Azure
• 📺 DevOps Foundations for the AI Agentic Era
• 📺 Unlock DevSecOps: The Power of GitHub's Advanced Security Suite
• 📺 DevOps practices for Azure Cosmos DB

• 🗣️ My upcoming and recent talks will appear here automatically. See my speaker profile →

Have a question about my work, talks, projects, or experience? Ask my AI twin — an agent powered by GitHub Models that answers as me, right here in GitHub Issues.

Want to connect your own AI agent to my content? An MCP server that exposes my blog, projects and talks is on the way — so any agent (GitHub Copilot, Claude, etc.) can answer questions about me.

A little easter egg powered by my own open-source package @dsanchezcr/colonesexchangerate 🇨🇷

🇨🇷 Costa Rica exchange rate — updated 2026-07-20

• 💵 1 USD = ₡452.51 (sale) · ₡446.56 (purchase)
• 💶 1 EUR = ₡517.40

_{Powered by my own package @dsanchezcr/colonesexchangerate}

When I'm not building or speaking, you'll find me:

• 🖨️ 3D printing and designing things to print
• 🏠 Tinkering with home automation & IoT
• 🎮 Gaming — my gamertag is dsanchezcr (add me on PC or Xbox!)
• 🎬 Movies, 🪄 Universal & 🏰 Disney parks, and 💪 staying healthy (down ~100 lbs and counting)