Harley Adams
CV Press Games Thoughts
  • 2026

    I Picked the Wrong Partition Key So You Don't Have ToDraft

    Logical, physical, and the limits that actually matter in CosmosDB.

    azuretechnicalinfrastructure
  • 2026

    Real-time multiplayer on PlayFab without a serverDraft

    How I wire PlayFab Matchmaking, Arranged Lobbies, and the PubSub WebSocket into a live state relay for player-vs-player games — no SDK, no Party, no dedicated servers, just REST and a socket.

    playfabmultiplayermatchmakingarchitecture
  • 2026

    Welcome to the new site

    A quick note on rebuilding harleyadams.dev as a single-page, print-friendly CV — and where the games went.

    meta
  • 2025

    No Agenda, No Attenda: Scaling Meetings Like ServicesDraft

    A principal backend engineer explains how agendas, action items, and parking lots keep meetings as efficient as our services while still leaving room for culture.

    leadershipengineeringteams
  • 2025

    GUIDs, Damn GUIDs and Microsoft EntraDraft

    A Entra Id cheat sheet for dummies, by a dummy.

    azuretechnicalinfrastructure
  • 2025

    Building a chrome extension to redact sensitive text

    For getting good screen captures for blog posts, without sharing any sensitive text.

    webcode
  • 2025

    Load testing your AKS service with Locust and Azure Load TestingDraft

    A case study on how we load test PlayFab leaderboards.

    careerworking in big tech