Hello, I'm
Christopher Maneu

I help developers build with data and the cloud at Microsoft. Here, I share what I learn along the way.
A little more about me##Writing
Not Every Forward Deployed Engineer Is Actually an FDE
Stars Are an Adversarial Metric: A Goal-Aware Credibility Model for Open Source Projects
What kind of writer are you? Copilot can tell
Where's Zoé? - How to support accents and diacritics in Fabric Data Agents
2026-16 - Interesting reads
Practical tips to manage your inbox
Best practices for Azure SQL Serverless and Fabric Databases
Rebuilding My Blog - Don’t Wait Until It’s Finished to Make It Happen
DateTitleType
2026.07.07Engineering for Continuity: The Exit Packetarticle2026.07.02Not Every Forward Deployed Engineer Is Actually an FDEnote2026.06.10Stars Are an Adversarial Metric: A Goal-Aware Credibility Model for Open Source Projectsarticle2026.05.27What kind of writer are you? Copilot can tellnote2026.02.17Where's Zoé? - How to support accents and diacritics in Fabric Data Agentsnote2026.02.062026-16 - Interesting readsnote2025.02.22Practical tips to manage your inboxnote2025.02.13Best practices for Azure SQL Serverless and Fabric Databasesnote2025.02.04Rebuilding My Blog - Don’t Wait Until It’s Finished to Make It Happennote##Talks
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A local Microsoft Entra ID emulator for application developers who need to mock authentication.
github.com/cmaneu/entra-localTypeScript
Scope
An evaluation platform for agentic experiences. Research preview from Microsoft.
github.com/microsoft/scopeTypeScript

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