Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
May 15, 2025Live
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Is Microsoft Azure dead?

Deaditude Score:

37.6%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will be running unchanged in production when the sun explodes.
*Data last collected: 10 May 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

Codebase Activity

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Reddit Drama

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Youtube Clickbaits

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Stackoverflow copypasting

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Job offering

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Companies adoption

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Hacker News Hype

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2010

GitHub Pulse

Active Development

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
2,194
total stars
Forks
1,242
total forks
Open PRs
625
open pull requests
Recent Commits
197
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment

Language Distribution

TypeScript86.7%
JavaScript12.9%
PowerShell0.3%
Bicep0.1%
Mustache0.0%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

177,198
Subscribers
34
Active Users

Activity Metrics

384
Posts
11.2
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+330.8%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

4 mentions of migrating away from Microsoft Azure detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Insufferable.
r/AZURE1 months ago
1830(94%)140
Automated Azure Network Diagrams - Open Source
r/AZURE23 days ago
154(99%)28
Azure production support - useless in a critical situation
r/AZURE27 days ago
110(99%)44
How I saved on some Azure costs
r/AZURE1 months ago
71(92%)37
Experienced Azure Sys Admin failed 104
r/AZURE11 days ago
68(87%)53
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
14,398
🇮🇳India
4,097
🇩🇪Germany
2,876
🇬🇧United Kingdom
2,296
🇨🇦Canada
1,671
🇫🇷France
1,333

Market Summary

26,671
Total Jobs
🏢
190,059
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Microsoft Azure is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Darling

Microsoft Azure gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

61
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago

Community Interest

Average points29.5
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
400 reasons to not use Microsoft Azure
2 months ago
703386
Microsoft Azure data center latencies, visualized
3 months ago
40
Why Microsoft Azure Shines as a 5-Star Cloud (While AWS Lags at 3 Stars)
2 months ago
21
Ask HN: Would you give your Microsoft Azure keychain to an AI agent?
11 days ago
10
Launch HN: SubImage (YC W25) – See your infra from an attacker's perspective
2 months ago
13531
Search on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

Microsoft Azure content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.

Content Metrics

16
Videos
265.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-28.6%

Average Engagement

16.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Microsoft Azure:
Questpond
Growing Channel
Daniel | Tech & Data
Growing Channel
Ansh Lamba
Growing Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
1 months ago
1.2K16
2 months ago
1.3K35
2 months ago
1.5K170
2 months ago
397163
Search on YouTube
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