Patrick Farley
Senior Content Developer - Azure at Big E-Z Bookkeeping Co.
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Farley is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft with a decade of experience turning complex cloud and platform APIs into clear, usable developer documentation and sample code. He authors Azure AI how-tos and quickstarts—often shipping multi-language code examples and annotated snippets for Cognitive Services and Azure OpenAI—while using performance data to iterate content that drives developer adoption. His background writing Windows Runtime API references and hands-on contributions to UWP and Cognitive Services repos reflect a rare blend of front-end UI work, back-end examples, and documentation design. Equally comfortable with code and prose, he started in embedded and verification roles at IBM, giving him a strong systems-oriented perspective that informs practical, testable examples. Based in New York, he also leads content and marketing efforts outside Microsoft, improving onboarding flows and conversion through clearer user journeys.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at Wheaton CollegeHS diploma with honors, HS diploma with honors at Our Lady of Lourdes High School
English, Italian
Github Skills (21)
cognitive-services10
xaml10
wp-api10
uwp10
net10
dotnet10
winapi10
ui-design10
asp-net10
uid10
front-end-development10
dotnet-core10
computer-vision10
ws-api10
csharp10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-quickstart-code
Jul 2019 - Jan 2023
Code Examples used by the Quickstarts in the Cognitive Services Documentation
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 264 commits, 231 PRs in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Patrick's commits primarily focus on standardizing and fixing code examples related to the Computer Vision quickstarts for the Azure Cognitive Services. They made adjustments to code in multiple languages (Java, Python, .NET). The changes suggest efforts to standardize code, improve documentation, and address potential bugs or inconsistencies within the examples.
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Azure-Samples/cognitive-services-dotnet-sdk-samples
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
Learn how to use the Cognitive Services SDKs with these samples
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 14 PRs, 11 comments in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Patrick primarily contributed to the documentation and quickstart examples within the repository. They added numerous snippet tags and integrated example code, enhancing the usability of the Cognitive Services SDKs. The contributions focused on the Face and Computer Vision services, including the integration of snippets and annotations within code examples, improving clarity for users. The updates also included adjustments to dependencies and documentation, improving project usability.
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