PixelRobots | Richard Hooper

Richard Hooper, known online as Pixel Robots, is a Microsoft MVP for Azure and a Principal Azure Architect with more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Richard specialises in cloud-native technologies on Microsoft Azure, with a particular focus on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). His experience comes from designing, building, and operating production platforms for organisations running real-world workloads on Azure, troubleshooting complex failures, tackling unexpected cloud costs, and learning first-hand which architectural decisions matter when reliability is on the line. He started the Pixel Robots blog in 2016 to share practical guides, troubleshooting advice, and lessons learned from working with Microsoft technologies. Today, he shares his knowledge with the wider community through technical articles, podcasts, videos, and speaking engagements. Richard is passionate about making Azure and Kubernetes easier to understand and helping others build platforms that are reli