Eight things I noticed at Microsoft Build //localhost:Wellington

Yesterday I headed into the city for Microsoft Build //localhost:Wellington, hosted at Level 13, 10 Brandon Street. It was part of Microsoft Reactor’s global //localhost series, local echoes of the main Build 2026 event that ran in San Francisco on 2-3 June. The Wellington room had a good mix: developers, cloud engineers, a few architect types, and apparently at least one sales person who had clearly been told they needed to code now. ...

June 19, 2026 · 9 min