<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Anas Syed — Blog</title><description>Essays from Anas Syed on building systems that hold up in real-world use — production RAG, multimodal AI, and the engineering details that create real business value.</description><link>https://anassyed.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Azure Entra ID identity model: Service Principals, Managed Identities from first principles</title><link>https://anassyed.com/blog/service-principal-vs-managed-identity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://anassyed.com/blog/service-principal-vs-managed-identity/</guid><description>Azure resources have no identity by default. This is the full mental model — Entra ID hierarchy, Service Principals, Managed Identities, RBAC, and API permissions — built from first principles, with diagrams.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>