I recently wrote a post where I did some exploring into managed identity for Azure app services. I showed how to get an access token, but only briefly mentioned the Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication package, and said nothing about how to write .NET Core code that works both locally, in…
Quite often we want to give an app service access to resources such as a database, a keyvault or a service bus. We used to do this by configuring the app service with secrets that enabled the application to access these protected resources. However, passwords and secrets are always a…
In this blog post I will be researching a common question raised on forums like StackOverflow: "Is the GetOrCreate method thread safe?". This blog post also contains an interview with the creator of LazyCache, Alastair Crabtree…
What this blog need is a bi-quarterly-ish language themed blog post series, said none of our (two) readers ever. So without further ado we proudly present our bi-quarterly-ish language themed blog post series!!!1!!1! In this premier installment we will look at one of the most difficult things a…
Microservices, events and serverless are all trending topics when it comes to software architecture. This blog post gives a practical approach to becoming trendy.…
Let's have a quick look on how you can create an Azure Function and setting up a basic Azure DevOps flow for CI / CD. First you need to create a function, and for the purposes of this demo this is what's needed: VS Code .NET Core Node.js Azure Functions…
Empty observables can be dangerous when not understanding how they affect callbacks. In this post I will try to explain how you can avoid getting fooled by empty observables.…
The news that broke a couple of days ago about the Array.reverse-bug that occurs in the newly released iOS 12 was a bit scary. I first learnt about it from this Stack Overflow-post by way of Hacker News. Developers have experienced a JavaScript-bug in Safari iOS 12, where an…
At some point, we all come to the same conclusion: we have to upgrade our website. For us, it meant modernizing the visual profile (including new logo and colors) and starting from scratch technically. An important requirement was that the new website had to be easy to maintain in a…
The REST Client for Visual Studio Code is an excellent tool for testing HTTP based endpoints. In my opinion it's one of the smoothest ways to test any endpoint behind an HTTP interface. But there are some use cases where Postman felt like it had a somewhat less finicky workflow,…