14.03.2023 18:21
Deferring architecture decisions
How to deferring architecture decision process was used in one software development project?
2023
About software architecture and technical design tooling
This blog post covers a few tools what I use and prefer when designing a software. I have evaluated these tools only from the software development point of view.
How to create an infrastructure for EventGrid and Webhook event handler?
I recently worked with even-driven solution which used Azure Event Grid to route different events to Webhook endpoint. This blog post shows how to configure and create Azure infrastructure for EventGrid and Webhook based event handler.
Quick look to Azure Content Moderator and how it can be used to review blog comments?
This blog post introduces you to Azure Content Moderator and shows how to integrate it to blog post commenting process as a text moderator.
How to model Azure infrastructure creation in microservice environment with Bicep Modules ?
This blog post shows how to structure/model infrastructure creation with Bicep in a environment which contains multiple independent microservices.
2022
Importance of Azure Platform Governance
Azure Platform Governance is a strategic enabler which determines guidelines, processes and technologies how to build a secure Azure environment according to best practices and organization requirements.
How to model and organize Azure resource groups in microservices environment?
This blog post introduces some principals to consider when modelling and organizing resource groups & resources in microservices environment.
Privacy matters - Control your digital footprint
This blog post contains some tips how you could try to control and minimize data collection when using different online services & applications (especially social media platforms).
How to boost developer workflow activities with Azure Developer CLI?
This blog post is an overview to Azure Developer CLI tool and how it helps to boost developer workflow activities.
How has the tech stack of this blog evolved?
Summary about how the tech stack of this blog has evolved and how I finalized automation of blog post publishing.
Lessons learned when creating reusable YAML-templates
This blog post concentrates more how you should formulate YAML-templates to make them reusable as possible.
How to use Azure Anomaly Detector to find anomalies from electricity consumption?
How to create a small console application (C#) which processes hourly electricity consumption time serie data from one year period and utilizes Azure Anomaly Detector to find anomalies.
Voice controlled Knowledge base application with Azure Cognitive Services
This blog post introduce you briefly to Azure Cognitive Service & Azure Question Answering Service and shows how to create a voice controlled sample application which listens user's speech (question) and based on that try to find answer from knowledge base sources.
How to integrate API tests hosted in Postman's Team Workspace to Azure DevOps?
This blog post shows how you can use Postman Workspace to maintain your API tests in cloud and share access for the team.
How to utilize reusable components in Azure DevOps pipelines?
This blog post covers a few techniques what can be used to create reusable components (YAML and Bicep) between multiple Azure DevOps pipelines.
How to automate database migrations with Fluent Migrator in Azure DevOps?
This blog post shows how to use Fluent Migrator and how to automate database migrations in Azure DevOps.
Working agreement of software development team
When a new team and projects starts there are a lot of things what should be agreed together (general practicalities and technical things).
How to automate API testing with Azure Devops and Postman?
I started to investigate during one project what kind of automated integration test possibilities could Postman offer. Actually it offered very nice features what I haven't used before. Best finding was possibility to integrate everything very easily to Azure DevOps pipelines.
How to build Micro-Frontend Architecture with Web Components and BFF (part 2/2)?
Blog post shows samples how to consume Web Components via Backed for Frontend.
How to build Micro-Frontend Architecture with Web Components and BFF (part 1/2)?
Blog post handles Micro-Fronted Architecture and how to utilize Web Components via Backed for Frontend.
Azure Bicep - Insert Resource feature in VS Code
Introduction of Bicep Insert Resource feature.
Changed my note-taking tool
How can you use Visual Studio Code as a note-taking tool.
How to implement request routing for BFF with YARP
This blog post concentrates to reverse proxy side how to re-route requests to destination API endpoint via BFF.
2021
How to handle application specific settings in Azure App Service platform?
This blog post presents a short comparison about what kind of application setting configuration capabilities exists in the Azure for App Service.
What you should know when deploying .NET 6 application to Linux based App Service?
I recently worked with .NET 6 application and from cost efficiency reasons I decided to deploy application to Linux based App Service. Everything didn't happen without problems so this blog post describes what you should know when deploying .NET 6 application to Linux based App Service in Azure.
Lessons learned: Assigning Access Policies to KeyVault with Bicep
This blog post covers how to assign Access Policies to KeyVault with Bicep.
Deploy .NET 6 application and infrastructure to Azure with Bicep and YAML
This blog post shows how to utilize Azure Bicep and YAML pipelines to deploy .NET 6 application and infrastructure to Azure.
Get notified about service health incidents that have occurred in Azure
Wouldn't be nice to receive notifications about any service health incidents that have occurred in Azure? This blog post covers how to subscribe service health alerts and route them to Teams channel.
No tokens in the browser implementation inspired by Duende BFF and .NET 6 RC1
This blog post shows how to create a SPA application which follows "no tokens in the browser" policy. BFF implementation is built on using Duende BFF.
Minimizing the blog hosting costs
How to minimize Blog hosting costs?
Azure B2C custom MFA implementation
This blog post shows how to configure custom MFA implementation to Azure B2C with custom policies. Azure MFA can be easily configured to the custom policies but sometimes custom implementation is required.
Apple Health CDA data conversion to FHIR with Handlebar engine
This blog post shows how to create a new handlebar template for FHIR converter which creates FHIR observations from Apple Health data (CDA).
How to setup Strava to Azure API for FHIR integration?
Do you need to automatically import data from Strava to Azure API for FHIR? This blog post shows how to create a simple integration from Strava to Azure API for FHIR.
How to export Apple Health data to Azure API for FHIR?
Purpose of this blog post is to test Azure FHIR services and export Apple Health data to Azure API for FHIR.
How to automate Azure B2C custom policy deployment?
This blob post describes one example how automate Azure B2C custom policy deployment to different environments.
Key findings and learnings of Azure AD B2C custom policy configuration with federated authentication
How federated sign in with OpenIdConnect based IDP is configured by using Identity Experience Framework (custom policy)
How to use interactive login in PowerShell and query API?
This blog posts shows how to create PowerShell script which authenticates user against Azure AD and creates request to API with bearer token.
2019
Status notifier app powered by Philips Hue lights
This blog post shows how I implemented a Slack Event listener which changes to room light color based on my status in Slack.
Identity management - How to configure Azure AD B2C and B2B work together?
This blog post shows how to configure an environment where users can login to Azure Web application using B2B (business) accounts or B2C (consumer) accounts.
Service Fabric testing inspired by AZ-202 certification study
This blog post shows how I refactored this Blog application to use Service Fabric.
2018
How to import exercise data to Strava
This blog post shows how I uploaded FIT and GPX exercise files to the Strava via custom web application.
How to export exercise data from Movescount and Sports Tracker
This blog post shows how to export exercise data from Movescount and Sports Tracker.
Experiences about Finnish Personal Health Record data repository (part 3)
This blog post covers: How to implement a small ASP.NET Core application which redirects user to the PHR Sandbox server and retrieves access token from the PHR token endpoint. This application is used to demonstrate OAuth 2 authorization flow.
Experiences about Finnish Personal Health Record data repository (part 2)
This blog post handles how to create a new application client to the PHR Sandbox environment via self-service portal.
Experiences about Finnish Personal Health Record data repository (part 1)
I recently familiarized about Omatietovaranto (Finnish Personal Health Record) data repository service and web interfaces in a work project. Omatietovaranto (PHR) is centralized national location for health and well being data which is produced or measured in applications or devices. This blog post gives you a short description about the service and technology requirements.
Participant registration system for runners event
This blog post shows how simple participant registration system is created top of Wordpress site using Google and Azure platforms.
Hello Headless Blog
I decided to start a work related blog to share knowledge, solutions and experiences about different kind of technologies. I mostly work with Azure and MS technology in general so content of this blog will be concentrated to cloud and MS tech.