Problem Space

When it comes to creating Azure Storage Accounts, the name has some very important rules that need to be kept in mind. These rules will not only be important in the creation of the resource, but will be critical in deletion and reuse.

The rules are as follows:

1. Storage account names must be between 3 and …

Background | Functional Workings of APIM Subscriptions

Subscriptions are a nice and easy method of securing your APIs in APIM, however as I bumped into a small detail around their use the other day, I thought it wise to note it down.

Azure API Management Subscriptions operate at three scope levels:

1. All APIs
   • Applies …

Problem Space

Subscriptions are a nice and easy method of securing your APIs in APIM, however as I bumped into a small detail around their use the other day, I thought it wise to note it down.

When a Subscription Key is required on an API, as an invoker I will need to provide either a Header or a Parameter to my …

The Problem

I have blogged previously about moving various web sites over to become Hugo Static Sites.

Recently one of my site's, one using the tailwindscss module, GitHub Build and Deployment Workflow started failing with the following error:

 1Start building sites … 
 2hugo v0.108.0- …

Background

It is easy to create an Open Source Project and leave it to gather technical debt as the libraries it depends upon are updated.

I have tried to keep on top of updating all my Azure DevOps Pipeline Extensions, and I have to say Dependabot has certainly helped, but I have not been as diligent as I might have …

“You need a license to touch that!”. The case for licensing of individuals within the software engineering profession.

Background

Back in 2004 I completed my BSc Degree in Computer Science at Bradford University; only 20 years after I started. My year in industry got out of hand!

One module I did involved me writing a …

Problem Space:

After developing native ARM templates for a year or two within a set structure, I have found myself applying the same structure to my Bicep templates using comments. This structure however is not setup by default, and in actuality, the sequencing of your bicep components doesn’t really matter as …

The Problem

I am getting back out in front of audiences again as opposed to doing Teams/Zoom events. So I dug out my trusty Logitech Spotlight presentation remote from the bag where it had been sitting for well over a year. However, there was a problem, it would not pair with my re-built Windows 11 PC. It could not …

I have recently been working with a client who needed to move Azure DevOps Work Items between Team Projects on different Azure DevOps instances. The only realistic choice was to use the free open source Azure DevOps Migration Tools.

I have used these tools before, but it was a while ago, and as it is under active …

Problem

I recently had a strange problem. I had an existing Azure DevOps YAML Pipeline that used the checkout task to do a deep Git fetch of a repo and it's submodules. The reason for the deep fetch was that later in the pipeline we ran GitVersion and this needs the whole repo to be able to calculate the version.

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