Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations header image illustrating automated database backups of a golden configuration environment with Azure DevOps

Automatic Database Backup Of Golden Configuration Environment D365FO

Automate database backups of a D365 Finance and Operations golden configuration or tier 1/2 cloud-hosted environment with Azure DevOps and Azure Storage.

Apr 3, 2023 coding, d365, cloud

AutoMapper header image for the ForAllOtherMembers removal and migration post

AutoMapper ForAllOtherMembers

ForAllOtherMembers was removed from AutoMapper; here is why, and how to migrate mappings that relied on it.

Mar 26, 2023 coding, dotnet

Google Cloud Platform header image illustrating GCP and Firebase authentication from .NET without a service account JSON file

GCP Authentication Without JSON file

Authenticate to Google Cloud or Firebase from .NET without committing the service account JSON file to your repository, using environment variables.

Mar 25, 2023 coding, cloud, dotnet

Azure portal application settings showing FUNCTIONS_EXTENSION_VERSION changed from ~3 to ~4

Updating Azure Function App From V3 to V4

Outline of the steps to upgrade an Azure Functions app from runtime version 3 to version 4, including backups, project changes and testing.

Dec 16, 2022 cloud, azure

Azure portal screenshot of adding an APIM named value of type Key vault pointing at a Key Vault secret

Securing Azure APIM With Azure Key Vault

Step-by-step guide to securing Azure API Management by storing secrets and API keys in Azure Key Vault and referencing them from APIM named values.

Dec 16, 2022 azure, cloud

GitHub Actions workflow run of the Build And Test job with the Azurite step and integration tests passing

Azurite + GitHub Actions

Run Azurite, the Azure Storage emulator, inside GitHub Actions or any CI/CD pipeline to execute integration tests against local storage.

Jul 19, 2022 github

Azure portal screenshot of a Function App Configuration blade with the WEBSITE_TIME_ZONE application setting highlighted

How To Change Azure Function App Time zone

How to change the time zone used by Azure Function App timer triggers with the WEBSITE_TIME_ZONE setting so CRON expressions run in local time.

Mar 28, 2022 cloud, function, azure, lamplit-tools

JSON snippet from the countries gist showing a country with its ISO code and nested list of states and provinces

Where can I get list of countries and there state provinces?

A free, automatically updated list of all countries with their states and provinces, ready to use in your project as JSON.

Mar 22, 2022 cloud, gist

Illustration contrasting a code snippet with the wider skills of a good backend engineer - system design, communication, testing and ownership

Does coding is enough to become a good backend engineer?

Is coding, data structures and algorithms enough to become a good backend engineer? Thoughts on the other skills that matter in real projects.

Mar 22, 2022 non-coding

Terminal screenshot of the four basic Terraform commands - init, plan, apply and import

Terraform for developers

Terraform basics for backend developers: what it is, how providers, resources and state work, and the essential commands to manage cloud infrastructure as code.

Mar 21, 2022 terraform, cloud