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

Sample .proto file listing gRPC protobuf scalar and well-known data types

gRPC Protobuf Data Types

Cheat sheet of gRPC Protobuf data types: scalar value types, well-known types and their C# and .NET equivalents in one document.

Mar 21, 2022 coding, grpc

Code screenshot comparing the classic C# using statement block with the C# 8 using declaration

Should we move to c# 8 using-declaration?

What C# 8 using declarations change compared to classic using blocks, when the object gets disposed, and whether moving your code to them is worth it.

Feb 4, 2020 coding, dotnet