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Recent Posts

• Design Patterns Are Solutions, Not Standards

  Published: 6 Apr, 2026

  • 5 min read

  Reaching for a familiar pattern before understanding the problem is one of the most common mistakes in software development. Here's why patterns should never become standards, and what to do instead.

• Hosting Static Sites for Free with Cloudflare Workers

  Published: 23 Mar, 2026

  • 4 min read

  Cloudflare Workers is more than edge compute — it's a genuinely capable static site host with a free tier, built-in CD via GitHub, and global distribution out of the box.

• Immutability in Deployments - Why Build Once and Deploy Many

  Published: 18 Mar, 2026

  • 4 min read

  Immutability ensures deployments are predictable and rollback is reliable. Learn why building once and deploying the same artifact across environments reduces risk in modern platforms.

• Good Architecture Needs Good Process

  Published: 9 Mar, 2026

  • 3 min read

  Strong architecture doesn't happen in isolation. Processes like design reviews, work intake, and governance help teams collaborate, share knowledge, and produce better design outcomes.

• Configuration Is Not the Problem — Configuration Management Is

  Published: 25 Feb, 2026

  • 5 min read

  Configuration rarely breaks on day one — it breaks later through drift and unmanaged changes. Here’s why configuration management belongs to the platform, and how to treat it as infrastructure in Azure.

• Why I cheated on Visual Studio (and Ended Up with JetBrains)

  Published: 9 Feb, 2026

  • 5 min read

  Why an Azure-focused developer ended up switching from Visual Studio to JetBrains — and why it stuck.

• Azure Config as Code

  Published: 29 Oct, 2025

  • 5 min read

  Learn to manage Azure App Configuration as code with Azure DevOps CI/CD. This template enables automated, version-controlled configuration deployment with repeatable and auditable workflows.

• Feature Flags in Trunk-Based Development

  Published: 14 Oct, 2025

  • 8 min read

  Exploring how feature flags fit into trunk-based development — the challenges they introduce, and practical strategies to keep your codebase clean, safe, and deploy-ready.

• Automating Astro Builds and Deployments

  Published: 3 Oct, 2025

  • 5 min read

  A guide on how I have automated the build and deployment of my Astro site using GitHub Actions, Zapier and Cloudflare.

• Sharing Code Across .NET Projects with csproj Includes: An Azure Functions Example

  Published: 28 Aug, 2025

  • 3 min read

  A guide for how and why to share code between .NET projects using csproj includes, with an example using Azure Function Apps.