Beginner's series to Dev Containers free video course
February 11, 2021
“Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.” Ok, but all “play on words” aside, knowledge is free. That’s the key contribution of the internet, isn’t it? That all knowledge is now essentially free? And this is kind of a recent development. It used to cost quite a bit to...
Using Azure Logic Apps to auto-print sales orders
February 08, 2021
No / Low Code tools (NoLow - I just coined that) have been the holy grail of software since I got into programming. I remain optimistic, but skeptical in regards to the idea that some day anyone will be able to build apps. Optimistic because we really need to get...
Professional quality audio with the Blue Yeti, GarageBand and Screenflow
March 18, 2020
One of the best things you can do to improve the quality of your screencasts, is improve the quality of your audio. I’m assuming that unless your name is “Dr. Dre”, you probably do not have a professional sound studio in your basement full of high-end equipment and expensive software....
Trimming expenses on The Urlist with Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier
March 17, 2020
Summary: We migrated theurlist.com to the new Cosmos DB Free Tier and shaved ~35$ per month off of our Azure bill. Cosmos DB Free Tier gives you 400 RU/s for free every month. This should be more than enough for most small projects. Get Azure Cosmos DB Free Tier theurlist.com...
Cosmos CRUD
February 02, 2020
Cosmos DB JavaScript SDK is clean - I like it. But I feel like I always end up forgetting how to CRUD. For the uninitiated in database street-slang, CRUD means Create, Read, Update And Delete. Feel free to use that if you find yourself in a turf war or dance-off....