Hosting a website for an entire year for less than a cup of coffee using Azure storage and Cloudflare

Hosting a website can be expensive but it doesn't have to be. Check out how I host this blog site for a couple bucks a year using serverless technologies.

"Bank-grade" security is bullsh*t

When companies say they have 'bank-grade' security, it implies that this is the pinnacle of cyber safety. In reality, it couldn't be further from the truth.

COVID-19 prevention using python

"Here's my contribution to COVID-19 prevention. You won't believe what I did!"

Netflix for nerds: Microsoft Build 2020 edition

Download sessions from Microsoft Build to watch whenever and wherever you like

Create an on-air indicator with LIFX and Microsoft Power Automate

Let everyone know when you shouldn't be disturbed by getting your appointments directly from your calendar.

DevSecOps with Azure Pipelines

"Shift-left" by integrating security scans directly in your build pipeline

Create your own Netflix for nerds

Personal development is a journey that never ends. Here's one of the many ways that I keep my mental tools sharp.

Closing the inner loop: Powershell & Bash

Save yourself time by displaying git information on your command prompt

Setup Unifi Protect cameras on an Echo Show 5

Observe which neighbor has been eating from your trash, all from the comfort of your living room

Customize the Windows Terminal like a boss

Be the envy of your geeky friends by adding some bling to your terminal

Infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps – Part 5: Parameters and variables

Create reusable deployments with parameters and variables

Deploy a docker container to a RaspberryPi via Azure DevOps

RaspberryPi's, docker, Azure DevOps, build agents ... it's all in here

Infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps - Part 4: Deploying infrastructure

Learn to deploy ARM templates through a release pipeline in Azure DevOps

Infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps - Part 3: Creating a build pipeline

Learn to crete a build pipeline for your infrastruture deployments

Infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps - Part 2: Source Control

What is source control and why is it important?

Infrastructure as code with Azure DevOps - Part 1: Getting started

If you're new to ARM templates and Azure DevOps, let me help you get started

Using VSCode for ARM template development

Learn to speed up coding your ARM deployments with Visual Studio Code

HackTheBox - Falafel

HackTheBox - Valentine

HackTheBox - Aragog

HackTheBox - Nibbles

Image upload forms on websites are just for pictures of your cats, right?

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Creating secure passwords

So what makes a good password? Historically, we've always been told that a good password, is a complex password. This is simply not true. Size matters!

HackTheBox - Bashed

This is why it's important to keep your credentials safe and far away from your source code.

HackTheBox - Sense

HackTheBox - Shocker

ShellShock (also known as bashdoor) is a bug in the Unix bash shell that causes commands from environment variables to be executed unintentionally.

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This is why it's important to keep your credentials safe and far away from your source code.

Monitoring my solar system from the cloud

I graphed and cloud enabled my solar production and consumption metrics using the SolarEdge API, Azure Automation, Powershell, Azure SQL Database and Microsoft PowerBI, to detect faults with my equipment and predict my power bills.

HackTheBox - Blue

Why was MS17-010 (Eternal Blue) such a big deal?