While Azure Front Door excels at global load balancing, many enterprise scenarios require regional application delivery with deep integration into virtual network architectures. Azure Application Gateway fills this niche perfectly, providing Layer 7 load balancing with integrated Web Application Firewall capabilities within a single Azure region. Having architected countless regional application delivery solutions over my […]
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Azure Front Door: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to Global Load Balancing and CDN
Executive Summary In an era where milliseconds of latency can translate to millions in lost revenue, global load balancing has evolved from a nice-to-have to a critical infrastructure component. Azure Front Door represents Microsoft’s answer to the challenge of delivering applications globally with enterprise-grade security and performance. Configuration Example { “name”: “my-frontdoor”, “properties”: { “enabledState”: […]
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Handle rate limits and transient failures gracefully with exponential backoff.
Read more →.NET 9: A Solutions Architect’s Guide to the Modern .NET Ecosystem
After two decades of building enterprise applications on the Microsoft stack, I’ve witnessed every major evolution of .NET—from the original Framework through the tumultuous transition to Core, and now to the unified platform we have today. .NET 9, released in November 2024, represents the maturation of a platform that has finally delivered on the promise […]
Read more →Tips and Tricks – Optimize Re-renders with React.memo and useMemo
Prevent unnecessary component re-renders by memoizing components and computed values.
Read more →Tips and Tricks – Debounce Search Inputs for Better Performance
Prevent excessive API calls by debouncing user input in search fields.
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