Azure Front Door Premium combines a global CDN with a fully managed Web Application Firewall (WAF). In the aftermath of Log4Shell, proper WAF configuration is no longer optional—it is a fundamental security control. In this comprehensive guide, I will walk through deploying Azure Front Door Premium with an enterprise-grade WAF policy, including managed rulesets, custom […]
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.NET 6 Hot Reload: Complete Developer Guide
Hot Reload is the most significant developer productivity feature in .NET 6. The ability to modify running code and see changes instantly—without stopping, recompiling, and restarting—fundamentally changes the development feedback loop. In this comprehensive guide, I will explain how Hot Reload works under the hood, what changes are supported, and how to configure it for […]
Read more →React 18 Alpha: Automatic Batching
React 18 (in alpha at this time) introduces **Automatic Batching**. Previously, React only batched state updates inside event handlers. Now it batches everywhere—setTimeout, Promises, native events. Before React 18 After React 18 Key Takeaways Use `flushSync` if you explicitly need an immediate render. This reduces rendering overhead significantly in complex apps.
Read more →Clean Architecture with .NET 6
Updating our Clean Architecture template for .NET 6 involves enforcing stricter boundaries using `ImplicitUsings`. Project References The Core layer (`Domain`) should have ZERO dependencies. In .NET 6, we can enforce this by stripping out accidental imports. This compiler-level enforcement prevents junior developers from injecting HTTP clients into Domain Entities.
Read more →Azure Service Bus: Messaging Patterns
Service Bus is Azure’s fully managed enterprise message broker. It supports Queues (point-to-point) and Topics/Subscriptions (pub/sub). Choosing the right pattern prevents architectural headaches. Queues vs Topics Dead-Letter Queue Messages that fail processing N times go to a special DLQ for inspection and replay. Key Takeaways Use **Sessions** for ordered processing (FIFO for a specific session […]
Read more →Managing Terraform State in Azure
Terraform’s `.tfstate` file is gold. If it’s lost or corrupted, Terraform cannot track what resources exist. You **must** store state remotely with locking. Azure Backend Configuration State Locking Azure Blob’s native lease mechanism prevents concurrent writes. Key Takeaways Never commit `.tfstate` to Git. Enable **soft delete** on the storage account to recover corrupted state. Use […]
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