UPDATE 04/23/2020 - Azurite now officially supports HTTPS and OAuth. Please see my new blog here for all the details. You won’t need to create a reverse-proxy anymore like I describe in this post b
In this 3 part series we are going to learn a few methods for developing an Azure Function that uploads blobs to Azure Storage using the new Azure Blob Storage and Azure Identity Client Libraries. Co
In this 3 part series we are going to learn a few methods for developing an Azure Function that uploads blobs to Azure Storage using the new Azure Blob Storage and Azure Identity Client Libraries. Co
In this 3 part series we are going to learn a few methods for developing an Azure Function that uploads blobs to Azure Storage using the new Azure Blob Storage and Azure Identity Client Libraries. Her
I’m working on project that pulls gharchive data into Azure Data Explorer (kusto) and I decided to try to do all of my setup with the Azure CLI. I could easily create my cluster and database with the
Remove Yourself from an Azure Subscription It is not possible to remove yourself from a Subscription. You have to contact the Subscription owner to remove you. IMO a user should be able to remove th
I’ve been doing a lot with Postman lately and have been blogging everything I’ve uncovered along the way. Postman is more than just an ad-hoc REST tester - I believe that the future of REST API docume
Some HTTP requests are long running and instead of asking users to wait for the long running operation to complete, they will return a “request status URI” that, when requested, will return a running/
I use git-ftp to deploy my hexo blog from a git repo to an FTP site. Getting it setup on Windows was non-trivial. Here’s how I got it working. 1. Install Chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/install 2.
A big part of my Zero Inbox routine is to Cc myself when I want to be reminded to follow up on the mail. This is useful when you want to make sure you don’t send an email with a request from someone a
Windows Explorer doesn’t allow you to create files that start with . because it interprets that as not having a file name. On Linux/UNIX you would simply use: touch .gitignore. Windows doesn’t have
Here are some short and sweet instructions for setting up your Raspberry Pi for Node.js dev and creating a base image that can be used over and over again. Many of the steps below are taken from the a
I’m working on a demo that involves streaming Sphero data through the Azure IoT stack. I got my Sphero SPRK+ last week and quickly discovered that it only has Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled and no
Here’s how to install Node.js on Raspberry Pi (originally posted as a SoF answer for Ubuntu here) Install curl sudo apt-get install curl -y Install node v4 curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4
Here’s how to directly connect to the Event Hub that backs an IoT Hub. New Way As of 5/30/2017, you can now get the underlying Event Hub connection string by either the “Endpoints” blade or the “Opera
The most anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary Update developer feature is now available for everyone…not just Windows Insiders. Step 0: Install Windows 10 Anniversary Update via Windows Update Go to Win
I just published this IFTTT (If This Than That) Recipe that will send me an email when I like a tweet. I then have an Outlook rule that flags the email so I can have a look in detail later. Click “Add
I have OpenLiveWriter on two desktops and one laptop. I sync my drafts to Dropbox. Here’s how: 1. Open Regedit 2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenLiveWriter 3. Create a new String Value Nam
I rebuilt my dev machine recently and reinstalled the Service Fabric 2.1 SDKs from here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/service-fabric-get-started/ The rest of the devs on my
I’ve been using the Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 board and Visual Micro quite a bit lately. The Huzzah is a board that includes the ESP8266 WiFi module and a LiPo battery jack – making it really ea