How to set the SKU of an Azure SQL Server using Aspire

How to set the SKU of an Azure SQL Server using Aspire

I recently started using Aspire out of curiosity, and I immediately fell in love with it. Once you’ve grasped the main idea, assembling and provisioning applications becomes a breeze! I am currently using it to deploy Riverdam, and I will be using it for all my other Azure projects from...

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Riverdam - Feature Gates Finally Made Easy

Riverdam - Feature Gates Finally Made Easy

First post of the year! This one will be brief. I’ve always liked the idea of Feature Gates. Not only because it reminds me of the best videogame ever made, but also for the confidence they provide when rolling out new functionalities. I tend to code defensivelydefensively most of the...

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Are you using Dictionaries correctly?

Are you using Dictionaries correctly?

A while ago I wrote a small comparison between Dictionary, HashSet, SortedList and SortedDictionary when performing a lookup operation. I have noticed however that many developers don’t use the most efficient method for checking if an item exists and retrieving it. Most of the times, you’ll see something like this:...

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Building Resilient Systems Made Easy

Building Resilient Systems Made Easy

Disclaimer This article contains a snippet from my booklet: Building Resilient Systems Made Easy Let’s start by taking a look at the formal definition of the word “Resiliency”. The Merriam-Webster dictionary formalizes it like this: 1: the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation...

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