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Christos Matskas

Secretless Python Apps with AWS Secrets Manager

Secretless Python Apps with AWS Secrets Manager

The AWS Secrets Manager is a service that allows users to securely store and manage secrets, such as database credentials and API keys. This is necessary when building any type of application that needs to interact with other services, regardless if you're using Python or any other language. By keeping

Deploying a Ghost blog to AWS Lightsail

It was about time to try a new hosting option for my blog. For the past few years I was running my blog on Azure WebApps Container service. It was OK but the setup was pretty complex and once it was deployed I totally forgot how to replicate the setup

Random notes of a new Triathlete

What craziness could have possibly possessed me to start training for a triathlon at the age of 43? If you know me then you know that I’ve been a fitness fanatic for many years. While younger I preferred to play team sports (football (soccer), basketball etc) as I grew

Windows Terminal - from a developer for developers

If you're like me, then I'm sure that you want to ensure that your tools are tweaked and customized to look exactly like you want. Because nice tools make us more productive, right, RIGHT? In this blog post, we'll see how to take our Windows Terminal with PowerShell Core to

Install Go on WSL Ubuntu from the command line

With Go 1.18 just out and in GA, I was curious to give Go "a go" (pun intended) and play around a bit with Generics - a highly anticipated feature in Go! but first I had to install it. I chose to go with WSL 2 and use Ubuntu

Setting up Managed Identities for ASP.NET Core web app running on Azure App Service

A few weeks ago I wrote about Secure application development with Key Vault and Azure Managed Identities which are managed, behind the scenes, by Azure Active Directory. At the end of that blog post, I promised to show you how to take your app from local development to production seamlessly,

Working with Azure EasyAuth (Azure App Service Authentication) and .NET Core 3.1

Working with authentication in your apps can sometimes be tricky and every app has its own constraints. But the Azure platform provides developers and organizations with many options when it comes to implementing authentication and authorization, from fully customized, coded solutions to turn-key authentication with little to no code changes.

Create sample data for Cosmos DB with .NET Core

Aren't you bored of stockmarket ticker and ToDo sample apps and data? Do you long for some more realistic data to build great app samples around it? Well, guess what? Problem solved? How do you feel about Volcanos? If you love them (and fear them) like I do, then this