Christos's notebook - 20181006.1
That's the start of a new series - tagged '#RandomThougts'. As the tag implies, these will contain short, random thoughts…
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Christos Matskas
.NETConf 2018 - From developers for developers
.NETConf, the virtual Microsoft conference on all this .NET, cloud and mobile is back for another year and it's only a couple…
Enforcing TLS version on Azure WebApps with Resource Manager Policies
Azure Policies are an amazing, albeit well-hidden, feature that allow subscription administrators to define and enforce specific rules on how Azure Resources should be…
Level up!
It's time for that new chapter! This July, the Matskas family will be moving to Seattle, WA, where I'll be…
Working with the latest .NET Core version in VSTS
Working with the latest and greatest is always exciting. As developers, we tend to download new software and SDKs in order to try it…
Serverless Text Moderation with Azure Functions and the Azure Cognitive Services
I love how Microsoft and Azure is making developers' lives so much easier. Consider the title of this blog post. Now try to…
Using HTTPS with Azure Functions in local development
It's usually the small things that make a big difference. As I was updating my Function Core tools today (the Functions CLI)…
ASP.NET Core SAML Authentication with Azure AD
I love delegated authentication. I strongly feel that this is one of the priorities that the ASP.NET Core team got right by "…
Enforcing HTTPS only traffic with ASP.NET Core and Kestrel
In the early days of ASP.NET Core, [Kestrel](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/servers/kestrel?tabs=aspnetcore2x" target="…
.NET Core authentication and authorisation using Auth0
I'm a big proponent of delegated authentication. It's no surprise that [Broken Authentication](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_…
Using Azure Serverless to copy data from Service Bus to Azure Data Lake
Microsoft's serverless is continually improving with better stability and features. The out-of-the-box integration with many services makes serverless an appealing approach when…
Using 'User Secrets' in .NET Core Console apps
Managing sensitive information and secrets in config files is something we all have to deal with on a daily basis. Unfortunately, this is also…