Loud & Abrasive

Today is my first day ‘off’ after leading a development project for a bit more than a year. Besides being a pretty long time for consulting, this was unique in being the first greenfield project I’ve tech-led. Overall it was a success, but as in all things, there were lots of lessons learned I am now reflecting on.

You may notice the site looks like a little different! It had been a minute since I had checked my styles, and it was high time for a refresh. This go around is a bit flashier, a bit more timeless, and a bit more “me.” While restyling, I took the opportunity to brush up on Flexbox and shed the CSS library I was using. Besides visual touch ups, there’s been some restructuring:

Of the Azure features I’ve become more acquainted with these past couple years, Managed Identities are one of my favorites. Managed Identities are system-managed service principals that allow for a level of security control I hadn’t considered before, where keys and passwords can be ‘eliminated’ or rotated so frequently that no human has (at-ready) access to resources, without requiring (even automated) code or configuration changes for applications. They are a breeze to set up in .NET Core, and “you can too” using this guide.

This article once appeared on headspring.com.