This is part 7 of my quest to explore Azure Functions for self-education in functions-as-a-service. The goal of this post is to successfully instrument an Azure function for OpenTracing to visuali...
In 2019, I posted my reading list here and some reasons for the choices. In early 2020 I began to wonder if I could keep up the same pace or perhaps even accelerate it. When you tell family and fr...
Not that a post can’t be personal, but this one is more personal than most you will see from me. The words in part 1 below were written by my wife, and it’s something I think is worth sharing. An...
It all starts with an idea. A friend approaches you about doing a podcast. You agree, wondering if you really have anything valuable to add to the content. The two of you hash out the idea a lit...
I see an empty conference center where VMworld once sat. If you’ve never attended VMworld in person, it’s a completely overwhelming experience for the first time attendee. Now that it’s virtual a...
This is part 6 of my quest to explore Azure Functions for self-education in functions-as-a-service. The goal of this post is to successfully integrate VMware’s Tanzu Observability (AKA Wavefront) ...
This is part 5 of my quest to explore Azure Functions for self-education in functions-as-a-service. The goal of this post is to successfully deploy and update a simple Azure Function by placing co...
This is part 4 of my quest to explore Azure Functions for self-education in functions-as-a-service. The goal of this post is to explore some differences in C# and C# script code that pop up when c...
A fellow Redditor responded to this post sharing an experience with Azure Functions and Azure DevOps, and it got me to thinking. Several others also posted helpful replies. Since I was planning t...
This is part 2 of my quest to explore Azure Functions for self-education in functions-as-a-service. The goal of this post is to use VS Code to deploy, test, and edit a simple Azure Function. Part...