Software Architecture, Homelabs and Videogames
I usually do smoke testing on my APIs when I deploy them. When using Azure and regular Web Apps or Functions, there is something called slots. Slots are useful when you do a deployment slot, perform basic smoke testing and if it is successful, you just switch the slot to
This is going to be a short but important post. QR Codes are used everywhere but oddly enough explaining how are generated is not well known. QR Codes are made up of modules; a module stores data in rows and columns. Usually, QR codes are version 2 with 25 rows
Ahhh validation of properties and values, I think nobody like to do this work, but it is super important when transferring, reading, deserializing data. In this post I will show you that using Fluent Validation it is great for this purpose. But first let us begin with some of the
Welcome to the last post of the series, and this will be involving a little bit of azure, some architecture design and of course C#. We will be doing this post backwards, I will show you first how to set up Azure Key Vault, setup visual studio, use the library,
When requesting an OAuth Bearer Token to be used with a Machine-to-Machine communication (typically to interact with an API), you can use client credentials grant using only client id and client secret, however this practice is not recommended. Enter signed JWT request. According to Wikipedia JSON Web Token - WikipediaWikimedia
Have you ever wondered if there is an "easy" way to test the signed JWT request flow. Well, there is, if you have a paid provide such as OKTA or AUTH0. But what happens if you need to test the flow while developing a Proof of Concept (POC)
The C4 model is a software architecture visualization that provides a lightweight and scalable way to communicate software architecture effectively. It consists of 4 main hierarchical diagrams: * System Context Diagram: Provides a starting point, showing how the software system interacts with its external environment. * Container Diagram: Zooms into the system,
On a previous post I showed you how to get your own UML editor. https://darthseldon.net/plantuml-and-nginx-your-own-uml-designer/ Now here is a guide on how to make your diagrams more stylish. Let's take a look at this simple sequence diagram. @startuml Client -> IDP: Authentication Request IDP
This is going to be a short post. Many people asked me how I publish my NuGet packages into the packages section in GitHub. First things first, what are GitHub Actions. "Automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository with GitHub Actions. You can discover,
I have been playing games since the Atari 2600 and with no plans with slowing down it is sometimes difficult to play your old games in newer consoles. Sometimes it is because the games are not available anymore in digital form or simply the license is no longer applicable. But
