I was exposed to PostgreSQL about two years ago through a few deployment projects. I blogged about my experience configuring and running Azure Database for PostgreSQL instances. At the time, I didn’t need to worry much about backups or recovery,… Read More »Backing up PostgreSQL databases in Azure
In mid-2021, I upgraded my home office with some acoustic panels from Elgato. Since then, I’ve done plenty of upgrading with my recording and podcast audio setup. Previously, I had a decent microphone from RØDE – the Procaster (see here… Read More »Building the perfect recording and podcast audio setup with the dbx 286s mic preamp/processor and Shure SM7B dynamic microphone
One of my goals for 2022 is to read more books. It’s not like I haven’t been reading in recent years, but I’ve been missing a more consistent effort to complete the books I start and the approach I have… Read More »My plan to read more books in 2022
I infrequently write about the different best practices that might sometimes be overlooked within Microsoft cloud deployments. This week, I want to highlight the urgency and criticality of having and maintaining a break-glass admin account. What is it? A break-glass… Read More »Best Practice: Create a break-glass admin account
About a year ago, I wrote about this fantastic new app called Lobe. It’s an app that you install locally and then use to create a Machine Learning model elsewhere. It’s pretty great, as it takes away all the hassle… Read More »Building and using a Machine Learning model for Power Platform using Lobe
In early 2019, I deactivated my Facebook account. At the time, I felt I wasn’t getting much in return from Facebook. Yet, it was effortless to spend minutes (or an hour) mindlessly scrolling through the newsfeed to ensure I wasn’t… Read More »After deactivating my Facebook account 3 years ago, I’ve now deleted it
Each year seems to go just slightly faster than the previous. Yet, each year has been challenging and rewarding at the same time, including 2021. I wanted to take a quick look at 2021 before shifting my focus to planning… Read More »Hello, 2022! And thanks 2021 – you were awesome!
About two months ago, I deployed Tailscale to provide a secure remote access solution to my internal (home) network. If you’re not familiar with Tailscale, please check out my previous article on the basic setup. As a quick primer on… Read More »Building a more secure remote access setup with Tailscale to access Vaultwarden and Synology remotely
In 2016, I was driving a nice European car. It was a regular car, nothing fancy. Then we got the idea with my brother that perhaps we could afford to buy a Tesla Model S together. This way, we’d each… Read More »Driving a Tesla: Thoughts after 5 years
At home, I have a few essential services I need to keep running at all times. When I write crucial, I mean that they are services I rely on and would like very much for those services to be running… Read More »Running a single Docker Container in Azure cost-effectively
I was about 11 years old when I first tried transferring a file using FTP. This was sometime in the late 1980s or very early 1990s. Since then, I’ve used FTP a lot, but in the past decade, much less… Read More »Building a modern data integration to Azure using SFTP with a Storage Account
I’ve been delighted in recent months when more and more projects I work with are starting to consider retiring the on-premises Active Directory infrastructure. This is a massive change in terms of thinking – as, for the past ten years,… Read More »Transforming your organization to cloud-only: Retiring the On-Premises Active Directory
Some of my readers might recall spending the past few years studying for the Executive MBA degree. Since graduating in the spring of 2021, I already had additional studies in my mind. One of those was the Certified Board Member… Read More »Thoughts on completing the Certified Board Member accreditation
When I got my most recent laptop, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9), I was able to specify the hardware options (see my review on this laptop here). Without much thinking, I also added the human presence detection capability –… Read More »A look at the human presence detection sensor in the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9)
I’ve had a chance to work with several exciting projects involving Microsoft Azure and Power Platform. Usually, Azure is already utilized for plenty of things, and Power Platform is starting to gain in usage. I wanted to write this post… Read More »A look at fusion teams with Microsoft Azure and Power Platform
Now and then, I pause and take a look back. So much has happened this year, yet the weeks blur together in a way that it’s sometimes hard to distinguish between the routine weeks and the occasional highlights. Since early… Read More »So, what’s up?
Microsoft’s RPA tool, Power Automate Desktop, has two modes – unattended and attended. In this post, I’ll look into the implications of these two and how it affects the features and licensing. I’ve written previously about RPA and Power Automate… Read More »Planning for licensing in unattended and attended RPA solutions with Power Automate Desktop
It’s Monday, and the past week has been filled with lots of great activities – Microsoft Ignite, our very own community session, and good progress at the gym. Also, we continue publishing our weekly podcast episodes with Tobias for the… Read More »Building a secure remote access setup using Tailscale
About three and a half years ago, we got the great idea with Mr. Jouni Heikniemi that it would be great to travel outside our usual circles and visit cities outside the capital area of Finland with a tour. We… Read More »For my Finnish audience: Azure Tour 2021 announced
I began my Executive MBA journey in March 2019. It’s a two-year program that you can complete on the side while you work full-time. As part of the studies, you need to write a thesis (I graduated in early 2021).… Read More »Researching developer advocacy – a revisit to my Executive MBA thesis from 2020