It’s summer in Finland now – a pleasant +15 C! Hopefully, it will be warmer in July. We put up… Read More »Creating a custom Microsoft Edge (Chromium) extension using Azure Logic Apps and the Bing Image Search API for content
And here we are again – back to temperature monitoring! I wrote extensively about this three months ago in Building… Read More »Building a custom app using Universal Windows Platform and Microsoft Azure to monitor hardware temperature
During the past year or so, I’ve built several things. Some are quick hacks, others I’ve spent a considerable amount… Read More »Building a notification tool using .NET Core, Twilio and WhatsApp messages
I use Google Analytics on this blog, and I guess it’s the industry standard. It’s free and very easy to… Read More »Building a simple analytics and tracking solution for the web using Azure Storage
I use the fantastic Ubiquiti Networks Unifi product at home. It’s the same network that I used to build my… Read More »Home upgrade: Extending the wireless network coverage to the balcony using Unifi Mesh
A few years ago, all customers and partners I met with stated more or less the same introductory sentence, “We… Read More »Building a hybrid governance solution using Azure Arc
I’ve worked remotely from 1997, or so. Back then, remote work was considered “working overtime in the evening” and I… Read More »Building the perfect remote workstation in the cloud
I wrote about building a Raspberry Pi-based weather monitoring systems back in July, 2019. The solution utilizes Ruuvitag bluetooth beacons… Read More »Building a Raspberry Pi-based temperature monitoring solution with Sense HAT LED matrix display and Azure Logic Apps (and some LEGO!)
At home, I run Ubiquity Networks’ Unifi hardware. I wrote briefly about this just recently here, and I also found… Read More »Building a site-to-site VPN between Unifi network hardware and Azure
Recent weeks have been busy, and many things have demanded my attention. As a result I haven’t had too much… Read More »Building a command-line utility to search for WordPress content using .NET Core and System.Text.Json
For as long as I can remember, the default datastore I’ve chosen has always been SQL Server, or Azure SQL… Read More »Getting started with Azure Database for PostgreSQL
We got the first IKEA store in Finland in 1996. Today, we have five. I’m proud to say I’ve only… Read More »Planning my IKEA desktop project
Many times when I’ve worked with Microsoft partners and customers in projects the need arises when we need a custom… Read More »Building a custom container-based API using Docker Desktop and Azure App Service
I’ve grown to use and love Azure Application Insights quite a bit in recent years. It’s a relatively simple, yet… Read More »Building a simple yet robust monitoring solution for a website using Azure Application Insights
I wrote last July about how I run my blog as a static site. In essence, I ran a local… Read More »Introducing ‘Just Enough Migration’
I’ve built PCs since I was a kid. Planning and designing which parts to get, figuring out your budget and… Read More »Building a high-performance workstation PC for professional use (Part 1)
I spent some time in early December building an integration between Azure Log Analytics (and Azure Sentinel, obviously) and Office… Read More »Building a monitoring solution for Office 365 service availability using Azure Logic Apps
I’m writing this from the beautiful and sunny city of Prague, where I’m attending the European SharePoint, Office 365 and… Read More »Building a monitoring solution for Power Platform events using PowerShell, C#, Azure Log Analytics, and Azure Sentinel
I used to have a lava lamp when I was young. I mean, I’m still relatively young, but I haven’t… Read More »Generating random numbers from a lava lamp using .NET Core
At home, I run several PCs – a few laptops, and one workstation which is a bit more performant, so… Read More »Building a simple backup solution for Hyper-V-based virtual machines using OneDrive for Business and PowerShell