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I explain how I designed and built a custom content editor to streamline writing for my Astro-based blog, specifically to handle metadata and store images in Azure Storage while keeping Markdown files in GitHub. By leveraging AI-assisted engineering rather than random "vibe coding," I created a user-friendly, offline-capable tool that simplifies the publishing process and makes content creation more efficient.

If you are curious about how to leverage Windows 10 and Azure to automatically track your work-from-home status, this post details my experience building that custom solution. I share the technical challenges I faced in detecting lock/unlock states using C# and why I chose a cloud-based API over traditional scheduling tools to ensure reliable monitoring.

I share my experience building a custom Twitter analytics tool because the platform's limited 28-day analytics window frustrated my desire for deeper historical insights. I detail my initial attempts to use Azure Logic Apps, highlighting the challenges posed by strict API rate limits that prevented successful data retrieval. This post explains why I pivoted away from Logic Apps and considered Azure Functions to overcome these technical hurdles.

I’ll show you how I built a custom URL shortener service on Azure using a serverless approach with .NET Core, Azure SQL, and Logic Apps. By avoiding virtual machines and minimal custom code, I designed a scalable solution that handles URL mapping and redirection efficiently. This post walks through the architecture and implementation steps, demonstrating how simple tools can solve complex routing challenges.

If you’re curious about creating anonymous communication channels using Microsoft Azure, I’ll show you how I built a double-blind email distribution list with Logic Apps and Exchange Online in just a couple of hours. This guide walks through the simple workflow I designed to hide sender and recipient identities while enabling group conversations via unique thread identifiers.