October 22, 2025

Cleaning Up Azure Role Assignments with Deployment Stacks

Classic Azure deployments often leave behind orphaned role assignments, creating clutter and confusion. In this post, I explore how Deployment Stacks—tested via GitHub Actions—offer a cleaner, more predictable way to manage and remove role assignments at the subscription level. Includes code, setup insights, and lessons learned.

October 20, 2025

🚀 Get Started With Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

This guide walks you through setting up IaC with Azure DevOps using Bicep and Deployment Stacks. Even a minimal setup can make a big difference.

October 10, 2025

Printing a 3D bun from a photo

Can AI really help you 3D print a bun from a photo? I decided to find out.

September 30, 2025

Python for Automation in Azure DevOps

A practical guide to automating Azure DevOps Work Item updates using Python and Azure Pipelines. This post explores hosting options, AI-assisted coding, and the trade-offs of different authentication methods. It highlights a lightweight, maintainable solution for personal productivity and reflects on the evolving role of developers in an AI-driven workflow.

April 30, 2025

Using Azure DevOps Wiki Content for AI Chatbots

In this post, I share a simple Python script to load an Azure DevOps (AzDo) wiki into memory, including the markdown content and real URLs of the pages. While the script lacks error handling and doesn’t read images or consider page relationships, it uses DefaultAzureCredential for easier cloud integration. Check out the resources for more details on the Azure DevOps REST API.

April 15, 2025

Containers for Dev

Containers are awesome not only for hosting apps, but also for local development. In this post I am just braindumping my notes from my recent labs. I have a couple of use cases, completely independent from each other.

Hugo Blog Authoring
Vite App Generation and Development
Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi
Dev Container and Github Codespaces

Podman

I am running podman instead of docker. I am not choosing it for a particular reason, it’s more out of curiosity, but if you want to dig deeper in the comparison between those two, I would recommend this blog post:

April 14, 2025

Getting Tokens with Azure CLI

Learn how to leverage Azure CLI for automating tasks and managing API tokens. This guide covers using DefaultAzureCredential for seamless authentication without secrets, managing Microsoft Graph permissions, and generating Bearer tokens for custom APIs. Explore examples for refreshing tokens, accessing Azure DevOps API, and more. Perfect for developers aiming to streamline workflows and enhance automation with Azure CLI.

March 27, 2025

Downloading Files from SharePoint via Graph Using Python

a Python script to simplify downloading files from SharePoint via Graph API. While not production-ready, it’s a great starting point for automating this task. Python is ideal for integrating into notebooks for data ingestion into AI Search, allowing efficient file downloads

January 22, 2025

ServiceNow Support Portal URLs in M365 Graph Connector

Microsoft’s Graph Connectors for ServiceNow streamline data integration without requiring backend infrastructure. However, the URLs generated often lead to the backend interface, which is inaccessible to end users. This post discusses URL manipulation techniques for adapting search results to point users to the Support Portal, ensuring better usability and access.

January 16, 2025

Scoping an AppReg to Guest Only User Administration

Find out how you can scope your app’s access to a subset of users, e.g. Guest Users, to improve security