Carlos Mendible is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft who writes in-depth, hands-on guides about Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Generative AI, focusing on real-world cloud automation and architecture.
164 articles from this blog
A tutorial on adding HTTPS support and Dockerizing an ASP.NET Core application, including generating a self-signed certificate.
A tutorial on scaling an ASP.NET Core application using Docker Swarm, covering service creation, scaling, and management.
A technical guide on generating write-only Shared Access Signature (SAS) keys for Azure Blob Storage using .NET Core.
A personal reflection on the trade-offs between convenience and privacy in an era of AI, IoT, and pervasive data collection.
A guide to fixing flaky tests caused by time dependencies using a static SystemDateTime helper class in .NET.
Author shares tips and resources for passing the Microsoft Azure 70-533 certification exam, covering study materials and key technical areas.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to containerize an ASP.NET Core application using Docker, from creating a Dockerfile to running the image.
A step-by-step guide to integrating Serilog for structured logging in an ASP.NET Core application, including configuration and dependency injection.
A tutorial on creating a Skype bot using .NET Core and the Microsoft Bot Framework, covering setup, registration, and basic implementation.
A tutorial on building a serverless Web API with Azure Functions to generate vCard QR codes from user-provided contact details.
Explores the key benefits and potential risks of adopting cloud computing for businesses, including cost, scalability, and security concerns.
A tutorial on building a .NET Core console app that uses Azure Face API to detect and blur faces in images.
A tutorial on implementing audit trails in Entity Framework Core using shadow properties, without modifying domain entities.
A step-by-step tutorial on building a .NET Core console application that integrates with Azure Service Bus using the AMQP protocol.
A step-by-step tutorial on creating a .NET Core console application using Entity Framework Core with SQLite.
A tutorial on integrating Swagger UI documentation into a .NET Core Web API project using Swashbuckle.
How to filter out RavenDB's internal API endpoints from your Swagger documentation using a custom Document Filter in Swashbuckle.
A PowerShell script to automate starting or stopping all WebApps in an Azure subscription, using Azure Automation runbooks.
A guide to using VSTS Vault, a Windows service for backing up Git repositories from Visual Studio Team Services to a local machine.
Introducing NHInsights, a custom NHibernate driver for Oracle that integrates with Application Insights to track database query dependencies.
