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In the realm of cloud infrastructure, Azure offers a robust framework for managing resources through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies. However, even with the best IaC practices in place, managing and understanding changes across Azure app environments can be a daunting task. This is where the azdiff tool steps in to simplify the comparison process. azdiff is a dotnet global tool, thus, you will need .NET 8 or higher installed. To install azdiff, run the following command:...

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I am working on a share feature for Sharp Cooking that will allow users to share recipes online. This is the first time a feature will require storing data outside of the local app context, and Cosmos DB is a great option for implementing it. First, it provides a free tier that should be sufficient for my users. Second, Sharp Cooking already stores recipes as documents in the browser, so it should be easy to send the same data to Cosmos DB....

Deploying an Azure App Gateway can be a daunting task, especially when creating a reusable template for it due to the verbosity of the template. In this post, I will describe how to create and execute a Bicep template for an externally visible web app with an Application Gateway. By the end of this post, the following requirements will be met: Web app hosted in App Service with Azure-provided certificate for TLS Web Application Firewall (WAF) with OWASP 3....

Sharp Cooking app can currently import recipes directly from websites and backup files, making it easy to create a personal collection of recipes. However, it does not currently provide an option to scan recipes from a book or an image. This has been a long-requested feature that I am now attempting to add to the app, and will document the experience in this post. How? The first thing that comes to mind when trying to extract text from images is OCR....