Azure Function Apps Authentication - Local Edition

The Scenario In my position that I started in September of 2024, I have been working in the Azure space. It has been a great learning experience given that I had been pretty much AWS-only before. And one area that I have explored quite a bit is Azure Function Apps. They are analogous to AWS Lambdas with their own Microsoft-related quirks. One of the nice things about them is that Microsoft has released official Docker images for building and running them locally, so you can test out your code changes with a minimum of effort, and they come in a number of languages. Continue reading

Tinkering with Spring Boot + React

Spring Boot + React I have started a passion project looking to create a simple application with a React frontend and Spring Boot backend. The goal is to have a working basic time-tracking application when I am finished and to have a project I can use for talking points when it’s inevitably interview time again. The code can be found here. I would like to add on additional infrastructure pieces as well, like Docker and Kubernetes integration to demonstrate my abilities in that area, but my focus is local-first with an eye towards the future. Continue reading

Job Search 2024

The Neverending Story - Job Search 2023 2024 Thank you for taking the time to apply but we’ve decided to move forward with a candidate that better fits our needs for driving giant wiener-shaped vehicles Ok, so it’s not never-ending, there is always an end in sight. But being on the job market for the second time in less than a year has a Merry-Go-Round feel to it for sure. I will add software engineering posts and such to this blog, but I’m starting with what is happening in my life right now. Continue reading