Ever heard of Azure Static Web Apps? It combines a single page app (Angular/React/?) with Azure Functions, and manages it all for you.

The deployment is a breeze, as long as you have the deployment token available to your build pipeline. The deployment token should be kept a secret and you should save it somewhere secure.

Managed identities are a great way to improve the security of your application. Microsoft “manages” the rotation of secrets and makes sure they cannot be extracted or used anywhere outside their platform. That is the reason I’m a big fan off Managed Identities!

You should use managed identities wherever possible. It’s possible to use managed identities for accessing (custom) api’s, an that is exactly what I’ll be explaining in this post. At the and you will be able to call any Azure AD protected api with using a managed identity.

Nederland roept al jaren dat het technologisch voor wil lopen op de rest. We hebben enorm veel dingen uitgevonden in Nederland, Videobanden, bluetooth, enzovoort. Maar op het gebied van vervoersmiddelen lopen we echt enorm achter. In heel Europa zie je overal elektrische steps, in mijn ogen een super goede manier om mensen uit hun auto te krijgen.

Update Deze pagina sprak over een pagina die is verwijderd van rijksoverheid.nl, dat is inmiddels rechtgezet zie update WOB Verzoek.

Out of personal interest I’ve build several apps to have better control your Sonos speakers. This page will give you a brief overview of these apps.