Hello!!! This will be a short post Currently I am working on automating the creation of PlantUML diagrams and embed them into Word documents and Excel Spreadsheets (Yes that is a thing) But instead of copying the image from the PlantUML server, I will be generating the diagram dynamically and
Welcome back, today we will talk about one of my favorite technologies. OData!! You don't know how many times this standard has save me time and discussions as it is a standard. What is OData? "The Open Data Protocol (OData) is a data access protocol built on
This is going to be a short post. NTFY, is a tool to send push notifications, specially to mobile. Why would you like to use this tool? Use cases that I can think of but not limited are * Check if a site is down * A long running task is done
Memory cache is a fast and easy way to retrieve data, objects, lists, etc.; that are accessed constantly. Not everything needs to be in-memory, you can use Redis as well to accomplish the same results. Bear in mind that memory may be "infinite" in the cloud, but costs
Hello, after a long break I am back. Recently my wife came to me for a quick brainstorm to submit Jira tickets via a google form. Why? well, I asked her the same thing. She told me that it was easy to create a form, it will alleviate some costs
I usually do smoke testing on my APIs when I deploy them. When using Azure and regular Web Apps or Functions, there is something called slots. Slots are useful when you do a deployment slot, perform basic smoke testing and if it is successful, you just switch the slot to
When requesting an OAuth Bearer Token to be used with a Machine-to-Machine communication (typically to interact with an API), you can use client credentials grant using only client id and client secret, however this practice is not recommended. Enter signed JWT request. According to Wikipedia JSON Web Token - WikipediaWikimedia
Have you ever wondered if there is an "easy" way to test the signed JWT request flow. Well, there is, if you have a paid provide such as OKTA or AUTH0. But what happens if you need to test the flow while developing a Proof of Concept (POC)
The C4 model is a software architecture visualization that provides a lightweight and scalable way to communicate software architecture effectively. It consists of 4 main hierarchical diagrams: * System Context Diagram: Provides a starting point, showing how the software system interacts with its external environment. * Container Diagram: Zooms into the system,
On a previous post I showed you how to get your own UML editor. https://darthseldon.net/plantuml-and-nginx-your-own-uml-designer/ Now here is a guide on how to make your diagrams more stylish. Let's take a look at this simple sequence diagram. @startuml Client -> IDP: Authentication Request IDP
