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FinOps for local Azure: cost estimates before you deployoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2026
Why I stopped thinking Infrastructure-as-Code tests were a waste of timeoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2026
Debugging Application Insights without a cloud subscriptionoriginal ↗
27 Jul 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #11: Azure App Configuration, Application Insights, Private Endpoints, HNS Storage, Kudu Auth, and Moreoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #10: Azure Log Analytics, Cosmos DB Entra ID Auth, Geo-Replication, Management Group Expansion, and Moreoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
15 months of building OSS software - with and without AIoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #9: Azure App Configuration, Service Bus Sessions, Blob Auth Enforcement, ARM Deployment Operations, and Moreoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
Testing Azure retry logic locally: why I stopped mocking 429s and started injecting themoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
I replaced three Azure emulators with one binary, added Key Vault and ACR, and cut our CI setup to a single steporiginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #8: Cosmos DB Data Plane Queries, Device Code Authentication, Service Bus Authorization Rules, and Documentation Expansionoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2026
Running Azure integration tests in CI without a subscription, credentials, or cloud costsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2026
How Topaz enables az login without root: MSAL, port 443, and a built-in CONNECT proxyoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #7: Azure Cosmos DB, ROPC Authentication with HTTP Proxy, Key Vault Challenge Headers, and ACR Token Improvementsoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
Local Azure development with Docker Compose: a copy-paste starting pointoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #6: Azure SQL, Service Bus AMQP data plane, Blob User Delegation SAS, Entra Device Code, ACR Tasks and Runs, and a Python SDKoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
What AMQP compatibility means for a local Azure emulator (.NET / MassTransit)original ↗
26 May 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #5: Azure App Service, Virtual Machines, Storage SAS security, Key Vault AES keys, and a live Portal terminaloriginal ↗
22 May 2026
Using Topaz with GitHub Copilot via MCP Serveroriginal ↗
20 May 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #4: OData Table queries, Virtual Network maturity, NSGs, and Dev Containersoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Building a devcontainer for Topaz: workspace mounts, DNS wildcards, and why /etc/resolv.conf always winsoriginal ↗
12 May 2026
Topaz Weekly Pulse #3: Key Vault certificates, Management Groups maturity, and a new Portal dashboardoriginal ↗
8 May 2026