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  • IoT Sensors โ€“ The Eyes & Ears of Connected Intelligence

    โœ๏ธ ๐๐ฒ ๐€๐›๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ค ๐Š๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ | #๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ณ๐ฒ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿง  Introduction In todayโ€™s connected world, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become the digital nervous system of industries, cities, and homes.But what truly powers this intelligence are the IoT sensors โ€” the components that sense, measure, and translate physical reality into digital data. Think of IoT Sensors as…

  • Leveraging Azure Managed Redis to Elevate Application Performance

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper Modern apps donโ€™t fail because the logic is wrong, they fail because theyโ€™re slow. Azure Managed Redis gives you sub-millisecond data access, turning costly database calls into in-memory hits you can trust. Itโ€™s a fully managed, enterprise-grade Redis service with sharding, high availability, and private networking, perfect for cache-aside…

  • Microservices Patterns: The Blueprint for Scalable and Resilient Systems

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #firstcrazydeveloper Microservices Architecture Leads to Chaos โ€” Unless Designed Right Microservices are like independent puzzle pieces of a large system โ€” each one performs a specific task, communicates through well-defined APIs, and can be deployed independently. When done right, microservices enable rapid scaling, continuous delivery, and fault isolation. But when…

  • REST vs GraphQL โ€“ Choosing the Right API for Modern Enterprise

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper ๐ŸŒ Why This Matters Modern businesses rely on APIs to connect systems, apps, and data.Choosing between REST and GraphQL defines how efficiently your front-ends, mobile apps, and cloud systems communicate. ๐Ÿงฉ Understanding the Basics Feature REST GraphQL Architecture Resource-based endpoints Single endpoint with queries Data Retrieval Fixed response per…

  • Your Azure PaaS Bill Isnโ€™t High Because Youโ€™re Doing It Wrong โ€” Itโ€™s High Because You Never Checked the Defaults

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper ๐Ÿงญ The Hidden Cost of “Default is Fine” When teams build quickly in Azure, they pick the fastest path to โ€œit works.โ€ โœ… Azure App Service โ†’ Premium SKUโœ… Azure Function โ†’ Elastic Premium Planโœ… Logic App โ†’ Recurring trigger every 5 minutesโœ… Cosmos DB โ†’ Fixed 10,000 RU/s…

  • Event-Driven Agentic Architecture: From Events to Intelligence

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper In todayโ€™s world of intelligent automation and AI-driven operations, event-driven agentic systems are becoming the architectural backbone for enterprises integrating AI, microservices, and human workflows. These systems are not just reactiveโ€”they are autonomous, adaptive, and context-aware, capable of executing tasks intelligently across diverse environments. This blog explores the transformative…

  • Azure Functions vs. App Service โ€” Decision Patterns & Reference Architectures

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper ๐ŸŒ Why This Comparison is Critical When building solutions in Azure, one of the first and most strategic decisions is choosing the right compute model. ๐ŸŒ Why this matters In Azure, youโ€™ll often hear the question:๐Ÿ‘‰ Should I deploy my workload in an Azure Function or in an App…

  • .Net 10 LTS Unpacked: Whatโ€™s New and Why It Matters for Everyday Development

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper Why .NET 10 Matters .NET 10 is a Long-Term Support (LTS) release, meaning it will receive support (patches, security updates) for three years. Microsoft Learn Because of that, many teams will adopt it as a baseline for stability, performance, and new features. Itโ€™s the successor to .NET 9. Microsoft…

  • Azure Zone Redundancy vs. Multi-Region High Availability

    โœ๏ธ By Abhishek Kumar | #FirstCrazyDeveloper This document explores two powerful patterns in Azure for improving application availability: Zone Redundancy (ZR) within a region and Multi-Region High Availability (MR-HA) across regions. It provides a decision matrix to help you choose the right approach based on cost, latency, RTO/RPO, and operational complexity, along with reference architectures,…

  • Getting Started with .NET 9 in VSCode: Setup & First Project

    ๐Ÿ”น Why This Blog? Most developers still use Visual Studio for .NET development, but VSCode is lightweight, cross-platform, and perfect for cloud-native/containerized projects. Enterprises moving toward Docker + DevOps pipelines prefer VSCode-based workflows. This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough of setting up .NET 9 development in Visual Studio Code (VSCode), using a real-world API project…