Did someone say event-driven architecture?

Introduction

Here we go, another brain dump to connect the dots on events in Azure. I’ve been using Event Hubs and Event Grids for a while, but one day I got stumped by the question:

“Why don’t you use Service Bus?”

And I had no answer.

We had been primarily using Event Grid, with functions subscribing directly to events. This seemed fine—Event Grid has built-in retry logic. But one day, our Azure Functions were down, and events simply dead-lettered instead of retrying. That’s when I knew I had to go deeper.

Following Up on Our Azure Deployment Journey

Introduction

In the previous post, we deployed a .NET Web API inside a Docker container and hosted it on Azure Web Apps.

That was step one—getting the app running.

Now, it’s time for step two—connecting to a database so we can persist data. This means:

• Creating an Azure SQL Database
• Configuring firewall rules so our Web App and local machine can talk to it
• Setting up the database schema with EF Core migrations
• Seeding the database with some initial data
• Verifying the connection & exposing API endpoints

If you just want the step-by-step commands to set up Azure SQL and connect it to your API, jump to the bottom for the TL;DR Deployment Guide.

A Deep Dive into Azure Web Apps, Docker, and Debugging Deployment Headaches

Introduction App

This post walks through a proof of concept (POC) where I deploy a .NET Web API in a Docker container, hosted on Azure Web Apps, using Azure Container Registry (ACR), and connected to an Azure SQL Database via Key Vault & App Insights.

I did this as part of my AZ-204 certification prep, but more than that, I wanted to fully understand the deployment process manually before automating it. That means:

Learning Azure: A Brain Dump to My 2nd Brain

I am still learning how to type and write from my head to my 2nd brain. Maybe—just maybe—one day I’ll want that chip in my brain so my ideas can pass seamlessly into the computer or wherever we’ll store memories and data in the future.

Will the singularity ever be reached? Maybe not. But maybe we’ll all become cyborgs with chips and robotic bodies. Will we even be human then? Who knows. What I do know is this: it’s officially 2025. I’ll be 31 this year, and that mid-life, third-life reflection is hitting me hard.