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I'm Ahmed Muhi, Principal Consultant for Cloud & DevOps

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Why Cloud-Native Architecture Patterns Exist

Discover why cloud-native architecture patterns exist and which problems they solve. Learn the five core challenges of distributed systems and the battle-tested patterns that address them - from resilience to observability.

07 Oct, 2025
Cloud native

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07 Sep, 2025 Terraform on Azure · Part 8 Terraform Remote State on Azure: Moving State Out of Your Local Folder Learn how Terraform remote state works on Azure. This guide explains why local state is fine for learning, why real projects need remote state, and how to store Terraform state safely in an Azure Storage Account.

28 Aug, 2025 Dapr for Beginners · Part 4 Running Dapr Pub/Sub Apps on Azure Container Apps Learn how to run a Dapr publish/subscribe microservices application on Azure Container Apps. Build and push Order and Inventory service images to Azure Container Registry, deploy them with Dapr enabled, connect Dapr pub/sub to Azure Service Bus, and use an Azure-backed state store for inventory data.

21 Aug, 2025 Dapr for Beginners · Part 3 Building Pub/Sub Microservices with Dapr Learn how to use Dapr's publish and subscribe building block to build event-driven microservices. In this hands-on tutorial, an Order Service publishes an OrderPlaced event, an Inventory Service subscribes to it, and Dapr handles the local pub/sub plumbing through its sidecar model.

14 Aug, 2025 Docker for Beginners · Part 8 Running Multi-Container Apps with Azure Container Apps Learn how to run a small multi-container application in Azure Container Apps. Build and push separate Node.js API and worker images to Azure Container Registry, deploy them as separate Container Apps, configure external and internal ingress, and test service-to-service communication in a managed Azure environment.

Series

Cloud Design Patterns 2 parts
Updated 07 Oct, 2025

Terraform on Azure 8 parts
Updated 07 Sep, 2025

Dapr for Beginners 4 parts
Updated 28 Aug, 2025

Docker for Beginners 8 parts
Updated 14 Aug, 2025

Kubernetes Networking 7 parts
Updated 28 Jul, 2025

Kubernetes 6 parts
Updated 27 Jun, 2025

GitHub Actions 5 parts
Updated 30 Jan, 2025

Azure Bicep 5 parts
Updated 22 Jun, 2024

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