I've been working with Azure Diagnositc logs recently, and part of the data that comes out of them is something azure calls a "ResourceId". This is used to uniquely identify the resource in Azure. It's a slash separated value that includes a hierarchal list of values.
When you're working with Azure Functions, or AppService (including ContainerApps) there are a number of Environment Variables that can be really interesting to use for debugging your production apps. These are pretty easy to add to OpenTelemetry.
Lucky for us, with .NET Core, Microsoft have added extension points everywhere. On such extension point is in StaticFileOptions.
I came across this as I was trying to find a way to add a shim onto a sealed class from the Microsoft BCL. The goal was to provide a package that allowed people using that class to get a wrapper very easy without having to change their code.
One of the goals of most websites is to return the page for a user within the fastest time possible. Adding caching of frequently accessed data is a really easy way to do this, however, in legacy applications, there can be a lot of context heavy code making it hard to understand what can be... Continue Reading →
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