Rather than establish an understanding of CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous deployment). In this post, I would rather skip over that and talk about this specific example. There is a benefit in understanding the why, however, sometimes we…

Before we dig into the "how" of getting this project set up. I think it is important to understand the "why" we use source control. For those who are solo developers on side projects, source control may seem like a terrible burden. First, you have to…

Before digging into how to build this small environment to host our site. We must first cover some of the terminologies that will be seen in the Azure Portal and this post. Subscription: A folder-like construct to create a logical separation of…

Once I had the Hexo CLI installed and the shell of a default Hexo of a project. The next question was "What do I do with this thing?". Seemingly easy question to answer, right? You check it in and let it die like every other side project that was…

When thinking about this new learning adventure. I did not know what shape this would take. I had recently learned that static site generators existed, specifically Jekyll. I began down the path of Jekyll. Reading through some of the documentation…

This is the first post, the first step, on a new adventure. The thought behind starting on this journey is to be exposed to more (different) technologies. To take a look at this world from another angle. Professionally, I have worked on dozens of…