The Dog-Not-a-Dog Workshop

I recently presented, a workshop at the TOHack to get started with Azure. The goal was to try different Azure services, and see how we could augment an existing website using serverless function and artificial intelligence.
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During this workshop, a website is deployed automatically from GitHub. Then by adding an Azure Function and using the Vision API of Azure Cognitive Services, the final solution is able to detect when uploaded pictures are or not dogs and keep our image folder "clean". We call that application: The automatic Not a Dog application.

The step by step instruction with the code can be found on GitHub - Not-a-Dog-Workshop. The workshop can be done in about 45-60 minutes.

I also did a video that is available on my YouTube channel:

You have questions, you are blocked, it will be a pleasure to help you.

Reading Notes #384

Programming

• Creating your first Node.js REST API with Nest and Typescript (Chris Noring) - Nice and complete tutorial.

• Is JavaScript really getting too complex? - A geek with a hat (Swizec Teller) - Very inspiring post about the evolution of computer science and a parallel with JavaScript.

• Up your Git game and clean up your history (Christopher Kade) - A cool little tutorial that clarifies some less frequent Git commands.

• Install WSL 2 on Windows 10 (Thomas Maurer) - Awesome tutorial. If like me you didn't want to wait until the next Windows release or take the time to compile and debug a deployment....this tutorial is for us!

• Introduction to Kubernetes Security (Anita) - A nice post that details some security options that we have.

Databases

• Microsoft Azure For Spoiled People 3: Migrate A Database (Jen Looper) - Nice post that explains the steps to migrate a database to Azure storage table.

Miscellaneous

• 3 Mindfulness Rituals That Will Make You Happy - Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Eric Barker) - An interesting article about doing peace with yourself in the present.

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Reading Notes #383

Cloud

• 4 best practices to help you integrate security into DevOps (null) - Fantastic post that shows how, in fact, security is accessible to all with simple practices.
• Creating a Chatbot with Microsoft Azure QnA Maker and Alexa (James Ashley) - This post explains all the steps about a pretty cool project.
• How to Schedule Cosmos DB Data Processing With Azure Functions (Jason Roberts) - Cool demo with a time trigger (scheduled) Azure function.

Programming

• Views, Partial Views, and Layouts in ASP.NET Core MVC (Code Maze) - Very simple, but yet complete Asp.Net MVC tutorial. Perfect place to get started.
• Getting Started with Docker in Visual Studio 2019 (Wael Kdouh) - This is a nice tutorial to get started with Containers.
• Visual Studio Code Remote Development over SSH to a Raspberry Pi is butter (Scott Hanselman) - VS Code is simplifying the life of all IoT developers. So cool.

Miscellaneous

• It's Time ⌚ to Talk 5535756803! The Day of Your Presentation (Jeremy Likness) - Awesome post that is load with advice and experience.

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