Performance and security topics in the web
The significance of website performance is constantly increasing. Over the past few years, I have been committed to enhancing website speed and security. The initial irony lies in the fact that this website is constructed using WordPress, a platform not particularly renowned for its speed or security. I am fully aware of this paradox. However, for the purpose of ease of use and experimentation, it has been built on WordPress. Notably, as of December 2023, 43.18% of websites on the internet were based on WordPress.
This website documents my journey and the things I am learning about while working in the field and in my free time. A significant focus in the recent time has also been on Microsoft Azure, including its tools like Azure DevOps, Pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (primarily Bicep).
Due to a lack of free time, my blog posts might not be the most comprehensive. However, I try to journal interesting findings and occurrences and to share knowledge across the world, as I also benefit a lot from other people sharing interesting solutions online.
If you automate a mess, you get an automated mess.
Rod Michael
Find some of the latest articles here.
- Public IP Lookup ServiceA common task for an administrator is to check the public IP addresses of the current system they are on… Read more: Public IP Lookup Service
- ADO Pipeline library export and importIn the Azure DevOps world, moving from one tenant to another is not a very familiar concept based on Microsoft… Read more: ADO Pipeline library export and import
- ReCaptcha – Invalid key typeThis is a quick bit: I recently had to add a reCAPTCHA key to a website. However, the keys provided… Read more: ReCaptcha – Invalid key type
- My experience with LLM use casesAs I work every day, I constantly see recurring work that I would like to optimize and automate. There are… Read more: My experience with LLM use cases
- What i learned about OllamaOllama is great for running a local self-hosted AI REST API. You can load all kinds of models, whether they’re… Read more: What i learned about Ollama
- Instrumentation Keys to Connection StringsOn March 31, 2025, Microsoft will end support for instrumentation key-based global ingestion in Azure Monitor’s Application Insights. After this… Read more: Instrumentation Keys to Connection Strings