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The Latest from Aaronontheweb: Signing NuGet Packages Using Azure DevOps and Workload Identity Federation
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Signing NuGet Packages Using Azure DevOps and Workload Identity FederationPublished on April 14, 2025 in 12 minutes to read Azure released a major update to some of their VM images last week and it’s caused a number of problems for me:
I have no idea what Microsoft did to kill this service off, but my guess is they finally stopped supporting the ancient version of .NET Framework this was running on starting on April 11th or so:
We had owed a customer an update today and the race was on to find a replacement for This post explains how to do that. |
Aaronontheweb
I write about .NET, open source software, the Microsoft ecosystem, my adventures with startups, and outer space.
So Microsoft Deleted Some of Our Packages From NuGet.org Without Notice Published on July 11, 2025 in 7 minutes to read “Software supply chain management” is one of those terms that sounds like Venture Capital-funded vendor marketing bullshit right up until it isn’t. In 2016 the npm left-pad incident taught many of us in the software industry the importance of: The fragility of depending directly on central package management systems, such as npm or nuget.org, hence why artifact proxying...
Continuous Deployment of Docker Compose Applications Using GitHub Actions Published on April 23, 2025 in 12 minutes to read Intro Over the past year or so we’ve built out a decent-sized test lab environment for Akka.NET and I’ve also personally started a small homelab environment for creating some useful services for my family’s use. Both of these networks use the same components: Tailscale for secure networking and ssh access; docker compose for running infrastructure services such as...
The Future of AI Belongs to Experienced Operators with Good Taste Published on March 27, 2025 in 14 minutes to read I have a lot of respect for Geoffrey Huntley. So when I read his blog posts about AI over the past couple of months: “Dear Student: Yes, AI is here, you’re screwed unless you take action…” and “The future belongs to people who can just do things” among others, I thought to myself - “am I missing something?” This image of his, in particular, summarizes his take on AI and the...