If you ever used serverless approach, you know that limiting the number of executions can save your money. This is true especially, when you run your app under a consumption plan. Once the free budget is breached, you'll start paying for every execution and consumption of precious GigaByte-seconds. Is there a way to minimize this … Continue reading Serverless & calling no functions at all
Azure
Never ending Append Blobs
In this article I'll describe an easy and fast way to use Azure Storage Append Blobs to create a never ending Append Blob. Yes, a regular Append Blob has its limitations, including the maximum number of blocks and the size, but with a proper design we can overcome them. Limits we want to overcome According … Continue reading Never ending Append Blobs
Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (4)
How to process 2 billions items per day with Azure Functions? The last but not least part of this series.
Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (3)
Here comes the third entry in a series in which I'm describing a few patterns that enabled me to process 2 billions items per day using Azure Functions. The goal was to do it in a cost-aware and cost-wise manner, enabling fast processing with a small amount of money spent on this. part 1 part … Continue reading Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (3)
Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (2)
This is the second blog post in a series in which I'm describing a few patterns that enabled me to process 2 billions items per day using Azure Functions. The goal was to do it in a cost-aware and cost-wise manner, enabling fast processing with a small amount of money spent on this. part 1 … Continue reading Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (2)
Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (1)
In this series I'll describe a few patterns that enabled me to process 2 billions items per day using Azure Functions. Yes 2 billions items per day. The aim of this trial was not to check whether you can do it with Azure Functions. You can do it easily. The goal was to do it … Continue reading Azure Functions: processing 2 billions items per day (1)
Pricing SaaS in the clouds
Why is it so pricey? This is a question that might have popped in your head too many times. Especially, when looking at the pricing pages of SaaS applications. The second that might have followed up, is Why? What's behind this pricing model? How did they come up with it? Of course one answer could … Continue reading Pricing SaaS in the clouds
