- Sep 6, 2026
A self-shutting-down Linux VM for a weekly batch job on Azure (.NET 8 + CZDS zone files)
About 280 million domain names from ~1,000 TLD zone files, processed weekly on a Linux VM that a Logic App boots and that deallocates itself when the .NET 8 job is done, so idle cost stays close to zero.
6 min read · Azure · .NET · Cloud Cost · DevOps
- Sep 4, 2026
100k Blobs a Day and the Retention Rule Azure Doesn't Have
About 100,000 blobs a day, never deleted. How a "should we just move this to SQL?" question became a lesson about where cloud costs hide, and the retention job that fixed it.
5 min read · Azure · Cloud Cost · Lessons Learned