Infrastructure as Code with ARM Templates and Bicep: Part 2 – Building Production-Ready Infrastructure

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Infrastructure as Code templates using ARM and Bicep

Building on our storage account foundation from Part 1, we’ll now create a complete web application infrastructure. This part covers virtual networks, app services, SQL

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From Napkin Sketch to Azure Blueprint: Designing Your URL Shortener’s Foundation

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Designing a Scalable URL Shortener on Microsoft Azure

Part 2 of our Azure URL shortener series explores the critical architectural decisions that determine whether your system scales gracefully or collapses under load. We’ll compare Azure App Service vs Kubernetes, dive into why SQL databases often beat NoSQL for URL shorteners, and design a multi-tiered caching strategy that can handle millions of redirects per second.

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