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CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and container delivery for engineers shipping to Azure. Articles walk through GitHub Actions deployments to App Service, OIDC workload identity federation for passwordless pipelines, Terraform getting started and state drift reconciliation against manual portal changes, Docker multi-stage builds for smaller images and faster CI, and GitOps on AKS with Flux and Argo CD. Platform comparisons cover Azure DevOps versus GitHub for teams choosing where to standardize. Tested against the pipeline syntax, Terraform provider, and tool versions named in each article.

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DevOps

Azure DevOps vs GitHub in 2026: Which Platform Should Your Team Standardize On?

Azure DevOps vs GitHub compared for 2026: pipelines, security, pricing, and AI tooling mapped to real team profiles so you can standardize with confidence.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 15, 2026 · 13 min read Intermediate
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DevOps

Terraform State Drift: How to Detect and Reconcile Manual Azure Portal Changes

Detect Terraform state drift on Azure with refresh-only plans, then reconcile it safely using import blocks, removed blocks, and RBAC guardrails.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 10, 2026 · 22 min read Intermediate
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GitOps with Flux vs Argo CD for AKS: A Practical Deployment Comparison

Flux vs Argo CD on AKS compared: architecture, the Helm rendering gotcha, secrets, RBAC, drift and self-heal, plus working YAML for both tools.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 10, 2026 · 25 min read Intermediate
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Docker Multi-Stage Builds: Shrink Your Images and Speed Up CI

Docker multi-stage builds cut image sizes by 90% and accelerate CI pipelines. Master the pattern with real Dockerfile examples for Go, Node, and Python.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 23, 2026 · 11 min read Intermediate
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DevOps

GitHub Actions OIDC to Azure: Passwordless Deployments Done Right

GitHub Actions OIDC with Azure eliminates stored secrets for good. Set up passwordless deployments with Workload Identity Federation in under 30 minutes.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 23, 2026 · 15 min read Intermediate
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DevOps

GitHub Actions CI/CD for Azure App Service: Step-by-Step

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Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 17, 2026 · 14 min read Intermediate
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DevOps

Terraform on Azure: Complete Getting Started Guide for 2026

- Terraform transforms Azure infrastructure management from manual clicks to reproducible, version-controlled code

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · June 17, 2026 · 13 min read Intermediate
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