Antti K. Koskela – Microsoft MVP, Azure architect, tech enthusiast

I never thought that I would write an article on this site of mine about war, peace and a threat to not only an entire nation's existence, but mine, too. But as this website has some reach (there's around 75 000 of you each month), I feel that I have a responsibility to say and do something. On February 24th, 2022, the fascist oligarchy known as Russia attacked yet another one of its neighbors. That's almost not even newsworthy by itself - it's happened multiple times before....

Let me open up with a few hot takes: Operating System should be an enabler - infrastructure, that doesn't get in the way. Version control should also be an enabler - and at best, a force multiplier. Developers should be able to select their laptops so they'll stay as productive as possible. Fun file names should be allowed. Well, maybe nothing I said was really THAT hot of a take. But in my case, a developer - myself - choosing 2 different operating systems lead to fun file names that essentially disabled my version control....

This article is going to be something a little bit different: I'm still on vacation, but figured I should write sort of a self-congratulatory celebration post for 500 published blog posts on koskila.net, and offer y'all a quick look at what's going on with the site and myself. koskila.net is evolving - after 10 years! If all goes well, you should be noticing some small differences in the layout and all that. Most of the site should be migrated over from WordPress to - perhaps You guessed it - GitHub Pages using Blazor Static....

This article explains why you might have some trouble uploading your custom Teams app on your dev tenant lately. Because, yes - there's an ongoing service disruption going on. Problem For some background, my tenants have sideloading (uploading custom Teams apps) enabled: But when you're trying to Upload an app, it'll tell you sideloading is disabled anyway (that's what "Request approval from your IT admin to be able to upload apps." means) A small oddity is that if you make your screen more narrow, it becomes enabled......

I'm on Summer vacation, and I figured it's a good time to do something slightly different - it might finally be a good time to put the finishing touches on this lighter article about my recent forays into the Apple ecosystem. Which haven't exactly been perfectly smooth sailing. In this article, I'll explain how to get around an issue, where you can not use Apple's App Store on a mac (presumably it's also broken on an iPhone), because Apple refuses to accept your address - even though your address is perfectly valid....