Weekly Update 351

I
spent
most
of
this
week’s
update
on
the
tweaking
I
went
through
with
Azure’s
API
Management
service
and
then
using
Cloudflare
to
stop
a
whole
bunch
of
requests
that
really
didn’t
need
to
go
all
the
way
to
the
origin
(or
at
least
all
the
way
to
the
API
gateway
sitting
in
front
of
the
origin
Azure
Function
instance).
I’m
still
blown
away
by
how
cool
this
is
–
tweak
the
firewall
via
a
web
UI
to
inspect
traffic
and
respond
differently
based
on
a
combination
of
headers
and
response
codes
and
bam!
A
massive
reduction
in
unnecessary
traffic
follows.
That’s
so
cool,
I
love
cloud
😊

References

1. 
   I
   couldn’t
   help
   but
   talk
   about
   Yale
   smart
   locks
   again
   (they’ve
   been
   oh
   so
   painful,
   but
   I
   do
   actually
   have
   them
   working
   well
   now)
2. 
   I
   went
   down
   a
   bit
   of
   a
   rabbit
   hole
   trying
   to
   optimise
   Azure’s
   APIM
   service
   (I’m
   super
   happy
   with
   the
   result
   though,
   that’s
   a
   whole
   heap
   of
   traffic
   I
   no
   longer
   need
   to
   process
   in
   Azure
   –
   thanks
   Cloudflare!)
3. 
   Why
   no,
   I
   can’t
   think
   of
   anything
   whatsoever
   that
   could
   go
   wrong
   by
   letting
   anyone
   set
   whatever
   photo
   they
   like
   to
   appear
   on
   the
   Apple
   device
   of
   the
   person
   they’re
   calling
   🤣
   (if
   this
   ships
   consistent
   with
   my
   understanding
   of
   the
   feature,
   much
   hilarity
   –
   and
   scamming
   –
   will
   ensue)
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