If you have microservices, you have a distributed tracing problem. Azure Application Insights automatic dependency tracking is magical, but understanding how it works is key. Correlation Headers App Insights injects headers (Request-Id, Correlation-Context) into outgoing HTTP calls. The downstream service reads these and links the telemetry. Application Map The Application Map visualizes these connections. If […]
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Dapr v1.0: Building Microservices for Any Cloud
Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) has reached version 1.0. It’s a game changer for microservices development. Instead of writing boilerplate code for pub/sub, state management, and service invocation, Dapr provides these as sidecar services. The Sidecar Model Example: Saving State This abstraction lets you swap infrastructure (e.g., Redis locally -> Cosmos DB in production) by changing […]
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