How to Automatically Send Azure Alerts into Slack Channels

Recently, I wanted to have an easy way to send azure Application Insights notifications into Slack. Actually I am writing this tutorial two month after setting up this workflow and I hope I don’t forget anything. This method has been working pretty good in the last couple of months. Note that this is mostly free and I am just using Azure Services (App Logic and Applications Insights) and Slack Incoming Webhook app (which is free)....

June 28, 2024 · 5 min · 977 words · Amir

Browser Extensions I use

Here are some most important chrome extensions I use almost on a daily basis. All of them can be installed on chromium browsers. But, they may not be available on Firefox or other browsers. Bitwarden Bitwarden is the first thing I install on every browser. It saves all my passwords on all my devices. I rather not depend on Google to save my passwords since It limits my options to just use same-old Chrome....

March 12, 2024 · 3 min · 438 words · Amir

How to Host your static website on Netlify and Use Cloudflare CDN

I host my hugo website on Netlify but since Netlify services are limited in my country, I have to use cloudflare CDN. Here’s how I do it. Step 1 Configure your website on Netlify like normal. Step 2 Go to Cloudflare Dashboard| Web Performance & Security and Login. Then Click on Add a site. You can then enter your domain name. Choose Free Plan Review your DNS records and just press Continue!...

August 9, 2023 · 2 min · 288 words · Amir

A Guide to setup your own jekyll website (al-folio Theme)

Here I want to guide you toward setting a Jekyll website with al-folio template. This is the template I am using for my website and I love it. I have also made some contributions to make it more usable (specially on docker side). You do not need to install Jekyll, Docker, Ruby or even clone the repo in order to build and publish a website. You can do it all online and not even bother installing any of them....

November 8, 2022 · 5 min · 918 words · Amir

Most Useful Sites and tools (All Online)

These are primarily bookmarks I have in my browser. I thought they could be helpful to others, so I have compiled them here. For Researchers Connected Papers This is an excellent tool for researchers, especially when searching for review articles. Enter the paper title, and you’ll be able to see a beautiful graph of connected papers, as the name suggests! Research Rabbit I have always wanted a tool to find related papers to the ones I am already reading....

September 17, 2021 · 4 min · 717 words · Amir