I recently built a Unity game with the help of ChatGPT, an amazing tool for developers. I included DALLE-2 for graphics and video game backgrounds. DALLE-2 provides an outpainting capability which allowed me to create truly incredible game world. Years ago, I decided to build a multiplayer game named Rescuebomb…

ChatGPT is a GPT-based chatbot developed by OpenAI that allows users to engage in natural language conversations with a virtual assistant. This technology has numerous potential applications, but in this article, we will focus on three entertaining ways you can use ChatGPT. Play an RPG Game! With ChatGPT, users can transform the AI language…

Terraform helps users get the most out of their cloud when provisioning infrastructure in an automated and repeatable way. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) forms the basis for Azure’s Infrastructure as Code solution, and internally, Terraform communicates with ARM. However, because of the separation between Azure’s own internal representation and Terraform’s…

Profiling applications can be a difficult and time-consuming process, but it is essential for understanding how an application is performing and where potential bottlenecks may exist. During Microsoft Ignite, a new feature within Application Insight was announced, which aims to make collecting profiling information for java applications much easier. To…

I recently ran into an issue when setting app settings via the “az functionapp config appsettings” command. The issue specifically occurs when there are spaces or special characters in the values: az functionapp config appsettings set --name MyFunctionApp --resource-group MyResourceGroup --subscription MySubscription --settings "MyAppSetting=This has a # sign" If you…

As developers, we are always looking for ways to be more productive. An iPad with Github Codespaces is a great developer experience. The iPad is portable so it can be taken anywhere. I was skeptical at first, but after using it for a while, I was convinced that it was…

When working with Github Actions it can be useful to use Selenium. A common use case is for example the verification of a deployment (e.g. checking if a SPA is rendered correctly). With Selenium code, a user using a browser can be simulated. Setting up the Chrome Driver The Chrome Driver must be set up…

It is probably no surprise for you if I tell you that I am writing this on an iPad. Recently I was looking into GitHub Codespaces. A tool that makes your development experience independent of your physical device or location. …

One would usually use an interactive login to access the Google Sheets on behalf of a user. This approach works perfectly if the user is sitting in front of the computer at the time of access. However, if we want to access Google Sheet information during a batch job (or…