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Migrating WordPress to Azure Container Apps with Azure Front Door (Zero Downtime, Real Lessons)
Running WordPress on containers isn’t the hard part anymore — operating it correctly at the edge is. This article documents my real-world experience migrating a production WordPress site to Azure Container Apps and then introducing Azure Front Door as a shared edge layer — with zero downtime, managed TLS, and a clean rollback strategy. No…
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Mapping a Custom Domain to WordPress on Azure Container Apps (With Managed TLS & Zero Downtime)
I recently migrated my WordPress site to Azure Container Apps (ACA) and mapped my custom domain — shahzadblog.com — with a free…
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Tag-Based Production Releases with Azure DevOps: Lessons from the Trenches
Most deployment pipelines fail in the same way:production gets deployed too easily. A merge to main triggers a deploy.A hotfix goes live…
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Azure DevOps Branching Strategy: When (and When Not) to Maintain Multiple Release Versions
Updated guidance for solo founders, small teams, and SaaS builders In 2021, I published a beginner-friendly guide on Azure DevOps branching and…
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Azure DevOps Branching and Release Strategy (Beginner to Production-Ready Guide)
Last updated: 2025 If you’re new to Azure DevOps Git branching and confused by GitFlow diagrams, release branches, and pull requests—this guide…
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Migrating WordPress to Azure Container Apps with Azure Front Door (Zero Downtime, Real Lessons)
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Azure DevOps Branching Strategy: When (and When Not) to Maintain Multiple Release Versions
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Azure DevOps Branching and Release Strategy (Beginner to Production-Ready Guide)
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