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Hi, and welcome to my technical blog. I will attempt to keep this updated with anything I find useful and may help the community or as a reminder to myself how I did things. The articles in the blog will generally focus on the below list of skills and technologies.

Recently I have spent nearly 2 years in Brazil whilst continuing to work for Lab3 (an Australian company) in an opposite time zone. At times this was challenging but I have learned a lot from the experience in terms of the need for clear communication, documentation and patience!

In the last six months from October 2023 until April 2024 I took time off to spend high quality time with my daughter.

Download my current CV here: Russell McCloy CV April 2024.pdf ⬇️

My current list of main technical skill are:

  • Azure
    • General Azure administration
    • Architecture - application and infrastructure design
    • Application development
    • Microsoft Entra ID
    • Infrastructure as code (IAC)
    • AI
  • Azure DevOps
    • All standard DevOps functionality
    • DevOps Rest API development and integration
    • YAML pipeline development
  • GitHub
    • All standard GitHub functionality
    • Actions
    • GitHub App Development
  • Automation
  • REST API development
  • Postman
  • C# .NET
  • PowerShell
  • Bicep
  • ARM Templates
  • Terraform
  • Unit Testing - C#, PowerShell, Python
  • Golang
  • Python
  • Node.js
  • Other scripting languages
  • Markdown
  • Confluence
  • Jira
  • Documentation
  • Clear communication
  • Transparency

Blog Posts

  • Azure AI Search

    Posted on April 1, 2024

    📝 I will be back in Australia before the end of April 2024 and will be looking for a new position within my skillset (latest CV available on request) so please let me know if you know of any roles coming up. I will be based 1 hour north of... [Read More]

  • The Azure Developer CLI

    Posted on October 27, 2023

    This post covers my investigation into using the Azure Developer CLI. Before writing this post I had no knowledge of what the Azure Developer CLI was or what it was used for. Basically I followed the information in this post and other pages linked to it to come up with... [Read More]

  • Working Remotely in an Opposite Timezone

    Posted on September 21, 2023

    This post outlines my experience working remotely where I was in an opposite timezone to my employer. I did this for nearly 2 years whilst living in Brazil and working for Lab3 in Australia. This was challenging at times but the fact that I did this for 2 years shows... [Read More]

  • From Node.js App to GitHub App

    Posted on August 13, 2023

    In this post, I will show how to build a GitHub App. I will start with a basic Node.js and gradually turn it into a GitHub App. In later posts I will show other aspects of building and deploying GitHub Apps. [Read More]

  • Terraform 0.13.0 - An Initial Look

    Posted on August 23, 2020

    Today I’d like to write a little bit about Terraform 0.13.0 which was released on the 10/08/2020 You can find the official release here: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases/tag/v0.13.0 [Read More]

  • Documentation Sucks - But it doesn't

    Posted on August 16, 2020

    Today I’d like to write about documentation in the context of being a developer. Over my career, whenever anyone has asked me to “document it” I always get a little bit of a sick feeling in my stomach. Thing is, once I start documenting, I realise it is not too... [Read More]