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Why the Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) is a Must-Have for Every HA User

In this story, we’ll explore HACS (Home Assistant Community Store), why it’s a game-changer, and how to get started with it.

January 8, 2025

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Replacing Algolia with an In-Memory Search in Next.js 14

Why I deleted Algolia, the sync route and four env vars — and replaced our on-site search with a dependency-free token scan over the ~8 MB store we already hold in memory.

June 2, 2026
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Next.js 14 — Sync Neon.Tech Postgres DB with Azure AI Search

In the fast-evolving world, connecting and synchronizing data across various platforms is key. This article will guide you through connecting a Neon.Tech Postgres database to Azure AI Search

January 11, 2025
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Next.js 14 — Building a SaaS Solution — Loading products from Stripe

In the previous five stories, I showed the step-by-step creation of a Next.js 14 app that can be used to create Azure Resources via App Service. Now, we added the payment option with Stripe.

January 9, 2025
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Home Assistant — How to Install via Docker on an Azure Linux VM

Home Assistant is a powerful open source platform for home automation. For hosting, the use of a Linux VM in Azure and Docker is a good option.

January 7, 2025
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Next.js 14 — Building a SaaS Solution on Azure with Stripe Integration — Part 5

In this last part of my series on building a SaaS solution using Next.js 14 and Azure, we will focus on the payment integration with Stripe so that you can ask for a subscription, etc.

November 27, 2024
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Automated creation of Azure resources via CLI in Next.js - Part 3

In the third story, we will use our Next.js app to get the Azure AD B2C Access Token to create Resources on Azure via the App Service created initially.

November 6, 2024
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Next.js 14 — Building a SaaS Solution on Azure (Storage Accounts etc.) — Part 4

In this final part of our series on building a SaaS solution using Next.js 14 and Azure, we will focus on the critical aspect of managing Azure Storage Accounts.

November 6, 2024
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Next.js 14 - Building a Saas solution in Azure (authentication) - Part 2

In the previous story, we created a Linux App Service instance in the F1 plan. Now, we have to secure the App Service so that only authorized requests are accepted. We use Azure AD B2C.

October 4, 2024
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Next.js 14 - Building a Saas solution on Azure (long-running processes) - Part 1

In the next few posts, I will guide you through building a SaaS solution on Azure (Blob Storage, App Services, Azure Functions, Azure AD B2C, etc.).

September 27, 2024
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Next.js 14 - Create fancy animations in seconds with TailwindCss

Some months ago, when I was working on a project, the Idea came up to animate the button so that it shows “bouncing dots” as long as the process in the background was not finished.

September 27, 2024