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Along with acting as VP of BIWUG (Belgian Information Worker User Group), Elio is an independent contractor for his own consulting company, Struyf Consulting.

Fix the Azure Function Node.js GitHub Actions Windows workflow

When deploying Node.js-based Azure Functions using GitHub Actions, you might face an issue with the Windows workflow. In the latest template, there is an issue in the build step where the actions/upload-artifact action fails to upload the artifact due to too many files. The problem is caused by the node_modules folder, which contains many files (even for a starter Azure Function project).

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Breaking changes in the GitHub upload-artifact action

In August 2024, GitHub announced it would exclude hidden files by default in the actions/upload-artifact GitHub Action. If you are using this action in your workflow, you should be aware of this change, as it might break your workflow. info Read more about it on the notice of upcoming deprecations and breaking changes in GitHub Actions runners blog post from GitHub.

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Manage branch subdomains without Netlify DNS

In the last weeks, I have been moving the Front Matter CMS documentation and APIs to different hosting providers. The documentation and APIs were hosted on Vercel, but they stopped their open-source program, which made me look for alternatives. I decided to move the documentation to Netlify and the APIs to Azure.

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Setting variables in Azure DevOps pipelines using Node.js scripts

Last week, when looking into how to configure the Microsoft Teams reporter for Playwright on Azure DevOps in combination with the Playwright Azure Reporter, I ran into a problem where a variable that set in the Node.js task was not available in the subsequent tasks. In the reporter’s code, I noticed that the variable gets set using process.

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Locally running and testing your custom GitHub Action

When developing a custom GitHub Action, you should test and run it locally before pushing it to your repository. Initially, I created a script that allowed me to run it locally, but over the weekend, I found a better way by using the @github/local-action command-line tool. Show image GitHub local-action debugger In this post, I will show you how to use the @github/local-action command-line tool to test your custom GitHub Action locally.

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