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How to clean up Azure resources after you finished your labs

· 2 min read
Shpend Kelmendi
Software Engineer & Architect
How to clean up Azure resources after you finished your labs

You just finished your Azure lab. You spun up VMs, storage accounts, databases, maybe even a Kubernetes cluster. You learned a lot. But now… your subscription is cluttered, ticking costs, and slowly turning into a monster.

Cleaning up isn’t fun—I know this from household chores, where you need to do the same :D—but neither is an unexpected bill. Let’s fix that.

Microsoft Just Put a Price Tag on Your M2M Tokens for Entra External ID

· 2 min read
Shpend Kelmendi
Software Engineer & Architect
Microsoft Just Put a Price Tag on Your M2M Tokens for Entra External ID

Microsoft just announced pricing for Microsoft Entra External ID M2M Authentication.
Starting November 1, 2025, every access token issued via the Client Credentials Flow will cost $0.001.

The feature isn’t going away — it’s simply entering its “production maturity” phase.
It’s time to pay more or less.

Starting My Blog Journey

· One min read
Shpend Kelmendi
Software Engineer & Architect

I’ve tried this before.
Starting a blog. Writing something.

And every time, I failed.

Not because of the tools. I know how to set up a blog.
I failed because I wasn’t sure what to say.

Every topic I thought about… I told myself:

  • "Someone already wrote about this. It’s all out there on the internet."
  • "Does any of this add value in the time of AI?"

So I stopped. Again and again.