How I created my brand using Static Web Apps with Blazor and Azure Functions

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Bought three domains and builds a personal blog as a small CMS using Azure Static Web Apps with Blazor + Azure Functions and Cosmos DB; posts stored as JSON but edited in Markdown via an authenticated web UI. Uses built-in auth providers (Twitter, GitHub, AAD, Google preview) and reads the client principal to enforce role-based access control (25 users). Runs in the free tier, works live, and upgrades to custom auth (Auth0) without changing app code.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:43Brand origin story
3. 1:49Choosing domains
4. 2:52Static Web Apps discovery
5. 3:34Blazor and Cosmos DB
6. 4:38Adding authentication
7. 6:48Role-based access control
8. 8:14Managing roles in Azure SWA
9. 8:56Custom auth and scalability
10. 9:37Why Static Web Apps
11. 10:17Closing remarks

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