In this TIL, I find out how to create a new blob storage account on Microsoft Azure. This is a place to store unstructured data of any kind (as opposed to, say, a SQL database). Note that the instructions below assume you are using a bash-like terminal, for example zsh, rather than Powershell. Prerequisites You’ll need to sign up for a Microsoft Azure account for this, and create a “resource group”. You’ll also need the Azure Command Line Interface (CLI), which you can find informatio...