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Practical guidance from the field
Migration playbooks, platform engineering notes, and FinOps patterns — written for teams shipping on Google Cloud.
GCP observability best practices for modern cloud workloads
Learn how to build an effective observability strategy on Google Cloud using Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, Error Reporting, and distributed tracing to improve reliability and reduce incident response times.
Building GCP cost visibility with FinOps best practices
Learn how to build actionable cost visibility in Google Cloud using labels, billing exports, dashboards, and FinOps principles to improve accountability and optimize cloud spending.
GKE autoscaling patterns that actually save money
How to combine node auto-provisioning, workload right-sizing, and scheduled scaling to cut Kubernetes spend without sacrificing reliability.
A practical cloud migration readiness checklist
Five readiness gates we use before moving production workloads — from dependency mapping to rollback planning.
Kubeflow Pipelines on Kubernetes with KIND: End-to-End Guide for ML and Cloud Engineers
Learn how to deploy Kubeflow Pipelines on a Kubernetes cluster using KIND, build and execute ML pipelines, create custom Docker images, and automate end-to-end machine learning workflows.
Gemini 2.5 Flash - Google's New AI Speedster with a Brain You Control
Gemini 2.5 Flash is Google's latest AI model, designed to offer an optimal balance of speed, cost-efficiency, and advanced reasoning capabilities. Its standout feature, the "thinking budget," gives developers granular control over the model's reasoning process, allowing them to tailor performance and costs to their specific application needs.
DevOps Security with Trivy (OWASP) and Argo CD - Part 1
Learn how to build a secure DevOps CI/CD pipeline on Google Cloud Platform using Jenkins, SonarQube, OWASP Dependency-Check, Trivy, Docker, Kubernetes (Kops), and Argo CD.
Introduction to TestNG XML
Learn how to create, configure, and execute a TestNG XML file to organize test execution and generate detailed TestNG reports in Eclipse.
Setting Up Cilium CNI Plugin on a Multi-Node Kubernetes Cluster Using Kind
Learn how to create a multi-node Kind Kubernetes cluster, disable the default CNI, and install Cilium for high-performance networking and security.
Deploying a Node.js App on AWS ECS Fargate with Terraform and GitHub Actions
Learn how to deploy a containerized Node.js application on AWS ECS Fargate using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and GitHub Actions for automated CI/CD.
Building Secure and Scalable Network Architectures with AWS VPC
Learn how to design a secure multi-tier AWS VPC architecture using public and private subnets, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, route tables, and Application Load Balancer.
CI/CD Pipeline Deployment with Docker (Phase 2)
Learn how to build and automate a complete CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, GitHub, Maven, SonarQube, Docker, and Amazon ECR, then deploy applications with Docker containers.
CI/CD Pipeline Deployment with Docker (Phase 1)
Learn how to set up a complete CI/CD infrastructure on AWS by provisioning an EC2 instance and configuring Jenkins, Git, Maven, Docker, and SonarQube.