https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/tags/google-cloud Platform Engineer at Xebia, focused on AI platform engineering - the infrastructure behind reliable, observable, scalable AI and cloud-native workloads. I work primarily in Go and Google Cloud, with deep experience in Kubernetes, containers, and end-to-end observability - and a strong interest in networking and lower-level systems work in Rust. My current focus is the platform layer beneath AI: inference serving infrastructure on Kubernetes, AI gateway and MCP connectivity, agentic workload orchestration, and end-to-end observability for GenAI systems. My broader experience is full-stack: strong on backend, with solid frontend and mobile knowledge. I contribute to open source, write on my blog, and pick up the occasional talk, training, or meetup when something interesting comes up. I'm a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and a CNCF Ambassador. For a deeper dive, see my blog. If you're new to open source, check out Verto.sh. For mentorship, I'm on Mentorcruise. Outside of work, activities like photography, motorcycling, playing a handpan and cleaning litterboxes keep me occupied 🐈. en-us Luca Cavallin Luca Cavallin Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/google-cloud-networking-101-the-comprehensive-tldr https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/google-cloud-networking-101-the-comprehensive-tldr A comprehensive but quick walkthrough of everything you need to know about GCP networking: VPCs, subnets, routing, firewalls, Shared VPC, GKE networking, load balancing, Cloud NAT, hybrid connectivity, VPC Service Controls, DNS, packet inspection, and how to operate all of it. Written for engineers who need a solid mental model in 15 minutes. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin google-cloudnetworkingcloud https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-prepare-for-the-google-cloud-engineer-associate-certification-exam https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-prepare-for-the-google-cloud-engineer-associate-certification-exam Obtaining your first Google Cloud certification can be a challenging experience. In this video I share my best tips to prepare for the "Associate Cloud Engineer" exam and the resources I used to pass the test last December. Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin google-cloudcertificationcloudpodcast https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/what-is-google-cloud-deploy https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/what-is-google-cloud-deploy Simplifying container-based app development on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with Cloud Deploy. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin kubernetesgoogle-cloudcicdcloudcncf https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-read-firestore-events-with-cloud-functions-and-golang https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-read-firestore-events-with-cloud-functions-and-golang Learn how I used Golang and Cloud Functions to Read Firestore events published to the Cloud by my Raspberry Pi. Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin gogoogle-cloudserverlessterraformfirestorecncf https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/google-cloud-pubsub-vs-nats-an-easy-to-understand-comparison https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/google-cloud-pubsub-vs-nats-an-easy-to-understand-comparison Examining messaging options for scalable, event-based systems: features, advantages, disadvantages, and costs. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin message-queuearchitecturegoogle-cloudcncf https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-deploy-a-multi-cluster-service-mesh-on-gke-with-anthos https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-deploy-a-multi-cluster-service-mesh-on-gke-with-anthos A detailed guide on deploying a multi-cluster, multi-region service mesh with Anthos Service Mesh on GKE. Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin google-cloudkubernetesservice-meshcncf https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-safely-store-secrets-in-terraform-using-cloud-kms https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-safely-store-secrets-in-terraform-using-cloud-kms Protecting Terraform secrets using Cloud KMS for seamless git commit experience. Sun, 04 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin securitygitgoogle-cloudterraformcncf https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-optimize-php-performance-on-google-cloud-run https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-to-optimize-php-performance-on-google-cloud-run Discover ways to enhance PHP performance on Google Cloud Run. Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin performancephpgoogle-cloudserverless https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-i-prepared-for-the-google-cloud-associate-cloud-engineer-exam https://www.lucavallin.com/blog/how-i-prepared-for-the-google-cloud-associate-cloud-engineer-exam Learn from my personal experience in preparing and passing the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer exam, making it more accessible for you. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Luca Cavallin google-cloudcertificationcloud