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Long-form notes on platform engineering, cloud-native infrastructure, the Linux kernel and the messy reality of running AI workloads. Written in the open, occasionally opinionated.
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Platform Engineering End-to-End
Platform engineering is more than DevOps with a portal. This post walks the full arc of the discipline end to end: why platforms exist, how to build and operate them, how to manage the messy stakeholder politics, and what success actually looks like. Grounded in Fournier and Nowland's book and a few years of doing this on real systems.
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.
Club Cloud 2021: Cloud Engineering Panel Discussion
Interactive panel discussion about the treats of being a cloud engineer, the developments and a guestimate about what the future holds, with Antoni Tzavelas and Jeroen Reijn.
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.
What is Google Cloud Deploy?
Simplifying container-based app development on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) with Cloud Deploy.
Club Cloud Stories #2 - News from Around the Cloud
The latest news from around the cloud: Club Cloud Stories #2 is here! Luca Cavallin & Jacco Kulman – joined by special guest Antoni Tzavelas (Google Cloud Course Creator and DevOps enthusiast) – are going to discuss: "CloudFormation: Quick Retry", "Google Cloud IoT Core 101", "Step Functions: Power Up", "What is GitOps?", "Inspect Traffic Between Subnets in a VPC", "Rust on CloudFlare Workers".
Club Cloud Stories #1 - The First Episode with Antoni Tzavelas & Mark van Holsteijn
In this first episode of Club Cloud Stories, hosts Luca Cavallin and Jacco Kulman welcome two guests: Antoni Tsavelas and Mark van Holsteijn. They discuss the latest cloud developments as well as a special reaper package to stop containers from running.
Designing Serverless Applications on AWS - Jacco Kulman and Luca Cavallin @ End2End LIVE
Learn how to design serverless applications on the AWS platform from Jacco Kulman and Luca Cavallin. This session was hosted during the End2End Live conference in June 2021.
How to Use Terraform Workspaces to Manage Environment-based Configuration
Find out how to make managing infrastructure in multiple environments easier with Terraform Workspaces, without using regular modules.
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.