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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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I'm on the Cillers Podcast Talking About Tech and Hackathons
I had a great time on The Cillers Podcast chatting about my journey in tech and hackathons! We talked about organizing hackathons at GitHub, how they foster creativity and collaboration, and their role in inspiring new product ideas. We also touched on boosting development speed with great tools and managing technical debt. Big thanks to the Cillers team for having me!
I'm on the KubeFM Podcast Talking About "Linux Containers From Scratch"
KubeFM recently invited me to talk about my project "barco: Linux Containers From Scratch in C". In this episode, I talk about why Linux containers don't exist, how to use cgroups and namespaces to isolate a process, how to secure the container with seccomp and capabilities, and how to make the right syscall from C to build your own container engine. Thank you, KubeFM, for having me!
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.
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.