Can you learn Kubernetes from just using the cloud? I explain the value to work beyond that and challenging myself to get this… — As of 30th April 2022, I’ve gotten CKA-certified!!! 🥳 🎉 Oops, not to say that this will be a self-congratulatory post (though I would be hard-pressed to admit that it kind of is). This is also not a post to teach you how to pass this exam, since there are…

RBAC in a EKS Kubernetes Cluster? How do we exactly achieve this? — In the last two chapters, we have been mostly occupied with the initial setup of EKS, along with initial monitoring tools for understanding our cluster better. What about onboarding our teammates onto our EKS Kubernetes cluster, and assigning different groups of teammates the appropriate access rights? Let’s explore that today! …

“Value Creation” — A journey of opportunities, tenure, experience, and more — Let’s get to the point — what is “Value Creation”? Well, it is the process of transforming resources of any kind or form (time, money, materials, etc.) into something that an organization values. But…why does it matter to us? It matters because it justifies your reason for belonging to any…

4 Tools to monitor your Kubernetes Cluster. But which one reigns best? — After a week or so of toiling, we’re back! This week, I want to discuss tools that we can use to monitor/manage our clusters. Each one of these tools can be used individually, but it doesn’t hurt to have them installed altogether. And they represent solutions from both the web…

“Hard to look left and right” when we are testing multiple features? That’s why we need A/B tests. Here’s how to set it up fast in Angular. — Are A/B testing / feature flags / progressive rollout / remote configuration hard to set up for a web application? It definitely seems so from a raw perspective (e.g. doing it from scratch). However, with the multitude of tools available to us today, it’s a much easier task to achieve…

Let’s get started with EKS! — Introduction Getting started with Kubernetes alone isn’t a hard thing to do. There are plenty of online materials that cater to learning, such as Coursera and Qwiklabs. However, starting a project from scratch with Kubernetes, that’s something that I suspect most, including myself, have not yet experienced before. For me, this…

“What tier-ed architecture are we on today? 2-tier or 3-tier?” — Le Boss — “Weiyuan, what tier-ed architecture are we on today? 2-tier or 3-tier?” — Le Boss Me — “😳” Earlier this week, I was caught, with my pants down — I was asked the above question and didn’t know how to answer it. To be completely honest, I have never heard about…

The Great Resignation is happening. You may find yourself surrounded by colleagues and friends who have switched jobs once, or even twice… — The Great Resignation is happening. You may find yourself surrounded by colleagues and friends who have switched jobs once, or even twice, during this tumultuous period caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. You might even have switched jobs yourself, or at least be tempted to do the same.

Faking it till you make it? That’s not a good idea by any measure. — I’ve been an interviewer for about 4 years now. To be more precise, I regularly hire for tech headcount — Backend, Web, QA, etc. And I’m glad to say that misrepresentation, or lying about one’s credentials and capabilities, doesn’t happen as often (or at least not done to ridiculous extents)…