If you've ever been handed a task like "go figure out a VPN for us" with zero networking background, this post is the guide I wish someone had handed me. No prior VPN knowledge assumed. By the end, yo
Grafana Dashboards as Code — Destroy the Container, the Dashboard Survives (Week 3) Someone commented on my last post: "Don't forget the nice gradient shade, give it some bling." Challenge accepted. B
Actually Happens When Things Don't Work (Week 2) Last week I spun up a working observability stack from scratch. This week I went deeper. And I hit real problems. I'm documenting both — because the de
I Was Handed an Observability Role I Had Never Done Before.Here's What I Built in Week1. My boss sent a message on a Tuesday night. "Can you help with observability customisation?" Prometheus. Grafana
Ever wondered how cloud providers like AWS create isolated networks for their customers? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to recreate the core functionality of AWS VPC using only Linux networking primitives. This is the same technology that powers...
Introduction As a DevOps intern, I was tasked with creating an automated deployment pipeline that mirrors real world workflows. The challenge? Build a robust bash script that automates the complete deployment of a Dockerized application to a remote s...
When I first heard about AWS Marketplace, I thought of it as “the app store for cloud.” It’s where software vendors can publish preconfigured images, SaaS products, and machine learning models so customers can easily deploy them on AWS. One of the mo...