Whenever I got a chance to try and use Gemini models, the results were disappointing. The results reflected that the context was always not enough. My prompts to Gemini were mostly text based and learning oriented. However, other models like GPT, Sonnet they were able to provide relevant answers. Only when the prompts were carefully […]
“Success is counted sweetest… by those who never succeed’ – CKA reminded me that. I had a CKA voucher which was about to expire in 3 months. I started my prep for CKA in June 2025. In fact, I started with LFCS (Linux System Admin), spent some time on DCA (Docker Certified Associate) during May
AWS is not something I use at work everyday. I still wanted to go for this exam just for the thrill of catching a big fish. The preparation took me 3+ months. Back in 2023, I spent almost the same time for the Associate exam. The pro exam focuses more on cross account, multi region,
AWS Solution Architect Professional – I want to take this challenge first. The exam itself is for 3 hours. The questions are lengthy and the options too are. Definitely trains the brain to be focussed for a longer time. UPDATE – 7th April – COMPLETE Linux SysAdmin – The more new tools I learn on
AWS turned out to be super costly for running a simple wordpress website on a single T2 micro VM (on-demand plan) with both apache webserver and mysql database. The overall cost came around 1400 INR for a month. With savings plan for 1 year/3year, we could get around 30% discount. It would be still be
Today I migrated my wordpress server which was hosted on GCP to AWS. I had 3 months of free trial on GCP and it is getting over today. Though I was not billed, the cost per month for running a simple word press on Google Cloud comes around 1000 INR per month. May be with
Learning Materials: I took couple of courses for learning the topics covered by this exam and one more for practice tests. The links are here The Udemy course was for fast track learners and the KodeKloud one goes slow and deep. I took the KodeKloud course after taking the Udemy course completely. There was a
Learning Materials I used couple of courses by Hashicorp Ambassadors (Bryan and Gabe) on Udemy to learn about Terraform and prepare for the exam. Course –> https://www.udemy.com/course/terraform-hands-on-labs/ – 15+ hours with hands-on Practice Tests –> https://www.udemy.com/course/terraform-associate-practice-exam – 6 mock exams The course was very engaging and the hands-on labs were easy (and not time consuming)
Getting Started Command Explanation minikube start –driver=virtualbox If you are not using Docker Desktop, minikube can help setup a cluster with Virtualbox as driver kubectl run hello-minikube –image=nginx Runs a Pod named hello-minikube with a nginx image. kubectl cluster-info Displays cluster information, including API server and core services URLs. kubectl run nginx –image=nginx –dry-run=client -o
In today’s fast-paced technology landscape, frameworks, languages, APIs, tools, and practices are constantly evolving. No doubt, all the Generative AI assistants are going to help developers/engineers/managers to keep up and be more productive in the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Ever since I tried ChatGPT, I have that pinned that on my bookmark bar and