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career

Connecting the dots: Let’s get ship done!

9 minute read

Today I’m joining Harness as a Principal Developer Advocate. Harness is a complete software delivery platform whose mission is to enable the 30M+ software de...

Dear tech recruiters,

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Are Developer Advocates the same as Developers? How do a Project Manager, Program Manager, and Product Manager differ in their roles? How about a UX Designer...

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devops

10 steps to a better Dockerfile

7 minute read

The journey to the cloud typically starts with containerizing your apps. One of the first challenges developers face is writing the blueprint for those conta...

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devrel

MeetUps - an underrated tech job board

7 minute read

Are you trying to find your first job in IT? Are you trying to switch to a better (paying) tech job? If you have tried to reach out to a professional on Link...

StackConf 2022 Conference - Reflection

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Last month I travelled across the pond to attend and give a talk at StackConf EU 2022 - an open-source infrastructure-focused conference. After two virtual e...

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kafka

Dewan learns Kafka - Let’s talk to Kafka

6 minute read

In this week’s blog, I try to make sense of Apache Kafka® ProducerAPI and ConsumerAPI. In an effort to do so, I use a simple Java program to produce some mes...

Dewan learns Kafka - Basics

4 minute read

I am NOT a Kafka expert. The fact is, I’ve just started learning this topic. I believe that the best way to learn something is to learn in public. In this fi...

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infrastructure-as-code

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kubernetes

7 OpenShift Questions and 8 Answers

3 minute read

Few years ago, I gave an IBM-internal talk on OpenShift. During my favorite part of the talk (the Q&A), a number of good questions came up. I took away s...

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community

MeetUps - an underrated tech job board

7 minute read

Are you trying to find your first job in IT? Are you trying to switch to a better (paying) tech job? If you have tried to reach out to a professional on Link...

How to get involved with Open Source

3 minute read

Recently, a student reached out to me and asked: Could you guide me in terms of how I can get started with contributing to open source projects?

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automation

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cicd

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openshift

7 OpenShift Questions and 8 Answers

3 minute read

Few years ago, I gave an IBM-internal talk on OpenShift. During my favorite part of the talk (the Q&A), a number of good questions came up. I took away s...

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open-source

How to get involved with Open Source

3 minute read

Recently, a student reached out to me and asked: Could you guide me in terms of how I can get started with contributing to open source projects?

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containers

10 steps to a better Dockerfile

7 minute read

The journey to the cloud typically starts with containerizing your apps. One of the first challenges developers face is writing the blueprint for those conta...

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resume

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culture

Let’s NOT have a beer

3 minute read

For the first time, I won a major raffle at a recent conference. However, I had to give the prize back since it was a beer dispenser and I don’t drink. If yo...

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linux

ripgrep - an extremely fast grep alternative

3 minute read

If you’ve used grep to search for text or patterns in files, you’ll love ripgrep - a command-line utility tool written in Rust. By default, ripgrep will resp...

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tools

ripgrep - an extremely fast grep alternative

3 minute read

If you’ve used grep to search for text or patterns in files, you’ll love ripgrep - a command-line utility tool written in Rust. By default, ripgrep will resp...

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docs-as-code

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technical writing

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meetups

MeetUps - an underrated tech job board

7 minute read

Are you trying to find your first job in IT? Are you trying to switch to a better (paying) tech job? If you have tried to reach out to a professional on Link...

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postgresql

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tips

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networking

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linkedin

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