Blogs

Introduction For anyone diving into DevOps, there’s a moment when the theory of Kubernetes—all the talk of Pods, Services, and Deployments—needs to meet the messy reality of practice. My journey with the “Log-Pong” application was exactly that: a hands-on, often challenging, but ultimately rewarding experience that took me from manually managing resources to orchestrating a fully automated GitOps pipeline. This post isn’t just a project showcase. It’s a story about the power of starting with the fundamentals, embracing the “manual” way to build deep understanding, and then leveraging that knowledge to build a professional, automated workflow. If you’re on a similar path, I hope my story resonates and offers some useful insights. ...

Introduction: The Project That Taught Me Everything In the world of DevOps, you can read documentation for months, but nothing solidifies your skills like building something real. For me, that “something” was a seemingly simple Todo application. This project, inspired by the practical challenges presented in devopswithkubernetes.com, became my personal deep dive into Kubernetes, taking me from the humble beginnings of kubectl apply on my local machine to orchestrating a state-of-the-art, multi-environment GitOps workflow on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). ...

Introduction As a passionate individual eager to delve into the world of DevOps, I found myself facing a common question: “What is a good beginner project to gain practical experience?” After exploring various resources and communities, I stumbled upon an insightful blog post titled “The Best DevOps Project for a Beginner” by Logan Marchione. Inspired by his guidance, I embarked on an exciting journey to build my own static website, and I would like to share my personal experience and lessons learned along the way. ...

Study material from devopswithdocker.com. Embarking on a journey through the world of DevOps, my focus has been on mastering Docker and its ecosystem. This blog post serves as a quick recap of the key learnings and concepts explored across various exercises and chapters in my study. Chapter 1: Docker Fundamentals - Building Blocks of Containerization Chapter 1 laid the groundwork, focusing on the absolute essentials of Docker. This is where we learned to craft Dockerfiles – the blueprints for our containerized applications. ...