If you read Part 1 of this series, you already know how I think about classifying AWS services, by the type of work they belong to, and by how deep you actually need to go. We covered Infrastructure, Application, and Observability there. Part 2 goes into TWO categories that I find most DevOps engineers underinvest […]
AWS Services Every DevOps Engineer Should Know: Security & FinOps Read More »
A few weeks ago, I was setting up a fresh AWS environment for a new project – VPC first, then IAM roles, then EC2 instances, then wiring up CloudWatch alarms before a single line of application code was deployed. And somewhere in the middle of that, I realized something I’ve thought about before but never
What AWS Services Should You Master as a DevOps Engineer? A Practical Breakdown Read More »
So… Are You a DevOps Engineer or a Cloud Engineer? A few months ago, someone asked me a simple question during a discussion: “What exactly do you do? Are you a DevOps Engineer or a Cloud Engineer?” I paused for a second. The honest answer was: “A bit of both.” And that’s where the confusion
Which is Better? DevOps Vs Cloud Engineering (From Someone Who Does Both) Read More »
I remember staring at my terminal, a cryptic error message staring back at me, wondering if I had made a terrible mistake trying to learn Terraform without a structured course or a mentor to guide me. Nobody warned me it would feel like this. If you’re on a similar solo journey — learning Terraform on
Stop Learning Terraform the Wrong Way — Do This Instead. Read More »
You don’t need to become a data engineer. But knowing SQL will make you a sharper, faster, more confident DevOps engineer. Not long ago, I was debugging a spike in cloud costs. I opened Athena, ran a rough query against our S3 cost exports, and got my answer in under two minutes. No ticket raised.
SQL for DevOps Engineers: The Most Underrated Skill in DevOps Read More »
