The Importance of Passion in Product Management: A Non-Textbook Lesson
A valuable lesson that I've learned in my career as a product manager is the importance of having a strong passion for your product. Here's why.
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2023
Why Product Managers Must Champion their Products
Whether you are launching a new product or improving an existing one, your success as a product manager depends on your ability to effectively champion your product
Product-Led Growth - Key takeaways
Learn how to create a product that sells itself. A must read for Product Managers.
2022
How to get started with CPU Profiling using eBPF
bpftrace to flamegraph in 3 simple commmands...
Day1 @ Elastic
Here's to the end of one journey at AppD and the beginning of another at Elastic!
When I die, will you miss me?
Lately, I've been dwelling on the inevitable end of my life. To whom do I bring the sorrow of my passing? To what end? Do I give a crap about what I will be remembered for?
Why Continuous Profiling is a 'must have' in your Observability Strategy
If your cloud-native observability strategy or solution does not include continuous profiling using eBPF, then you must go back to the drawing board. Here's why...
Product Leaders must focus on Orginial Insigts - Jetu
Measure yourself with the frequency and quality of original insights that you and your team come up with that make your value unique...
My girls know Cloud Computing, seriously!
Watch my kids as they demystify the concepts of cloud computing, cyber security, cyberbullying, etc. I am a proud #GirlDad...
How OpenTelemetry (OTel) is underpinning Observability
Observability lets us understand a system from the outside by letting us ask questions about that system without knowing its inner workings. OTel creates a unified standard for olly.
eBPF in Plain English
eBPF is what JavaScript is to HTML. It is a mechanism for Linux applications to execute code in Linux kernel space...
How Does Distributed Tracing Work?
Distributed tracing provides end-to-end visibility and reveals service dependencies – showing how the services respond to each other to fulfil a request...
Product Management Frameworks
My library of reference frameworks is expanding as I progress in my career as a Cloud Observability Product Manager and my MBA studies. The objective of this post is to document the ...
2021
Observability vs Monitoring: A DevOps perspective
Observability does not replace monitoring. They are NOT mutually exclusive; rather, they are mutually reinforcing. Although observability and monitoring are not the same, they are of...
R.I.P Mama
R.I.P Mama, though this dark brown grave-sand of yours only adds colours to my tears
My Mum has cancer. Coping is tough
Today is Easter, and here I am writing about a sad news. My Mum was recently diagnosed with gastric cancer...
Debug Kubernetes Service with Busybox Pod
A problem that occurs quite often with new Kubernetes Deployments is that a Service is not working correctly.
Tips To Get Your Kids Excited About Coding
Coding is a creative activity that any kid can engage in, and teaching kids how to code should be top of mind for parents and guardians. Here are some of the tips to get your kids ex...
Raspberry Pi Cluster: Setting up K3s Kubernetes using Ansible - Part#3
This tutorial will be a brief walk through the process of getting K3s Kubernetes up and running on Raspberry Pi - Using Ansible...
Prepare Raspberry Pi to run K3s Kubernetes Cluster - Part#2
This tutorial will be a brief walk through the process of preparing your Raspberry Pi to run Kubernetes Cluster. This setup can be entirely headless...
Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster: Getting Started - Part#1
I had a few websites running on a managed hosting platform. This blog series describes how I am now running those public-facing websites (including a NAS server) from home using a Ra...
The Architect of the Year Award
Despite all the odds in 2020...this award means a lot to me, and I will cherish the trophy for a long time...
Implementing Zero Trust Security in Kubernetes
The vulnerability in castle-and-moat security systems is exacerbated by the emergence of micro-services and cloud-native technologies. The question is, how can a Zero trust model be ...
Tribute to Ioannis Christoudis - A colleague & a mentee turned friend
Farewell my friend, Ioannis. Sorry, you had to close the chapter this soon. I am happy for the opportunity to have mentored you...You spoke about your recovery from COVID, and I told...
Why Does A Techie Like Me Need An MBA?
I gained admission into a PhD program as soon as I graduated from an M.Sc program at Middlesex University, London. Shortly after I enrolled in the full-time PhD program, LIFE gave me...
Terraform Certification: Tips and Prep Strategy
Terraform is a declarative orchestration tool for provisioning and versioning of infrastructure. I have been working with Terraform at my workplace for a while, albeit from a Monitor...
The Ultimate CKAD Prep Guide
The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) program was developed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). I passed the exam and these notes summarise what you shou...
Kubeval CI/CD: Kubernetes Manifests Validation
I find YAML very tricky to write and maintain, and the Kubernetes schema does not make it any easier due to the large set of configuration options.
2020
Setting up Shibboleth like a BOSS: Tales of my journey into the SSO Dark World
Have you ever wondered how SSO work under the hood? I was battered by various complex SSO/LDAP integration issues, I decided to make it personal...