A snapshot of what I'm currently focused on, thinking about, and working towards.
Getting reacquainted with k8s and microservices. The goal is CKA at the end of this. Targeting this exam some time in April, perhaps the last week.
2026-03-06 13:00
Started reading Building microservices by Sam Newman.
2026-06-05 10:48
I am following the kubestronaut path on KodeKloud for this now.
I will give KCNA first and then KCA. We will see where we go after this.
This is a certification quest for the next few months. The goal for this is the Azure AI 900 certification.
Primary source for learning is the Microsoft Learning Path with 14 modules for this path.
2026-02-27 13:07 - Started with the module.
2026-03-31:
Using the Python for DevOps: Mastering Real-World Automation course now. Re-doing the same exercises (create a variable, etc.) feels weird without the context. This course provides important context on how these things matter in a Devops contxt.
More like re-learning python.
The first time around I had used the book Learn Python the hard way. It was great, I had created a Pokémon type game and learnt it.
I did not really have a chance to use Python at work outside of a few scripts, so those skills atrophied.
Now I’m relearning Python and additionally pick up some data analysis skills.
I am still building this website on Astro. I think I have an MVP already. The site exists and I have been posting to it continuously. But of course, if you go and look at certain places, and pages, you would know that there is still a lot left to do.
One hour uninterrupted sessions in meeting rooms at the libraries.
Started on 6th April, 2025.
Savya is at the age now, where he wants to speak so many things, but just doesn’t have the vocabulary to do so. Whenever he passes the photo fall, he starts pointing and naming his grandpa, bua, mom, dad and so on. He calls me papa first, and then if I don’t respond after 3-4 times, he will say - saja, saja, and so on.
Savya is my child. He is going to päiväkoti now. Raising him continues to be the best thing in my life.
I can touch the ground in the forward bend while doing surya-namaskar, fairly easily now. It does not happen in one smooth motion still. There is still a long way to go. I wrote about the goal with yoga . I continue to work toward that goal.