Hey there! I’m Mhathesh, and this is my digital garden where I dump my tech adventures, random musings, and probably too many Star Wars references. After battling with Notion for way too long, I finally found my way here. Expect notes on coding, tech, and occasional nerdy deep-dives!
May the source be with you! 🖖
What CKA Certification Taught Me!
What CKA Certification Taught Me! Preparing for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam is a journey filled with valuable lessons and hands-on experience. As I worked through the certification, I encountered several new concepts and tools that expanded my understanding of Kubernetes. In this blog, I’ll walk you through these new insights to make it easier. 1. Network Policies Network Policies define how pods in a Kubernetes cluster communicate with each other and external services. These policies act as firewalls at the pod level. To understand real-world scenarios, explore this comprehensive GitHub repository, which provides practical examples. ...
What Vault Certification Taught Me!
How I Got Vault Certified in Just One Week—and the New Features It Unlocked for Me Recently, I earned my HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate certification, and let me tell you—it was an eye-opener! Even after using Vault for over a year, the certification prep introduced me to features and concepts I had overlooked or underestimated. This blog is a mix of my certification journey and the new Vault insights that completely changed the way I use it. ...
TechXConf 2024: Insights into AI and Cloud Innovations
Attending TechXConf 2024, Asia’s largest AI and Cloud conference, was an eye-opener! Over two packed days, I explored groundbreaking topics and tools that left me eager to dive deeper. Here’s a quick rundown of three standout sessions that I found particularly fascinating. 1. Unleashing the Power of Azure AI with Microsoft Fabric Speaker: Vinodh Kumar Session Theme: Extracting Insights from Documents In this session, Vinodh Kumar demonstrated how Azure Document Intelligence, integrated with Microsoft Fabric, can revolutionize document processing workflows. Using AI-powered tools, you can extract data from complex PDFs or document formats, seamlessly load it into data lake solutions, and use it for advanced analytics. ...
Vault Under Siege: The Shocking Story of 4 Million Tokens
Ever imagined a Vault so jam-packed with tokens that it flatlines? Well, one organization found out the hard way when their Vault instance ground to a halt under the weight of four million service tokens. Picture this: they couldn’t even authenticate with Vault, not even after a desperate restart! After much scrambling (and a call to Vault support), they got it back up and running, but that got me thinking about how we can avoid a similar token overload disaster. So, let’s dive into some best practices to keep your Vault healthy and far away from token-induced headaches. ...
Building a Scalable OTT Platform Using AWS MediaConvert
In this project, we developed a robust backend infrastructure for an OTT (Over-The-Top) streaming platform using AWS services such as S3, MediaConvert, and CloudFront CDN. Our goal was to provide a seamless, high-quality streaming experience for movies, adaptable to various internet speeds and screen resolutions. Workflow Overview Content Upload and Storage: We obtained movie files from our vendors and stored them in Amazon S3. S3 served as our primary storage solution, allowing scalable, secure, and durable storage for large media files. ...