portfolio

note: my professional experience are deliberately excluded from this portfolio. This is a show case of my extracurricular learning and projects. If you want to know more about my work history, you can check out my LinkedIn or view my resume here

2027

 

• TBD

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2026

 

• finish Kubernetes in Action

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2025 learning objectives

 

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my notes on these topics can be found at this repo

• notes on system design
• KodeKloud courses (start with DevOps path and Cloud first)
  • Kubernetes
  • GitOps
  • Go
  • CI/CD
  • Docker
  • Shell Scripting
  • Linux/Unix admin

MLOps

• ML System Design Patterns

Kubernetes

• set up a local Kubernetes cluster, deploy stateless applications
• implement stateful workloads, PersistentVolumes, and StorageClasses
• configure networking, ingress controllers, and create a demo project

Go

• build CLI tools with Go standard library
• learn Go concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels)
• build a DevOps utility tool in Go

Monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana

• set up Prometheus locally, understand core concepts, implement basic exporters
• set up Grafana dashboards with Prometheus and implement basic alerting

anytime study

Kubernetes

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AplluksKvzI
• either KCSA or CKAD

Rust

• Comprehensive Rust
• The Book
• Practice coding daily with small exercises or projects
• Gradually move on to real-world projects or contribute to open-source
• Use the compiler errors as learning opportunities—Rust’s error messages are very descriptive
• Balance reading about concepts with hands-on coding
• https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/
• https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/
• https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/

GitOps

• Certified GitOps Associate

CLI

• Mac Terminal commands

OpenTelemetry

• LinuxFoundation (free)

Apache Spark

• Certified Associate Developer

Delta Lake

• Microsoft

on-job study

books

[Pragmatic programmer](<add pragmatic programmer

Extreme programming

The Clean Coder

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Design Patterns

Prompt Engineering

Clean Code

the unicorn project? AutoDubs

a project for a startup competition i made with Elias Belzberg. We didn’t win, but we learned a lot about the business side of launching a startup %%

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future projects

 

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projects take time from other things i enjoy so no guarantees i will have the time to start any of this. I have a a template for building profitable things that i use to determine whether or not something is worth working on

feel free to take any of this stuff and run with it, just make sure to credit me for the inspiration (better yet, reach out and let’s build it together)

• opinion board (partially implemented —see the High Speed Rail project)
• personalized AI generated GIFs
• some kind of podcast/youtube channel on How to Think
• urban sprawl predictor
• art distribution project
• reverse yelp
• friend finder