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  1. 01cloud engineering · intermediate

    Docker — Images, Layers, Dockerfile, Networking

    Understand container images, cache invalidation, runtime isolation and service networking through a multi-stage Python reference design and measured acceptance criteria.

    29 min read
  2. 02cloud engineering · intermediate

    Kubernetes I — Pods, Deployments, Services

    Kubernetes without the mysticism — Pods run containers, Deployments keep N of them alive, Services give them a stable IP. Reason through and optionally deploy a local app, with selectors, probes and rollout failure analysis.

    23 min read
  3. 03cloud engineering · intermediate

    Kubernetes II — ConfigMaps, Secrets, HPA, Network Policies

    Connect configuration, secret rotation, autoscaling and network isolation to a complete reference workload, then reason through controller and recovery failures.

    38 min read
  4. 04cloud engineering · intermediate

    Azure Cloud — Identity, Storage, Networking, App Service

    The four pillars of every real Azure workload — Entra ID + RBAC, Storage & Cosmos, VNets & Private Endpoints, App Service & Container Apps. What to pick and why.

    28 min read
  5. 05cloud engineering · intermediate

    Infrastructure as Code — Terraform / Bicep Basics

    Build a versioned Azure Terraform module on paper, understand state and dependency graphs, and rehearse plan review, drift, import, refactoring and recovery without cloud writes.

    37 min read
  6. 06cloud engineering · intermediate

    Ship It — Deploy, Package, Sustain

    Choose a route from local Python to an API, from an app to a container, or from a binary to a Windows package—and build a repeatable review and learning habit.

    8 min read
  7. 07cloud engineering · intermediate

    Automating audio generation

    From text , generate audio files and publishing them to webapp

    13 min read
  8. 08cloud engineering · beginner

    Deploying scripts as an API in Azure

    Deploying local python scripts and converting them as an API.

    9 min read
  9. 09cloud engineering · intermediate

    Building windows app and publishing to app store.

    Exploring the fundamentals of building an .exe file from scratch, including C++ compilation, object files, linking, DLLs, and more.

    10 min read
  10. 10cloud engineering · intermediate

    Basics of Azure AI Foundry

    A self-sufficient guide to Azure AI Foundry — what it is, how the hub/project/deployment model works, how to ship a grounded agent end-to-end with SDK + Bicep, and the security/eval/cost levers you cannot skip.

    12 min read
  11. 11cloud engineering · advanced

    Taking the Azure Fabric Ignite Edition Challenges to Complete

    Microsoft Learn Challenge conducting a challenge to get good in few of the challenges which are super useful to complete to gain knowledge on Microsoft Fabric.

    23 min read
  12. 12cloud engineering · intermediate

    Exploring different services in GCP

    Exploration and documentation of different services offered in GCP

    22 min read
  13. 13cloud engineering · intermediate

    Exploring Azure Data Explorer and Best Practices

    A self-sufficient deep-dive on Azure Data Explorer (ADX/Kusto) — architecture, the KQL language from zero to advanced, ingestion patterns, performance/cost levers, and operational best practices.

    16 min read
  14. 14cloud engineering · beginner

    AI Voice chatting to help with Customer support use-cases

    Using current speech augmented LLMs (SpeechLLMs) with realtime voice modality to understand user issues and to provide support and solutions.

    5 min read
  15. 15cloud engineering · beginner

    Audio to Video Generation Using Replit AI and Deploy as an Azure Webapp

    Tool to convert an uploaded audio mixed with an image and generate a video format with image and uploaded audio in the video format.

    5 min read
  16. 16cloud engineering · intermediate

    Deploying Web Applications in Azure with Docker

    A self-sufficient, production-minded walkthrough — from Docker internals to a hardened deploy on Azure App Service / Container Apps.

    16 min read
  17. 17cloud engineering · beginner

    Orchestrating ML Pipelines with Azure Data Factory

    Leveraging Azure Data Factory for Scalable and Efficient Machine Learning Workflows

    10 min read
  18. 18cloud engineering · beginner

    Developing a Astrology webapp version 1.

    Initial version 1 of Astro app hosted at astroyuga.com

    5 min read
  19. 19cloud engineering · beginner

    Improving the UI of this blogging app - V2

    Changing the UI layout and improving the experience by modernizing the UI with custom styling

    6 min read
  20. 20cloud engineering · beginner

    Leveraging CURSOR and Azure Services for Rapid Web Deployment

    Accelerating Development and Deployment Cycles with AI Tools

    7 min read