Journal
Notes from work and the road
Guides from the cloud, stories from the trail, and the odd thing worth remembering.

My childhood best friend.
After almost three years of not writing, I finally felt like putting something down again, nothing big, just a small moment from my life that stayed with me. I recently got to see Ed Sheeran live in Melbourne. Definitely not a spontaneous thing, because I had to plan it months in advance and grab tickets…
TravelA journey to 2071
In February 2022, the Museum of the Future was unveiled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and it quickly gained worldwide recognition as the "most beautiful building in the world" due to its awe-inspiring design. The marvelous skyscrapers in Dubai and the well-known fact that the UAE is capable of building miraculous structures and bringing crazy…
TechnologyA simple guide to Terraform Cloud
Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that allows users to define, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure resources in a declarative way. It supports various cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and more, and uses a domain-specific language (DSL) called HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) for defining configuration files. When you use…
TravelWe beat the sun to the top of Pidurangala
Originally posted on MyCuppaTea: Two weeks ago I had an opportunity to experience this incredulously fulfilling feeling that I had never ever experienced in my whole life before. I would even say that it’s a moment of epiphany that made me realize how small a midget I am in a gigantic world. This happened at…
TechnologyThe simplest way to share a container registry in GCP (CLI)
You may have come across instances where you have to utilize container images from a shared private container registry for your Kubernetes cluster. It being private, it's always a must to provide the required authentication credentials for your cluster to talk to the registry. In GCP, this is fairly simple and hassle-free. Let's look at the simple…
TravelLife in Thailand
Ever since my first trip to Thailand in 2016, I have seized every opportunity to return. People often ask me why I keep traveling to Thailand instead of exploring new destinations. However, Thailand holds a special place in my heart, thanks to the amazing experiences and people I have met there. Allow me to elaborate…

The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton