Terraform Pipelines for Dummies Part3: GitHub Actions Azure Deploy with OIDC

Intro Did you know that over 23 millions secrets were publicly exposed in GitHub in 2024 alone? and even 70% of the secrets leaked in 2022 are still valid? This is additional evidence that leaked secrets are still the number one biggest threat to your business. The worst thing to do is make it easy …

vLLM for beginners: The Fundamentals

Intro last year, I have dived deep into Ollama inference where I ended up building and speaking about Ollama Kubernetes deployments along with rich documentation in my ollama_lab repo and quantization article—This year’s Cloudtrhill focus is VLLM Inference which is a next level beast from a model serving standpoint. Exploring multiple inference options is time-intensive …

Ollama deployment on Civo K8s Cluster with terraform

Intro Tired of sharing your IP & sensitive data to OpenAI ? What if you could run your own private AI chatbot powered by Local Inference & LLMs, with 100% data privacy—all inside a Kubernetes cluster?Today we’ll show you how to deploy an end-to-end LLM inference setup on a Civo Cloud Talos K8s cluster with …

kv_cache Explained: How It Enhances vLLM Inference

Intro Too often, machine learning concepts are explained like a mathematician talking to other mathematicians—leaving the rest of us scratching our heads. One of those is kv_cache, a key technique that makes large language models run faster and more efficient.This blog is my attempt to break it down simply, without drowning in dark math :). …

HashiCorp Vault for Dummies: Setup your 1st Vault with TLS (WSL)

Intro Vault by HashiCorp is a powerful tool for managing secrets, credentials, and encrypted data. In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up a local Vault server using Raft storage and TLS in a WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) environment. Whether you’re just starting with secrets management, prepping for the Vault Associate exam, or …