All-in-one DevOps VM

The Ultimate DevOps Sandbox . “Tired of juggling multiple VMs for your DevOps stack? Get it all in one place with the ultimate DevOps VM—just one command, zero hassle.” Intro This idea’s been chilling in my mind for ages while I was playing around with Vagrant. I’ve lost count of the number of cool builds …

How to Survive Pearson Vue exam glitch nightmare

Intro Recently, I passed the AWS SAA certification, and while sharing your achievement on socials after long months of preparation and grind can be gratifying, some Pearson Vue test takers, didn’t have the same smooth experience, for unexpected challenges due to OnVue software glitches. In this short post, I’ll take you through the surreal blunders …

What Autoupgrade won’t Catch for you when moving to 19c Part1: Ghost OLAP

Intro So far, I have used Oracle AutoUpgrade, many times in 3 different OS’. Yet the more you think you’ve seen it all and reached the highest confidence level, another Upgrade will come byte you in the butt. The truth is every maintenance in any software or platform is unique, Oracle databases are no exception. …

Tech Content creator toolkit: the cheat sheet

Intro Some of you are probably at a stage where daily work isn’t enough, and interacting with the tech community is the fulfilling mission you’ve been waiting for. But in order to do so, you need to level up your game. Whether your goal is to be a blogger, speaker, podcaster, or social media maverick, …

OCI FortiGate HA Cluster – Reference Architecture: Code review & Fixes

Intro OCI Quick Start repositories on GitHub are collections of Terraform scripts and configurations provided by Oracle. These repositories are designed to help organizations quickly deploy common infrastructure setups on the OCI Platform. Each Quick Start focuses on a specific use case or workload, simplifying the process of provisioning on OCI using Terraform—a sort of …