Weekly summary #10
Reading Time: 3 minutesSummary of the tenth week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. Can’t believe how fast it went. Overall summary Last week I have posted a view from my living room in a small village of Argentiere, near Chamonix. It was sunny with a nice weather. Well, today it does not look that great anymore. I have moved
“Mastering API architecture” book review
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome time ago a blog post titled “Being glue” by Tanya Reilly caused some ripples in the IT industry. For some reason I remembered it when reading “Mastering API Architecture” by Gough, Bryant and Auburn. “Glue work” is the work that is something, that senior devs and upper ranks should do all the time. It’s the work, that must be done, but
Weekly summary #5
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of the fifth week’s of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. AWS on fire! Overall summary AWS Dev Associate certification exam hit me hard last week. The course on UDEMY is over 30 hours long, and that shows. In the second part of the week I had to pause the course for a couple of days. The
“Designing Data Intensive Applications” by Martin Kleppmann
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Designing Data Intensive Applications” book by Martin Kleppmann is seen as a kind of the bible today. Unless you’re squezzing every CPU cycle, fine-tuning embedded C compilers, or working on the next AAA hit – this book must have caught your attention before. To be perfectly honest – I have read that book before. However, it was
Weekly summary #4
Reading Time: 2 minutesSummary of fourth week’s of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. New month gives new opportunities for growth – AWS mode is on! Overall summary However, before I’ve started hard with AWS, I have concluded Kubernetes refresher course. I have also worked my way through Kafka one. Both of course ended with a lot of created flashcards, and knowledge gained.
Weekly summary #3
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThird week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. The pinnacle of it was me passing AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. However, passing the exam was not the only thing that occupied me this week. Just right after the cert, I’ve started a refresher course for Kubernetes on the Udemy. Of course, I have continued with Python and training with ANKI
How I became AWS Cloud Practitioner
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday I have passed AWS Cloud Practitioner Certificate exam. You may wonder – why did I choose foundational certification? There is much more to this story, so if I have caught your attention – keep on reading. Senior dev revisited My experience with IT certification is going back… long back. It was on my first blog, where
Weekly summary #2
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSecond week of my #SeniorDevRevamp project. Dominated by preparation for AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. Here it comes. The only thing that I remember from this week are flashcards. I dream of flashcards, I breathe them. Sometimes I am too afraid of opening the fridge… 17-06-2024: Finished AWS Skill Builder Technical Essentials course (4-6th chapter) +