Understanding Database Indexes

Indexes are like going to the airport and looking at the signs to see where your gate is located. The signs tell you how to get to your gate quickly. The alternative to not having signs is walking the whole airport randomly until you come across your gate. So by having the signs you can reach your gate a lot faster. Makes sense right? This is the idea behind indexes. ...

December 8, 2024 · 6 min

Preparing for the Kubernetes Application Developer Exam

Learning To prepare for the exam I took the Udemy Kubernetes Certified Application Developer (CKAD) with Tests which I could access for free through my company. The course covers all the topics required for the exam with labs to practice each section which I found super helpful. The labs are hosted on KodeKloud and they are free to access as part of the course. I had some previous experience interacting with kubernetes as part of my job, but I lacked a good understanding of the basic concepts. ...

September 10, 2024 · 6 min

Career Transition into AI

This is my story of how I went from non-tech into becoming a Machine Learning Engineer. I must have told this story multiple times in many different forms, but this will be the first time it goes into writing. Enjoy. I have a bachelor’s degree in Commerce. I found the last few years of school so exhausting that the thought of doing an engineering degree put me off. Four + years of no life? Oft, no thanks. I also thought I wasn’t smart enough to do engineering anyway so instead I chose Commerce - which “coincidentally” was the same degree my brother was doing. ...

December 16, 2023 · 4 min