Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Apache Kafka on Kubernetes with Strimzi: A Complete Beginner-to-Pro Guide
A comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes using the Strimzi Operator—covering CRDs, architecture, network listeners, ACL security, and production best practices.
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Demystifying the Kubernetes Operator Pattern: Custom Resources, Informers, and Reconcile Loops
A comprehensive technical study guide on the Kubernetes Operator Pattern—explaining CRDs, Level-Triggered Controllers, Informer Caches, Reconcile Loops, and Strimzi Kafka primitives.
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How Kubernetes Probes Actually Work: My Takeaways and Mental Models
Personal learnings and mental models on how the Kubelet executes Startup, Readiness, and Liveness probes—and how to avoid cascading outages in production.
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Building a Mini-Kafka from Scratch in Java: Step-by-Step Learning Notes
A step-by-step educational guide on implementing a distributed commit log (Mini-Kafka) in Java, covering data storage, TCP networking, client-side semantic partitioning, and consumer offset design decisions.