👋 Welcome
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👨🏻💻 About Me
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api.hikariai.net/fun-facts: [ "Linux is a must", "I use Arch BTW", "Vim Professional" ]
api.hikariai.net/roles: [ "Community Blogger", "Cloud Solution Architect", "DevOps Specialist", "Release Specialist", "Security Specialist", "Networking Professional" ]
api.hikariai.net/current-role: "Sr. SRE (Senior Site Reliability Engineer)"
api.hikariai.net/community: [ "@openfaas", "@cncf", "@kubernetes", "@cilium", "@juicedata", "@techprober" ]
api.hikariai.net/website: "https://www.hikariai.net"
api.hikariai.net/goal: "Contribute projects globally"
spec:
certifications:
- [x] CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), certified in 2022
- [x] CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer), certified in 2022
- [x] CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist), certified in 2023
- [x] AWS certified SAP (AWS Solution Architect Professional), certified in 2023
- [ ] CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), roadmap in 2024
- [ ] CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional), roadmap in 2024
languanges:
- Native in Cantonese, Mandarin
- Fluent in English
- Proficient in Japanese
skills:
core: [ "Linux", "Enterprise Cloud Solution", "Enterprise Storage Solution", "Enterprise Integrated Compliance Firewall", "IT Security", "Advanced Networking", "Enterprise SD-WAN Solution" ]
cloud: [ "AWS", "GCP", "Oracle Cloud", "Proxmox VE", "VMware vCenter", "CIVO" ]
devops: [ "Platform Engineering, "Containerization", "Kubernetes", "CloudNative", "DevSecOps", "GitOps", "Serverless" ]
business: [ "Technical Writing", "Public Speaking", "Advocacy and Outreach", "Host Events" ]📫 How to reach me: Link Page
✅ 2023 Goals: Contribute more to open-source projects
Contacts
Repos
Skills
Primary Skills
Languages
AWS
S3, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC, VPCE, Service Endpoint, Private Link, VPC Peering, API Gateway, EKS, ECS, EC2, Route 53, LambdaFunction, AuroraDB, CloudFront, TransitGateway, CloudWatch, QuickSight, RedShift, SNS, SQS, ElasticCache
Web Development
Flask, Go-Gin, NodeJS, ExpressJS, ReactJS, AngularJS, RxJS, Yarn, Webpack, FastAPI
Database
ETCD, MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Firestore, InfluxDB, Redis, AWS DynamoDB, AWS Aurora, Cassandra
Storage & Distributed File System
iSCSI, NFS, Samba, Volume Storage, Bucket Storage, File Storage, CloudNative CSI (Container Storage Interface)
DevOps, Release, and GitOps
Platform Engineering, CI (Continuous Integration), CD (Continuous Deployment), CO (Continuous Operation)
GitHub Checks (Check Suite and Check Run), ChatOps based on Pull Request
Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Tekton CI, Argo Workflow, Weaveworks, Jenkins X, Argo Events, Argo Workflow, Image Updater
ArgoCD, FluxCD, Flagger, Rancher Fleet
Ansible Tower, Ansible AWX
Progressive Delivery, Blue/Green Deployment, Canary Deployment
Networking and Firewall
L2/L3/L4/L7 TCP/IP Networking Fundamentals, VLAN, Pfsense, OPNSense, Sophos-XG-Firewall, Cloud Router, IPS, DDoS Protection, CDN, Proxy Tunnel, SD-WAN Solution
Infrastructure as Code, Template as Code, and Configuration as Code
Pulumi, CrossPlane, Terraform, Terragrunt, Packer, Cloud-init, Ansible, LXC
Serverless & Cloud Function (FaaS, or Function as a Service)
Fn, Oracle Functions, Google Cloud Functions, AWS Lambda, Vercel Serverless Function, AWS Fargate (Serverless way to launch containers), OpenFaaS
Message Queue
RabitMQ, MQTT, Apache Kafka, AWS SQS, Redis Async
Tracing, Monitoring, and Logging
OpeneTelemetry, Prometheus, Kiali, Grafana, Weaveworks, Loki, ELK Stack (ElasticSearch), Fluentd, Fluentbit
Cloud Hosting
vSphere, vCenter, Proxmox VE, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Oracle Cloud, AliCloud, Bandwagon VPS Hosting, Tencent Cloud, Linnode, Vultr, Civo, Hetzner
Container Runtime, Orchestration, and Provision
Docker, Kata Container, CRI-O, Containerd, Docker Swarm, Rancher (k3s), CloudFoundry, Kubernetes (k8s), OpenShift, AWS EKS, GKE, OKE, K3D, K0S, MiniKube, Kind
LoadBalancer, Service Mesh Solutions, and API Gateway
HAproxy, Nginx, Trafik, Istio, Linkerd, Envoy, Consul, Kong, Cilium Sidecarless Service Mesh
Secret Management
Hashicorp Vault
Cloud-Native Solutions
gRPC, Helm, Keel (Automation tool for Kubernetes deployment updates), Argo CD, Flux CD, ArgoWorkflow, Tekton CI (Kubernetes Native CI), Kafka (Stream Processing), Harbor (Private Container Repository), Longhorn (Cloud Native Distributed Storage), CloudNative Buildpack, Kaniko (Container Image Builder), EFK Stack, FluentBit, Fluentd (Log Management), Knative, KubeFlow, KubeEdge, Nvidia Operator, Flagger (Service Deployment Operator), Kubeseal (Secret Operator), KubeLinter (Configuration Sanity Checker), KubeVela (OAM Implementation), Kogito (Serverless Workflow), Zipkin (Traces and Latency), Apache JMeter (Test as a Service), NeoLoad (Load Testing), Keptn (Cloud Native Application Life-cycle Orchestration), Velero (Backups), GatesKeeper (Admision Controller), KubeMQ (Enterprise-Grade Message Broker), Apache Pulsar (Alternative to Apache Kafka), Capsule (Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Cluster), VCluser (Virtual Cluster together with PR), DevSpace (Developer Tool for Kubernetes), Keda (Kubernetes Event-driven Autoscaling), Dapr (Microservice Runtime System), Karmada (Open, Multi-Cloud, Multi-Cluster Kubernetes Orchestration), Faasd (Lightweight & portable faas engine), Sysbox (Next generation Container Runtime), Flagger (Progressive Delivery), OpenTelemetry (Tracing Tool), Jenkins X (Native CICD Pipeline Engine), Cilium (eBPF-based Networking, Observability, Security), Tetragon (eBPF-based transparent security observability), kpack (Native Container Build Service), Trivy (comprehensive and versatile security scanner), Kyverno (Kubernetes Native Policy Management), Falco (Cloud Native Runtime Security), OPA (Cloud Native policy engine), Karpenter (Kubernetes Node Autoscaler), Pixie (eBPF Kubernetes-Native Application Observability)
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Visuals, Scientific Computing, Model Training, Linear Regression, Transfer Learning
Edge (IoT) Computing
PWM Control, Motor Control, Lidar Control, Relay Control
📕 Latest Blog Posts
- CKA, CKAD Prep
- Mosdns - The next generation DNS Resolver
- GitOps 101: What’s it all about?
- Use Packer like a Pro
- Virtualize unRAID Server in VMWare ESXi 7.0
Daily Activity Summary
- 🎉 Merged PR #42 in yqlbu/umami
- 💪 Opened PR #391 in techprober/cloud-estate
- 🎉 Merged PR #390 in techprober/cloud-estate
- 💪 Opened PR #390 in techprober/cloud-estate
- 🗣 Commented on #39 in daeuniverse/daed-1
Weekly Activity Summary
From: 22 November 2023 - To: 29 November 2023
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