What Are Cluster Operators

It’s been almost a year since I first started out on my SRE journey. Having only a vague idea about clusters and Kubernetes in general, I started in the role. And the very first word that hit me was, “Operator”. This is an attempt at capturing the thoughts I had upon hearing that word. What I thought was an Operator Operator is like your Robot, it waits for your instructions and does things on a cluster....

February 25, 2023

Why Does Competitive Programming Exist

Competitive Programming is a Sport that opens the door for both novice and experienced to take the stage and battle against each other for glory. The notion of such competitions create a way for the grittiest of programmers to learn and showcase their talent. The contests themselves take place from the High School level to University Level. It’s a battle of algorithmists and math enthusiasts to pit their heads together to find the quickest computational techniques....

December 31, 2022

Why would an SDE become and SRE

The why It’s been almost a year since I moved from a dedicated Software Engineering role to a Site Reliability Engineering role which has a majority Software Engineering component as well. The primary reason for this shift was because I started to become bored of the monotony of monolithic Software maintenance. I have been working in the Software Development and Software Engineering field for the last 10 years. I have experienced both Service oriented and Product oriented Software Development in my career....

December 29, 2022