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  Hi Folks, Campus placements are the best way to secure your first job. Finding jobs outside campus is way tougher than you think — not because you are not fit enough, but because companies usually prefer hiring directly from colleges and also provide internship opportunities. Start your preparation today, or else it will be harder than you think to secure your first job. Revise what you have learned in your college syllabus and stay updated with current trends like AI/ML, Cloud, DevOps, etc. Practice aptitude, logical reasoning, programming, build your confidence, and improve your communication skills. These are the usual ways companies hire college graduates. All the best for your placements. 🚀

  Hi folks, I did my bachelor’s degree from REVA University, and the course was custom-designed to meet industry requirements. We learned Linux, virtualization, cloud, DevOps tools, etc. But Linux kept being used every now and then in all the subjects — and that helped me a lot in my career. Linux is really everywhere. Around 95–97 percent of the servers are powered by Linux. Now comes the question — why Linux? Linux is an open-source kernel. You can do whatever you want with it. It has a huge community that keeps securing it, creating tools, packages, etc. Linux can be lightweight compared to Windows. It runs quickly and boots up faster. It is very important that you learn Linux. As an IT professional, I would say, “Linux helps you climb the ladder, and it’s the foundation for all your dreams.”

Hi Folks, Do you remember when we had keypad phones with internet, or early touchscreen phones running on 2G and later 3G? But at what cost? Around ₹399 to ₹499 for just 1GB per month. Back then, we used data very carefully. Some of us used Facebook Lite and Opera Mini to save data. We disabled updates, paused downloads, and even turned off mobile data when we were not using any app. Every MB mattered. Then came Reliance Jio, and we were introduced to unlimited 4G. In the beginning, it was mostly free for quite a few months. Later, even the paid plans were almost half the price compared to what other telecom providers were offering. What used to be given per month was now given per day. We slowly got used to consuming content without fear of running out of data. Because of this, many people turned towards content creation. A lot of YouTube channels and Instagram accounts started growing. Personally, my favorite are the educational content creators who gave me so much information, which...

Hi Folks, Linus Torvalds deserves immense respect for the impact he has had on the world of technology. In 1991, as a young student, he created Linux as a personal project. What started as a hobby became the backbone of modern computing, powering servers, cloud platforms, Android devices, supercomputers, and nearly every DevOps and Kubernetes environment today. In 2005, he built Git to manage Linux development, introducing a fast, distributed version control system that transformed how developers collaborate. Today, Git powers platforms like GitHub and GitLab and is essential to CI/CD workflows. Linux and Git together form the foundation of the digital era. His commitment to performance, simplicity, and open-source collaboration changed software engineering forever. A true legend whose work quietly powers the entire tech ecosystem.

Hi Folks , Let me tell the story , i worked on migrating from Jenkins to CircleCI, i liked it for its good user interface, free agents or executors , what i mean by free is Up to 6,000 build minutes , Up to 5 active users/month Docker, Windows, Linux, Arm, macOS, self hosted runners and 30x concurrency. with the free credits a small startup can run their entire pipelines free , and worry not on maintaining the Jenkins infra. CircleCi is a yaml based config , easier to read. it supports orbs (packages) that can be published an reused, has contexts , environment variables etc. there are so many good features which just cant be explained , get your hands dirty by visiting there website https://circleci.com/ .

Hi Folks, Reduced my Go Docker image from 249 MB to 1.8 MB today just by fixing the Dockerfile. Switched from a single-stage golang:1.21-alpine image to a multi-stage build: compile in a builder image, then ship only the compiled binary in a minimal scratch image. Smaller images mean faster pulls, quicker deployments, and a reduced attack surface. Just telling the importance of optimisation , depending on your use case try optimising the size , save costs and memory.

Hi Folks, I experimented with Google Antigravity as my AI coding partner to spin up, iterate on, and deploy a clean, fast portfolio site — all hosted via GitHub Pages. Check it out here: pradeep-gangadharaiah.github.io Used it to: • Rapidly scaffold the layout and sections with prompt-driven workflows. • Refine copy, fix styling issues, and push updates without leaving the IDE. • Treat the AI agent like a pair programmer while I focused on structure and content. If you’re a dev curious about agentic IDEs, Antigravity is absolutely worth a weekend experiment 

Hi Folks, seems that you too could have heard that minio is getting commercialised , yes it is , with the offering as Aistor , but fear not , your existing setup doesnt really break overnight , its that the new contribution to the project is being held back, its still opensource but no maintainance like it used to be. so is there any alternative , yes there is seaweedfs , a s3 compatible object store you can find its charts and its code base on github https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs and from the about section this info is available “SeaweedFS is a fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files, and data lake, for billions of files! Blob store has O(1) disk seek, cloud tiering. Filer supports Cloud Drive, xDC replication, Kubernetes, POSIX FUSE mount, S3 API, S3 Gateway, Hadoop, WebDAV, encryption, Erasure Coding. Enterprise version is at seaweedfs.com.” they have the enterprise version , but community version is also great , i personally loved it. so worry not , if th...

Hi Folks, I am Pradeep , I am a DevOps Enthusiast , with around 4.5 Years of Experience in IT Industry. I have worked with a startup in observability domain, then in services company working on devops for a US Real Estate Client , and now Working in a Product company which is focused in the Kubernetes Managment domain. I love to Read , Understand , Explore New Technologies , and also love to talk about it to others , gaining insights and update my knowledge , and share what i learnt with others , could be it may help them in any ways. I am planning on posting DevOps Stuff like Containerisation, Orchestration , CICD , Linux , Observability ,Cloud and new tools. you can follow me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pradeep-gangadhariah Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PradeepTechInsights Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pradeeptechinsights