What I Wish I Had
Resources, books, and tools I would have given my younger self. Everything here shaped how I think about engineering, leadership, and building things that matter.
books
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The money playbook nobody teaches you. Automation, conscious spending, and building a Rich Life on your terms.
COMPLETED ⚡ GAME CHANGER -
A novel about DevOps that reads like a thriller. Changed how I think about bottlenecks and flow.
COMPLETED -
The engineering leadership manual. From tech lead to VP, every level mapped out.
COMPLETED -
The Terraform bible. Writing, planning, and managing infrastructure as code at scale.
COMPLETED -
Small systems beat big motivation. The compound effect applied to daily habits.
READING
training platforms
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Agentic DevOps Guild by Bret Fisher
Courses, workshops, and recurring meetups focused on AI-assisted CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and safely enabling AI-assisted DevOps work.
ACTIVE -
Udemy
Huge catalog, low cost. Great for picking up new tech fast when you need a structured walkthrough.
ACTIVE
courses I took
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Docker Mastery: with Kubernetes + Swarm from a Docker Captain
The definitive Docker course. Covers containers, Compose, Swarm, and Kubernetes from a Docker Captain.
COMPLETED -
Deep dive into Docker Swarm orchestration, production deployments, and cluster management.
COMPLETED
currently taking
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GitHub Actions for DevOps, in the Age of AI
CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions through the lens of modern AI-assisted DevOps practices.
IN PROGRESS -
Claude Code for Real Engineers
Hands-on cohort course on using Claude Code effectively for real-world engineering workflows.
IN PROGRESS -
Hands-on Kubernetes from the basics to production. Deployments, services, volumes, and real-world orchestration.
IN PROGRESS