Platform on Ji Molloy

🕸️ Service Mesh + Kubernetes 💑

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 20:42:22 +1200

If you have ever worked with Kubernetes and found yourself wondering 🤔 “How do all my services talk to each other reliably, securely, and observably without writing heaps of networking logic into my application code?”

That is exactly where a service mesh comes in. Let’s dive into what it is, how it is helpful, and why (or why not!) you might want to add one to your cluster 🚀 Let’s goooo!

🧾 kubectl apply -f 2025.yaml: Declaring My Goals

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:03:28 +1200

Helloo 2025! 🎉 This year, I’m taking a declarative approach to my career, because why not manage your goals like you manage your infrastructure? 😄

I like to visit my goals half way through the year 😉!

Here’s what my intentions for the year looks like:

goals:
  - certification: "One per year"
  - conferences:
      - in_person: 1
      - meetups: "a few"
  - speaking:
      - internal: true
      - external: true
team: "Kubernetes Platform"
joined: "6 weeks ago"
learning_style: ["KodeKloud", "books", "breaking things", "blogs"]

Let’s break it down together 😎

☁ Google Cloud Next Series 🚀 Building a Competitive Edge with Platform Engineering: Insights from the Experts 🎯

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:34:36 +1200

Heya! 👋✨ Today, we are diving into a summary from an expert panel discussion on Platform Engineering 🌟

🛠️ Platform Engineering & Developer Experience 💕

One of the biggest takeaways? Platform Engineering isn’t just all about the underlying Platform — it’s also about making life better for our engineers! 🎉

Here’s how:

Reducing cognitive load 🧹: Engineers can focus on building, not battling with underlying infrastructure!
Self-service portals 🛎️: Developers get what they need, fast and easy!
Abstracting complexities 🔍: Bye bye, confusing infrastructure layers!
Measuring engineer satisfaction 📏❤️: Keeping a pulse on happiness across all tools.
Closing the feedback loop 🔄: Turning feedback into real action and success!

In short, happier engineers = better products = happier customers! 🎉🙌