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Enterprise Technology Consultant & Cloud Architecture Specialist

Certified Solutions Architect and cloud consultant experienced in Cloud, Automation, CI/CD, AI, Security & Compliance, and Project Management

AWS Certified Solutions Architect, HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate, CompTIA Security+
2026-10-03
CI Quality Gates on GitHub Actions: What to Block and When to Warn

Some CI checks should block a release. Others should only warn. I worked out the difference building a GitHub Actions deploy pipeline.

ci-cd 8 min
2026-06-22
Running a Local AI Coding Agent with Ollama, Cline, and Claude Code

Step-by-step guide to connecting a local Ollama model to Cline and Claude Code via MCP, so routine coding tasks run free on your own hardware.

ollama 10 min
2026-05-27
Running k3s on a Raspberry Pi 4

A complete walkthrough from bare hardware to a working Kubernetes cluster: OS setup, prerequisites, k3s install, and remote kubectl access.

kubernetes 11 min
2026-05-03
From Ansible to GitHub Actions + Terraform

How I replaced manual Ansible deploys and CloudFormation with GitHub Actions CI/CD and Terraform, with the site live throughout.

github actions 6 min