Journey of an IT Architect

  • Networking Basics 1 of 3 – Layer 1 through Layer 3

    What layer model works the best? Back in university my textbook was based on OSI 7-layer model. It is rigorously defined and often used in…

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  • Clean up Git repository

    A BitBucket repo has a hard limit of 2GB in size, and soft limit of 1GB. This is not expandable as per Bitbucket and contributors will start receiving…

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  • Storage Nitty-Gritty 4 of 5 – Backup and Archive Solutions

    Business Continuity Information Availability IA = MTBF/(MTBF+MTTR), where* MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) – average time available for a system or component to perform its…

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  • Personal Vim cheatsheet

    This is my personal cheatsheet as intermediate Vim user so I skipped the ones that I consider basic. All the commands listed are used in…

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  • Cryptography basics 2 of 2

    My previous post outlines several core concepts around cryptography, such as asymmetric key encryption, digital certificate, the encoding formats and relevant file extensions. In this…

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  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Exam Tips

    The last 30 days have been exhausting for me. I studied hard on the new AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam and thank goodness I passed…

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