Cloud infrastructure & DevOps
Secure cloud platforms.Dependable AI systems.
I’m Bhakta Thapa. My focus is cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and DevOps. I bring architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting into clear, practical engineering work.
Latest · 26 Oct 2026
Immutable ConfigMaps Explained Simply: Lock your Kubernetes settings
Learn what a ConfigMap is, how Pods receive its settings, what mutable and immutable mean, why locking settings prevents accidental changes, and how to change locked settings safely with versioned ConfigMaps.
Technical focus
Core technologies and engineering practices developed across production infrastructure, delivery automation, and cloud-native AI systems.
Cloud & platform engineering
AWS, Azure & hybrid cloud · Kubernetes, Docker & Helm · Platform reliability & disaster recovery
Infrastructure & delivery
Terraform & Infrastructure as Code · GitHub Actions, Jenkins & Azure DevOps · Argo CD & CI/CD automation
Observability & security
Prometheus, Grafana & ELK · OpenTelemetry, logging & tracing · IAM, secrets management & DevSecOps
Cloud AI engineering
Python, FastAPI & backend APIs · LLM, RAG & agentic workflows · AI gateways, guardrails & human-in-the-loop systems
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16 articles across 23 topics, newest first.
All articlesKubernetes PriorityClass, Pod Priority, and Preemption Explained Simply
Learn how PriorityClass gives Pods an importance number, how the scheduler uses Pod priority, and how preemption removes lower-priority Pods to make room. Then watch it happen in a small lab.
Google Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: My first look inside the console
Explore Google's Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform through redacted console screenshots, understand AI agents, and learn how authentication and enterprise controls fit together.
CKA command memory sheet: Task, command, check
A focused CKA revision sheet: essential imperative commands, short YAML patterns, and the checks to remember for each task.
Helm Explained Simply: From first install to shipping your own chart
Understand Helm charts, releases, revisions, repositories, values, and templates with one food-ordering app, then install, upgrade, roll back, and package a chart yourself.
Ingress to Gateway API: A safe, step-by-step migration
Ingress NGINX is retired. Learn what changed, how Ingress maps to Gateway API, the hidden behaviours that break during migration, and how to move traffic safely with ingress2gateway or by hand.
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