Reflections

Terraform Associate passed! ...

What a great weekend getting to work on the website, book the next exam, and enjoy the summer day on a long walk....

Another website TLC day. Switched to hybrid SSR and the website should be snappy all around. Can't work at Redis and have a slow website...

Microsoft Build next week...

Quick vacation to Raleigh, NC...

Finishing up Terraform 004 here shortly, IaC is a cool concept in an increasingly prevalent multi-cloud world...

SpaceX IPO is the first one I’m planning to buy at any price, data centers & moon mining just seems like a 20-year plan of success...

Added RediSearch to the website and it is blazing fast, love it!...

Need to give the site some TLC...

The CLI tools are actually so fun to use...

2026 is off to a great start. Lots of momentum across the board with both personal and professional projects. Onwards!...

Time to bring this back....

In that 60-90 day range and starting to get a real footing at Redis. An absolute blast so far, amazing product, team, and timing. A real opportunity t...

Day One. Let’s be great....

End of an Era! 4 and ½ years later, one chapter closes and a new one begins....

Hard work makes you more lucky....

The grind never stops! ...

Every “no” gets you closer to a “yes”...

Be what you want before someone pays you for it...

Also forgot to mention I passed MLE a week ago (throwback to the Mar 10 post).Data Engineer is the next in line.....

Mar 16 post came true 😎🏆...

First visit to the diamond district today.. 👀😎...

Gators are winning it all this year #MarchMadness...

Machine Learning is the next domino. Fundamentals and MLE are coming soon. ...

Tool demo went well 😎It’s interesting how creation leads to even more creativity. One idea executed leads to two, three, ten, etc. ideas for improvin...

I built a cool tool for work this weekend, excited to see where it goes and add a few more features. I plan to share more soon!...

It's interesting how our feelings are shaped by our expectations. Today, I flew back to NYC on Spirit. Like most people, I don’t expect much—just to a...

Two thoughts lately:I want to keep getting better at asking questions. All system design is simply moving data from one place to another. ...

Been back home for a few days for a friend's wedding. Always special seeing so many close friends and sharing the special night with the bride and gro...

This week was amazing! Finished another book, averaged 10k/day steps, attended a Google Cloud Lab, and fixed quite a few longstanding minor bugs on my...

Google Analytics setup for the website 😎 Excited to capture some data for the site over time, and I am looking forward to playing around with it and ...

I realized today in the gym that the January rush has ended and is back to the December levels. As much as I prefer an empty gym, pretty unfortunate t...

With the rise of AI Agents, AI benchmarks ever-increasing, and new models dropping every few months it seems like we are entering a golden age of entr...

It was a good week! Some days felt like I didn’t maximize my productivity in my free time but still accomplished a good amount of tasks. I hit my phys...

Gator basketball upsets the number one team in the country, a snowstorm outside, and steak for dinner… does it get any better than that?!?...

Ultimately, my goal is to start creating all forms of content. This year was the biggest step forward, starting with this website. Using the blog and ...

"If you do not have clear goals for your life, you are condemned forever to work for those who do. In life it is very simple, you're either working to...

Beginning and ending eras. Sydney and I got bonsai trees meant to live for hundreds of years, shortly after, Jimmy Butler was traded from the Heat.We ...

The road to Heaven feels like HellThe road to Hell feels like Heaven...

The Weeknd album is unreal......

It was a great week!- Started with the Heat vs. Nets (Easy W) and our first event at the Barclays Center- Regular In-Office day- Javits Center for the...

You learn some of the most valuable lessons in victory or defeat, but not trying at all you only learn what regret feels like. Try it out....

"We're all doing life together for the first time" -070 Shake @ her concert in Kings Theatre, Brooklyn....

First reflection post! I finally got the blog to a spot where it has all the functionality I can think of that I would need going forward, and has bee...