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Strong opinions on cloud, IaC, CI/CD, observability, and the tools I would …https://karandeepsingh.ca/about/2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00monthly0.9https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/cli/2026-02-21T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/golang/2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/linux/2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/mastering-tmux-go-session-manager/2026-02-21T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/mastering-tmux-go.jpgMaster tmux: From Terminal Multiplexer to a Go Session ManagerLearn tmux from scratch — sessions, windows, panes, and scripting — then build a Go CLI tool that launches your dev environment from a YAML config.https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/tmux/2026-02-21T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/log-aggregator-from-scratch-go/2026-02-16T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/log-aggregator-go.jpgLog Aggregator From Scratch in GoBuild a log aggregator in Go from scratch. Tail files with inotify, survive log rotation, parse syslog and JSON, and shut down gracefully in 200 lines.https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/logging/2026-02-16T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/containers/2026-05-04T02:01:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/terraform-getting-started-aws/2026-02-16T10:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/terraform-getting-started.jpgTerraform From Scratch: Provision AWS Infrastructure Step by StepLearn Terraform with AWS from scratch. Start with a single S3 bucket, hit real errors, fix them, then build a VPC with an EC2 instance you can SSH into. Every step shows the command, the output, and …https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/docker/2026-02-15T23:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/nginx/2026-02-15T23:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/nginx-logs-and-docker-your-ultimate-guide/2026-02-15T23:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/nginx-logs-docker.jpgNginx Log Analysis: From grep to a Go Log ParserLearn nginx log analysis step by step — start with grep and awk one-liners for quick answers, then build a Go log parser. Extract response times, find slow endpoints, detect error spikes, build a …https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/automation/2026-05-04T00:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/bash-scripting-meets-aws/2026-02-15T22:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/bash-scripting-meets-aws.jpgAWS CLI Automation: From Bash Scripts to GoLearn AWS automation step by step. Start with AWS CLI commands for S3, EC2, and IAM, then build the same thing in Go with the AWS SDK. List instances, sync buckets, check costs, build a Go …https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/envsubst-jinja2-templating-guide/2026-02-15T21:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/envsubst-jinja2-templating.jpgConfig Templating: From envsubst to GoLearn config templating step by step: start with envsubst for simple variable substitution, then build the same thing in Go with text/template. Handle missing variables, add conditionals, build a …https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/envsubst/2026-02-15T21:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/devops-trends-2026/2026-02-15T20:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/devops-trends.jpgProcess Management: From Linux Commands to a Go SupervisorLearn process management step by step. Start with ps, kill, and systemctl, then build the same thing in Go. 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Start with basic pipes, build up to xargs parallelism, then write a Go tool that monitors log files using the same patterns.https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/go-nginx-reverse-proxy/2026-02-15T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/go-nginx-reverse-proxy.jpgGo + Nginx: Deploy a Go API Behind a Reverse ProxyBuild a Go API and put it behind Nginx step by step. Start with a bare HTTP server, hit the port 80 permission problem, add a reverse proxy, lose the client IP, fix it, then add rate limiting and …https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/networking/2026-02-15T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/containers-from-scratch-go/2026-02-14T14:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/containers-from-scratch-go.jpgContainers From Scratch in GoBuild a mini container runtime in Go using only the standard library. No Docker, no libraries, just Linux namespaces, chroot, cgroups, and about 150 lines of Go.https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/go-sqs-message-queue/2026-02-14T13:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/go-sqs-message-queue.jpgGo + SQS: Build a Message Queue ProcessorBuild a Go app that sends and processes SQS messages from scratch. Start with one message, discover the visibility timeout trap, add batch operations, and build a proper polling loop.https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/serverless/2026-02-20T00:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/sqs/2026-02-14T13:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/tags/dynamodb/2026-02-14T12:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/posts/go-dynamodb-crud/2026-02-14T12:00:00+00:00weekly0.5https://karandeepsingh.ca/images/posts/go-dynamodb-crud.jpgGo + DynamoDB: Build a Simple CRUD AppBuild a Go CRUD app with DynamoDB from scratch. Start with raw attribute maps, hit the verbosity wall, then upgrade to structs. 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