A Quick Note:

I am gradually updating and modifying the contents of this blog;
however, the focus and time I allocate here is fairly limited, and fairly random.

Enjoy the content; yet, keep in mind that things might feel a tad unpolished, or incomplete.

Thanks for stopping by,

Volkan.

Archive

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2022  35

February  15

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 12 --- The Final Touches

2022-02-09 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 14: Onwards to Kubernetes

2022-02-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 9 --- Thinking in Middlewares

2022-02-09 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 8 --- Authenticate All the Things

2022-02-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 11 --- Implementing Authentication Handlers

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 13 --- Containerizing Our Application

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 10 --- Authentication and Subscription Middlewares

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Words Matter

2022-02-26 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 12 --- The Final Touches

2022-02-09 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 14: Onwards to Kubernetes

2022-02-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 9 --- Thinking in Middlewares

2022-02-09 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 8 --- Authenticate All the Things

2022-02-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 11 --- Implementing Authentication Handlers

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 13 --- Containerizing Our Application

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 10 --- Authentication and Subscription Middlewares

2022-02-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

January  9

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 6 --- Serving Web Pages

2022-01-15 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 4 --- App Authentication Overview

2022-01-11 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 3 --- Mutating the Generated HTML Files

2022-01-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 2 --- Generating Static HTML

2022-01-06 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Attention, Intention: Compassion

2022-01-07 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 6 --- Serving Web Pages

2022-01-15 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 4 --- App Authentication Overview

2022-01-11 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 3 --- Mutating the Generated HTML Files

2022-01-09 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 2 --- Generating Static HTML

2022-01-06 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

October  4

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 1 --- An Overview of FizzBuzz Pro

2022-10-15 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 6: Rolling out SPIRE to the Cluster

2022-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 7: Registering Nodes and Workloads to SPIRE

2022-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 1 --- An Overview of FizzBuzz Pro

2022-10-15 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

April  1

Change Is the Only Constant

2022-04-03 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

July  1

Overcome the Awkward Feeling of Networking

2022-07-17 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

August  4

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 4: Containerizing the Server Appp

2022-08-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 10: Establishing Cross-Cluster mTLS

2022-08-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 5: Containerizing the Client App

2022-08-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 3: Creating the Client Appp

2022-08-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

November  1

'Later' Does Not Exist

2022-11-17 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

2021  48

June  9

Creating ECR Repositories

2021-06-18 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Here Are the Repositories, Tools, and Services We'll Use for FizzBuzz Pro

2021-06-05 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Earn the Promotion You Deserve

2021-06-18 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Have You Fizzed that Buzz?

2021-06-03 · 7 min · Volkan Özçelik

Be Kind

2021-06-11 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Who Else Journals Daily?

2021-06-26 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Embracing Daily Reflection

2021-06-04 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Creating ECR Repositories

2021-06-18 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Here Are the Repositories, Tools, and Services We'll Use for FizzBuzz Pro

2021-06-05 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

August  4

The Journey of a Microservice: From Source Code to a Full-Blown Kubernetes Deployment

2021-08-09 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Don't Make the User Think

2021-08-28 · 7 min · Volkan Özçelik

.zprofile, .zshrc, .zenv, OMG! What Do I Put Where?!

2021-08-09 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

The Journey of a Microservice: From Source Code to a Full-Blown Kubernetes Deployment

2021-08-09 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

January  2

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 5 --- Implementing an OIDC Authenticator

2021-01-12 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 5 --- Implementing an OIDC Authenticator

2021-01-12 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

July  3

FizzBuzz Pro High Level Design

2021-07-23 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Assemble Your Personal Board of Advisors

2021-07-31 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

FizzBuzz Pro High Level Design

2021-07-23 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

October  9

Ghosted?

2021-10-15 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Interview Done. Radio Silence 🎃 What Now?

2021-10-22 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Pivoting Your Career?

2021-10-02 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Resources Every Developer Must Read: No Exceptions

2021-10-25 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Git Comfortable

2021-10-27 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 8 --- Configuring the Server to Use SPIRE mTLS

2021-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 9: Configuring the Client to User SPIRE mTLS

2021-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 1: Introduction

2021-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

mTLS With SPIRE: Part 2: Creating the Server App

2021-10-19 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

April  1

What's Your Plan?

2021-04-13 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

September  2

Respect and Understanding

2021-09-10 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Scaling Your Node.js API Like a Boss

2021-09-27 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

November  16

Keep Calm and Carry On

2021-11-04 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

One Does Not Simply "Terminal" 👌

2021-11-07 · 9 min · Volkan Özçelik

Tame Your Regular Expressions

2021-11-26 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Grab Your Chisel and Start Pounding

2021-11-01 · 13 min · Volkan Özçelik

Master Your vim

2021-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Orange Is the New Purple

2021-11-26 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Security Is Not Optional

2021-11-26 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

A Startup Founder's Bedtime Reading List

2021-11-26 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Learn Your JavaScript the Unconventional Way

2021-11-27 · 22 min · Volkan Özçelik

Get Better at Typography

2021-11-26 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

A Glossary of Mostly Developer-Related Things

2021-11-27 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Who Else is Ready to Hack?

2021-11-12 · 12 min · Volkan Özçelik

Want to Learn JavaScript? Learn Haskell First

2021-11-09 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Knowing JavaScript Is Not Good Enough

2021-11-21 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

You Need Testing

2021-11-26 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Paint Me Like One of Your French Design Patterns

2021-11-26 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

May  2

Know Thyself

2021-05-29 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

The Only Thing That doesn't Change is Change Itself

2021-05-19 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

2024  84

March  10

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 7: A Mild Introduction to Middlewares

2024-03-05 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Volkan Uses

2024-03-04 · 32 min · Volkan Özçelik

Master Your Mind: Unleash the Power of Learning

2024-03-06 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Embracing Simplicity: Why I've Given Up on Smart Quotes and Other Typographic Niceties

2024-03-08 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Transform Feedback into Professional Mastery

2024-03-08 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Trust Cultivates a Cohesive Team

2024-03-07 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Consume Less

2024-03-10 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

The New "Zero to Hero" Design

2024-03-04 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Catch 22

2024-03-08 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Zero to Prod in Half an Hour: Part 7: A Mild Introduction to Middlewares

2024-03-05 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

May  16

It's Time to Fizz that Buzz

2024-05-21 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Privacy

2024-05-18 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Every Saga Has a Beginning

2024-05-18 · 12 min · Volkan Özçelik

Volkan Özçelik

2024-05-18 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Contact 🤙

2024-05-18 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Promotions Don't Happen Overnight

2024-05-20 · 7 min · Volkan Özçelik

How to Make Yourself Heard

2024-05-27 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

'Following Your Passion' Is Hardly Enough

2024-05-10 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Hello World, Hello Stars, Hello Universe

2024-05-21 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Tough Conversation

2024-05-27 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

Nine-to-Five? I Don't Think So

2024-05-27 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Unleash Your Curiosity: Unlock Your Potential as a Leader

2024-05-27 · 11 min · Volkan Özçelik

Be the Next Version of Yourself

2024-05-21 · 28 min · Volkan Özçelik

Redirecting a Static Web Page

2024-05-23 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Closure

2024-05-21 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

It's Time to Fizz that Buzz

2024-05-21 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

January  1

Unlock Your Brain's Power: Learn Fast, Remember More

2024-01-14 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

July  1

Exploring Rust as a Go Developer

2024-07-21 · 95 min · Volkan Özçelik

December  43

Understanding the OSI Model: A Practical Guide to Network Communication

2024-12-12 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Customizing SPIRE Agent SPIFFE IDs: A Deep Dive

2024-12-02 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

VMware Cloud Foundation: Building Your Private Cloud Experience

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA): The Central Management Solution

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Modernizing TLS Certificates in Kubernetes: From CN to SAN

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Planning Your ESXi Host Installation: A Comprehensive Guide

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Adding vSphere Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation: A Detailed Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding ESXi's Default Virtual Switch Configuration

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Debugging URL Encoding Issues with External Secrets Operator's Webhook Provider

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Expanding vSphere Clusters in VMware Cloud Foundation: A Guide to Adding Hosts

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Migrating from vSphere to VMware Cloud Foundation: A Comprehensive Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Using External Secrets Operator with HTTP Endpoints: A Complete Guide

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Initial Configuration of Your ESXi Host: DCUI Setup Guide

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding Docker's 6MB Memory Limit: A Deep Dive

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Computing File Hashes in Unix Systems: A Complete Guide

2024-12-02 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Designing a Multi-Tenant Secret Store for Kubernetes

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Deploying Application Virtual Networks (AVNs) in VMware Cloud Foundation: A Guide for Aria Suite

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

vSphere 8 Update 2: What's New in VMware's Latest Releasee

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

VMware vCenter Server: Complete Guide to Backup Configuration and License Management

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Essential DNS and NTP Prerequisites for VMware Cloud Foundation Deployment

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Host Commissioning in VMware C`loud Foundation: A Complete Guide

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Simplifying Infrastructure Updates with VMware Cloud Foundation's Lifecycle Management

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Deploying VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA): A Comprehensive Setup Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

VMware Cloud Foundation: A Modern Cloud Operating Model for vSphere Admins

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding SSL Certificates: From Public CAs to Custom Root Certificates in Kubernetes

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding DEK and KEK in Encryption: A Practical Guide

2024-12-22 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

HUnderstanding ClusterSecretStore with JWT Authentication in Kubernetes

2024-12-03 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Using External Secrets Operator with HashiCorp Vault to Create Kubernetes Secrets

2024-12-22 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Installing VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA): Stage 1 Deployment Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding VMware Cloud Foundation Workload Domains: The Building Blocks of Your Private Cloud

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Configuring ESXi Through the Web Interface: A Step-by-Step Guide

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

How to Decrypt Files Using age - A Quick Guide

2024-12-03 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

CSR vs Direct Public Key Exchange: When Do You Really Need a CSR?

2024-12-16 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding Kubernetes Services and Namespaces: A Practical Guide

2024-12-10 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Establishing SPIFFE Federation Between Kubernetes Clusters

2024-12-16 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Building a Kubernetes Operator for VSecM Secret Management

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Software Bundle Management in VMware Cloud Foundation: A Complete Guide

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Securely Generating and Storing SPIRE Agent Tokens

2024-12-02 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Creating Workload Domains in VMware Cloud Foundation: Step-by-Step Guide

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Accessing and Configuring VMware vCenter: A Complete Guide to GUI Interfaces and Initial Setup

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

SDDC Manager in VMware Cloud Foundation: A Comprehensive Guide

2024-12-12 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Configuring VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA): Stage 2 Setup Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

How to Export Kubernetes Secrets as JSON: A Complete Guide

2024-12-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

November  13

Computing SHA256 Hashes for Binary Files: A Quick Guide

2024-11-27 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Creating GitHub Releases with Binary Artifacts: A Complete Guide

2024-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Implementing JWT Authentication with mTLS in Go

2024-11-27 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

O-RAN R1 Interface

2024-11-24 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Debugging Git GPG Signing Issuese

2024-11-27 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

About Inbox

2024-11-24 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Managing Background Processes in Bash: A Complete Guide

2024-11-24 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

How to Count Lines in Your Source Code Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

2024-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

SPIFFE IDs and Human Identity: Bridging the Gapl

2024-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Securing CI/CD Access to Your Secrets Management System: An Architectural Analysis

2024-11-27 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

SQLite Security: Understanding Authentication and Protectio

2024-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

Understanding Unix Directory Permissions: A Common Pitfall

2024-11-24 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Reading Process Memory: A Deep Dive into Runtime Variable Inspection

2024-11-27 · 3 min · Volkan Özçelik

2023  10

July  3

Who Are You?

2023-07-03 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Secrets

2023-07-11 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

Reshape Your Workspace, Reshape Your Future

2023-07-12 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

January  1

Unlock Your True Potential: Make Your Hard Work Visible

2023-01-16 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

May  2

Winning at Work: Thriving With Difficult Colleagues

2023-05-27 · 6 min · Volkan Özçelik

Who Else Wants to Have Their Own Mastodon Server?

2023-05-27 · 18 min · Volkan Özçelik

March  1

Use Destructuring to Remove Attributes

2023-03-07 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

August  3

Build Strong Connections to Land Your Dream Job

2023-08-18 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

Long Live Aegis!

2023-08-03 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

Keep Your Secrets... Secret: Introducing VMware Secrets Manager

2023-08-16 · 4 min · Volkan Özçelik

2025  4

November  1

Understanding `git push origin main`

2025-11-23 · 2 min · Volkan Özçelik

July  1

Snippet/Draft: systemd-networkd-wait-online.service Waits Too Long During Ubuntu Startup

2025-07-13 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik

June  1

Bulk Import Bookmarks to Shiori: A Simple Bash Script Solution

2025-06-22 · 5 min · Volkan Özçelik

December  1

Code and Documentation Audit Prompt for Claude Code

2025-12-03 · 1 min · Volkan Özçelik