https://navendu.me/ Recent content on Navendu Pottekkat - The Open Source Absolutist https://navendu.me/images/preview.png https://navendu.me/ Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:24:24 +0530 https://navendu.me/posts/twentysomethings/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 12:09:06 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/twentysomethings/ I could probably give solid life advice to twenty-year-olds, right? https://navendu.me/posts/changing-beliefs/ Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:28:09 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/changing-beliefs/ An interactive guide for updating beliefs based on evidence. https://navendu.me/posts/nginx-is-fine/ Sun, 10 Dec 2023 08:03:56 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/nginx-is-fine/ Should you build your own reverse proxy to replace Nginx? https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-vs-ingress-api/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:12:38 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-vs-ingress-api/ Exploring the new Kubernetes Gateway API and comparing it with the existing Kubernetes Ingress API for handling external traffic. https://navendu.me/posts/onos-problems/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 15:01:51 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/onos-problems/ Access to publicly funded scientific research should be ubiquitous. But the current plan to achieve this is far from ideal. https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-and-mesh/ Fri, 05 May 2023 09:15:19 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-and-mesh/ A comprehensive comparison of API gateways, Kubernetes gateways, and service meshes with actionable insights. https://navendu.me/posts/the-crown/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:39:38 +0000 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/the-crown/ Shakespeare’s protagonists have deeply human flaws that lead to their downfall, but in Kireedam, it is the burden of the metaphorical crown, forced on an innocent man, that fuels the tragedy. https://navendu.me/posts/durable-agents/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:26:48 +0000 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/durable-agents/ A practical guide to prevent transient model provider errors, tool call failures, or good old network hiccups from breaking your agents. https://navendu.me/posts/for-the-old-people/ Tue, 19 May 2026 11:26:33 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/for-the-old-people/ A government cannot care for its elderly by driving out its young. https://navendu.me/posts/san-francisco/ Wed, 06 May 2026 10:34:17 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/san-francisco/ A continuously evolving list of observations from San Francisco. https://navendu.me/posts/no-coming-back-from-that-waymo-ride/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:23:54 -0700 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/no-coming-back-from-that-waymo-ride/ First week in San Francisco. https://navendu.me/posts/thoughts-on-ai/ Sun, 08 Mar 2026 11:54:29 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/thoughts-on-ai/ A dump of all my thoughts on and around AI before a trip to San Francisco (where I will inevitably be brainwashed). https://navendu.me/posts/code-mode/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:15:05 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/code-mode/ Code Mode without MCP servers. https://navendu.me/posts/airlines-hate-this-trick/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:29:50 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/airlines-hate-this-trick/ An interactive exploration to find the mathematically perfect way to board an airplane. https://navendu.me/posts/clawdbot/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:34:04 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/clawdbot/ How did EVERY billion-dollar AI company miss this? https://navendu.me/posts/live-and-let-live/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:31:32 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/live-and-let-live/ A short rant on the pointless tug of war between LLM skeptics and maximalists. https://navendu.me/posts/ladybug-clock-puzzle/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:52:59 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/ladybug-clock-puzzle/ An interactive exploration of a deceptively simple probability puzzle. https://navendu.me/posts/recursive-language-models/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:27:40 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/recursive-language-models/ My takeaways from the Recursive Language Models (RLMs) paper/blog post by Alex Zhang and Omar Khattab. https://navendu.me/posts/migrating-hugo/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:01:20 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/migrating-hugo/ Field notes from the trenches as an ADHD-driven weekend hack turns into a fortnight of productive procrastination. https://navendu.me/posts/indiafoss-2025/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:27:04 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/indiafoss-2025/ IndiaFOSS was really fun this year. https://navendu.me/posts/the-best-conferences/ Sun, 14 Sep 2025 14:56:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/the-best-conferences/ My thoughts on why the best conferences are either tightly focused around a niche or broad umbrellas that bring together different but adjacent communities. https://navendu.me/posts/forecastbench/ Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:56:48 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/forecastbench/ Notes from my review of the paper, "ForecastBench: A Dynamic Benchmark of AI Forecasting Capabilities." https://navendu.me/posts/lessons-context-engineering/ Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:20:28 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/lessons-context-engineering/ Notes from "Context Engineering for AI Agents: Lessons from Building Manus." https://navendu.me/posts/pi-hole/ Wed, 21 May 2025 11:31:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/pi-hole/ Setting up Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi for DNS-level ad blocking on my home WiFi network. https://navendu.me/posts/sandbox-mcp/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:32:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/sandbox-mcp/ A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets LLMs run code safely in isolated Docker containers. https://navendu.me/posts/agents-mcp/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:10:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/agents-mcp/ A short note on using the OpenAI Agents SDK's new MCP support to integrate tools into your LLM workflows. https://navendu.me/posts/git-for-vibe-coders/ Sat, 12 Apr 2025 09:28:09 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/git-for-vibe-coders/ A practical + interactive crash course on Git (that slaps). https://navendu.me/posts/mcp-server-go/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:04:10 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/mcp-server-go/ A practical quickstart guide for building MCP servers in Go with MCP Go SDK. https://navendu.me/posts/the-thread-of-the-science-of-prosperity/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:13:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/the-thread-of-the-science-of-prosperity/ Notes on active citizenship and governance from Nitin Pai's translation of the ancient Indian text "The Nitopadesha." This is part 2 of a four-part series. https://navendu.me/posts/great-conference-talks/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:07:39 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/great-conference-talks/ Most talks are bad. And I don't mean kinda bad; I mean "why am I here, what am I doing, and when can I leave?" bad. https://navendu.me/posts/hugo-version-manager/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:25:55 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/hugo-version-manager/ A short walkthrough of how I use Hugo Version Manager (hvm) to manage different Hugo versions across projects. https://navendu.me/posts/vibe-coding/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:07:08 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/vibe-coding/ 💯 skill issue. https://navendu.me/posts/intentions-and-consequences/ Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:45:02 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/intentions-and-consequences/ The road to hell is paved with good intentions. https://navendu.me/posts/the-jewel-of-citizencraft/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:49:01 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/the-jewel-of-citizencraft/ Notes on active citizenship and governance from Nitin Pai's translation of the ancient Indian text "The Nitopadesha." This is part 1 of a four-part series. https://navendu.me/posts/development-environment/ Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:27:06 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/development-environment/ I recently configured my development environment from scratch. This post documents my complete, although ongoing, setup. https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-fair/ Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:07:05 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-fair/ Exploring new open source licenses that attempt to balance benefits and make open source sustainable. https://navendu.me/posts/jq-interactive-guide/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:17:51 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/jq-interactive-guide/ Learn to use jq through incremental, interactive examples right in your browser. https://navendu.me/posts/til-section-hugo/ Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:36:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/til-section-hugo/ Notes on adding a TIL section to share small learnings easily. https://navendu.me/posts/cms-ide/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 23:01:22 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/cms-ide/ Why I started using Front Matter CMS to work with my Hugo-based static website and how you can do it, too. https://navendu.me/posts/adding-interactive-code-examples-codapi/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:01:22 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/adding-interactive-code-examples-codapi/ A guide to using Codapi, an open source, lightweight solution to add interactivity to your technical writing. https://navendu.me/posts/nginx-to-apisix/ Sat, 04 May 2024 09:50:45 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/nginx-to-apisix/ An interactive guide to migrate from Nginx to Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/even-playing-field/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:12:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/even-playing-field/ We need to democratize AI to save our democracies. https://navendu.me/posts/pingora/ Sun, 31 Mar 2024 22:19:09 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/pingora/ But here’s another viable Nginx replacement. https://navendu.me/posts/freenginx/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:53:05 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/freenginx/ A postmortem on the Freenginx announcement. https://navendu.me/posts/standards/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:45:45 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/standards/ Fortunately, the external access one has been solved now that we’ve all standardized on the Ingress API. Or is it the Gateway API? Shit. https://navendu.me/posts/api-delivery/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:06:35 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/api-delivery/ An exploration of continuous delivery workflows for building and managing APIs at scale. https://navendu.me/posts/resource-consumption/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:22:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/resource-consumption/ A better way to think about limits to prevent security issues from resource starvation. https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-api-v1/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 09:26:28 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/gateway-api-v1/ The Kubernetes API was recently made generally available. Does that mean you should switch away from the Ingress API? https://navendu.me/posts/batching-requests/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:50:43 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/batching-requests/ A tutorial on using APISIX’s request batching capability in Kubernetes Ingress. https://navendu.me/posts/exporting-apisix-metrics-signoz/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 10:23:52 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/exporting-apisix-metrics-signoz/ A guide for using SigNoz to collect and observe metrics from Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-wasm-support/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 09:46:06 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-wasm-support/ A look under the hood to see how Apache APISIX supports WebAssembly plugins. https://navendu.me/posts/works-on-my-machine/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:22:24 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/works-on-my-machine/ A tale of how I spent an irrationally long time figuring out why the tests pass on my machine but fail in the CI. https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-ingress-external/ Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:14:16 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-ingress-external/ A short guide on why and how you might use APISIX to access external services in Kubernetes. https://navendu.me/posts/e2e-iterate/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:55:34 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/e2e-iterate/ An amateur engineer’s philosophy on building software. https://navendu.me/posts/tinier-apisix-plugin/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:45:50 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/tinier-apisix-plugin/ Converting the “tiny” APISIX plugin to a “tinier” APISIX plugin. https://navendu.me/posts/shallow-wasm-waters/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:12:13 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/shallow-wasm-waters/ Notes as I learn about WebAssembly by building an open source project. https://navendu.me/posts/managing-apisix-declaratively/ Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:37:34 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/managing-apisix-declaratively/ A guide on using the new APISIX Declarative CLI to manage APISIX with declarative configuration files. https://navendu.me/posts/api-deployment-strategies/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 19:55:51 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/api-deployment-strategies/ Applying best practices to make new API deployments using the API gateway of choice, Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/fuse-search-upgrade/ Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:48:36 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/fuse-search-upgrade/ Modifying some JavaScript code to add a search feature for the daily logs page. https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-logs-elk/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 09:05:46 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-logs-elk/ A guide on using Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash to work with logs from Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/list-series-hugo/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:59:56 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/list-series-hugo/ How I added a list of articles in the same series at the beginning of each post. https://navendu.me/posts/rate-limit/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:18:53 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/rate-limit/ A guide to using the rate limit plugins in Apache APISIX with some practical examples. https://navendu.me/posts/request-validation/ Sat, 05 Aug 2023 15:35:09 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/request-validation/ Adding a new layer of validation within your API gateway can be a useful design practice for a myriad of reasons. This article explores how you can configure this in Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/data-mask-plugin/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:29:55 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/data-mask-plugin/ A tutorial on creating a custom Apache APISIX plugin in Lua through a real use case. https://navendu.me/posts/regex-grunt-work/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 09:10:27 +0800 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/regex-grunt-work/ My recent experience in using regular expressions to automate a menial task. https://navendu.me/posts/tiny-apisix-plugin/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:40:14 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/tiny-apisix-plugin/ A “tiny” example to demonstrate how Apache APISIX supports Wasm plugins. https://navendu.me/posts/iot-to-cloud/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:05:57 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/iot-to-cloud/ A guide to using Apache APISIX as an MQTT proxy to connect IoT devices to the cloud. https://navendu.me/posts/government-and-ai/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:31:01 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/government-and-ai/ What can the Indian Government do about artificial intelligence? https://navendu.me/posts/amesh/ Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:24:01 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/amesh/ Apache APISIX is generally used to manage north-south traffic in Kubernetes and often sits at the edge of a cluster. With Amesh, APISIX is now a service mesh. https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-go-brr/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:33:59 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/apisix-go-brr/ Taking a look under Apache APISIX’s hood to understand how it achieves ultimate performance. https://navendu.me/posts/dpdpb/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:05:11 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/dpdpb/ Semi-ordered thoughts on the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill by the Indian Government. https://navendu.me/posts/ai-traffic-cameras/ Mon, 29 May 2023 15:22:34 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/ai-traffic-cameras/ An amateur policy analyst attempts to explain why (disregarding controversies) installing AI traffic cameras in Kerala was a bad idea. https://navendu.me/posts/ai-and-apis/ Sun, 21 May 2023 11:40:35 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/ai-and-apis/ What do the recent advancements in generative AI mean for APIs? https://navendu.me/posts/vada-profitable/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 09:59:04 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/vada-profitable/ This article is about a project I built and open sourced three years ago and our journey to make it uzhunnu vada (UV) profitable™. https://navendu.me/posts/ai-generated-spam-prs/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 18:15:40 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/ai-generated-spam-prs/ Someone tried to open pull requests to open source projects with AI-generated code. https://navendu.me/posts/custom-plugins-in-apisix-ingress/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:22:09 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/custom-plugins-in-apisix-ingress/ A hands-on tutorial on using custom APISIX Plugins in Kubernetes environments with APISIX Ingress. https://navendu.me/posts/write-stuff-down/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:55:27 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/write-stuff-down/ Writing as a way to think clearly and articulate your thoughts. https://navendu.me/posts/kubernetes-gateway-with-apisix/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:45:26 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/kubernetes-gateway-with-apisix/ A hands-on tutorial on using the new Kubernetes Gateway API with Apache APISIX Ingress. https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-communities/ Fri, 30 Dec 2022 06:40:54 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-communities/ A note on the role of communities in open source. https://navendu.me/posts/chatgpt-explains-chatgpt/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:07:30 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/chatgpt-explains-chatgpt/ A conversation with ChatGPT about ChatGPT. Who are you? https://navendu.me/posts/extending-apisix-ingress/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 10:04:02 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/extending-apisix-ingress/ A hands-on tutorial on leveraging the full features provided by APISIX in Kubernetes Ingress. https://navendu.me/posts/introduction-to-monitoring-microservices/ Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:15:51 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/introduction-to-monitoring-microservices/ This tutorial walks you through setting up monitoring on a microservice application using Prometheus and Grafana. https://navendu.me/posts/encrypted-communication-with-gpg/ Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:04:40 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/encrypted-communication-with-gpg/ Exploring how symmetric-key and public-key cryptography works by using GPG keys to sign commits and send encrypted messages. https://navendu.me/posts/retropie-gpi-case-2-setup/ Fri, 25 Nov 2022 10:15:48 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/retropie-gpi-case-2-setup/ A complete tutorial on how to set up RetroPie and play retro games on a GPi CASE 2 with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 under the hood. https://navendu.me/posts/upi-vs-crypto/ Fri, 18 Nov 2022 10:04:47 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/upi-vs-crypto/ Cryptocurrencies are trying to be a solution to a financial problem that does not exist. UPI solved digital payments years ago. https://navendu.me/posts/reasonable-birthday-goals-2022/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 10:31:35 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/reasonable-birthday-goals-2022/ Evaluating where I am and deciding where I want to be next. https://navendu.me/posts/mastodon-quick-start-guide/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:02:10 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/mastodon-quick-start-guide/ Learn to get up and running with the microblogging platform everyone is talking about. https://navendu.me/posts/college-degree/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:18:34 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/college-degree/ Many companies and tech gurus claim you don’t need a college degree for a programming job. But here’s why you might want to get one regardless. https://navendu.me/posts/canary-in-kubernetes/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:41:04 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/canary-in-kubernetes/ A hands-on, from-scratch tutorial on setting up canary releases in Kubernetes with Apache APISIX Ingress. https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-lessons/ Fri, 07 Oct 2022 09:28:21 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-lessons/ Insights from my three year journey as an open source contributor. https://navendu.me/posts/my-blog-setup-and-writing-process/ Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:09:43 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/my-blog-setup-and-writing-process/ I’ve been writing blogs for almost three years now. Recently, I’ve been putting a lot of effort into building and maintaining my blog. This article documents my blog setup and my writing process from idea to publishing. https://navendu.me/posts/hands-on-set-up-ingress-on-kubernetes-with-apache-apisix-ingress-controller/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:11:44 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/hands-on-set-up-ingress-on-kubernetes-with-apache-apisix-ingress-controller/ A tutorial on using Ingress in your Kubernetes cluster with Apache APISIX. https://navendu.me/posts/how-the-lfx-mentorship-program-helped-me-level-up-my-career/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 10:09:32 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/how-the-lfx-mentorship-program-helped-me-level-up-my-career/ Sharing how I got involved in the LFX Mentorship Program and its life-changing impact on my career and personal life. https://navendu.me/posts/adding-diagrams-to-your-hugo-blog-with-mermaid/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 09:46:16 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/adding-diagrams-to-your-hugo-blog-with-mermaid/ This article shows how you can add diagrams to your Hugo site with Mermaid. https://navendu.me/posts/best-practices-for-building-reliable-apis/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:12:35 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/best-practices-for-building-reliable-apis/ As the size of your APIs increase, the need for making them reliable and robust also increases. This article discusses the best practices for designing reliable APIs by introducing you to a special kind of reverse proxies called API gateways. https://navendu.me/posts/how-and-why-i-migrated-my-blog-from-github-pages-to-netlify/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:56:00 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/how-and-why-i-migrated-my-blog-from-github-pages-to-netlify/ This blog is now deployed on Netlify. Here is how and why I did it. https://navendu.me/posts/why-developers-should-blog/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:54:49 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/why-developers-should-blog/ I have been blogging ever since I started out as a software engineer. Here is why you should do it too. https://navendu.me/posts/the-psychology-of-money/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:54:49 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/the-psychology-of-money/ Key takeaways from Morgan Housel’s international bestseller “The Psychology of Money”—brief and to the point. https://navendu.me/posts/how-i-ask-questions/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 11:15:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/how-i-ask-questions/ I ask a lot of questions to my peers and to strangers on public forums in the internet. This year, I have been trying to improve this process to ask better questions. Here is how I do it. https://navendu.me/posts/everything-about-gsoc/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:49:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/everything-about-gsoc/ Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a great way to start contributing to open source while getting paid to do so. This article dives deep into everything GSoC from the application procedure to tips from real experience on being successful https://navendu.me/posts/contributing-to-documentation/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:56:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/contributing-to-documentation/ Contributing to documentation is really impactful for an open-source project. It can also be a stepping stone to make code contributions. Learn how. https://navendu.me/posts/non-code-contributions-to-open-source/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 12:56:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/non-code-contributions-to-open-source/ As open source becomes the default way to build software, contributions required to create, manage, and sustain projects go beyond code. This article teaches you to make non-code contributions. https://navendu.me/posts/pull-requests-like-a-pro/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:52:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/pull-requests-like-a-pro/ Tips to make High-Quality Pull Requests. https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-internship-programs/ Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:52:25 +0530 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/open-source-internship-programs/ A curated list of open source internship/mentorship programs with all the necessary details. https://navendu.me/posts/how-to-write-an-awesome-readme/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 navendu@apache.org (Navendu Pottekkat) https://navendu.me/posts/how-to-write-an-awesome-readme/ A template for writing useful READMEs.