-
Reflecting on My 2025 Journey: A Year of Innovation, Learning, and Technical Excellence
Last updated: 18th December 2025 As I reflect on 2025, I’m filled with immense gratitude and excitement for what has been one of the most productive years in my technical writing journey. This year has been marked by deep dives into emerging technologies, extensive platform contributions, and an unwavering commitment to sharing knowledge with the…
-
Reflecting on My 2024 Journey: Achievements and Growth
In 2024, I celebrated significant professional achievements, including prestigious certifications and awards while engaging deeply in community initiatives. My passion for technology spurred contributions to influential platforms, reaching vast audiences. Gratitude fills me for the support received from mentors and peers, fueling my commitment to innovation and knowledge sharing in the tech world.
-
2023: A year in retrospective
I enjoy interacting with people and sharing my thoughts through my blogs. This year, it’s no different. I learnt new technologies. I explored interesting tools. I had a lot of conversations with colleagues and friends around AI and Quantum. If I travel back in time taking a trip through my memory lane in 2023, here…
-
Ansible code snippets for automation
I have been learning and writing Ansible for Cloud automation. Created this code repository to share my Ansible automation learnings as snippets. As I explore and learn Ansible, I will be adding the simple and easy to use Ansible code snippets written in YAML. 🚧 The snippets include generic yaml code for you to understand the Ansible…
-
Adjust the speaking rate
Stackoverflow is an ocean for learning and exploring. How? Try answering a question and you will understand 🙂 A few weeks ago, I saw this question on StackOverflow – How to adjust the speaking rate in Watson Text-to-Speech using cURL POST? I coded an Android chatbot that uses Speech-to-Text and Text-to-speech as add-ons. But, I never bothered…
-
Container to container communication with bridge network
In this post, you will learn how to establish container to container communication by creating a bridge network. The back story Currently, I am working on a sample code that includes a frontend (web) and a backend (API). The frontend provides UI to upload an image and passes the image to the backend for external…
-
Istio on Windows 10
In this post, you will learn how to setup Istioctl on Windows 10 to run Istio service mesh commands on your command prompt(CMD). Before jumping into the setup steps, let’s recap What is Istio? Cloud platforms provide a wealth of benefits for the organizations that use them. There’s no denying, however, that adopting the cloud…
-
Create a presigned URL to download an object in Python 3.x
Presigned URLs in Cloud Object Storage create a temporary link that can be used to share an object publicly for direct download. In one of my serverless(IBM Cloud Functions) proof of concepts, I had an idea of creating a presigned URL. As all my actions are written in Python 3.x, I decided to automate the…
-
Install Knative with Istio on IBM Cloud
This post provides you step-by-step instructions to install Knative with Istio on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service(IKS), build and push your image to IBM Cloud Container Registry and deploy the app. Before jumping into the instructions, let’s quickly understand what Knative is and what are its key components. Knative extends Kubernetes to provide the missing building…
VMacWrites
Tech Writings by Vidyasagar MAChupalli
VMacWrites 