https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/Recent content in Posts on Beyond The CertHugoenTue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/allow-me-to-reintroduce-myself/Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/allow-me-to-reintroduce-myself/The cert gets you in the door. This is what's behind it.https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/i-built-kubernetes-from-scratch/Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/i-built-kubernetes-from-scratch/At work, I click a button and get a Kubernetes cluster. So I built one from scratch to understand what that button actually does.https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/building-kubernetes-the-hard-way/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/building-kubernetes-the-hard-way/I passed the CKA in January after four attempts. It taught me how to use Kubernetes. But understanding how the pieces actually fit together — that comes from building it yourself.https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/i-didnt-pass-the-cka-by-studying-harder/Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/i-didnt-pass-the-cka-by-studying-harder/My story: 41 → 47 → 65 → 81. Four attempts. Three failures. One certification. Here's what actually happened.https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/3-5-years-of-silence/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://beyondthecert.dev/posts/3-5-years-of-silence/I haven't posted since August of 2022. A lot changed. Here's the story of a layoff, a rebuild, and finding my niche in platform engineering.