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A Developer’s Guide For Passing Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Exam

3 Comments / Blog, Google Cloud Platform / January 10, 2021 January 10, 2021

One of the goals of mine was to get certified in Cloud. When they said, “Everything is moving to cloud” a few years back, I didn’t really understand, but then Microservices architecture gained popularity with Docker and Kubernetes. It changed everything for me as a Software Developer. My organization started the “Lift-and-Shift” migration for the …

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Google Photos Is Ending Its Free Unlimited Storage

Leave a Comment / Blog / November 12, 2020 November 12, 2020

Google’s most beloved feature across all of its products, i.e., storage of unlimited photos in “high quality” is going to be shut down on June 1st, 2021. After this date, all photos uploaded will count against your free data limit of 15GB. However, all photos uploaded before June 1 next year will still be available …

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How I Defeated Google At Its Own Game

Leave a Comment / Blog / November 2, 2020 November 2, 2020

Last Sunday, I spent some minutes trying to ask a few questions that Google couldn’t answer, in an attempt to challenge its algorithm. Of course, in the process, I was pushing my own ability to frame complex, unpredictable questions till I finally succeeded. This omnipresent and nearly omniscient search engine was able to process answers …

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Google Compute Engine: Your Own Virtual Machines in Cloud

8 Comments / Google Cloud Platform / July 13, 2020 August 2, 2021

Google Compute Engine or GCE is Google’s IaaS offering in the increasingly crowded cloud computing market. It started its operations in 2013. It makes it easy for you to have access to virtual machines that deliver large amounts of computing power in a cost-effective, secure cloud environment which spans 24 Google Cloud regions. Compute engine …

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Man Uses 99 smartphones to create a “Virtual Traffic Jam”

Leave a Comment / Blog / February 4, 2020 February 4, 2020

Even though the headlines are not broadly described, but they are sufficient enough. The headlines should have been – Genius man uses 99 smartphones and a hand wagon to create a “Virtual Traffic Jam” on Google Maps. Google maps have always been an excellent navigation and traffic tool for travelers making it one of the …

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