https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog Engineering, reliability, and reflections — from kranthikiran.com en Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:27:48 GMT https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/github-copilot kranthikiran:post:github-copilot Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications GH-300 — prompt engineering, context crafting, data handling, content exclusions and responsible use. The exam on the assistant that is now part of how I work. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/claude-foundations kranthikiran:post:claude-foundations Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications Anthropic's associate-level credential for using Claude well: choosing the right model, writing prompts that hold up, checking the output, and knowing where the limits are. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/facts-not-stories kranthikiran:post:facts-not-stories Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reflections The moment your brain turns one unseen message into a catastrophe — and a small, honest framework for keeping your calm from depending on someone else’s screen. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/github-administration kranthikiran:post:github-administration Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications The step up from Foundations: managing orgs, members, policies, security and integrations for a whole company. What it covers and how I prepared. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/github-foundations kranthikiran:post:github-foundations Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications The entry point to the GitHub certification track — Git, repositories, collaboration, and the wider platform. Quick to prep if you use GitHub daily. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/til-actions-job-stuck-queued kranthikiran:post:til-actions-job-stuck-queued Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering A job sits in "queued" when no runner is available to pick it up. Here are the usual causes and the exact order I check them in. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/github-actions kranthikiran:post:github-actions Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications CI/CD, workflows, runners, reusable workflows and secrets — the exam on the platform I support for a living. What it covers and how I would prepare. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/til-actions-concurrency-cancel kranthikiran:post:til-actions-concurrency-cancel Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering Push three times to a PR and you get three runs, two of them already pointless. A concurrency group cancels the stale ones automatically. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/til-actions-token-permissions kranthikiran:post:til-actions-token-permissions Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Engineering Every run gets an automatic GITHUB_TOKEN, and its default scope depends on a setting you might not control. Declaring permissions yourself removes the guesswork. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/aws-saa kranthikiran:post:aws-saa Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications The cert that turned a pile of AWS services into a way of designing systems. My story, the exact path I took, and the resources that actually moved the needle. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/couchbase-admin kranthikiran:post:couchbase-admin Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications Running Couchbase in support taught me the failure modes; the administrator cert made me formalise them. Buckets, XDCR, rebalances — and how I studied them. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/couchbase-python kranthikiran:post:couchbase-python Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications The developer track: SDKs, N1QL/SQL++, and the mental model shift from rows and joins to documents and keys. How I picked it up. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/couchbase-architect kranthikiran:post:couchbase-architect Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Certifications The architect track pulls the admin and developer views together: sizing, services, replication topology, and designing for failure. My path through it. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/cheap-dopamine kranthikiran:post:cheap-dopamine Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mind & Dopamine Three habits that feel unrelated, run by one hijacked circuit. A calm, honest breakdown of how it works in the brain — and how it lets go. https://kranthikiran.com/#/blog/error-budgets-in-one-minute kranthikiran:post:error-budgets-in-one-minute Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Reliability A 100% reliability target is a trap. Here is the small idea that lets teams move fast and stay stable at the same time.