Ten years ago, my entire world fit inside a public static void main
. I was a Java developer. Infrastructure? That was someone else’s problem a black box where my JAR files went to live, or quietly die, and I mostly didn’t care which. I shipped code. Someone else handled the servers. That was the deal.
That was the problem.
Today I hold all five Kubernetes certifications CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA, and ...
This narrative presents a compelling case for the necessity of unlearning in technological evolution, particularly the shift from monolithic to cloud-native architectures. The strongest version of this argument is that traditional development practices, while effective in static environments, become liabilities in distributed, ephemeral systems. The author’s personal journey—from frustration with manual configurations to mastery of Kubernetes—serves as a relatable arc for engineers navigating si...