TechNotes

Notes on software,
infrastructure, and the web.

A personal corner for things I learn and want to remember.

DevOps

Getting Started with Kubernetes on Azure

Container orchestration has become essential for modern cloud deployments. In this post I walk through setting up a minimal AKS cluster and deploying a stateless workload with rolling updates enabled.

November 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Networking

Understanding TLS Handshakes

Every HTTPS connection begins with a handshake. Breaking down each step — from ClientHello to Finished — helped me finally understand why certificate mismatches produce the errors they do.

October 22, 2026 · 6 min read
Go

Writing a Small HTTP Reverse Proxy in Go

The standard library's httputil.ReverseProxy handles most of the heavy lifting. This walkthrough covers director functions, response modification, and WebSocket upgrade passthrough.

October 10, 2026 · 10 min read