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I am Tharun Vempati, a GCP Professional Cloud Architect and DevOps Specialist with a strong foundation in Java/backend systems, container orchestration, and automated infrastructure delivery. I am the founder and primary author at GCloud Cafe.
Build a production-ready multi-agent travel concierge on Google Cloud using Google ADK, the Supervisor pattern, MCP tool boundaries, and BigQuery.
A production guide to bootstrapping Offvia, an AI travel concierge on Google Cloud: bypassing weeks of IAM red tape, Express Mode, and Pydantic v2 data contracts.
Build a production-ready GCP data orchestration layer with Managed Service for Apache Airflow, Cloud Workflows, Dataform, and BigQuery.
Build a production BigQuery Medallion Lakehouse with Google Cloud Dataform: incremental SQLX models, late-arrival deduplication, quarantine tables, assertions, and release workflows.
Build a reliable BigQuery transformation layer with Medallion architecture, Dataform or dbt, incremental processing, deduplication, and practical data-quality controls.
Build a resilient GCP streaming pipeline with Pub/Sub, Apache Beam on Dataflow, raw-event landing, quarantine handling, event-time windows, and BigQuery Storage Write API sinks.
A practical guide to choosing between Pub/Sub BigQuery subscriptions, Dataflow, the BigQuery Storage Write API, and batch loads—without over-engineering the path.
A practical, end-to-end GCP data engineering lab covering Cloud Storage, BigLake external connections, partitioned and clustered BigQuery, materialized views, Time Travel, and authorized views.
A step-by-step architectural guide to core Google Cloud data engineering storage and access primitives. From Cloud Storage to partitioned BigQuery, materialized views, and authorized views.
Configure production mTLS for Kubernetes and microservices: Java KeyStore vs TrustStore, cert-manager automation, PKIX path building troubleshooting, and recovery.
Master the TLS handshake packet-by-packet: 1-RTT vs 2-RTT flows, ECDHE key exchange, cipher suites, SNI routing, and practical OpenSSL debugging one-liners.
High-speed terminal shortcuts, imperative commands, JSONPath, Ingress, and troubleshooting one-liners to ace your Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam.
A complete DevOps guide to TLS foundations: Private keys, CSR generation, Public vs Private CAs, trust stores, Diffie-Hellman, and OpenSSL CLI cheat sheets.
How to renew your Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (PCA) certification without retaking the exam using Continuing Education Skill Badges and Challenge Labs.
Continuing the EX280 – OpenShift Administrator Tips & Tricks mini-series with a deep dive into Network Policies and Edge Routes.
Continuing the EX280 – OpenShift Administrator Tips & Tricks mini-series with a deep dive into Storage Classes, Persistent Volumes, PVCs, ConfigMaps & Secrets.
Kickstarting the EX280 – OpenShift Administrator Tips & Tricks mini-series with a deep dive into Deployments and Reliability.
Kickstarting the EX280 – OpenShift Administrator Tips & Tricks mini-series with a deep dive into Developer Self Service.
Fast-track your Red Hat EX280 exam prep: Master connecting to the OpenShift cluster and configuring HTPasswd identity provider in under 20 minutes.
Prepare for Red Hat OpenShift EX280 and DO280: Master hands-on cluster admin, HTPasswd auth, RBAC, storage classes, routes, network policies, and CLI speed tricks.
My journey passing Red Hat OpenShift Administrator EX280: Remote exam environment setup, time management strategies, and lessons learned the hard way.
A storytelling reflection on the concepts behind the Google Cloud Generative AI Leader certification — from learning paradigms to prompt techniques, Gemini, and real-world business transformation.
A self-assessment guide to determine if you're truly ready for the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam
