Hey, I’m Israel Ogbole

I write about Cloud-native Observability, eBPF, Containers, Kubernetes, and OTel.
Additionally, I journal my daughter Naomi's coding journey—a nine-year-old with a growing passion for programming.

When I'm not working, you'll find me teaching my girls how to code, taking long bike trips that sometimes turn into hikes in good weather, playing chess, tinkering with Arduino boards, or enjoying meals and drinks with friends & family.

I was crazy enough to enrol in an MBA program a while ago. I'm glad it's now over, I graduated with a distinction in MBA Data Analytics.

I work as a Product Manager and I love data.



Terraform Certification: Tips and Prep Strategy

Terraform Certification: Tips and Prep Strategy

Terraform is a declarative orchestration tool for provisioning and versioning of infrastructure. I have been working with Terraform at my workplace for a while, albeit from a Monitoring-as-Code perspective. Here is how I prepared for and passed the Terraform Certification exam...

The Ultimate CKAD Prep Guide

The Ultimate CKAD Prep Guide

The Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) program was developed by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). I passed the exam and these notes summarise what you should expect if you’re preparing it.

Kubeval CI/CD: Kubernetes Manifests Validation

Kubeval CI/CD: Kubernetes Manifests Validation

Setting up Shibboleth like a BOSS: Tales of my journey into the SSO Dark World

Setting up Shibboleth like a BOSS: Tales of my journey into the SSO Dark World

Have you ever wondered how SSO work under the hood? I was battered by various complex SSO/LDAP integration issues, I decided to make it personal...