Vibe Code your Landing Zone!
zulfikar What if I told you there’s an even easier way to deploy your Landing Zone (LZ) If like me your preferred IaC…
Technical Fiction
The Robots Are Coming
There’s a race on — a race to place a humanoid, increasingly autonomous robot into your home. Promises are being made that…
Cloud Costs – does it make sense?
Others have tackled this issue better than me, but I have a different angle on this. Lots of you are replacing outdated…
mike drop for 2024
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray”– Rumi a selection of photos © Zulfikar…
end of an era
After (almost) 6 years my time at the EBRD finally comes to its natural conclusion. From a tiny cloud based calculator in…
Lisbon – food & travel
One of my favourite cities is Lisboa the capital of Portugal. Here you’ll find a current list of known halal food places…
Price Action Trading
Module 1: Unit 1: Welcome and Course Overview The 3 Yous: You can make a living on focussing and using only 4…
Creating the first Server 2019 Domain Controller
This blog post is Part 2 in the Active Directory on Windows Server 2019 Series of knowledge articles Zulfikar Ali, 2023 Time…
Creating your first VM
This blog post is Part 1 in the Active Directory on Windows Server 2019 Series of knowledge articles Zulfikar Ali, 2023 It…
Installing VMware Workstation 17.5
Uninstall any other Virtualisation Software Firstly make sure you do not already have any virtualisation software installed on your Windows device. IF…
Odeon Cinema Voucher Discounts rip-off
So, if you are lucky enough to work for an Organisation that lets you use a 3rd party employee discount Portal (e.g.…
John Lewis & the Stolen Mobile Phone saga
Never. Ever. Order a mobile phone for direct delivery from John Lewis. Or any other small, high value electronic items. If you…