Blog
Writing on engineering, cloud, and leadership
Practical articles from the trenches — Java, Azure, DevOps, and the engineering craft of building and leading teams.
CareerAug 25, 2026
Two Master's Degrees at Once: One Strategy, Many Lessons
Why I chose to pursue a Master's in IT Management and a Master's in DevOps simultaneously — and what 21 months of juggling two graduate programs with a full-time engineering career actually taught me.
Technical LeadershipAug 22, 2026
From Senior Engineer to Solution Architect: My Certification Roadmap 2026–2029
How I structured a 3-year certification path to validate existing experience and build the credentials for Solution Architecture — without collecting unrelated badges or burning out.
Solution ArchitectureAug 21, 2026
Building davdav.tech: Engineering a Professional Brand with Next.js
A full account of building a personal brand platform from scratch — constraint-driven architecture, static export on shared hosting, dark mode without flash, WCAG AA compliance, MDX blog engine, and a 13-phase delivery plan.