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I’m in the Balkans and you can feel the summer heat already, daily temps over 30℃. Thankfully I love the sun, the mornings are cool enough, and the nights are still pleasant to roam around.

What I’m doing

I’m continuing to do all the things I enjoy: coding, learning, reading, exercising, cooking, and exploring. I use pomodoro timers to gamify my days between job searching, coding, and learning.

Career move

I’m actively looking for my next DevOps, Platform, or Infra Engineer role with the goal to land one in the Netherlands!

Travelling Europe and the Balkans

I’ve been travelling through Europe and the Balkans, and wrote up some highlights in a reflection post.

Mātou project

I am focused on contributing to this project to help drive technology adoption for communities wanting sovereigty over their tech stack. Focusing on a new area of technology (Web3) that I’ve not proper explored yet, but am excited to!

You can find out more here: https://www.matou.nz/

DevOps project on AWS

Two repos I’ve been working on that are worth checking out if DevOps stuff interests you:

• https://github.com/wjkw1/aws-foundations
• https://github.com/wjkw1/devops-profile-coffee-card-app-demo

Picking up Azure

Since a lot of DevOps roles in the Netherlands lean on Azure as the primary cloud provider, I’ve started getting hands-on with it to complement my AWS experience.

AI Fluency

Keeping up with AI news is a different game compared to building with AI tools. I’m focused on building up my AI fluency to learn how to work effectively with Claude Code as part of my day-to-day workflow.

Tools & tech

I’ve moved the rundown of my tech tooling and stack to its own page: Tech Stack.