Viq

Solutions Architect|Data Analyst

[Eric @amerix]

You don't need to be perfect. You need to be truthful with your darkness.

[☆ @Literarium24]

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺."

—𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪

[☆ @Literarium24]

"𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵."

—𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘢

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴.”

— Fyodor 𝘋𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺

[Yoko @Kibet_bull]

Gabriel Oguda.

[Veloria 🌊 @veloriahq]

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 '𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴'. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵.”

— 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘪

[Akhilesh Mishra @livingdevops]

"We use Prometheus for monitoring."

I hear this in almost every interview. Then I ask one question and the whole thing falls apart.

"Why do logs and metrics need different pipelines?"

Silence.

Most people jump into Prometheus and Grafana without understanding what they're actually solving. They know the tools. They can't explain the problem.

With observability, you're solving two completely different problems.

Logs tell you what happened. An error occurred. A request came in. A database query failed. These are events. Stories your application tells.

Metrics tell you how things are performing right now. Latency is 200ms. CPU is at 75%. You processed 500 requests per minute. These are measurements.

Different data types. Different collection methods. Different storage. That's where people get confused.

Last month in my DevOps bootcamp, we built a complete observability system for microservices on Kubernetes.

For logs, we used Fluentd sidecars that share a volume with the application container.

The app writes logs to the volume.
Fluentd reads and forwards them.
Clean separation of concerns.
At a small scale, you send logs straight to CloudWatch.

But when you're generating thousands of log lines per second, you add layers.

Lambda for formatting.
Kinesis for buffering.
OpenSearch for fast queries across petabytes of data.
S3 for long-term backup.

We kept 7 days in OpenSearch for active investigation. 30 days in CloudWatch. Years in S3 for compliance. Each layer has different cost and performance characteristics.

For metrics, Prometheus scrapes application endpoints every 30 seconds.

Developers instrument their code with Prometheus client libraries.
They expose a /metrics endpoint.
Prometheus pulls the data automatically.

We created ServiceMonitors that tell Prometheus which pods to scrape based on labels.

As soon as new pods come up, Prometheus discovers and scrapes them.
Then Grafana visualizes everything.
We imported pre-built dashboards from https://t.co/5wE21Lb4Q8 for Kubernetes monitoring.
And built custom panels for application-specific metrics.

Logs and metrics run in parallel.

When something breaks, metrics show you the spike. The error rate jumped. Latency went from 100ms to 2 seconds.

Then you check the logs. Filter for that time window. Find the stack traces. See exactly what failed.

You can't troubleshoot with just one. You need both perspectives.

We implemented it, troubleshot everything in a live call, generated real metrics and logs, and built dashboards in Grafana.

That's the difference between watching tutorials and actually understanding how systems work in production.

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

Don’t talk to me if your team didn’t win any trophies this season. Let’s respect each other.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

5 laws of the universe that are surprisingly accurate:

1. Murphy’s Law
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

2. Kidlin’s Law
If you can write a problem down clearly, you’re already halfway to solving it.

3. Falkland’s Law
When there’s no need to make a decision, don’t force one.

4. Wilson’s Law
Prioritize learning and knowledge, and money will eventually follow.

5. Gilbert’s Law
It’s your responsibility to find the best way to achieve the result you want.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“The longer you stay on the wrong train, the more expensive it is to get home.”

[BRAVIN YURI @BravinYuri]

If a woman truly likes and respects you, you will feel it in the way she treats you. Even during disagreements, there is still a certain level of care, restraint, and regard for your presence.

But when you find yourself doing all the emotional heavy lifting for someone who does not genuinely value you, the disrespect eventually starts revealing itself in subtle ways before it becomes obvious. Human behavior always speaks before words do.

The moment someone becomes too comfortable diminishing you, mocking your position, or casually crossing boundaries they would never cross elsewhere, understand that respect has already started fading. And deep down, as a man, you always feel it before you fully admit it to yourself. That inner discomfort never lies.

There is symbolism in human behavior that people ignore. In many traditions, kneeling at someone’s feet symbolized humility, honor, or service. Offering a hand symbolizes partnership and equality. But when someone starts treating you like furniture in your own space, that behavior communicates something beyond jokes. Familiarity without respect slowly turns into contempt.

People rarely behave carelessly around those they truly respect. There are things someone would never dare do to a boss, mentor, or person they highly regard, yet they comfortably do them at home because they assume your tolerance is endless. That is why boundaries matter.

There is also something called “deep down.” That silent inner knowing. You can justify situations publicly, laugh them off, or convince yourself that things are normal, but deep down, your spirit always keeps score. It reminds you when something feels wrong long before your mind accepts it.

A father in a home carries symbolic weight whether society admits it or not. To children, a father often represents strength, stability, provision, and certainty. Even when fathers are imperfect, children naturally look at them as people who can handle anything. That position should never be casually undermined because once respect collapses inside a home, the entire structure slowly starts weakening.

Human behavior reveals everything. Words can lie. Energy rarely does.

[𝐌𝐒. 𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐎° @Okindo11]

Naishaaaa!!!😂😂😂😂

[Lekan Mark @lekan_mark]

Nobody go sleep for this social space again 💪 Arsenal ni wa 💪 ❤️

[Veloria 🌊 @veloriahq]

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵.”

— 𝘍𝘺𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

Chase everything you want in this life, except love and death. They will find you when it’s time.

[Kenya Wildlife Service @KWSKenya]

Spotted at Tsavo East National Park this morning.

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

Arteta should rest the whole squad hiyo game ya Palace. Tuende tu risk huko Budapest one more time. Ikiingiana tunapindua all governments in the world and install him as leader of the world. 😂😂😂

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[B/R Football @brfootball]

22 years since the Invincibles.

Arsenal are Champions again ❤️