Mohamed A

Staff Platform Engineer | DevOps | MLOps | Software Engineering

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀: 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝘅 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁

I had the privilege of speaking at a tech event hosted by @somalisintech (SiT) @Microsoft and it was truly an honour to share my experiences and advice with the community.

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

I built the first free, open-source unified Azure emulator.

AWS has had LocalStack for years. Azure had nothing.

miniblue: test Azure resources locally. No account. No costs. One binary.

- 21 services
- Works with Terraform + Pulumi
- ~8MB Docker image
- <1s startup

https://t.co/yoLgKCTVTh

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

GitHub: https://t.co/jHajmvXOM7

Docs: https://t.co/e2SannvvCu

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

I built the first free, open-source unified Azure emulator.

AWS has had LocalStack for years. Azure had nothing.

miniblue: test Azure resources locally. No account. No costs. One binary.

- 21 services
- Works with Terraform + Pulumi
- ~8MB Docker image
- <1s startup

https://t.co/yoLgKCTVTh

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Finally built my personal site.

Clean, simple, all my blogs + links in one place.
Custom newsletter too. Built with Astra &amp; Vanilla CSS.

100% vibe-coded!

https://t.co/feWzDr3KYv

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Saw someone coding today.

Same prompt.

ChatGPT.
Claude.
Gemini.
DeepSeek.
Grok.

Waited for all the answers.

Dropped each one into a separate file.

Ran them all.

Kept the best output.

It was me.

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

We have some serious content coming soon from how to get into this emerging field of Tech, our salary progressions 👀 and more inshaAllah! 🙏

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

It’s finally out! We have released our YouTube channel and out first video “A Day In The Life Of Muslim Software Engineers In London”

Would really appreciate it if you could subscribe, like and retweet ❤️

https://t.co/DYBTRqBudQ

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

This one is not for the faint-hearted. A tough exam to beat but worth the challenge. Real world experience comes in handy! https://t.co/1OekW78Wx0

[Mariusz Michalowski @MariuszMichaow3]

Tech Vault Interview Questions Bank by @moabukar_1

https://t.co/EsLeSyLB79

#devops #devsecops #kubernetes #cicd #k8s #linux #docker #sysadmin #automation #Azure #infrastructureascode #cloudcomputing #serverless #terraform #ansible #yaml #sre

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

@CodeWithMo Thank you for the support bro. It’s honestly a game changer. If people knew the benefits you get from posting regularly with consistency, people would jump on it!

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Don’t focus on learning. Focus on application. Because if you don’t apply what you learn, you’ll forget 75% in after 6 days.

Tldr: Learning without application is an absolute waste!

Ref: Harvard Business Review

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

If something works, it means it has been tried and tested by those before you.

Why do you need to reinvent the wheel?

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

As a Muslim, it’s upon you to focus on your deen as well as your career. Neither one should be slacking.

If one of them is slacking, then rectify it and take the means to be good at it.

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Spend the first 3 years of your career ensuring these to accelerate your growth ⚡️:

- become proficient in at least one stack
- understand infrastructure and architecture
- understand how your work fits into the big scheme
- show extreme ownership and lead
- help others succeed

#softwareengineering #career #growth

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

The sense of fulfilment you get from helping people without expecting anything back is unmatched 😌

🕌 In Islam, this is a key spiritual principle, reflected in many verses of the Quran, with the emphasis on selfless giving for the pleasure of Allah (God) alone, and not for the admiration or gratitude of others.

🌍 It reminds us that our lives are deeply interconnected. When we help others, we are not just aiding them but also enriching our own human experience. In the process, we are building a stronger, more compassionate community and world. It's this realisation that brings about a sense of fulfilment unmatched by any material gain.

💫 After all, in giving we receive - not necessarily in material or worldly terms, but in a deep, soulful sense of connection, purpose, and inner peace. And that is indeed a precious reward.

#community #support #islam

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Here is a 5-step process I follow to learn new technologies, tools and frameworks ⚡

1. I implement "Hello world" equivalent of, literally, every new thing I am learning, be it frameworks, libraries, or databases.

2. With enough experience, you can build an inherent understanding that does not require implementation; and this is where you can form dots just by skimming.

Note: reaching this stage requires continuous learning studying and practicing.

3. I would refer to reference books. But if it is hard to understand something, I refer to blogs and videos that guide me in quickly forming the dots.

There are the 3 phases of understanding

- Beginner: Blogs and Tutorial Videos
- Intermediate: Blogs and Conference
- Advanced: Papers, Conference, Books

4. I would build a project or work on something that is hands-on, something related to the topic of course.

5. To form a deeper understanding, I would teach it to others.

Putting myself in someone else's shoes helps me question my understanding and ensure I grasp the concept well.

Everyone has their own method of learning. The above has worked very well for me in the past. Try what works and leave what doesn’t.

What other methods would you add?

#softwareengineering #learning

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Mental limits are often illusions.

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Coding is just part of what web developers do.

Mastering these and you’ll become a much better developer:

- Browser dev tools
- Code editor
- Deployment workflows
- NPM
- GIT
- Module packers
- Server management
- Soft Skills

What would you add?

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Progress is often invisible.

You struggle, you struggle.

Then, one day, all of a sudden everything seems obvious and you move to the next level.

You repeat the process, you gain self-confidence and every step forward fuels your growth, honing your resilience.

[Mohamed A @moabukar_1]

Software engineers live life one pull request at a time 😅