Practical Rego

Changelog: Date Description 07/09/2023 Add chapter “Accessing undefined value in negated expression” This post summarizes my journey of learning Rego. While much of the information overlaps with the official Rego reference, it is structured like a “getting started” guide for Rego newbies. The emphasis is put on the programming paradigms (logic versus procedural) which is helpful for programmers used to imperative languages such as Python or Java. Normal links (e.g. Wikipedia) lead to further information while links in square brackets (e....

July 1, 2023 · 21 min · 4284 words · patrick, p15r

AWS Certifications

I’ve decided to spend some time diving a bit more into Cloud technologies. Typically, if I learn something new, I’d like to make it a mix of theory and practical experience. Hence, I did some AWS certifications and some hands-on projects 👨‍💻. In case you plan to do something similar, you might find my notes about learning & exam strategy, as well as the topic at hand, helpful. These are my posts that contain everything about the AWS certifications that I’ve done:...

December 20, 2022 · 1 min · 98 words · patrick, p15r

AWS Solution Architect Professional

This post is part of a series of AWS related posts. Intro This post documents my AWS SAP exam preparation and everything that comes with it. My strategy was simple. I’ve started the learning process by taking a Udemy course. The course was rather lengthy, so I didn’t repeat the course material 🤓. Instead, I completed practice exams and took note of everything I either forgot or didn’t know in the first place....

December 20, 2022 · 16 min · 3279 words · patrick, p15r

AWS Solution Architect Associate

This post is part of a series of AWS related posts. Intro The AWS Solution Architect Associate (SAA) is an associate level certification, which is positioned between the foundational and professional level. It is a prerequisite to attain the AWS Solution Architect Professional (SAP) certification and has the exam code SAA-C02. The suffix C02 is the version of the exam and is an incrementing counter. At the time of writing this post, AWS does not provide a nice online course like it does for the AWS Cloud Practitioner....

December 20, 2022 · 6 min · 1255 words · patrick, p15r

AWS Cloud Practitioner

This post is part of a series of AWS related posts. Intro This is the beginner’s exam and the entrance barrier into the world of AWS certifications. AWS calls this the foundational level. I’ve decided to take this exam to familiarize myself with the AWS jargon and more importantly with the AWS certification exam format & type of questions. This certification has the id AWS-CLF-C01. The suffix C01 is the version of the exam and is an incremental counter....

December 20, 2022 · 16 min · 3312 words · patrick, p15r