JK’s Blog

From Message to Job: A Serverless Event-Driven Data Pipeline on GCP

How to build a glorious, serverless Rube Goldberg machine that actually works. A classic serverless architecture to perform long running or intensive…

Sep 3 • 

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July 2025

BigQuery’s New Cost Controls Are Here to Help

Because have you not met someone or heard some story about a runaway big query bill?

Jul 17 • 

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June 2025

Cloud AI: It's just another API

Demystifying AI for the Everyday Developer

Jun 27 • 

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How to pass the Google Cloud Generative AI Leader Exam: A Study Guide

Study tips, suggested learnings and some thoughts!

Jun 15 • 

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Pixel Watch 3 vs. Garmin Instinct 2X Solar: A Head-to-Head Comparison

Choosing between a daily smart watch and a rugged adventure watch? I compared the Google Pixel Watch 3 and Garmin Instinct 2X head-to-head on battery…

Jun 9 • 

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May 2025

Cloud Run and the Identity Aware Proxy

Securing your internal apps for your org just got a whole lot easier.

May 10 • 

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April 2025

Building a SaaS Alone: Why You Might Need a Therapist (and Other Lessons)

A talk I presented at Latency Conference in Perth

Apr 27 • 

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March 2025

Google's Container Registry is dead, long live Artifact Registry

Pour one out for container registry

Published on Cloud Engineering • Mar 20

February 2025

Locking Down the Cloud with Cloud Armor - Easier Than You Think

Why you should care, how to use it and a few tips to get started.

Feb 3 • 

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December 2024

Using the Gin Framework in Go: Implementing CORS Effectively

Fast APIs in Go with Gin's framework is all well and good, but let's also handle CORS like a pro. Get started with the right config in this practical…

Dec 13, 2024 • 

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Announcing RocketFlag

RocketFlag is a feature flagging tool designed to help software teams ship code into production, faster and with confidence.

Dec 13, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Blue/Green Deployments - Serverless Expeditions

Learn how blue/green deployments work in 7 minutes on Cloud Run with this video explainer.

Nov 7, 2024 • 

JK Gunnink