Alex Nyambura

@lxmwaniky

Cloud, DevOps, SRE

KenyaJoined July 2025

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As a Cloud DevOps Engineer, I believe that the world's most advanced technologies must be localised to address real problems in emerging markets. I am constantly experimenting, learning, and delivering.

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lxmwaniky – Real-World Cloud, DevOps Engineering Insightsblog.lxmwaniky.me30 posts

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ANAlex Nyamburablog.lxmwaniky.me23h ago · 14 min read

Jenkins, Docker, and Cloud Run: Building a Pipeline That Actually Deploys

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I built a zero-collision URL shortener in Go using a 4-round Feistel cipher, Redis caching, and a bunch of SRE patterns. At the end of that post, I listed what was n

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ANAlex Nyamburablog.lxmwaniky.me4d ago · 6 min read

Beyond Certification: The Engineering Principles I Learned While Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification

NGL, this one was pure chaos. If you’ve read my previous posts, you know I recently secured the GCP "Triple Crown" (ACE, PMLE, and GenAI Leader). I was riding high. I scheduled the Google Cloud Profes

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ANAlex Nyamburablog.lxmwaniky.meMay 25 · 5 min read

How I Built a Zero-Collision, Cryptographically Obfuscated URL Shortener in Go

When you think of building a URL shortener, the standard textbook approach is simple: generate a random string, check if it exists in the database, insert it if it doesn’t, and retry if there’s a coll

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ANAlex Nyamburablog.lxmwaniky.meMay 11 · 14 min read

Anatomy of a URL Request: How a webpage loads in under a second

You type https://www.google.com and hit Enter. The page loads in under a second. Simple, right? Behind that single keystroke, at least 12 distinct systems spring into action — involving your browser,

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ANAlex Nyamburablog.lxmwaniky.meMar 22 · 9 min read

I Scored 100% on a Safaricom Codility Test. The Practical Part Was Elasticsearch. Let's Talk About It.

I'm a cloud engineer. My 2026 goal is to land an internship at a Big Tech company. That's what I've been building toward. Upskilling in tech, grinding DSA, the whole thing. Applying for an attachment

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Alex Nyambura

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Recently published

Jenkins, Docker, and Cloud Run: Building a Pipeline That Actually Deploys

Beyond Certification: The Engineering Principles I Learned While Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification

How I Built a Zero-Collision, Cryptographically Obfuscated URL Shortener in Go

Anatomy of a URL Request: How a webpage loads in under a second

I Scored 100% on a Safaricom Codility Test. The Practical Part Was Elasticsearch. Let's Talk About It.

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Alex Nyambura

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Alex Nyambura's blogs

Recently published

Jenkins, Docker, and Cloud Run: Building a Pipeline That Actually Deploys

Beyond Certification: The Engineering Principles I Learned While Preparing for the Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer Certification

How I Built a Zero-Collision, Cryptographically Obfuscated URL Shortener in Go

Anatomy of a URL Request: How a webpage loads in under a second

I Scored 100% on a Safaricom Codility Test. The Practical Part Was Elasticsearch. Let's Talk About It.