The ideal onboarding experience: git clone -> build
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I’m Austin. I build data systems and orchestration pipelines that keep ecosystems working together.
Here you’ll find projects, ideas, and the occasional deep dive.
I drink my coffee black.
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Thought stream Taking a Kubernetes course
After brushing shoulders with it for years, I have yet to absorb it via “osmosis”.
A lot of people have recommended a course by Mumshad Mannambeth.
It works! 
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