wCTO Week 4: When AI Agents Meet Reality (and Your Basement Floods)
AI agents, missed deadlines, and over 60 gallons of basement water. Trust level: 35%.
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wCTO Week 3: The Infrastructure Grind and My 8-Year Apple Developer Identity Crisis
Shipped to TestFlight, automated releases, and learned that ‘infrastructure week’ doesn’t impress spouses.
wCTO Week 2: 2 weeks ago I started as a wCTO (wife's CTO).
Built features that save 73% of photo processing time. Wife’s response: ‘What about the other 27%?’
wCTO Week 1: I just added my first open source swift package
My wife sells vintage clothes. I’m building her an app. What could go wrong?
wCTO Day 1: What took me weeks took Gemini Pro 2.5 12 hours and $80
Built a Swift app in 12 hours with zero Swift experience. Gemini Pro 2.5 + $80 = mind blown.
GCP Professional Cloud Architect (2025) Visual Reference
References - Section 1 - Section 2 - Section 3 - Section 4 - Section 5 - Section 6 - Combined I created some diagrams & tables for last minute certification prep and wanted to share them. This guide covers detail from each subsection with explanatory diagrams and decisions trees to help you master key trade-offs and references for the exam. Enjoy! Section 1 – Designing Cloud Solution Architectures Exam Weight: 28% Post Word Count: 1733 Design scalable, reliable, and secure architectures. Learn how to map business and technical requirements to GCP services. ...
LinkedIn Learning Access From Your Library
tl;dr for Pittsburghers: Sign up for Carnegie Library and login with your Library Card. More info at carnegielibrary.org. While studying for the CISSP, I discovered that you can access LinkedIn Learning for free through partnerships with local libraries! This is a fantastic opportunity to access a wealth of professional courses without the usual subscription fees. What Is It? LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, offers thousands of courses on topics ranging from technology and business to creative skills. Many libraries have partnered with LinkedIn Learning to provide their patrons with free access to this extensive library of courses. ...
Tips and Resources for Passing the 2024 CISSP
On July 25th, I was thrilled to learn that I had passed the CISSP exam 🥳. In this blog post, I’d like to share my experience, the resources that helped me, and some tips for those preparing for the CISSP exam. Passing the exam allowed me to fully enjoy a much-needed vacation with my wife, celebrating both the Olympics and this personal achievement without worrying about domain knowledge for two whole weeks. ...