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Tag: Google Cloud

  • Fast, Free WordPress Hosting in Google Cloud

    Fast, Free WordPress Hosting in Google Cloud

    This article documents deploying the WordPress content management system (CMS) in Google Cloud as a fast, friendly, cheap (possibly free!) platform to blog from.

    This is probably relevant for you if:

    • You’re looking to start a blog
    • You’ve settled on WordPress, the top Open Source blogging engine
    • You have some Linux command line skills

    I’m not going to discuss choosing WordPress over some other content management platform. Spending too much time worrying about the content management engine is a trap; Get to producing your content and don’t worry about the platform you’re using to publish it. That’s something you can change later on, as most of the major CMS platforms have tools to migrate from the other major platforms.

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  • v2g: Moving From VMware To Google Cloud

    v2g: Moving From VMware To Google Cloud

    In October 2019, after almost four years as a VMware pre-sales technical engineer, I left and found a position as a Customer Engineer at Google Cloud. I left for mostly personal reasons, and still regard my team, management, and executive leadership in a very positive light. I just needed to make a change. Doing the same job at Google Cloud has been a big change. Though there have been ups and downs, the positives far outweigh the negatives. I’d like to deliver on my promises to blog more on what I’m learning, but no promises!

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